The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-28
folded arms and smoked and

1OlQeQ dIulo anu SulOhCu dIiu
frowned
Paul mad gone out for the eve
ming; he and Johnny Riddle had
date somewhere. But even in the
quiet and solitude of Paul's absence
it was difficult to write.
TN the ensuing week he finished
Il the story he was working on, but
he re-read it with a feeling of dis
appointment, an apprehension Of
failure.
His first one had come back to
him with its third rejection. Rori-
mer was ready to tear it up in dis
gust, and he would have if Collier
had not interviewed.
Give it here" Paul said, and he
took it and tucked it away in a
drawer. And he counseled Dan to
"let it age bit"
cts still a swell idea, my boy, and
three reflections don't change the
opinion of my favorite movie critic
and columniSt."
Its all wet" Dan said.
Listen who's talking! The guy
who got after me for tearing up the
Great American Novel! I thought
you had got used to reflections in
New York"
And he insisted that Dan let the
manuscript lie for a month or two
out of sight, and then read it again
and rewrite it.
"Old stuff" Dan scoffed.
"Sure-with this difference: that
magazines and moving pictures are
two different markets, my boy.
Magazines generally know just
what they want; the movies never
know; the idea that gets kicked in
to the ash barrel today is super
production tomorrow"
Dan took his new manuscript to
the Amalgamated scenario depart
ment the next morning and left it
there. And he spent the afternoon
playing golf with Johnny Riddle,
who had been after him for a week
to get out and play. o
Johnny gossiped along the fair
ways, talked jokingly and depre-
catingly about his newest love affair.
Il hung on for three weeks, and
then she announced her engage
ment. But she's still a client. She
was supposed, for a while, to be
engaged to Dick Grace, the stunt
f1ier, but that was just press agent
story"
And he told Dan that he had not
been doing badly at all with public
ity for Anne Winter.
81 landed pictures of her in a
number of the fan magazines, and
one of them took on a story, too.
Just a breeze, this Riddle guy; just
breeze
After their game they drove back
to the apartment to wait for Paul
Collier. and Paul was late arriv-
ing. When he did come in he had
a queer lcok. and he sank at once
into a chair and said:
THE funniest durn thing hap
pened this afternoon"
He reached for cigaret.
Il was walking along the boule-
ward, see? and ran into Eva Har-
ley. I had just come out of Hen
rvs, and We walked along together,
passing the time of day and talking
about nothing in particular; and
we were passing by the Montmar-
tire when who should come busting
out but this chump Frank Maury.
You remember him, Dan."
Dan nodded.
HE had some dizzy looking dame
on his arm, and when he saw ME he
turned on the old smile-you know,
big stuff" Paul said contemptuous-
ly. And then he saw Eva Harley
and, boy, the smile froze right on
his face and he got as red as a beet
and kept right on goingI
"DUT that's not all. When I
Oturned to look at Eva. I thought
she was going to faint. She was as
white as a ghost. She had to hold
on to my arm like the very devil to
keep from falling. was scared for
a minute"
What do you suppose" john
ny Riddle began loudly, but Dan
held up a hand.
Wait he said. What hap
pened, Paul?'
Collier inhaled deeply and said:
We'll, held on to her and asked
her If she was sick, and I tried to
steer her into dr,lg store to get
something. But she said no, she
was all right-just a sudden feeling
Of faintneSS.
"She said she got them once in a
while, but I think she was lying. ]
got a cab and took her home. Mona
was there. and / turned Eva over to
her. but Eva made me promise not
to tell her what happened. Can you
tie that?" he finished.
Dan got up from his chair. That's
a funny one" he said tfoughttully
And he went over to the window
and looked out and said. hall to