The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-01
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Nettie B. Framing.
Copyright, 1922, by Wheeler Syn

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Write for the Movies. No ex-
perience Necessary. Money Paid
for IDEAS
The lad" sounded aIluring to sgd
and Nan, who had been married a
year and had been unable to save q
cent So, hoping to earn some ex-
ira money, each started secretly &c
write movie play. Nan confided
only in Mrs. Adams, her neighbor
and sgd told Adams, who worked
in the office with him Nan named
her hero Ralph Grant, after sgd s
chum, and sgd called his star Gen
evieve Fluff, the name of the of
flee stenographer.
AS Nan became absorbed in he:
plot she neglected her homework
and sgd, who could write only after
office hours, was often late to din
ner. Having their plays constantly
on their minds, they frequently
seemed preoccupied. Although
neither mentioned it, each worried
at the change in the other.
One night Sgd awoke with new
idea for plot, and rose to Jot it
down. Nan was dreaming of her
play and when sgd kissed her soft
ly, she stirred uneasily and muir
INJURED, Don't leave me Ralph, l
love you" Syd's face clouded, then
he smiled. It's only dream, and
dreams go by contraries-'
Both Nan and sgd finished and
mailed their plays while Mrs. Ad-
ans was away on short Visit. On
the day that Mrs Adams returned
she ran over to Mans. Finding her
out. and not knowing that the play
had been finished, she wrote a note
suggesting a suitable ending for 1t,
and slipped it under the kitchen
door.
Nan was downtown shopping that
afternoon, While at a ribbon coun-
ter she overheard two salesgirls
spicily discussing the affairs of a
young married man and a stenog-
rapher in his office. They won
dered if his wife suspected anything
wrong.
"Horrid gossips,'' thought Nan,
turning away.
AS it was nearly closing time, she
decided to stop at the office for
sgd. Arriving little late, she
heard his voice and paused outside
the door. sgd was reading his play
to Adams and Nan was just in time
to hear the closing line:
"Genevieve Fluff, 1 love you. +
cannot live without you"
Heartbroken Nan crept from the
building. So those salesgirls had
been talking about her husband
Half dazed, she made her way to
Mrs. Adams home and sobbed out
her trouble. Mrs. Adams said there
must be some mistake, but Nan
shook her head.
II heard sgd tell Genevieve he
loved her." she insisted.
When Sgd arrived home, happy,
for Adams had praised his play.
Nan was not there, and there were
no preparations for dinner. Won
dering at it, he went to the kitchen
discovered the note under the door
opened it carelessly and read:
Dear Nan. why not end it, safe in
the knowledge of Ralph Grants
love, and have your elopement py
motor boat instead of by auto?"
sgd crumpled down in the nearest
chair. MY wife-in-love with
I can't believe it, Then
he recalled the untidy house, her
preoccupation, her dream, and call
ing himself a fool for not having
suspected something. The silence
became intolerable to him. He
packed bag and poor
Nan, from behind a screen in Mrs.
Adams house saw him go. and knew
that the worst had happened He
was leaving her for Geneyieve.
In a downtown hotel sgd ac-
met Adams and told him
the whole miserable story.
Adams said: "Bosh! l don't be-
l.eve it."
Weli-there it was in writing.
Adams borrowed the note, VENT