The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-02
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LANE BARRETT, 10, and beautiful,
with her mother. cAss BARkEsTSTT,.' 'is
Father faded actress on q hot night
d dlsns goes 70 dinner With MOLLY sSoL;L'z
There is shooting and the girl is
SHANE McDERMIT the young police
man in charge. that Lane is innocent
That night at the theater where cass
e playing. Lame encounters a handsome
stranger who speaks her name.
70 Willow stream 4, l. where cas-
s has an engagement in q small summer
.t "a sponsored by the wealthy MRS.
= CLEESPAUGH. Lane works in the box
onice, sharing duties with MURIEL
sLADD, pretty society girl.
ELSIE M eiI Nh ingsnues, Introduces
the theater patron. Shane McDermid
comes 10 tell Lane the man wounded
IN the gun fire will recover.
At Muriel Ladd's home Lame again
meets the handsome stranger who spoke
% her in the theater. He is VAN
EoBARD and when Cas- hears his name
she makes Lame promise to have moth
ing more 70 do with him. Lame agrees
with reluctance.
Mrs. Cleespaugh asks Cass to let Ii
sne stay with her during the winter
VIII cHGek pEs SfeSSE one ses ssSBIag
have eloped, asks Robaid to find them.
Van inlists Lanes aid
He makes love to Lame. but later the
girl Is crushed when Elsie tells her
hobard Is said TO Mrs Ladd's lover
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CHAPTER SEVEN (Continued)
1t was better for her not to think
OF him any more, never to see him
again. Besides, her mother wished
It TO be so. Like a hashback in a
cinema, her mothers white startled
face appeared to her.
How terrified she had looked
when first Van Robards name had
been mentioned "You must not
have anything to do with him, she
had said.
Lame walked in a daze, stepping
heedlessly among the vacation
throng, the pretty girls in scarfs
and white linen, the chattering
family groups coming from the
stores, milling around the 10-cent
store.
Yesterday she had been a part of
all this. She had liked the smell
and sound Of this bright .colored
summer time village. Now every
thing seemed hateful to her. A
blight had been cast on her happi-
ness. 1t seemed to Lame that the
world was an ugly, evil place.
Over and over again as she
daWdled homeward the mystery of
per mothers fierce objection to Van
secured to torment her. Why did
Cass hate him? What was there
about this tall, family sinister
looking man to stir up such a pas
sion of feeling?
Lame felt she could not rest I'M
til she had learned the answer to
the puzzle.
s CHAPTER EIGHT
yTHE visiting star that week was
4 Curtis Blue, IS, blond. with
eyes of so deep a color they seemed
almost the 'violet eyes" of Victor
ian novels. He was of the matinee
idol type and professed to hate it.
He had a wife somewhere in
Hollywood, a feverish, dark, young
woman who was teaching the May
fair accent to Queenie whitehall,
the comedy star.
Isn't he lamb?" asked Muriel
the day of his arrival.
Hes rather nice. Mother played
with him in 'Cabbages and Kings,
Lame returned indifferently.
"You knew him before, then?
Why, you sly piecel" And Muriel
& pretended to see something that
was not there.
Blue came along, perfectly
groomed in his dark gray coat and
striped trousers, his beautifully
curved soft gray hat. His bow was
a miracle of precision.
He stopped with side glance for
the luscious Miss Ladd in her apple
green sports shirt and shorts, her
brown legs Shapely and SeductiVely
bare.
Lame performed introductions
and Muriel cooed at him. Il en-
joyed your performance SO much!"
He looked as modest as possible.
Il thought you had threatened
: to break into the company this
season." he said to Lame.
u. "You wretch" she pouted. when
/ asked your advice last winter, you
said not to go on the stage, what
ever else I did. You told me was
an awkward cub, that I needed to
learn to talk and walk and smile
properly. You told me 1 said 'gon-
ma"
We'll, so you did," he returned,
flashing his justly famous smile at
her. But you've improved. You
might learn. Who can tell?"
Lame. threw out her hands in
despair. How is a poor girl to, know
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