Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-08-02
MOVIE MAD
BY HAZEL DEYO BACHELOR

What has gone befOre.-GlOria King,
who comes to Hollywood with the idea
of making good in the MOVIES later
comes to believe that only beauty and
pull are necessary to success. When
she gets chance to marry Rolf Tenn
pleton, the great screen star, she takes
it, although she despises him insin-
cere. He makes her his leading woman,
and when the picture, stranger Souls"
is released it is discovered that Gloria
has stolen the picture away from the
star. Rolf is bitterly Inundated and
avoids meeting her. One night, there
comes a furious rapping on her bedroom
door.-NoW go on with the story.
CHAPTER XIX
The Intruder
~ LORIA and Rolf stood facing each other
| y across the threshold. For a moment
~ neither spoke, and then Rolf said with
a sheer, aren't you going to ask me in?"
Gloria did not move aside for him to pass
her, and with harsh laugh he pushed by
her, came in and closed the door.
For a moment Gloria was frightened. She
not prepared for his intrusion, and there
was about him a reckessness that made her
think him hardly conscious of what he was
doing
Deliberately he selected his armchair, lighted
| a cigarette with fingers that were not quite
steady and looked at her through narrowed
eyes. There was insolence in that long
look, and Gloria felt little shiver creep
over her. Why was he here? Why did he
look at her like that? She felt suddenly
helpless, unable to cope with the situation,
and because her knees were shaking under
her she went to chair and sat down.
81 want you to get dressed and come
downstairs" he said after minute. Some
of my friends are there; we're going to have
little party, sort of a celebration for your
success. Hustle into some things, and III
smoke and mediate while I'm waiting" He
spoke with sheer and ended his words
with a harsh laugh. His eyes as they met
her glittered strangely.
Gloria studied her for a moment out of
wide greensh brown eyes, and then her lips
curled scornfully.
you'll have to excuse me, I'm afraid, be-
cause I'm not going downstairs tonight. You
might tell your friends that I've gone to bed,
or that I'm i'll, anything you like; it doesn't
matter. Perhaps you think you have some
authority over me, that [ don't dare defy
YOU but that time has passed. | don't in
tend to be Inundated by you any longer.
can't allow you to treat me without cOnsid-
Grafton"
/ "Ah!" he snared Getting rather indie
pendent, aren't you? Success has gone to
your head. Well, now listen to me. Your
career is your own affair. l promised you
that. But remember this one thing. You're
you'll do as l say. Now get into your
things. 1 don't want my guests kept wait
ing"
II refuse"
"Do you want me to carry you down as
you are?'
81 don't think I'd advise you to do that.
But even as she spoke, Gloria shrank. There
was something about him tonight that made
her feel that he would do anything, and
when he rose to his feet and came toward
her she had sensation as of cold hand
closing around her heart.
STOPPING he lifted her in his arms. He
held her as tightly as if she had been a
child and for the first time she struggled.
She could feel the loud beating of his heart
against her cheek, and the more she strug-
gled the tighter he held her. He carried her
into the hall, but at the head of the stairs
he paused
"Tn give YOU one more chance" he said
looking down at her ASK my pardon and
tell me you're sorry for defying me, and I'll
let you go. You can't pull any of this con
founded pride with me, you know, so be a
good girl and let me see how nicely you
can plead"
In the dim light of the hall, Glorias dark
ewes looked straight up into his, and in that
moment he knew that she would not stoop
! to plead with him. 1t stirred him to fury
| to think that he could not dominate her
mentally, and swift anger blotted out every
other feeling. He would show her who was
master, he would teach her lesson she
would never forget And so, holding her
! tightly against his breast, he carried her
downstairs and into the brightly-lghted liy-
ing room.
CHAPTER XX
An Embarrassing Situation
TT seemed to Gloria that she saw every
| thing through a blur. She was miserably
n conscious of her undigniied entrance, and
in her confusion it seemed as If the room
were full of people. Faces peered at her
from all sides-faces that looked amused,
surprised Gloria wanted to strike out at
them with her fists.
"Wen, here she isl" Rolf called out, mock
ingly. There wasn't much time, so de-
cided to bring her down just l found her.
He held her for a moment, while the
others looked on laughingly, and then he set
her down in their midst. Slender as reed
in her blue dressing gown, her soft mar
/ massed about her face, her bare feet thrust
into blue satin mules, Gloria stood there,
and then suddenly she threw back her head
and laughed.
you'll forgive, I know" she said, sweet
/ w. ut wasn't my fault, [ assure you Given
time, | should have dressed and come down
to greet you properly, but you all know
! Rolf" And, with a little shrug and ges-
ture that was inimitable, she WrlnkleU up
her face and smiled around the group.
Immediately there was much laughter and
talk Someone brought wrap from the
hall and threw it around Gloria's shoulders.
But with little shake of her head, she
demurred.
II really must run away. / know you'll
excuse me- Rolf is quite capable of doing
the bonors." And with a little bow, she
left the room, holding her draperies around