New Britain herald., 1927-02-03

she IS. For years sne mas been
 dreaming of going to Hollywood to break into pictures.
 Neither her father, a widower,
 nor her Aunt Gertrude. nor Andy
 Jerrold, who wants her to marry
 him. will lend her the money to go
 on such a wild goose chase" And
 because she's extravagant and spends everything she makes, she
 has no money of her own.
 Finally she borrows $500 from
 the well-to-do Widow Parkins who
 is going to be her fathers second
 wife, and goes to Hollywood with
 a high heart and full purse.
 At the boarding house of the ec-
 centric Mrs. Mangan she meets
 Stella Delroy, who's an extra girl
 in the movies. Through Stella she
 gets two days work at the Magnifica
 Studios in picture directed by
 famous Roy Schultz. The assistant
 director, Gus MacCloud, a handsome
 bachelor, takes great interest in her. land another extra girl, Monica Mont
 advises her to play up to him.
 Monica is gold digger, and Bobbis
 is dreadfully upset when Monica
 decides to come to live at Mrs.
 Mangan's, for she never pays for
 anything that she can get for noth-
 ing.
 MacCloud invites Robbie to so to the Mexican gambling town of Tia
 Juana with him, and tries to make love to her, but she rebuffs him.
 She feels that he's too sure of her.
 But after Roy Schultz's wife. Lot tie, tells her that both MacCloud
 and her own husband are interest
 ed in her career, Robbie begins to
 be nice to him. Slowly she feels herself falling in love with him, but she never loses sight of the l fact that he can help her become film actress. One night he takes her to an actors benefit, and to- ward midnight suggests that they leave and drive down to the ocean. l Despite the lateness of the hour, l Robbie says she'll go, and hey start off.
 NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY | CHAPTER XIX It was a blow to Robbie to hear from N1onica's own lips that she, | too, had been visitor at Gus Mac | Clouds hillside house. It always is a blow to a woman to find out that there have been other women In the life of the man she happens to be in love with. And yet" Robbie told herself, remembering that she had seen Gus with at least three other women in the time she had known | him, Its only natural that a good looking bachelor in his thirties should have had love affairs by the | dozen."
 She slowly stirred the coffee in | the cup that was balanced on her knees.
 "Monica," she said, looking up from it, How well do you know | Gus?"
 Monica shrugged her slender shoulders.
 Come on in my room minute. want to show you something" she said, and jumped up. "It came last night just after you left with Gus"
 Robbie put on her kimono and slippers and followed her across the the hall. On the table in the cen- ter of Monica's room was radio. )noLipc
 Where did you get t." Robbie asked, and Monica laughed her shrill. gay laugh.
 "Oh, from one of the electricians over at the studio" she answered.. His brother has store where they sell these things and he's been ding-donging at me for month to buy one from him. So told him to bring one over and here 1t Is. I hope they don't expect me to pay for it. If they do, they're going to be awfnlly disappointed She shook her head sadly.
 "I haven't ten dollars to bless myself with" she went on, closing the door of the room gently and lowering her voice. And was just going to ask you to do me the biggest kind of favor, Robbie"
 Robbie looked at her, waiting for her to go on.
 T was going to ask you if and my radio could move into your room with you for just week or so," Monica explained, after a mo- ments hesitation. You see. neither enc of us would have to pay Mrs. Mangan as much money that way as we do now. And honestly. Bobs, I'm just stony br,ke If you won't take me in, I'll have to go and sls ? in the park until I get york;
 Boobies eyes traveled her up and down. She looked tawdry in her flashy clothes. but there Vas a genuine diamond in a ring on her left hand. How could anyone be stony broke with ring like that.
 "All right, when do you want 10 double up? Today?" she asked, wishing she had the courage to suggest to Monica that she sell the diamond. She almost offered to lend Monica the money to pay her hoarI bill, but something told her that if she did it once, there would be no end to the money Monica would borrow from her.
 But all the same, she hated the of having Monica in ner room.
 For one thing. Monica was sloppy. Her own room was fairly running over with things that should have been hung in the clos ct or put away in dresser drawers. Stockings of an amazing thinness were slung across seats of chairs. Silk underclothing that reeked with the "Subtil" perfume that Monica used lay in corners of the room. Monica apparently just stepped out of it at night when