The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-07
TOMORROW AT NINE.
BY F. Whiteholse.
Copyright. 1922, by Wheeler :
Sundinafa Inc

SynUlCdle, luC.J
Peter McGilvery closed the from,
door and limped upstairs to his
room. From the living room below
the voice Of Peter, Sr., assembled tc
the ears of Peter, Jr., with un-
pleasant distinctness. |
"Aw, ma, stop worrying about
that kid" peter, ST., always ad-
dressed Mrs. McGilvery as Ma,
although Peter, Jr., deplored the
habit as Exceedingly provincial)
Don't you s'pose l know what's
best for him."
Peter, Jr., didn't stop to listen
He was gloomily resigned. Tonor-
row at 3 he would eater upon an
ignominiouS career in the office OF
McGilvery & johns, manufacturers
of Carrira hair nets.
With gloomy precision Peter
closed his bedroom door and locked
it. He limped across the room
seated himself with dignity on the
bed, and removed from his abused
feet a pair of respondent oxford'
Still limping a trifie. he crossed to
the dresser, halted before its mir
ror and studied with Utmost solem-
nifty the visage reflected therein
Presently he lifted his right eye
brow very slightly, imparting tC
his 19-yeaf countenance an ex
preston of extreme sophistication
For fully half a minute Peter re-
tanned this expression, then, ex-
tracing from an upper drawer a
| well-worn copy of FINLAND, he
opened that worthy magazine t.
page 6. whexeon was depicted Mont
gomery Trellis. famous interpret, ,
of bored young millionaire roles
With the aid of a clothes brush
Peter propped the open magazine
against the mirror, and, with ges.
ture of utter boredom, raised al
imaginary ciraget to his lips and
blew imaginary rings Of smoke
! ceiiingward.
For an instant. as he thus regard
himself, the gloom on Peters face
lifted. And then he remembered
Wasted" he informed the youth
in the mirror. Wasted"
He glanced at his wrist watch. II
was quarter after Z. Hastily he
grabbed up the new oxfords and
forced his protesting feet into them
Twenty minutes later he was occu.
plying a 2O-cent seat in the Bloom
town Picture Palace.
The title of the feature picture
'Out of the Darkness" a super
super picture with Montgomery
Trellis. was being flashed on the
screen. With great concentration
Peter pretended that he was the
great Montgomery, reviewing his
latest release.
Suddenly Peters concentration
was completely destroyed He was
conscious-oh, very acutely cen
scious-that the seat 1t his left was
occupied. Breathlessly he glanced
down in the dim half-light of the
theatre and discovered quite close
to his new EFFORTS a pair of feet in
little low-heeled pumps!
Peter fixed his gaze sternly upon
the screen. Something very
strange, something very wonderful,
was happening 10 him. The dim
theatre seemed q lovely place, and
the music of the organ was weas-
ing about him a pleasant enchant-
ment. Peter was very glad he'd
worn his new oxfords.
On the screen, Montgomery Trellis
was smoking numerous cigarets
ard spending his millionaire T.
theirs dollars on late parties for
chorus girls. At the end Of the
second reel he has reached the con-
clusion that women bore him
dreadfully and refuses to buy them
any more diamond necklaces. And
then he. discovers his fathers stem
ographer!
Right here Peter became tremul-
onsly aware that the little Some
body at his left was looking at him.
ION the screen Montgomery Trellis
was looking masterfully down upon
the lovely. stenographer). Drawiae
a long bre bath. Peter turned and
locked straight down into the up
turned face Of the owner of the i'll
tie feet in the low-heeled pumps.
At that moment there was no
past. NO future. Just wonderful
~resent. with = dim little face turn
Cd uD p his. Her eyes were brow