Evening star., 1924-03-02


the till. Pulling out the receipt stub
she showed 1t and q pencil toward the
little fellow.
Can you spell your own. name"'
she asked, easy. The little fellow
looked at her then.
s'K. A. Walker" he wrote,
Thanks" said Jane. Whats the
K for"
kid, to you," said the little lad.
"All right. Kid" she said. Nov,
listen, I'll leave word with Jake to
give you a cup Of coffee in the morn
ing"
LIE looked up at her quickly. then
grinned. Much obliged. Miss
Jane. But I'll have me job before
I get hungry again"
"a job?" Jane flashed me a.look.
you've got a job. Kid. II you want
It," said. helping me shoot Aim on
the Idol lot. There's a hot bath and
a cool bed waiting for you at my
hotel, too. How about it?"
"I've croaked," said the little fel-
low softly. i've croaked and gone
to heaven. Come on. ST. Peter. Good
night, angel. I'm going to dream
about you.''
Out he went, shaking his head, puz-
zled-like.
"Will locate Big Bill or one OF
the boys from headquarters?" 1 whis-
pered to Jane. Her gray eyes turned
dark and hard as slate. IF I hear
Of you tipping of anybody that the
Kid is the X guy. you're going to
change eating places or suffer an
autopsy" Her voice softened. 'Tll
take care of the Kid, Pete. Leave
him to me-"
"How's the Kid making out with
the company" Jane asked me after
the Kids first week.
Aces. Tom Kush says he's going
to make a director out of him and the
boss threatens to put him in the
Office
James eyes glanced at the Kid chin
ming with Louis Spinola-
Hes getting real plump. don't you
think?"
here old Egyptian mummy the papers
have been printing so much about"
Billy Murray, the demon reporter
coming in for his usual cup Of coffee
told us: II interviewed a decadent OF
his this afternoon"
He pointed to an article on the sec.
ond page. which announced the fact
thot pr{nna pfo1np,Sy 70 -
etc, who traced his ancestry back te
the mummy. had stopped off for few
days in our beautiful city on the
tour Of the world he was making fol.
lowing his graduation from an Eng.
lish university.
X \ y
WELL. naturally. Monday morning
" there were nineteen autos drawn
up in front OF the princes hotel
nineteen men inside inviting the
prince to visit their own particular
studio, and, on the sidewalk, nine.
teen cameras focused on the front
doors. When the prince finally emerg.
ed with my boss. nineteen shutters
started taking sixteen exposures pei
second OF q dapper-dressed youns
putty colored gent with a vacant eye
Taking of his hat. he uncovered Ions
sleek black hair. parted in the mid.
die and oiled down straight towart
large, monumental ears. And ther
he screwed a monocle into his of
eye and emitted "Extraordin'ry" ir
hand-picked Piccadilly accents
$50 that's all that's left of a Ions
limo Of kings" grinned the Kid al
my elbow. Looking at a genuine
Egyptian. began to understand why
Cleopatra fell for a foreigner. Why
do you suppose he picked on ou,
outfit?"
In the car on our way back to the
studio I explained to the Kid that the
Idol company would soon be pulling
an Egyptian film. inspired by the pub
ltcity given Tut-ankh-Amen.
Well take the action scenes and
close-ups here in California" I told
him. "and fill out the rest of the pic.
ture with long shots of the pyramids
the Sphinx, the muddy banks OF the
sacred Nile and any other suitable
scenes we can buy from the news
weekly companies Libraries. 1 sup.
pose the boss beat the bunch by ask
ing the prince for his personal advice
and suggestions"
kidding himself or the princer
kidding nobody. The film We'll
shoot today. following the prince all
over our lot. will bring heavy money
from aforementioned news weekly
companies"
THE next afternoon we escorted
our distinguished visitor into the
projection room to show him how he
looked to others. ! was surprised to
hear behind me in the dark room the
boss's voice while the film was beins
run of.
II wish knew some way to Der.
suade your highness to play the
leading part in my new picture. ]
realize that money is no object
my dear sir. the amount Of money
you offer would always be an object
But 1t iss tho time. as I have ex.
planned. I am due to sail upon the
or. forget the exact date. My SEQ.
rotary would know"
Couldn't you postpone sailiner
the boss urged. TT will take oul
Mr.. Kush not moro than three
weeks to complete the scenes YOU
would appear in. Three weeks-twe
hero and another in Mexico"
"Mexico?"
There II a location . few mile,
from Tia Juana which IL ideal fol
our purpose. It has the heat haze
noticeable In all genuine Egyptian
desert film."
Fascinatingly interesting, OF
course. But Mexico-it's dirty, I've
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