The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-11-20
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VooDynsnt BY Sinclair
Bunny go away and find himself haunted by a figure
IN scanty onepece bathing-su figure Of youthful newy
but graceful vivid swift It evident that
and Bunny would wake from his dreams and realize he liked
he lie would think about her when he ought to be studying
and his thinking summed itself question "Why not?"
and their friends be answering why
who would have otherwise
Ashegh, and Henrietta alas, hardly a memory
Bunny not visiting the blue lagoon saying prayers
of the little black and gold books.
Bunny on the telephone at the studio
or at her bungalow and she always ready lark They
would go to one OF the restaurants where the folk dned
and then of the theater pic
tured and she would tell him private these
Very soon the screen world was putting one and one m u
its gossip Wee Tracy had picked millionaire an prince
oh millions and mlions And romantic too he was
said to be Boshevk The glances voice that
Bunny encountered gave echoes Of the haunting que
Sitting the beach, half the sand and staring out
over the blue told him something about her life m
no spring chicken Bunny don't imagine into
this game had my to make and paid the price,
every other girl You'll hear them lie about be
fooled there are no women producers and saints
Bunny thought Cant they satisfied with finding
good acress?"
"she be good in the daytime and good mist
ress at night the man have BOTH he takes them"
1T sounds rather CHASTITY" said the other.
m tell you it u.s. there's such fierce competition IN this
game you're going ahead nothing matters nothing
else is real know that with hung
doors of the ffeen-and starved and
yearned till I'd have slept with the devil to get inside"
She sat- staring before her, Bunny watching out Of
the corner of his eye, that her face grim
There's this too" she added "a girl meets
man that has wad of money out in big car
buy her good NEAL pretty clothes and set her p
in bungalow and he's mighty big her. it's easy to
think he's something wonderful It's all right for to
sniff that don't know anything about plain truth is
the that with the cash nv first real
in picturehe was lust about the same as god r. me- and
was only decent to give him what he had to live
with him few months before knew he fool
There silence suppose" said Wee "you're wonder
ing why tell this I'm safe now got money in the
bank and might set up for ladyput forget
ugly past I'd told Won was an innocent virgin how a
you have known? But myself BY Cod if having money
means anything to me- means don't have lie any
! Said Bunny Il know man that that It great
impression I'd known anybody like it before"
"Wel it makes you into kind of savage I've got an awful
reputation the picture word-has anybody told your"
mot very much" he answered.
She looked at him sharply "Wha they told you? All
about Robbie Warden, suppose?"
Hardly ALL, he smiled 81 you'd been in love with
him. and that you'd sort of been mourning SINCE
81 made fool of myself twice man. Robbie was the
last time and believe me- going to stay the last He put up
the for the best picture made he was hand
some god and he begged marry him. and really
meant to do it. but all the time oong with two or three
other women and of them shot him. the end of
my young No. not in mourning I'm in rejoicing he
cause missed lot of trouble bit cynical about
love- and bit unrefned language you can figure it OUT
And Wee shook the mountain her bare legs and
stood Here's how keep off the fact" said and nut
her hands down the sand where and firm and
stood the of herself upon the slender white limbs
going straight up and her face, upside down laugh
ing Bunny in that position she walked by handsteps
down water threw herself over in the other half
of handspring and lighted and dashed into the
breakers Come in! The waters fneo
Bunny thought this conversation learned from
his usual lesson of humility Wee to fight for her sue
cess whereas he had had fight fer anything If he
wanted moving picture career would arrange it for him
the studio doors would fly open thing applied To
any sort OF career he could think Of How could
Judgment on anybody?
Also while he listened Tracy he had the memory Of
Eunice oyt to keep him humble people didn't know what
was right about any rate they did they didn't make
it clear 1t disagreeabe to think about SO many
other men, but then helped atmosphere She
wouldn't expect marry right off, there were marriages
among the people, apparently not until they had made
sure they happy Also Bunny to be certain that
ing his dreams.