Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-11
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LANE BARRETT. rs and beau
tiful. tries in vain 60 forget VAN
RBARD, wealthy polo player.
when his engagement IL an
nOunced 10 MURIEL LADD. popu-
lar dcbutnnte. Lanes mother,
CASs BARRETT, r. nm actress and
% a. during Cass'S engagement I'm
stock mt N ashionabl Long
Island summer colony that the
Barretts meet MRS. CLEES-
PAUGH. wealthy widow. when
Cass goes on tour I'm the fan Lame
becomes Mrs. Cl~eespaugh's secre-
tary. Give CLEESPAUGH. the
widows only son. asks Lame 20
marry him- Give eannot inherit
his fathers fortune unless he
marries before he o. -. Lame nc-
ccpts, agreeing the marriage ts TO
be- n matter Of form only.
TRESSA LORD and her sister.
MRS. AMBERTON. come 20 visit
the CleespnuEhs and Trcssa. who
wants 20 marry Give. begins 90
make r0uble for Lame Tressn
counives u~nsuecessfuily with a
gang of hlnckmailers. Later LANE
and Give spend their honeymoon
I'm the south. then return north.
Muriel eiopes with CHUCK DIES
MoND. newspaper reporter Give
devotes himself 10 business and
Lame tries not 20 he bored by so
rial duties. On IN shopping trip she
encounters Robard. lie beEs her
20 10 abroad with him. After n
quarrel with Give. Lame goes 90
see Cass and tells her she In going
away with Robhrd. Cass reveals
Lame ~ not her child but the
daughter of her sister. LuIsa. and
RObard's stepfather whose first
wife Tulsa wns. The girl ~ shaker
by this news She starts home and
hears neNsboys shouting extras.
hob1rd has been killed In nm acct
dent. Weeks pass Tn which Lame
In miserable. overwhelmed by n
sense of guilt. Then she disnp-
pears. going 90 N city In New Jrr-
sey and finding wOrk I'm IA store.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XIII
# lanes days resolved them
- selves into a pattern. She rose
before seven. and dressed hur-
riedly. She stopped at a tiled
lunehroom for breakfast. An
orange, a piece or toast. a cup OF
coffee. That was 20 cents. She
rushed 10 the store. She had to
be there at a quarter past eight.
There she arranged her stock.
tipped open her salesbook. and
when the doors were opened stood
waiting and ready. n of an army
OF workers expected TO be court
eous and efficient.
For the first time IN her life
Lame began 10 realize what sort
Of lifo the workers OF the world
lead. She discovered that life
could become a treadmill in which
the only really important things
were n hot cup OF tea and a good
nights rest.
She learned TO keep a box of
crackers in her room and a bit of
cheese carefully rolled in brown
paper. Apples could be had for
little or nothing. Sometimes she
thought OF the state dinners at
the Willow Stream house, Of her
plate being carried away
scarcely touched. She thought OF
tea parties where the table over
flowed with cakes and tiny. deli
cious sandwiches. She tortured
herself with memories Of the
dishes she had refused.
One day Lame realized with
that a man was shadowing
her. He was q well-dressed man
with tell-tale blunt toed shoes and
4 DERBY hat. Since he did not
modest her she decided not 70
do anything about II. II she COM
to the store manager ne
would think she had something
% hide She did not want TO lose
her job She had no idea where
the might find another.
The man disappeared and the
girls leart lightened. One night
'he took the train and then the
'erry 10 the city where she mailed