The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-11-28

warm emotion to flow over her being,
with delightful JUNCTION.
"Here It's, Lovely" He was out of
the car when he said that, coming around
to help her out
AT the door of the house had appear
ed, in response to his rafting knock an
elderly, grinning, black man.
'Ho here Back so soon, Teddy?" he
had beamed, unshipping a small chain on
the door.
''Yoa-ah, Uncle joe" Teddy h a d
nodded. and look what I've brought.
She had smiled sweetly at the old
fellow as Teddy guided her gently into
the house.
Inside, the rooi.., living room, had
been extensively furnished. Three floor
lamps, one blue, another bloodred and
the third yellow, had diffused warm,
shadowy glow about. The three-piece
kinkimo suite had been soft and rich in
color, while the dark, walnut table had
cleaned in the glow like the back of
seal under blue moon.
Everybody sleep? Teddy had ask
ed, turning to the grinning old man.
Gun huh" had been his laconic re-
ply. He had stood regarding her with a
speculative light in his slaty eyes.
"Put tn car up them" Teddy had or
dered. Give r bath in the morning"
The old fellow had then sidled out
of the room with a manner that had re-
minded her of a bum who had pocketed
the kids bank in kind lady's home.
"Ya room, Lovely" Teddy had push
ed open a door leading off the living
room She had followed him into it. 1t too
had been softly lighted by floor lamp.
and equally marked with expense.
sleek mahogany, three-ply vanity, lit
tie bench, chair, small table-all of
the same MATERIAL colonial bed and
soft deep rug, gave it all to be desired in
luxurious comfort. The blue-flowered
wall paper added 20 it's coziness.
Like it," Teddy had asked, look
ing so handsome, so manly and so perfect
in every respect as he measured her with
his laughing eyes,
Teddy" That is all she had said
The next minute she had rushed into his
arms.
He had said, stroking her tenderly:
Better get to bed. va can get
acquainted in the morning. I'll come
back. Give us another kiss" At that he
had left the room.
In bed. Waiting He had said he'd
come back. Time had slipped. She had
heard someone moving around upstairs.
Lulled by the WEAKNESS of the ride, and
the soothing effect of the cool sheets
against her silkened-clad body, she had
unintentionally fallen asleep.
"Still sleep?" the voice had been at
the side of the bed.
Mary's eys had fluttered open. And,
through a sleepy haze, she had seen a
chubby, chocolate colored woman, stand
ing by the bed wrapped in black silk
kimo that had Rugged her plump figure
with feminine appeal.
Its morning." the woman had in
formed, possibly after noting the puzzle
ment in her widening eyes.
She had sat up.
"Wwhere's Teddy?" she had asked.
The question had been softly put, yet her
voice had faltered under the weight of
her growing anxiety.
The womans slow smile had reveal
ed row of flashing gold teeth.
He's upstairs Sleep" the woman had
answered. Get dressed. We gotta get
acquainted. We live like one happy family
here. Yuh'll like it after yuh get used to
it. The woman had then smiled craftily
and see-sawed out of the room with an
air of authority.
In search of the bathroom Mary had
seen through an opened door of large
room situated in the front Of the house
two brown girls sitting at the front win
dows. Each had been heavily painted,
and clad in an abbreviated, silky-looking
smock. Like a shot out of the dark the
significance of what she had seen plough
ed through her heart, increasing in mean
ing as she heard the monetary tat-tat-
a-tat-tat of the girls tapping on the win
doWs.
Without q word without hack