Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1932-02-25

AAAEg AAiANAta ann III &c n1HUIEu u
week with an option at a bulkler
sum! Tom, who had never lifted his
voice in Judy's presence, never
even dreamed himself that he could
sing. was billed in lights that big, as
a croonerl Judy wept as she sat at
a table to watch and listen to her
Tom. Judy spattered tears on the
telegram forms as she sent daily, al
most hourly, messages of JOY to Hope.
Judy choked with tears over the long
distance phone.
And when Judy came home (tell-
ing nobody but Hope Of her success
full croOner, who looked so precious
standing under the spotlight in the
granGest tuxedo, she pitched into
work with a new inspiring VigOr. And
why not, when for the first time in
four years, she saw a hope of mater
ial success for herself n her erts-
while saxOphone player2
Not one of the townfolk's prophe-
ctes came true. Hope did not tire
and give 1t up as a whim. So little
did she lose interest, that in the fall
she announced the decision to open
a shop on Madison Avenue. New
York. Delighted that she had found
some serious interest, Papa Ross
gladly offered to supply the money;
and perhaps Hope never felt a keener
thrill than when she refused IL, and
announced that she ana Judy could
run the business without extra help.
The shops were FUN! They were
and heady thrill. Hope was inter
ested. she did enjoy the work, and
she did relish the knowledge of her
ability. She and Judy were making
money. Judy was on the verge of
throwing Erisky into the arms Of the
chorus girl he really. wanted. And
best of all. Hope would soon be TWEEN
ty-one,. and come into her grand
mothers inheritance of five -hundre6
a week until she was thirty-five, and
then n half-million dollars out
right. Life was gradually meaning
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
The fact hat her New York shop
and Dickey Dale's musical comedy
opened on the same da:e tha9 au-
tumn, seemed like a good omen to
her. Terribly she wanted to send a
telegram of congratulation to Dickey!
Terribly she wondered If he had
heard of her business-or knew of
her doings.
Quiet, calm and radiant she at
tended Dickey's opening hal night
with Rusty Crandall by her side. At
tended ii and busted out the last OBJ
scure corners of the theater with
her keenest glancos for some sight
of Dickey-or Hickey! Went home
and cried herself to sleep because
she hadn't seen either of them, be-
cause the show was so beautiful, and
because IL meant Dickey would have
a brilliant start with his career. ooh,
please do write a play, Dickey, be-
cause they make so much money. y
But shortly after Christmas came
the crash to all her hard-earned
poise.. just one little item In a news
paper! Just a paragraph no bigger
than Sassy's forehead-just a few
black Words-announcing the engage
ment of one Eileen Argyle to Richard
j. Hickson Dale.
out of the newspaper. slobbered with
paste, ana placed into a fine blue
leather s%crapbookl One clipping that
meant the end of az that had al
ready been ended years ago.
NO need of keeping the clipping,
lor every word was turned into her
thoughts, to haunt her waking o.
sleeping.
But Hope didn't cry. She didn't
even feel like crying. She went down
70 her New York shop and sen out
boomers without dresses, eight-ounce
bottles instead of bottles, and con-
fused the entire days sales with
calm and thoughtful i%naccdracy.
All the long spring months she
plodded thru her work and her play.
conscious of only one ceaseless I'M
dercurrent of thought. Dickey was
not only gone-but lost! Dickey
loved someone else, and held her
close, and kissed her. "A good girl
nc doubt, who don't get into sean
dals, who wasn't an outrageous flirt.
And who was she? Did she have lots
Of money, or didn't Diakey care so
much these days about inheritanees?
If she only could let him know
about her inheritance that was soon
to come ana set her free. She would
have no pride about 1t.
But maybe with a hit show he did
mt care about money now. Prob
ably ne didn't have to care so much
And did he ever tell Eileen about
her? How did he explain it-that
queer marriage-and what did he say
in describing Hope?
Quiet, calm, subdued, Hope abb
sorbed all that went on about her.
Judys happy engagement to the boy
she truly loved: Tom Post come into
his w at last-a hit on the radio
as a crooner at seven hundred a
week. And Frisky really relieved that
he was thru. Betty married In May.
And Flora Riordan in June. Ev-
eryone falling in love, getting en-
gagged, planning for marriage.
And so, merely because of the va
cuous pain In her lonely heart, and
because of the realization of one true
and remaining devotion hat should
not lightly be discarded, Hope her.
self said yes one night in June.
Yes, she promised Rusty Crandall,
ana felt like crying at the ALIEN
braclng fever of joy and suffering
plans OF his faithful, dog-like devo-
ton. Sat beside Rusty and watched
his face light up as he talked so ten
dorly, remembering how she had
watched him grow from knee pants to
manhood, and wondering why she
could not care for him any more than
she did. Wondering why she could
MT feel stirred at the thoughts of a
home for herself as he planned it,
at the fact that someone was elab-
orately schemlng for her happiness,
even tho he knew she didn't love himi
Yes, he knew-he knew Dickey was
still a husky ghost In her mind-but
II didn't matter. He would win her
Home, they told of their ngage
ment to their parents and a few OF
their FRIENDS, but Hope insisted that
they should not Ii publicity
for a while. She prqfarrpd gha ax-