Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-01
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Du4l-neadeu-
Most or them are" Collier OBJ
served.
Listen" Rorimer said and on
tinued reading II haven't seen
Annie for about five years She was
nothing but a kid then-a trifle leg
gy and with lots Of freckies. II she
isn't good looking by this time. she
never Will be. and. If you don't look
her Up and buy her 4 dinner when
ever she's hungry III be off you for
lie. Maybe you can get her q break
in the movies. You've got some kind
CT pull or you wouldn't be out there
yourself. And those big stars like
Clara Bow and Dolores Del Whoozis
can't last forever. SO why not give
Anne q chance?"
That Rorlmer announced. fling
ing the letter down on the bed. rs
what i call a lot Of crust. I should
spend my time and money being
nice 10 a friend Of Ziggy Young's
family down In Tulsai"
Collier yas laughing heartlessiy
you haven't got a chance IN the
world TO duck it, he said. Ill BET
Ziggy's already written TO dear little
Anne ana she'll be expecting TO hea,
nom YOU. he added that the mex.
time he saw Dolores Del Rio he
would tell her something 10 give
her q laugh.
Collier saw them all. He wrote a
daily column on Hollywood for an
.mpressively long list Of papers, and
spent most OF his working hours
around the studios or interviewing
stars u their homes. Like Rorimer,
he had known ziggy Young In
newspaper work in New York, but
he ana Rorimer had become ac-
quaintad only on the latter's arrival
IN Hollywood. 1t mad been a tele-
gram from Young that had sent him
down to meet R0rimer's train. and
then. at Ziggy's request, to attempt
a practical joke.
Dan Rorimer got his clubs from
the closet and announced he was
ready TO play golf. bur Collier said
Not 50 fast. You can't throw Zig
gy down. The old boy would do as
much for you. He's got a heart as
big as"
AS big as a bird seed" said Ror-
inner.
Let me see now. Would 70 like
anyway, Danny my boy. you
can't threw liggy down. What's
Miss Winters address,"
some place on Romano street"
Let me see that letter. I'm going
% call Up information and see il she
mas q phone listed"
lie busted himself at the tele-
phone and. after getting informa-
zion. announced that there was no
number.
Got a privately listed telephone
I suppose. aid Rorimer a little
bitterly. Big stuff! Every extra girl
IN Hollywood has one He observed
that it hadn't taken Annie Winter
long 10 learn the ropes and that 1t
would ear extra trouble Il drive
out to her address to look her up.
Send her q telegram" said CO..
ler. Tell her to cali you up and
leave her phone number"
All right. And Ill send Ziggy
Young q telegram. too"
They went downstairs. At the tele-
graph desk Ro-imer wrote a mes
sage for Anne Winter. explaining
hat In was a friend of Elggy
Youngs and would like her to get
IN touch with him Ut the Roosevelt.
I3 ZieRy Young he wrote. Am
locking up Miss Winter stop I hope
you get murdered in q speakeasy."
Then he and Collier. two slim
well-molded young men in golf toys
preceded 10 their game.
Ii was haif-past six or later wher
FCrlmgr got back to the hotel
There was a message for him III
the desk when he asked for his key
Mss Winter had called IN and had
left her telephone number, Glad
stone 1855.
Upstairs. changing clothes again
nan gave the matter some thought
He was still indignant at ZiggS
Youngs habit Of taking everything
for granted and he didn't relish the
idea Of ~chaperoning some movie
struck girl around Hollywood. WHY
in thunder did people come 10 Holly
wood. anyway. If they didn't have
a job lined TIP? They only added u
an already aggravated unemploy-
ment problem.
He certainly wouldn't have come
ont here. he told himself as he
kicked off his shoes. II he hadn't
been given a contract. And he
hadn't asked for his job. either. If
he had. he probably wouldn't have
cot IL. 1T had been a case OF Con-
tinrrtal Pictures liking a couple
or his published stories and buying
M and taking an option on the
other. And then the executive at
their New York office had talked
about the opportunities for good
dialogue writers. And then the
contract.
Ziggy Young had called him q
lucky dos and ROrimer supposed he
a He grianed in recollection of
The party he had throyn FOR some
OF MS newspaper friends. His fare
well party. To a man they wished
him well. but not one would admit
i. They made dire prophecies: they
predicted he would be back in New
York-befOre summer. with n pair OF
smoked glasses and a tin cup. And
they had sort OF poured him onto
the train ... oh, well, II was a good
party.
HIS mind went back 20 Anne
Winter. The slip OF paper bearing
her message lay on the little stand
beside his bed. Paul Collier had
said. In parting. Don't forget to
call Miss Winter. And II she has a
girl friend I'm out or town"
Collier had said he was going TO
Long Beach. Rorimer picked up the
Slip Of paper and read It again. He
thought. II don't have 70 call her