Evening star., 1921-08-28

Foq +. sss "a: MN sooe g d.ai q th. :sn'
tive artistic temperament. and . Jolt
like that gets to him hard. Still:
he stares across at Ines HOPEFUL ~ u
1t might have been . mistake.
~ .:i beg E esrssn;;" ssa;.. s:ys ysu s b. Hope
Il no like rsadin' much" says Ines
In that hat.footsd way OF hers
That's all. hey? Then maybe Uncle
Nels and I 80 to movies ssee"e
"sursw says Uncle Nsls. reusins
up from the cat nap he's osen 'ndo's'
And inside Of three minutes they
with his chin down and his precious
play tossed on the hoor.
1T must be pretty punk" he s.eens
mi,s roo t' much nS hsssaiss ssisy:s.is ca ana TO-
little doing. Il you want my homes!
shakes a. q reader. Barry: Yov az
dialogue like . Western Union desk
clerk checking UP q night me.sage
No expression: no pep: ssy' ~ y y9u ,u
manager you'd either put him to
sleep or have him pushing the button
for the bouncer. And some Of those
snappy lines would get across II they
weren't mumbled. Here. let me take
with that I picked up the sheets
and finished reading the play. Be-
fore ] was through I had Barry sit
ting up with his mouth open.
why. say!" says he. That does
sound like something. after all. How
where did you learn the trick Trh'
"Didn't know 1 used to be q child
eiocutionist. did your" says !. We'll
that was one Of my early vices. Paw
trained me. at the tendsr age Of nine
and at thirteen or 50 ! used to per
form at Grange Hall In Tamarack
Fifth Reader stun. but chunks out Of
Les Miserab bies and 'Piekwiek Papers
and QUO Vadis' But Of course I've
outsrown all that childish folly" >.
"By George" says Barry. "lf-ii
could get you to reld EN- some OF
my things I'll bet ia have snow
why couldn't you, nowT ..,,.,,,
Twenty per cent commission" says
he, ION anything you land:
Might be worth while chasin
says /. That is. II you can produce
thing with a punch 70 It. You know"
Barry shakes his head gloomy.
"IIi bet you could. though" says 1.
And that sippy dialogue OF yours
deserves . good stin piot 20 nSn1 any, ~
rather . brainy youth, you know. All
you need 10 to get the little old bean
working at top speed and the nrst
thinx you know you'll be grinding
out regular stun. I'm backing you
for q winner. anyway. Why not make
a stab at IT."
Doesn't take much to chirk Barry
up. He says he will. He admits that
he's had . couple Of ideas knocking
around in his loft that seemed good
to him, but he hadn't quite had the
nerve to tackle 'em. He wHuid.
though; ,d + II. S psHm:s @ s.ss.ly ss seee What se
easiest thins I. do. But may be
way or In my decisions, Barry.~ l
don'. e. s,.,Ssp,.tansa Sp sss Any dramatic cheese
tester; .m Inaslsdnae' nssinsinS to think you are
however" insists Barry.
THEN for q while We sat there at
! the open window. looking south
over New York's roofscaps. And say
when it's all lighted up It isn't such
poor picture. is it? Standing W
slim and graceful OF At the left wer<
! the gray spires Of st. Patriek's. a.
most black against the dssp blue Of
the sky: 70 .. the stxnt asns,. and ,,h ,oTs. ~,
chewinx sum and tire signs rip.
pIinr and twinkling;, and high up
like q visiting star, the lantern II
the Metropolitan tower burned stead
lily except when 1t Wtnked RED fol
the quarter hours. Then from soms
skyscraper over west Of Hroadwey Z
roofs. a. II paging. 2 lost building.
"Some town, eh?'.I remarks.
But Barry had been looking with.
out seeing. What poor nut am!'
"why admit it, thought" asks:
Cant help it." says he. I've just
'u%S.sa wsia. tS that sosa sometime. & helps, say.
I. what have you discovered now?
eaShe-she wouldn't do. Not At ali.''
Nor says !. shes = nice girl
Inex." %
II know" says Barry. .wendsrfu!
into. And that whSat-colorsd hair
A crown At for . goddess. But very
little under the hair"
"Oh. I don't know" says /
"But' do," insists Barry. "And
Tn sure Of something else now. II
hasn't been Ines +at all: at least. moi
altogether" '- Il
Listens complicated. Barry" ]
suggests.
"it is." he goes on "You see. I've
been seeing you two together, al.
most every time we've met. and l.
well, guess I've sort Of got you
mixed. or combined. I've been lis.
tening to you and looking at Ines
and I've just found out. Trilby May,
that it's you I'm crasy about. after
AL"
"z-s-sfnsw says !. catching nay
breath. ''Ssy. Barry boy. when
you're going TO drop q bem6 nke
that Why dent yeu give = psreo9
some warningf You diAn't even dsa
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