Evening star., 1932-09-22

there, too. She can tell you what a
Washout 1t was" Iona Burdette stopped,
studied Judy. Then suddenly her eyes
glinted unpleasantly. oh" she said.
Il think get it now. This girl gets
the job, eh?"
"She does"
"Oh. What about me?"
"What?"
You told me it was setup for me,
didn't you? Said you'd already fixed it
for me?"
I've changed my mind"
"Oh."
Iona took out her compact, rouged
her lips heavily, studied her eyes a
moment, then snapped the case shut
Savagely. Judy saw she was fighting
hard against anger, that her hands were
shaking. Poison" the blond girl said.
Now Judy could believe it.
Give me the air, will you," the girl
snapped suddenly at Elton Day, FOL
some new kid from the country? Pull
that on me?"
what this is all about. But surely j
don't want the job If it was already
promised to you. I'm sorry"
shoulder. I'm not interested in you
Keep 1t. But you-" She stepped
closer to Elton Day. You'll wish you
hadn't trimmed me-" she said And
don't forget it,
Then, very quickly. she walked away
Judy felt it was time to look at El-
ton, to say something. to say anything
The thick silence frightened her And
looking without wanting to look, she
saw that Iona had stopped in the door,
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malice in Lona's face. and danger
Nobody could look at her in that way
She had done nothing to make this girl
her enemy; she did not deserve the look
the girl gave her. She half rose, and
then she felt Elton's thin hand on
her arm.
"Sit down." he said curtly, almost as
an order
why :" she began. The words
we're waiting. What right have you
to give me orders? What right have
you to put me into a situation like
this? What right?" The words had no
chance to be spoken for Elton was
talking, without looking at her, smooth
| ly, earnestly.
You mustn't blame me. I didn't
know she would do a thing like that.
/ Ddrely know the girl
"Oh?" Judy asked. And again. "Oh?"
No"
But she seemed to know you very
well. indeed"
..!2t.S ~3t eourse a55s;, They all do"
Just that" he said, and now he
looked at her directly, and Judy felt
he wanted her to believe him.
Listen to me, please" he went on.
| Please. Then if you want to 60, I
won't try to keep you any longer. But
let me tell you about that girl"
Why"
Because you ought to know. Be-
cause she's dangerous"
"Dangerous?"
Just that Iona Burdette gets a
lot of radio jobs. Shes good, too
knows her job, and does it well. But
that's not all. She's a trouble maker.
She's lost jobs for half dozen people,
Just gossiping. Just saying mean things
you couldn't pin on her If you tried.
And-well. digging around. and making
trouble, and . - He waved his hand
No use going into details. But watch
out for her. She hates you right now
because you got a job she wanted. And
not for the money. either: she just
wanted it. And thought nobody else
would dare compete. Most Of the regu-
lars don't. Because she's got them
scared. She knows too much about some
Of them, and she's too clever for the
others. and we'll, that's about all
Only don't ever tell her anything. And
dent let her find out anything about
YOU
There's nothing to find out" Judy
said stoutly. And I'm not afraid of
her"
of course, you aren't, Judy. But
watch out just the same. If she ever
| gets chance
She won't. She wouldn't, anyhow
Girls aren't like that
Mop" he laughed at her innocence
! Girls, eh? You ought to see them as
I see them. They're no fools. not any
OF them. They want jobs, and they'll
go to any length to get jobs. And that
| girl. that Burdette girl. most of all
Shes bad medicine, that's all I'm warn
ing you"
In spite of herself Judy felt a faint
and growing fear. The girl had looked
so confident, so deadly, SO sure she
could do whatever she wanted to do.
Judy got UP. She picked up her hang
bag Then she found that Elton Day
stood before her. barring the way.
Let me CO." she said.
No"
People are looking at us
tiful."
oh"
He took her arm. With a quick ges-
ture. he extracted a roll of bills from
| his pocket. dropped one on the table,
signed for the waiter to keep the change
Now he led Judy past the tables. to-
ward the door. Judy. helpless. her face
scarlet, her head whirling, found she
was being led toward the corridor, and
toward the elevator.
She saw, standing near the elevator
Iona Burdette. The girl looked at her
casually, almost contemptuously, with
enormous insult in her cold green eyes
So much insult that Judy started to-
ward her, not knowing what she was
going to do, only knowing she must dc
something, must drive fear out Of her
heart by action. now, at once
CTo be continued.)