South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-07-30
Clark Alias Clark
By Dorothy Douglas

She had had two manuscripts re-
turned that morning from magazine
editors and just moment befsre
she had failed 20 get "A seat for the
farce she wanted 20 see
"Not a seat ln the house, the box
Office man informed her.
nina was disappointed She
glanced through the casts Of charac-
tiers OF several theateS as she pass
cd them 90 see II she could find out
whether there was anything else
worth spending "A dollar on Nine
never paved more for a seat Stories
didn't sell fast enough for the lux
ury Of orchestra seats.
"Oht" she calculated softly II
wonder II this is the Mr.. Clark
crossed on the Lymric with 20 She
was CHANGING through the cast OF
characters for "A Night and A Day"
posted In front Of the Triangle thea
ter and noticed the name A. G.
Clark I'm sure ne must be Cal
vim Clark Isn't that lucky. 1 shall
write and ask him 10 tea i'm the
studio"
Meantime. Nina purchased a seat
for the Saturday matinee and felt
slightly less discouraged. she had
been quite attracted By Calvin Clark
during the voyage across the ocean.
He was a young English actor COM
ing 90 America TO hIl his first en-
Ragement when Nine had met him.
They had kept up an infrequent eX-
change OF letters until during the
last years when the habit had just
broken itself OF for sheer neglect.
When she returned 20 her studio
Nina wrote a short note to Mr.. Clark
asking him 20 tea for the following
Sunday. She touched lightly on the
voyage upon which they had met.
thinking that perhaps during his
travels he had forgotten her
She waited impatiently for matt
nee time on Saturday Nine was
over-fond OF the theater. consider
ing her limited allowance for amuse-
ments
When A G. Clark made his ap-
pearance Nina gasped 1t was not
the Calvin Clark whom she knew
but one compellingly different
oh" And I've invited him to
Nina found herself smiling sIyIy
IN spite OF the tremendous error she
had made. a. G. Clark was decid-
eddy good To look at and his person.
ality was pleasantly magnetic.
Now while Nina realized that she
had plenty OF time TO send a mes
sage 10 this Mr.. Clark tefore sun
day morning she recognized no ter
rife sin in not doing so
II might just as we'll keep up the
bluff-untiI after l have met him."
she told herself He need not know
/ have seen a Day and A Night
nor that l have discovered my err
ror"
ON Sunday afternoon Nina dress
I'd trifie more becOmingly than she
knew she would have for Calvin
Clark. Whether it was because she
wanted this unknown q tor 10 be
pleasantly surprised or because she
liked him better than Calvin Clark
Nina was not quite sure.
Whatever the motive in her brain
she was assuredly "A lovely vision in
the sand-coIOred. smocklike dress.
with her tawny hair cOiled loosely in
the nape OF her white neck.
Her heart futtered a triie des-
perately when she knew A. @. Clark
had dropped the copper knocker Of
he. door
II Nina was embarrassed with her
guilty conscience she did not show
it.
The goOd-Iooking young actor did.
however. glance bit nervously into
>ina's brown eyes when she opened
the door for him.
Her start OF surprise was well as
sumed.
"Oh-h'' she bluffed naturally
you are not MY Mr. Clark. I am
so sorry" she said and cast "a Won
derful glance into the actors eyes
I'm sorry. too very sorry"
laughed A c. Clark IL just came
up 20 tell YOU that I'm not YOUR
Mr. Clark" ne added 10y way Of
prolonging the interview. He re-
manned standing near the door op-
ing. however. that ne would not have
90 go right away He suddenly
wished ne were n Strategist thai he
might devise a maneuver that would
hold him In his delightfully."- honey
studio beside this wonderfully love
~ girl.
Il have the kettle boiling and
English crumptes-all ready for
tea Nina said boldly while inward
~ she quaked at her own temerity.
and no one 20 eat them" With
that she sent another glance into
Clark's eyes
If that's an invitation" laughed
Clark. Il accept happily. have
been desperately lonesome for some
one just like you" lie colored as