The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-15
S SYNOPSIS
MAY 10, 1890
OUT DIR WAY

IN waterbury. Lives Win ner parents
in a Bank street bat.
MIRIAM ROBBIN-Limited in s. A.,
but Mary Della's best girl friend; also
clocker.
JOE sPEAKs-Mary Dela's steady.
young man about town. good looking
and hard-boiled.
ROBERT HENLEY CALKMAN III
Yale senior and football star. one OF
the Calkmans of Detroit.
GEORGE McKRAY-He wanted to go
TO Harvard but the cards we're against
him: also senior at Yale. Happy go
lucky is George.
MARJORIE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of
fashion. living on Cracker hill. Fiancee
of Robert.
TINiMY FITZMOAN-Petting is his
speciality. In love with Mary Della.
OLGA SVENsON-Also a clocker and
not too popular with any one.
Mary Della and Robert are parked on
the old piece of Highway. of the Ches-
hire road when a woman is murdered by
the Red Mask in the darkness ahead OF
their car. They leave the BODY and o. de,
themselves. But after three days. Mary
Della writes an ANONYMOUS note to the
where the body is. The American car
ries the story under glaring headlines the
next day, but says the police could not
Brett Younger mas written a musical
comedy called The Clock Shop Clock
in which Mary Della is to be the leading
Mary Della discovers that she has lost
the letter written her by Robert and
from which she tore a piece OF paper
to write the police about the. murder.
Leaving the first rehearsal Of The
Ro SSn s" car parked in 'front.' Of The e.
ton. She gets in and waits for develop
Robert and George MacKray come out
OF The Elton and find Mary Della in
the car. George says he has an engage.
i ater. Robert takes Mary Mary Della for
ride. during which he suggests that
life isn't always fair to lovers.
CHAPTER TWENTY Continued
Plenty of time to decide how I'm
going to spend the rest of my life
Joe? Well, not so as you'd notice
it Did you get that job at the
rolling mills, Joe?"
IT turned it down. The big buns
didn't want to pay me nothing. But
I'm still knocking off little dough
with the African dominoeS, and you
won't have to worry about fixing
that little house up with furniture
:. Can't you keep your feet out OF
the way"
Its practically impossible, Joe
with couple of casketS running 'em
down every time they move. Look
at the Three MuSketeers gazing in
Pat Murphy. Bill Hart and John
Hayes. They must be working, too
You'd think they were expecting a
riot to break loose or something"
A FTER the third dance Joe went
IA out for a smoke and Mary
Della found herself being conducted
to a box by the feverish Miriam.
Come on, darling, and let's talk.
Timmy's gone out to draw on a Gig
aret and I've got something
scrumptious to tell you"
Sounds like dirt to me-" said
Mary Della. What officer have
you knocked for a bar of green
soap now?"
Honey, he's no policeman. They
say all men look alike in evening
clothes, but this ones a mile differ
ent. I never saw him before in my
life, but how handSomel oh, baby!
And ne asked me for the next
dance. Can you beat it? Just
walked right up like he'd known me
for years and said May have the
next dancer And I said, You can,
you know"
And you didn't give him the
come-on or wink, or"
"Oh, saw him standing by the
door looking lonesome and I smiled
but that's nothing. I've smiled
plenty tonight"
II don't doubt it. But you must
Of given him special smile to bring
him over like that. Where is hep"
How do know, darling? Jimmy
was with me and he just Strolled of
toward the door. Maybe he was
going up in the balcony to keep an
eye on me-"
"Sapolio!"
There you go, Mary Della. Don't
you think ever knock 'em over like
that? Child, it's a gift. Did you
ever see so many gorgeous frocks in
your life?"
But If Marv Della had waited un-
til thai moment to examine the Ia
dies clothes she was not likely tC
see much, for without warning the
lights suddenly went out and the
big hall was in total darkness.
Thinking that this was the pre-
liminavy to a moonlight dance OF
some equally delightful surprise, the
dancers we're silent for a moment
But when nothing followed but a
chorus of male voices near the door
demanding to know who turned
out them lights?" the crowd laughed
and began to ask one smother in
turn what it was all about.
Then the single illuminating eys
Of iashlight appeared in the bal
cony at the end of the hall. moved
swiftly over the crowd until every
one was watching it, and finally
turned back and rested on the face
q the person holding II.