New Britain herald., 1927-02-15

I cried. her eyes round with surprise She hadn't expected. Monica to make good quite so soon. "Mo mica makes eyes at everybody on the Magnifica lot from Edmund Van Pelt right down to the electricians! She vamps every man on the place and the result is that she stands in with them and gets her picture in the yapers..'
 But that's not true of every girl who gets ahead in this business, " Lottie told her. "Some of the big 1 gest stars are nice respectable | girls who wouldn't let a man make ! love to them unless he came to them with an engagement diamond in one hand and a marriage license in the other"
 Bobbies dark eyebrows went up. Maybe that's true" she was think ing, but I know I'm not going to get part in this picture unless go to Laguna with Mir. Angus Mac Cloud That's what I know about myself and my own chances!"
 As she was thinking it, she caught sigh of him. He had just come out of the house and was standing beside his car while the Japanese manservant put his bags and a small trunk into it. He was in tan knickers and sweater, and the sun made his blond head gleam like a metal | helmet.
 GO and tell him you're not go- ing with him." some still small voice deep down within her said. And quickly, before she could silence that small voice and change her mind, she was across the lawn. through the evergreen hedge, and at his side.
 Her face. lifted to his, was as sweet as the roses in Lottie's gar den. She put her fingers on his arm, and swayed toward him be- cause whenever she was close to him she wanted to be still closer.
 It was unbelievably hard for her to say what she did I'm not go- ing down to Laguna Beach with the rest of you, today. Lottie wants me to go on teaching Jolly for a while, and I'm going to do it."
 He looked her up and down, and rhen lifted his eyes to the hillside garden where Lottfe's white dress showed white among all the green
 His face changed. hardened. His blue eyes looked as cold as ice.
 Tn other words, you've been talk ing Lottic's advice" he said frigiG- ly. Tn other words, you don't trust me. You won't go down to Laguna unless Roy and Lottie are along to chaperon you. What do you think you are, kindergartner? Let me tell you something, Bob- lie, you'll never get very far in this movie business if you listen to a lot of old-fashioned people pull ing lot of old fashioned talk on you. Now. how is it going to hurt YOU to drive down to Laguna Beach with me and lot of other people in the company? I ask you!"
 Robbie gulped. 'Lottie doesn't think ] ought to go.'
 He sneered openly, and sent Lot tie a look that was ugly.
 T don't think I ought to go, my, self" Robbie went on bravely. If T were back home, I wouldn't 20 on q trip with q man and a lot of other people unless there were some chaporoncs along. Why, my Aunt Gertrude never would let ne"
 Your Aunt Gertrude.' Gus gave q snort of harsh laughter. Your Aunt Tessie."
 He got into the car, quivcring like a great beast to be off and away.
 "All right, Little. White-Fect-on Hollywood- Boulevard" he said borrowing Monica's nickname for Robbie, you do as you please. But let me tell you this-that I'm off you for life if you don't go on this trip. You can't treat me as if J were murderer or a moral leper and get away with it
 But I'm not" walled Robbie.
 CHAPTER XL
 Not many girls of sixteen these days are so innocent as Robbie Ransom was at twenty-two-almost twenty-three.
 But then, not many girls are brought up by an old-maid aunt as