The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-05-23

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lcontinued From Our Last lssue)
Weeks slipped stealthily away, a
spring Sensued like an eastern sum
mer, fwhile delays on delays accum-
ulated and still q the day when
8tsshooting1 should begin fingered
remotelyS down tomorrow's dim
horizon.
Lontafne had leased studio space
sf IN the linn plant, which Summer
lad srecommended as the most
modern and completely equipped on
the coast. For this the company
was paying a. weekly rental of fiji.
hundred dollars. An expensive
aexecutive: and technical staff, lack.
ing only director. was kickin
heels of enforced idleness on full
spay. A story had been selected, ar
old novel by moderately popular
author to which linn had in 1914
purchased all notion-picture rights
soutright for five hundred dollars
and which Sfle was now willing to
part with for ten thousand as a
special courtesy because he had
taken such a mad fancy to Lon
tame.
"A scenario writer, warranted by
sZinn '"tthe best in the business had
Ereceived five thousand for casting
the story into continuity form, the
labor OF one whole week, and re-
tired rejoicing to his hundred-and :
fifty a week job in the Zinn seen
;ario department-
reading Of his bastard brain.
Child had persuaded Lucinda thar
writing must be the mys-
stery8its adopts alleged; in fact, she
scouIdn't understand the greater part
gsof t., and what she did understand
som ewhat preyed upon her mind.
But Lontaine seemed satisfied.
SUNNI erIad solaced her misgivings
with the assurance that Potter
Monahan simply couldn't write a
oor continuity and both agreed
y thatgBarry Nolan would know what
Ito to make it right when he GO
down to work on it.
incidentally. he did; Nolan reaS
it marlborough, thoushtfully SHE'D
the manuscript out of window.
& and dictated continuity all S
own, Of which nobody but himself
y could make head or tail, and which
n at times in the course of its pro
s$duction seemed to puzzle even its
In the meantime Lucinda had
moved to the Hollywood Hotel. the
sLontatns to furnished bungalow
NEARBY, where they vainly pressed
4 her togioin them. She thought l.
wiser to decline.
s5s55t.1 m far too fond of both OF YOU
ITO rfsk living with you she ex"
33pIained Besides, it's high time l
was learning to breathe in proper
atmosphere
This the Hollywood provided -
Z aduifration. SUNNI erlad assured LIZ
Scfnda, and on her own observation
sshe4could well believe. that at or =
a stageor another OF their careers q l.
most every motion-pictuer player OF
consequence in the country must
have registered at this hotel.
$ With most ofathese Lucinda be-
came acquainted by sight with
many she grew accustomed to eF-
change smiles and the time of day.
They made up to her saucily or
shyly, according to the style they
believed became them best. But on
one point they were all agreed:
SstheySwanted work. Lucinda spoke
Ito Lynn Summerlad. and was re-
swarded with worried 7rown. the
first sign of care she had ever de-
tected in him. together with some
well-chosen thoughts on the dan
Y gers OF contracting haphazard no
tel and acquaintanceships.
ss#ss $ First thing you know. they'll be
strying to borrow money from you"
Lucipda was sident for want of
& Indignant rejoinder.
:ss...But this is, after all. Holly
wood,
No excuse for doing as the Hol-
woodenheads do"
Then, I take 1t, you think it
might be more discreet OF me to
stop going about with you alone :"
oh, FLord!" SUNNI er1ad groaned.
might've known better than to
" start an argument with woma n.
sIsdon't like to. think OF any outside
influences working on you just
now
SSss Just now?"
.sDistracting your attention from
really important matters. like me
and what you're going to do about
me-. I'm SO desp erately in love with
you, Linda
Lucinda said nothing for little.
she had been expecting this for
days Now that it came it found
her, Of course, unprepared. Moth
y ing to- complain OF in that; dec
laration OF love always finds a
woman unprepared, no matter how
long she may have been preparing
FOR it. The primitive instinct OF
flight from the male Is deathlees.
4 though It manifest only as in that
one brief moment OF panic which
knew.
She was glad OF the darkness of
that section Of the hotel veranda
where they had been sitting for a
3quarter8of an hour after returning
from dinner a deux.
Ia.l,rd fenr, hrHnnd Coma be-