New Britain herald., 1927-02-16

from her widowed father and her Aunt Gertrude to take her to Holly wood, but both refuse to lend any for such purpose. So does Andy Jerrold, who's in love with her.
 At last she borrows $500 from the Widow Parkins, who is to marry her father, and goes to Hollywood. At Mrs. Mangan's boarding house she meets Stella ! Delroy, an extra girl, and 1 through her gets few days work at the Magnifica Studios. There ' Roy Schultz, famous director, and his wife. Lottie, take great interest | in her-but more as a friend than an actress. Roy seldom gives her any work.
 The assistant director, Gus Mac ] Cloud, falls in love with her and 1 she with him. He makes love to her, but doesn't ask her 10 marry | him, and later on Robbie learns that he has a wife who's divorcing him. She tells him their friend ship must be platonic until he's I free.
 Then she discovers that he often 1 gees to see Monica Mont, q ! friend of hers. Monica has no
 seruples about love-making with anyone. She's a gold digger and g natural vamp. and she gets every ! thing she wants, from a car down to a good part In a picture, by vsmping it from some man or | other.
 Lottie Schultz asks Robbie to | come and teach her little daughter Jolly, for a few weeks, to make some extra money while she's out of work, and Robbie does. She also tells Robbie that Gus has his di- voree, but he never mentions fl. And when he asks Robbie to ride out to location at Laguna Beach i with him, Lottie advises her not te ge. She says frankly that Gus morals aren't what they might be, and adds that he has tried to get Roy to go on ssne of the wild par ties in Monica's flat. Robbie stays at home, and that afternoon Mrs. Mangan shows her q newspaper with a story in it about Gus and Monica.
 NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
 CHAPTER xL1
 Another motion picture romance went on the rocks today" read the little newspaper story, when the automobile of Angus MacCioud, film director, overturned on the rocks along the Coast highway near Laguna Beach.
 With MaeCloud was Miss Mon- ica Mont featured player with Alagnifiea Pictures.
 The pair were supposedly on their way to location at Laguna Beach. But Miss Mont coyly ex- pIained to newspaper reporters that they were really on their way to Santa Ana to be married.
 "MacCloud is in All Saints hos pital. suffering from several slight injuries. Miss Mont was able to go on to Laguna Beach where the You Should Worry company. di- rected by Roy Schultz, is on loca- tion."
 As Robbie reached the end of #, the telephone in the hall rang and Mrs. Mansan went slip-slop- ping out in her loose felt slippers to answer it.
 It's for you" she called to Robbie, and then went slip stopping downstairs to listen in" on the ex- tension. Listening in on the tele- phone was practically the only amusement in Mrs. Mangan's life which was as drab as her house dresses.
 Lottie Schultz was on the wire. What are you doing, Bobs?" she wanted to know.
 Not a thing"
 Well, then. why don't you put your nightie and your toothbrush into a bag and come up here to spend the night. I'm blue and lonely" Lottie said. I'll send the car down for Sou.'
 But when it came a half hour later, Lottie herself was driving if. Lottie was the kind of person who would always do things for her self, no matter how many servants she had at her command.
 There was nothing uptown" about her. She never asked a maid to do anything for her that she could do for herself. She washed her own hair, and hooked up her own plain dresses. On Sunday mornings she went into her own huge kitchen and made dozens of airy little griddle cakes for Roy. who was crazy about them.
 When Roy worked late and wanted coffee at midnight, or at three in the morning, Lottie padded downstairs in her kinono and bed room slippers and made it for him. She babied him. mothered him. spoiled him,
 she was waking up 10 the fact that he was bored by mothering-and that he wanted 10 be "yamped.' in- stead. And she didn't know how to vamp anyone She vas just her self-plain, clever Lottie Schultz, looking every minute of her age,
 She had bandana Handkerchief tied around her head 10 keep her hair from blowing into her eyes, and another one knotted around her slender brown neck. She wore none of the expensive cesm etics she had bought the day before.
 T put 'em on, and they felt like batter Hn my face. so wiped 'en all off again." she told Robbie. "As a beauty. I can tell I'm going to be total flop" Her teeth and the whites of her eyes flashed in her tanned face as she smiled. Get in, honey" She opened the door of the little Italian car.