Evening star., 1932-10-20

stop suddenly on the platform to throw
KISS at city that she wouldn't see
any more. Or at a man who did not
even know she vas gone. who was at
that roment racing back downtown,
hurrying from one railway station to
the next.
Dick Mason swung across town finally.
Suddenly he remembered the time. He
stared at his watch. Twelve forty-two.
In eight inmates he must be on the air.
And the radio does not wait. Your time
/ is your only time
/ Blind, desperate. he found his way to
the station. he found his way to the
microphone, he said the words he was
supposed TO say he saw nothing in the
world but Judy Allison as she locked in
That dr3m2tic last moment: he heard
/ nothing but her voice as she told him
the truth he should have known for
himself from the very beginning.
! Judy Allison rode East. Time passed
Once man stopped, leaned ever her
Seat, seemed to be preparing to say
something. But Judy looked up. And
/ the man, seeing tears in her eyes,
turned away, went back to his own seat
very quickly. did not return.
/ Back in Chicago, back in the radio
station. the days work went on, for
, DICK Mason as for the others. A man
TO see, man who wanted to know how
TO 60 about being an announcer. A
woman TO see woman who said she
, would s.arve if she didn't get a lob on
the air. A client to talk with a client
I VINO said: Il know all about music.
/ wrote the college show nv Junior wear"
An agency man to argue with over cost
shsets. over talent, charges, over COM
missions
1nen, finally, time for the addition
that meant much to Dick Mason be-
cause 1t was his first show. the first
snow he had planned and prepared and
Soia. NOW he must produce it.
;. he found David Owen waiting. The
director. Thin-faced, solemn. behind
MS glasses smiling little ruefully at
the people who lined the addition room.
Ready" --''
Yes. Ready" Dick said DULY. not
caring. hardly even hearing You got
the scripts?'
Yes, and I think we'd better go
All right. Dave. Who's first? For
/ the girl, l mean"
/ Iona BurdettC."
| Iona Burcette. The girl judy had hated
and feared. The girl who had been 10
plane Tor what happened to him-he
knew that. now, because Elton Day had
ssnt MN a note to tell him so. to saw.
I'm honestly sorry. And you're lucky
to have Judy Allison in love with you'
Lucky! And Judy goneI He smiled
bitterly
"Burdette?" he echoed "ob ves
Well, let her try it, Daw She can't
hurt any more, anyhow"
ANY more?"
oh, I'm talking too much Forget
it. Dave. Go ahead"
So the Burdette girl stepped up to
the microphone, holding the script just
so in professionally careful hands. She
read one line. another. another. They
were lneS Dick Mason had writer with
judy Allison before him judy Alli-
sons voice in his heart When h, was
telling himself determinedly over and
over: You don't love her. You never
did" When he knew that he did love
her. that nothing could change it.
mo-! he Jerked OUT suddenly. NO!
l can't stand listening to that girl!
Don't let her read any more!"
All right, Dick. Miss Burdette, that
VIII be all. Miss Howell, you try it
next"
And again the words. The words Of
romance, a simple romance that
meant nothing, that would be set down
| by some listeners as the same thing
heard too often already. that would
make others remember simple, quiet
| things they had said and believed cnce,
/ ioAi6 bAillC d6O- VOlQo lDE
| Judy. Words Dick Mason, lonely, dis
! heartened, bitter, had laughed over as
he wrote them. But they we're net at
all funny to him now.
Mop" David Owen asked. finally
mo. II don't know. had a diff
ferent idea of how that voice ought to
sound Got anybody else?"
! Owen laughed. Half dozen. Take
1 your choice, Dick"
ANY of them, Dave. 1t doesn't mat
! ter much"
"All right Mrs. Denny, you take the
girls lines"
And again the words. And this time
the voice did not jar. II was SO far
removed from Judy's voice that 1t did
not mean much. 1t was just woman
saying words written for a character
called Norma Wayne, who might be
anybody in the world. 1t dida't matter.
She'll do. Is she all right with you,
Dave?"
She knows her business, Dick. Been
on the air a long time"
you can work with her all right?"
"Of course"
Then go ahead You know your
job lot better than do
OF course, she was all right. A good
actress, trained voice.
And if Dick Mason knew that any,
body else in the world but Judy Allison
ought to be speaking the wc-5s he hca
written for her, that was his own secret
and his own sorrow.