Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-28

mon. Had she really been In that
horrible place. eating impossible
food. with q fonLsmelling waiter
and a hare-braIned crime re-
porter" for companions1 Looking
back at herself through the cold
blue eyes OF Mrs. Ruyther. she be-
gan to think she was losing her
mind.
What on earth would Dirk say?
She should have consulted him. She
began to feel like a truant child
tagging schoolward.
Well. II was past. IL George
Bowen rang up the house she
would not even talk 10 him. No
doubt his schemes were just an ex-
cuse TO print Heayen-knew-what
about herl She shuddered az the
thought or tomorrow's Star and
what II might contain.
Il was Thursday and she was
dining at the Ruythers. Well. she
would do all she could to make Il
up 10 Dirk. The truth. dImly felt
before. revealed itself 10 her
bit by bit, as on an unrollIng scroll
Dirk's worried abstraction. Mrs.
Ruyther's futtering apologize air.
Mr.. Ruyther's booming heartiness.
There was something they we're all
ashamed OF. that they felt had 70
apologize for. IL had all passed IN
noticed. except an background. She
had been so absorbed that their
suspicious had glanced OF without
pricking her. Now II all came back
with n r~ush-every cutting, two
edged word that had been turned
toward her. every blank and guard
ed look. awkward moments that
she now realized would have been
definite snubs IL the snubbers had
dared. What had stopped them?
The power or the Ruyther namel
Not even the Jupiter money was 70
woodworking as that.
With a sudden rush OF under
standing and pity. she knew that
Dirk must have been having a bad
time at home. No doubt he had
had 10 fight for even the sembIance
OF surface ease. With only one son
to marry of. Mrs. Ruyther would
have liked to see him marry ito
advantage" She had accepted
Mary without enthusiasm, because
there was nothing she could say
against her. But now. good heav-
ems!
Suddenly she wanted to see Dirk
terribly. She wished the bus
would hurry. II was only three or
60. but he might come early.
The bus ground 10 a stop 20 take
on two passengers. who turned out
TO be Cornelia Tabor and another
girl, a little blond fun named Ethel
Somebody. who was visiting Cor.
nelia from Boston. Mary had seen
her picture in the society section.
They collapsed breathlessly "a n
front seat. without looking back.
Mary was leaning her head against
the cool window. and sat slumped
down In the seat so that they
would hardly have seen her any
how.
AS he bus topped a rise and be-
gan TO coast down the other side.
their voices became distinctly
audible.
Rotten for Dirk. but I don't sup.
pose he realizes it-men In love are
10 stupid Oh. I don't think he's
10 much In love Don't your
Why don't you think so?- Then
shrieks OF mirth. subsiding into
giggles. "Oh. it's too funny-the
family skeleton walking out and
rafting Just nj this time-eVery
family has one. they say-my dear,
not the Ruythersl Can you mag
Inc a Ruyther walking around In
his bones?" More shrieks. more
giggles.
MARY turned hot and cold. and
- Shrank down further 10 avoid
any chance OF being seen. Or were
they doing 1t for her beneft4 She
couldn't tell Thank goodness. they