Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-12
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arm; the touch Of him filled her with
hot little surges Of emotion.
Thank you, Tony" she said. Its
good to have such a friend"
"A friend-and more" he wills
pered back, his eyes fixed steadily on
hers.
Jane allowed her own 70 droop.
This was almost 4 declaration, In full
view Of the chattfring group about
them The others, however. were
paying no attention, being occupied
with their own affairs. Uncertain
how to reply. cropping for suitable
words, Jane suddenly felt Tony's
body. beside her. s~tiffen. heard him
utter a gasp Of astoniskraent as he
spranR Ia his feet. She looked up.
Sam Speilman. the studio manager.
was coming toward them. a letter In
his hand. v curious expression on his
fat. rosy face. Beside him walked a
very beautiful oman girl, almost.
10 Judge from her simple dress, her
quiet, unsophisticated manner. She
headed straight for Tony, a smile o.
welcome in her eyes.
"Why-you dear old DEAR" she
murmured, in a smooth, lisping voice.
Its perfectly heavenly 20 See you
again
Jane. with a catch in her breath,
glanced AZ Tony, X was clear, from
his expression, that between these
two lay some deep and lasting ex-
perience-some common emotional
ground. His face paled suddenly, his
eyes became narrow, w~atchful, MS
lips a thin, hard line.
Hello. Irene" he said. rudely.
What can I do for YOU"
The girl turned, plucked from ABE
Spellman's fingers the letter he held
in them. offered It 10 Tony with .
triumphant smile.
why. Tony" she said. brightly, IF
its all the anne TO YOU. YOU can
make me u star. Here's n letter
! about me from Mr.. Davidson"
Jane Dare felt the blood suddenly
/ drain from her cheeks. All her hopes
for the future. her dreams OF taking
Alice CAROLS place, even her con-
fidence in Tony Hull, vanished in Q
quick fade-cut.
Lew Davidson, on his journey back
to New York. from the coast, had "a
very ~enjoyeble time. With every
hour OF the long trip he fell mor
completely under the spell Of Irene
Shirley's charms. In Hollywood,
surrounded by people whom he
knew, he had been obliged to hide
his mounting interest In the girl, 10
pretend an indifference he did not
feel. Now, on a train containing no
one al all who knew him, he felt like
a schoolboy taking a vacation.
The long. idle days were spent
listening to Irene's artleSs chatter
about everything under the sun.
from the queer books she had read
and failed to understand, to the
beauties Of her ancestral Maryland
home.
Both her artlessness and the ances-
trial mansion were imaginary; Irene
had been born in Perth Ansboy. N. j..
and her father was a tugboat captain
named Joe Shevin. She had changed
her name 10 the more ~euphonious
Shipley at the time she went 10 New
York to dance in a s~eeond-rate
cabaret, on her arrival ~ Hollywood
il had been again changed. to Shirley.
but she did not speak of these things
to Mr.. Davidson when he asked her
about her past.
Tue NNnAMHtNL EN1At wa tWE WAA
southern home was based entirely
upon a visit she had once made 20
Maryland as one Of a very lively
party arranged BY a wealthy young
New Yorker who had "a string of
horses entered at Havre de Grace and
Pimlicc. During the course of this
trip, which lasted several days, the
young ladies' of the party had been
invited by "A sporting bachelor OF
Baltimore to take dinner at his
house, an old colonial mansion az
which a signer or the Declaration OF
independence had nee entertained.
Irene had never forgotten the
glimpse thus obtained Of old-fash-
Toned southern life; ID stood her in
good stead in her conversation with
Davidson, although she was obliged
~ shrink the details considerably 20
fit her somewhat more modest story.
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