Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-14
By MA Sauce nc

tions Of the old automobile manu-
facturer. talking with the men who
drove cars. Other officials or the
Jupiter Motor Company. Incorpor.
ated, were only too well aware OK
H. Whenever they put forward
ideas about the Jupiter motor
which did not coincide with his sen
tiInents. he was wont 10 stop oil
argument by yelling. "And where
did you get your information Ill
tell you where / got mine-from
the men themselves"
He had been an automobile me
chanic once and 1t was bis boast
that he was still one-iust that.
and nothing more. They might
know about stock issues. and the
like OF that, but he knew carbu-
retors. When he was In that mood,
there was nothing more 10 be said
His interest in motors and in
the men who drove them was genu-
inc enough; their talk was his talk
But his wife. among others. thought
he sometimes carried Il too far. He
judged a man by the way he treat.
ed a car. for example. Many q
friends chauffeur. and even some
taxi-drivers he had taken N liking
to. were now holding good jobs IN
his plant. On the same basis, he
had never really warmed up 20
Eddie. Mary remembered. Eddie
was known as q wild driver" and
that "a enough for Mr.. y. III II
was that again that had gotten
Eddie into trouble
Mary paused. pinching her lower
lip thoughtfully between thumb and
finger.
She resolved presently that this
was a family matter. and why
bother anyone with IL except her
self? II really seemed the kIndest
thing to everyone concerned-jusi
10 say nothing about II. Later. Il
might eem very different 20 other
people. but she could not know
that then.
MIR. JUPITER was sitting on the
- running-board OF n Limousine.
surrounded by n group or bis
boys" Some OF them looked as
II they would like 10 break away
and start N crap game. but were
afraid TO suggest II. She could heal
his voice droning on and on. H
was having a good time. ~
A big. foreign-looking Limousine
stopped a second under the portico.
then shot around the circular drive
and out again. at a high rate OF
speed The uniformed drivers oil
looked up ~interestedly. as II cIrcIed.
then went on listening in respectful
silence 10 the old mans words.
"Lorimor. Special body" one
remarked to another quietly.
Junk" said MFR. Jupiter. prick.
ing up his ears. Lorimors were
his special antipathy. "FIve thou.
sand dollars for a pile OF junk"
Mary turned and went into the
house. Mrs. Jupiter was not In the
ballroom any longer: someone said
she had complained that her feet
hurt and had gone upstairs 70
change. Mrs. Ruyther had gone
home.
Mary looked at her wrist-watch,
and hurried upstairs. Mrs. Jupi-
ter's sitting room was az the head
OF the stairs, ianked by her bed
room and her husbands. Mary's
room was at the farther end on the
hall. AS she paused on the top
step TO catch her breath before
turning back along the corridor.
she heard sounds issuing from Mrs.
Jupiter's sitting room-an angry.
snarling voice. N woman's loud
scream. and then two shots In rapid
succession. There was the thud of
something heavy falling. Then 81
lence.
Mary stood frozen TO the newell
post. too terrified to move.
Eddie" she cried 10 the closed
door. Eddie. is that your"
Ito BE Contlnuedl