New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-02-21
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| They had tea on little table
beside the fire, and they drank it
from scarlet lusterware cups. ANY,
thing that Monica had was sure
to be bright olored!
Even the tea was like no tea
that Bobbie had ever had. Il had
rum and candied cherries and a
stick of cinnamon in it, and it
tasted more like hot punch than
anything else.
Got new part yesterday"
Monica drawled when she had had
her fourth cup of the hot, sweet
stuff. IT'S a part in this new Joan
Joyce picture-what's it called?
"Hilda From Iolland?"
Bobbie nodded. She knew only
too well that it was called "Hilda
From Holland" That was one
movie whose name she would
never forget!
Gus is going to direct it." Mon
lea added lazily Hes given me
the part of a little Dutch girl -
Gretchen. It's the comedy part -
he says I was made for it."
Inwardly Bobbie gasped. The
part of Gretchen" she repeated
after a minute. Why that was the
part he was still offering to her.
Monica took two long puffs of
her cigarette. 81 can't understand
why you haven't heard of me get
ting it. 1t was in the paper This
morning" she said Don't you
read the movie columns? should
think rising young star like You
wouldn't miss u word Of movie
news"
She smiled a catty little smile
that showed all her sharp white
teeth. Her blue eyes seemed to
become yellowish-green like a cats.
She was a cat-Monica.
On the way home Robbie bought
paper, and there found the bit
that told about Monica getting the
part of Gretchen in ''I1ilda From
Holland"
But how could Gus give It to
her when he offered it to me in
that letter." she asked herself.
perhaps he knew I wouldn't take
it--and perhaps he thought he
could take it away from her to
give to me If I did take it,"
lie had come and gone when
she got back home at six o'clock.
ale waited as long as he could,
but I told him didn't know when
you'd be back" Mrs. Mangan told
her mournfully. Dear me, I felt
so sorry for him, sittin' here
smokin' cigarette after cigarette.
SO lonesome-like. It's all right to
keep some folks watin' around for
YOU, hit him a big director an all
-" She gave Bobbie a puzzled
look.
She couldn't understand her.
She knew something of movies her
self. having harbored many an
extra" in her house. And she
knew that wise girl played up"
TO a director like Gus MacCloud, in
stead of running away from home
when she knew he was coming
Bobbie carried the Gretchen"
costume upstairs with her that
night, and put it up on her closet
shelf.
'Itn Just stay there, too. til Gus
MacCloud comes to get it," she
decided. He told me to ask him
for my bracelet and he can just
come after his old costume"
All evening She waited for the
telephone to ring, or for the door
bon to ring, or for his motor-horn
to honk out in the street. But none
Of those things happened.
Nothing happened the next day.
Robbie spent 1t laundering soiled
clothes in Mrs. Mangan's clean
coy kitchen. while Mrs. Nangan
was down town bargain hunting.
She was a great bargain hunter--
the kind that will buy anything on
earth if it is married. half-price.
Thursday and Friday were lazy
lonely days. Robbie had all her
clothes in order. She had washed
hor hair, manicured her nails. dust
ed her bedroom and cleaned out
all her dresser drawers.
She had nothing to do. and she
vas dre2dfully lonely-a stranger
in = strange town.
She would have welcomed any
hody to speak two words to. Es-
pecially she missed Andy Jcrrold-
almost for the first time in six
months. For Andy had taken the
place of many people in her life.
IIn had been a brother, a chum. a
sort of guardian and father-con-
fcssor to her, rs we'll as a sweet
heart. Whore most girls have a
girl chum, Bobbie had had only
Andy,
She had never been very friend
ly with her stand-offish father, or
with Aunt Gertrude. She had had
no mother.
But she had had Andy, and now
that Hollywood had lost its g'amor
and its wonder. she missed him
and wanted him again.
She wandered around tho sun
shiny little town like a lost soul all
dav ThurgdHv and Friday. She
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