Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-24
Twenty-Seventh InstalImens
CHAPTER xiv

What Was N the Trunk.
II H0DA'S sob OF assent 10 this
- perhaps unique proposal or
marriage marked the end Of her
moment Of panic. She walked
into the Don steadily enough,
though still IN the embrace OF
Martins right arm. and IN
der the now startled gaze or
their rather unaccountable visitor.
How he'd managed to find her de-
spite Forster's refusal this after
noon to tell him where she lived
wasn't 50 puzzling rs the conscious
ness that she'd seen him some
where. without knowing who be
was. only a little while ago. Even
this minor bewilderment was not
what kept her rooted 10 the rug
while Babe was s-tammering out a
~superhuous introduction Babes
scrambled condition was due. or
course, 10 what she'd een through
the doorway and he. pompous yet
a little embarrassed, stood waiting,
apparently, for q welcome appro-
pirate to long-lost uncies. The
really astonishing thing was that
be wasn't an ogre at all. He
wasn't much taller than Martin.
and he had perfectly normal.
human-looking eyes and teeth.
Why had she ever been afraid Of
him.
It wasn't until she heard Mar
tin murmur again. Its all right
darling" that she released herself
from his arm, said. "How do you
do, Uncle william" and went up
and shook hands with him. She
thought he expected to be kissed
but she couldn't manage that.
He said, heavily. How do you
do, my dear. I'm very glad to have
found you at last. / thought this
afternoon that I must expect a
long search. but this evening just
after dinner I saw you in the lobby
Of the Worcester hotel and heard
this young man call you Rh0da.
There was enough OF your moth
er's lock about you SO that / called
up the telephone number / had
heard you give him Yes,
that was who Il was, or course.
The man who'd been looking at the
telephone directory when she and
Martin were calling up Babe TO tell
her they were all right-l so I took
the liberty Of coming here and wait
ing for you, late as 1t was / felt
It vas important I see you ~at
once"
I'm glad you did," Rhoda told
him, not In the manner IN which
one says something polite but as
IL she really meant IL. She dtmly
remembered something about him
and thought she had an idea.
You're a lawyer, aren't your" she
asked.
He seemed q little surprised AZ
the question. but answered stifiy,
Eyes. that is my profession"
well. then" said Rhoda. you're
Just the person we want You see,
Martin and / She broke
OF there TO remedy an omission by
introducing the two men Ia due
form. After they'd shaken hands.
a strictly non-committal ceremony
on both sides. Rhoda went on. "You.
see, Martin and J. have just found
out what really happened to my IA
thed-before his trial. I nean-that
made him leave the university
Uncle williams reception or this
statement was not encouraging. He
began to look a little more like the
ogre Rhoda remembered THAT
~ not q matter for discussion be
doomed Certainly not now"
But Rhoda was no longer a little
girl or twelve. "It's cot TO be dis
eussed." she contradicted HIM crisp
~. land dow In tho best time 90 do
H. Martins a reporter bur he SAYS
the paper can't print the story. even
though we know IFS true. unless we
have MIR. Forster indicted"
Forster indietedl~ Uncle VIII
liam exploded C ]. Forster7 Per-
feet ncnsensei What has Forster
10 do with it7'
1T won't seem 90 much like non
sense" Rhoda said, when you