New Britain herald., 1922-05-26
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(contined From Our Last Issue)
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(Contined From Our Last Issue)
 She rehearsed the scene; but Be failed not only 10 call at the hour ap- pointed or to send word of eAplana, ton.
 Lucinda had sacrificed the eve ming 10 sense Of duty: true sacri- flee, for Lynn was leaving carly next morning to spend q fortnight with his company in an oregon logging camp,
 Losing patience Lucinda called was informed that Mir, Druee had checked out early in the morning, saying nothing Of an intention to return,
 No note came from Ee,lamy the next morning, and nothing trans pired in the course of the next sey era weeks to afford any clue to the riddle. with the upshot that Lucinda thought about her husband q great deal more than she wanted to or had at any time since leaving Chi cago It was strange, 1t wasn't like Bel to treat any woman so rudely,
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 Jacques kept the summerald com pany away so long that its return found the first Linda Lee production Tn full swing. v-th Barry Nolan in command, Lncinua playing the supple puppet of his wblN. Fanny demurely walking through the feminine part of second importar--, and Lontaine functioning at the peak Of his capaci- fy as executive genius
 Why it should bc -S hard On him nobody seemed to know and Lon taine was too busy to explain.
 To all his symptoms of hustle and bounce, his wife played silent but attentive audience; though often- times her pretty eyes would light up with an unspoken comment too pun- gent to be wasted and, discreetly would find it without fail in Barry Nolan.
 Irish both by descent and profes- sion. Nolan had at least that sense conspicuously developed. What others he possessed was question which came to occupy many of lucinda's spare moment. She couldn't account for Nolan's high place in the cinema, unless a sprightly disposition, a fetching grin. infectious verve, inn pudence without end, and a distinctly indicated vein of genius at crap shooting, summed up the essential Qualifications of director who pre- tended to earn a wage of s25, ,ooo per production.
 But Lucinda first mistrusted his ability because of his appalling ig- norance concerning rudimentary principles of social usage.
 Since the story they were con- cerned with had to do with people of fashionable New York, Lucinda thought it important that their man. conventions; but Nolan was so little learned in such matters and his im- patience with them was whole hearted "Ah. what's the matter? Ninety per cent of your audiences are solid bone from the neck up, and the rest wouldn't think they'd got their moneys worth unless they found something to beef about in a picture. Why worry about little things like that? Life's too short, and we're wasting time.'
 But that distrust of Barry Nolan competency which troubled Lucin- da's mind almost from the very out set of their association had yet to crystalline on the Saturday when Summerlad was expected home.
 To get rid of Lucinda's presence, which instinct was already begin ming to warn him was silently skept- cal of his claims-Nolans artfully suggested that she might like to| review the rushes of yesterdays camera work.
 Assuming that she would find the projection-room empty. Lucinda made her way to it without hothering to remove her makeup, but on opening the door saw a fan-like beam of tur-