Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-09
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Pretty NORMA KENT. 20-yenr-
old secretary. mnrries MARK
TRANERS, milllOnaire's Ron. In
spite of the opposition Of Marks
father.
The story takes place I'm MARI
boro. miedie-western metropolis.
After nm extravagnnt honeymoon
h couple face poverty. Mark
secures n job. loses ID. and then
becomes fOorwnlker I'm n DEPART
ment store The young couple nre
beginning 20 master their prob
lens when Marks father sends
for him and offers him n place In
his own business organization 81
n SON will prove he can make
good. Marks first assignment
Involves a business trip 90 France.
h0rma must remain mt home.
Mark goe and Norma. rudeiy
ate nj her fnther-tn-law'n
home. slips away. leaving M
trace of her whereabouts. CHRIS
SAUNDERS. N0rma's orm c
roommate. helps her find a Job.
Marks father employs dctec-
tives 10 trail the girl. They I'M
earth records showing TINT three
years sefore Norma WINS convicted
ON n vice charge. In spite OF evil
dcnce that the charge was framed.
Travers sends his lawyer 60 Paris
On engineer n divorce. Weeks later
Norma learns the decree has beer
granted.
I'm August Norma'H SON IN born.
when the baby In six months old
NOrma returns 90 her former job.
Marks mother sees her with the
baby md n few days later n pub
lie health nurse PINE while Nor
mn is AWAY and takes the baby.
explaining n complaint has been
made hat he In neglected.
bob FARRELL, young lawyer,
that Mr.. and Mrs. Trnv-
ers nre behind this move. seeking
60 get custody of the child. Far
reii perxuades Norma to 20 20
LAFAYETTE FLYNN. district Mt
torney, nnd tell the story of how
the charges against her were
framed.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XIV
THE cries Of the newsboys ros'
loud and shrill above MONDAY
rafHc. "Wuxtral Wuxtral ALA
oouta Vice Chargesl wuxtra.
Pretty Victim Tells of Framing
They barked the raucous. unin
;elligible words and waved news
papers with headlines in three-incl
.ype. Screaming black banner line
that repeated the words the boy
we're shouting. pretty Victim De
elares Charges Framed" Beauty
Tells Own Story" Girl Assertl
Conviction Was FrameupI"
II was the second day aftel
Norma's story had broken" in tn,
news. Lafayette Flynn, with tn,
dramatic instinct which had played
so large a part in his political sue
cess. had staged events carefully
He had arranged the interviews
He had seen to Ii that Norma saiC
Just enough and not too much tina
first day. Flynn had come out with
q denunciation OF the system" tina
permitted such evils.
Two newspapers treated the story
cautiously the first day. Two Others
spread II across their front pages
On the following day Norma Trav
ers had become a headline heroine
IL was learned that she was MARI
Travers' former wife. Photographs
filed away since the honeymoon triT
to Blue Springs reappeared. Be
sides the running story OF the In
terview there were "pen pictures
OF Norma written by star feature
writer's. Lafayette Flynn issued q
second and stronger attack on the
system" Members OF the opposing
political organization came back
with vitriolic counter attacks.
Norma did not 60 to the Office.
She stayed in the apartment, believ.
Ing herself secure there because
none Of the newspapers had been
given her address. BY 10 a III. she
learned her mistake. The telephone
rang constantly. Reporters were al
the front door and at the rear OF