The Washington times., 1934-09-22

ing to you" Gresham said.
"Why should q man whose work
Is honest expect to get anywhere
in the American theater today?
These stupid managers are right
to doubt their own judgments
they haven't any. It's q rotten
state Of affairs, and the only
thing that will ever end it is q
revolution. We need o revolution
in this country worse than Russia
ever did!"
Airline sat on the arm Of the
couch and laid her cheek against
his hair. What he said and what
she had said made them both feel
better, evaporated some Of their
swelling indignation and relieved
the pressure on their spirits.
"1f your play were decently pro.
duced, it would be q sure-fire hit,
honey" Airline assured him. Some
day somebody with brains will
read one Of your plays and back
it-there are people like that"
1--WE were so sure Ingram was
like that, and now see where we're
at!"
Airline, inverting the facts as
Scorned women have inverted
them ever since Potiphar's wife
set the example, told Gresham,
'"That time he came to hear the
play, you know. I wasn't as easy,
as responsive, as he expected"
'"The dirty dog! You never told
me he made passes at you," said
Charles.
"He didn't get away with any.
thing, the old"
"Sure nothing happened?" he
demanded, eyeing her narrowly.
"Of course not"
Springing up, Charles walked
about the room, talking excitedly.
1.-The dirty bum: Thinks he can
have any girl he sees, does he?
Barked up the wrong tree when
he went after you, eh? Don't you
see what we can do to him? BY
heaven, he deserves it, too, the"
Darling, you're crazy. We can't
do anything to him."
"Oh, can't we? Ingram made
you promises, didn't he? Now he
refuses to carry them out, doesn't
he? He came to your apartment.
tried to-Hell's bells, If we only
had q witness to that part of It'll"
"We have!" Airline cried. "Sew-
ard-his son-burst in at that ex-
act moment, and saw me fighting
in his fathers armS!"
"Ingram's son? Poof, he'll lie
about it!"
maybe not. The simp was in
love with me himself" said Ar
line.
even if he did lie, it wouldn't
help him any. A good croSs-ex-
aminer could twist the truth out
Of him."
"I've always thought girls who
sued men were just gold diggers," +"
Airline said.
IT know how you feel, feel the
same way myself. But it's real
money if you win enough to put
the play over, to launch us both.
You could ask for a hundred
thousand-and likely get fifty!
Why, it's done all the time! 7
know a fellow, a lawyer, who
says unfavorable publicity is the
one thing rich men are afraid Of.
Most likely Ingram would settle
and no one would know q thing
about it. We've got to do it,
Airline. It's the chance Of a life
time!"
It was not hard to convince
Airline, who necessarily dreamed
Of money, that here was a chance
to get a large amount, quickly
and easily. When he showed her
that the insult to her honor de-
manded reparation, she agreed to
his plan.
Sacrifice
1nfanta Josefa wearied by the
attentions Of those who had never
known a court, regretted having
come to the United States. Bal
Harbor was curious, deferential,
and attentive. Her hostess, awed
and devoted, gave her a home far
more comfortable than any palace
the princess had ever inhabited,
| The world here was in four
colors: Blue, green, brown and
gray. Blue sea, green pine woods
brown seaweed often lost in q
thick gray fog that frightened
her-obliterated everything. Dona
JoSefa missed the Spanish red
and yellow. She yearned to settle
down in Biarritz, so near to
Spain, or on the Cote Vermeil,
where she would be within