New Britain herald., 1927-01-22

! house. and when Robbie. herself i would have run away from home | if it hadn't been for Andy Jerrold
 Andy seemed to have sort ot { second sight when it came tc l Aunt Gertrude and her spells" ot | temper Something seemed always | to tell him when she was having { one, and he would arrive on the scene and take Robbie away for a a drive or to one of the moving pic ture shows that so fascinated her,
 But tonight Aunt Gertrude was placid and goodnatured. Her house was in order, her Saturday marketing and baking were done, and she was at peace with the world.
 T do find a certain pleasure in planning cold suppers for hot nights and doing things like that Robert" she said to her brother, with a sharp glance at Robbie. I'm not one of these wild women who think housekeeping and such things are beneath them" T suppose you mean me when you say that" Robbie cut in quickly, flung up her cropped and curly head. She turned to her father. Dad, I've been telling Aunt Gertrude that-that'
 She hunted for words, and then burst out: Dad, I've made up my mind to go to Hollywood this fall"
 He peered at her through the cool twilight Of the room. And what would you do in Hollywood ?' he asked, although he knew per perfectly we'll what she wanted to go there for.
 II think I could be movie actress" said Robbie. The words sounded foolish and childish, even in her own ears. They were not at all the sort of thing you would expect to hear from a young wom- an who had been teaching school for two years.
 Mir. Ransom laughed at them. "Nonsense.' he said sharply. l thought we'd talked all that bosh over too many times to ever have it come up again. It's absurd to have you talk about leaving home and going to Hollywood. l cant imagine what ails you, Roberta"
 He always called Robbie "Ro- berta" when he was angry with her.
 "All the same, I'm going Robbie answered calmly. T was going to ask you to lend me five hundred dollars or so, but if you won't do it, I'll have to get it from Andy Jerrold, I suppose
 Andy Jerrold. Oh, my soul and body." exploded Aunt Gertrude, clapping her napkin to her mouth. You surely wouldn't borrow money from a MAN, would you? l never heard of anything so shameless y She was mortified.
 T don't know why not" Robbie told her. Were very good friends. There's no reason why l shouldn't borrow money from good friend of mine.'
 This. of course, was stretching the truth quite bit.
 Andy Jerrold was not just a good friend. He wanted to marry Bob- bic, and he made no bones about saving so practically every time he and she saw each other-which was rather often.
 "I don't believe Andy would lend you any money to go off on wild goose chase. anyway" Aunt Ger trude said after a moment. Any more than your father would lend it to you for such purpose. Breaking into the movies, indeed. Where did you ever get such a fool idea, I'd like to know"
 Robbie did not answer her. She pushed back her plate and got up from the table.
 Don't talk any more about it.. You just jangle me all up when you do,' she said perkily, and went out of the room.
 She was angry with herself and half-ashamed. She knew she should have stood up to her father and told him what it was going 10 mean to her to get away from home, and into some work that she liked-cven if it was nothing more or less than going from film casting office to film casting office in Holly wood
 While she stood there, on the front porch looking up ct the dark ening sky, he came out of the house and stood beside her.
 You mother was always talking ing about going on the concert stage" he said to her surprisingly. "I Supnose tbat's where yo11 get