New Britain herald., 1927-02-18
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school teacher, is movie struck,
and wildly eager to so to Hollywood
to break into pictures. Neither hel
widowed father nor her Aunt Ger
trude will lend her the money sh,
needs. And neither will Andy Jer
rold, a young automobile salesman
who wants to marry her.
Finally she borrows $500 from thu
Widow Parkins, who is to marry hel
father; and she starts off to Holly
wood with full purse and high
heart. At Mrs. Mangan's boarding
house she meets Stella Delroy, ar
extra girl in the movies. Through
her she gets few days work at tbs
Magnitica Studios, where Roy
Schultz, a famous director, takes
great interest in her and then ap.
parently forgets all about her. She
| becames great friends with his wife
Lottie, however. And Gus MacCloud
his assistant director. falls in love
with her and she with him.
But when she learns that he's been
married and that his wife is divorc-
ing him, she tells him she won't see
him again until he's free. But later
her longing to see him gets the best
of her and she goes to New Years
eve party at his house. That night
Stella drinks poison, and leaves be-
hind her a farewell letter to Gus
with whom she's had a love affair
that wrecked her life.
Aunt Gertrude dies, leaving Bob
| bic her one and only valuable pos
session, an old brooch set with three
diamonds. Andy begs Bobbie to stay
at home, but she returns to Holly
wood and Gus Mrs. Mangan tells
| her that, in her absence, he has been
running around with Monica Mont,
another movie actress. who lives in
the house. Monica, a born gold-dig-
ger, lands a fine part in a Roy
Schultz picture, and moves away to
flat of her own. taking most of
Bobbie's best trinkets with her, in
Guiding Aunt Gertrude's brooch
When Bobbie discovers its loss, she
returns it, but never admits taking
1t In the first place. Lottie Schultz
tells Bobbie that even Roy has been
inveigled into some Of the wild
parties given by Gus and Monica in
the new flat; and tells her further
more that Gus is now a free man.
But he never mentions a word of
marriage to Bobbie, although he
often tells her he loves her.
Andy writes about a new young
lady secretary OF his, and Bobbie
writes him a sarcastic answer. He
comes back at her with another one,
telling her how adorable the secre-
tary is, and Bobbie turns to Gus in
her jealousy. He has lent her money
on Andy's Xmas gift OF a bracelet,
and she decides to 60 up to his house
and sell him Aunt Gertrude's old
gold brooch.
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CHAPTER xiv
While Bobbie waited for the cab,
she made up her face before the
mirror in the cool dim hall. \ dab
of blond powde here on her little
nose, touch of rouge there on her
cheeks, the tiniest bit of coral lip
salve on her mouth. Then a jerk at
the brim OF her cunning little hat, to
slant it bit more over her left eye.
She carried all her little bundles
into the kitchen, and put them neat
ly away in the white tin box on the
shelf in the cellar way. The kitchen
was very bright and quiet and clean
and coy. The late sunlight slanted
through the Starched white curtains,
and lay in a brilliant pool on the
scrubbed floor.
1t was Saturday afternoon, and
bread was s!G: = BAKING in the
electric range o-illo Mrs. Mangan
was out doing hat week, end market
ing. The fragrant appetizing smell
Of it made Bobbie remember long
ago Saturday afternoons at home
when Aunt Gertrude had made COT
fee cake and apple pies and mullins
for Sunday-when Andy and she had
sampled" them, hot from the oven.
Andy :, Andy Why
couldn't she stop thinking about him
and his red headed stenographer?
What in the dickens did he need
a stenographer for-or a secretary
or whatever she was? His job was
to buy and sell used automobiles.
While she was wondering about
him, the telephone in the hall rang
sharply.
'Bobbic." 1t was Gus MacCloud's
voice. Monica just called up. She
wants US to go over to her house for
supper. How aboht it?''
Bobbie hesitated. She hasn't ask
ed me-"
She will. told her you were at
home. and that she could phone you
there" he answered
Bobbie didn't want to go to Mont
cas- house that night. Even if she