The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-04-13
GOT THE INTERVIEW
BY GEORGE GRAY.

he jumped back just in time to escape
being struck by q runabout that had
switched around from the side road,
He faced the driver angrily but his
frown turned to a smile as he met the
frightened gaze of a young girl. the
driver and sole occupant of the car.
'Tm so sorry" she a~pologized, "the
road was so dusty and l didn't see
you. These country roads are-for
goodness sakel Aren't you Frank
Morrison?"
"Margie !" he cried as he recognized
her and seized her hand. Marjorie
Thompson, you are the last person on
earth / expected to seel This is a
surprise, indeedi"
Jump into the car" she invited.
"We can talk it all ver a lot better
when we get out of this dust"
"Now, tell me all about yourself"
she said as Frank settled down be-
side her and the car was moving again.
what have you been doing since last
we met and what are you doing hereT'
"Well," he began, "the last time we
met was the night of the graduation
at high school, wasn't it? You were
going abroad to study music and l
was leaving the next day for the city
to take a whirl at reporting on Uncle
Joe's newspaper. The job suited me
and I've plugged at it eve Since dnd
am now special feature writer at $40
per. I'm on my way to interview an
actress, Marie Tellett. She's all the
craze this year. You've heard of her,
I'll bet?"
"Yes, go on"
There's nothing more to tell, ex-
cept l haven't found this actress
home yet, although I've been wading
through this dust for over an hour. It's
the worst job I've tackled since | was
a cub. But you're not interested
What about yOurself?"
"Oh, l have very little to tell" she
replied with just a little confusion in
the accompanying laugh. II got my
fill of music abroad and was glad to
get back to my own country. / was
so lonely there and although l was
busy l couldn't help being lonesome
for my friends. have been home over
two years and it has hurt a little to
think that one of those friends didn't
take time to look me up"
Forgive me, Margie; / didn't think
you cared to hear from me. You
meant a whole lot to me when we
went to school and when you went
away l thought l couldn't stand ii
for a while. The thought of you sort
of took the sharp edges of some of
my big early disappointments. but
when Uncle Joe died and / didn't get
his fortune as l had expected, / knew
it wasn't much use thinking of you
/ thought you would meet some fine
fellow abroad who could afford to keeI
you as you had been accustomed to
living.p
"How foolish of you'll AS If ]
haven't money enough to look after
us BOTH"
While she had been speaking she had
slowed the car down and the engine
stopped, and neither of them noticed
it. AS he put his arms around her and
drew her to him their thoughts went
back to the night of the high school
graduation, the night of their first kiss
when they had pledged to love until
the end.
Marjorie was the first to regain her
self. you'll be late for that inter
view with that horrible actress" she
told Frank.
81 don't care If l never see an &C
rress again." he answered. ITO thinl
of spending an afternoon In the com
pany of Marie Tellett when l can spenC
1t with you. I'll report Marie sick ii
bed, unable to see me until tomorrow
afternoon. I'll phone the Office as sooI
as we get hear a telephone.
Perhaps you won't have to tele
phone. 1 can tell you all about Mari,
Tellett-I know her well-and you cal
write 1t just as If it was an interview
with her. 1t will be great fun" Mar
jorie was finding it hard not to laugh
Fire ahead!" Frank said in sur
prise, as he got out his pencil and pad
II didn't think for a minute that yol
might know Marie"
"In the first place." Marjorie start
ed. "She isn't old and freaky and she
doesn't live in this dusty old countr!
for a within, but because she wal
brought up here and has the grandes
little home imaginable. She studied
music abroad and returned to thii
country two years ago.. She met
man on the steamer coming back VIII,
helped her get an engagement in Iigh
opera. Her voice did the rest. She il
a very popular star and has to hire
secretary to answer her love letters
Her real name is not Marie Tellett
but Marjorie Thompson, and she is 20
ing to marry Frank Morrison, a news
paper Have you got 1T all down?
She had tried to keep from laughing
but the surprised look on Franks fac,
was more than she could stand. ShI
was almost convulsed for q minute.