Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-07
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Mona pretty hard. doesn't it?"
Terribly"
When she had hung up he told
Paul Collier what had happened.
Its a rotten shame. Collier
said. but he, too. agreed that Eva
had done wisely. 1T would be q
good thing" he said earnestly. "if a
few thousands more Of them packed
up and went home; they'd save
themselves q lot OF grief"
Paul declared that sometimes
when he got to thinking OF the ex-
tras he felt very blue. Positively.
l know a few. and I'll swear I
don't see how they get along. And
there are lots OF them worse off
than Eva Harley: Eva at least had
a couple Of friends she could count
on"
He sat down then 20 hts type
writer and began TO write. and az
ter a while &c laid what he had
written in front OF Dan and asked
him to read II.
II vas a column about the
Hollywood extras, a moving little
story about an army that was fore
| doomed TO failure. Dan, when he
had read It. nodded approvingly
and declared II was a pretty piece
Of writing. Paul. he thought. ought
TO try his hand at sob stuff" more
often.
You're crazy not 10. This Is the
best column you've turned out In
weeks"
Paul took II and began to read
copy" on IL. Some day. he prophs-
sled as he brandished his pencil,
somebody would dig Up a real story
IN Hollywood. Its here. all
right"
IF you weren't 50 lazy" Dan
told him unfeelingly. you'd write 1t
yourself
Paul irritated him sometimes.
Dan thought he was a little too
satisfied with things as they were
and that he ought to make o
use of his ability. He was forever
thinking OF a story that he ought
TO write, but he never got around
TO II: or. as in the case of the book
he had started on. his enthusiasm
soon died.
He turned back TO his magazine
then. but he made a sorry job Of
getting anything out OF II. because'
his thoughts persisted i'm dwelling
on the interview he had had with
Phillips. Phillips at that very mo-
ment might be reading his manl-
script. and Dan wondered uneaSily
what the mans verdict would be.
Now that the thing was out Of
his hands. he could think Of sew
eraI places where he might have
improved 10: but that was always
the way. II had been like that
when he was writing news stories
and fiction; ones the stuff was ir-
revocably In print. faults became
apparent to which he had been
blind when il was not too late to
remedy them.
He threw his magazine down and
cot I'D and Strolled aimlessly
through the apartment Paul
glanced az him once or twice and
THEN turned back TO his typewrit-
ing: but presently he announced
with q great deal az noise that he
was knocking off for the night.
Wlldt > hJAllCl Ilk NCAs lily W.
And he added with a broad grin
that he could guess. Let's get out
OF here for awhile. Grab your hat
Dan spent the following forenoon
writing letters. a task that he had
no taste for: but he wanted to be
1T home III the event OF a telephone
call form Grand United. He wrote
a lone-overdue letter TO ZiI5y
Young. Ziggy was clamorous for
news of himself and Anne Winter.
and Zigey said that his mother
down in Tulsa. who was very fond
of Anne. had wanted TO know what
kind OF a person Dan Rorimer was
And If you don't write pretty
soon" read Ziggy's threat, "Ill tell
her. Furthermore. I've still got
that telegram you sent me Just be-
fore YOU first called on little Anne
and those neckties you sent me
are Just about worn out. They
must have been pretty cheap"