The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-01-14
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e that "a have Q chance - get
somewhere on the stage, and It, after
you've heard al this and know how
I feel, II you'd still want to give mo
IN opportunity on . strictly business
basis. You say you're fond OF me
and that I'd be . success. Then do
You feel that way enough to take
chance On me3s
Harrow sat . moment studying
the cleaning hood Of the car which
reflected in it, black enamel the
rising Florida sun. Then he turned
60 Kay, his face quite sober, his
voice gentle, pleasant, . little judi
caous, she thought. He seemed e
b thinking carefully Of each word
b. uttered.
~In tn 70 b a honest as you'va
boen," he said. II said was very
fond u you; ! am. I said I thought
you had definite possibilities o. IN
actress: ] think you have. ] said
/ On viiiinx: NoWIs
Ho paused and smiled ct her, tax.
ing her hand lightly.
1--WE had . great deal Of annoy.
aneo lately, - you know; I've had
lots o& hard work this last Summer
and last season and I'm down here
really 20 escape . breakdown. You
know that, too. And, % I've already
told you, my plans are pretty well
made for the coming season. So o.
10 business man, I'd Be foolish Cd
mako any promises, beyond the fact
that ! might work you into my stad
tor . while % ! did here, let you
understudy someone maybe, to keep
up with your acting. But even that
isn't certain. I've tried al along
not 70 raise any vain hopes for you,
yee what I've told you in IN encour.
aging vein Was the simple truth. Il
youu just b willing to come along
a this cruise With me- because you
amuse me- and I like you very much
and want g enjoy your company.
and e you1l let mo 60 on employ
Ing you 70 handle my correspond.
enee while I'm down here, III TAXA
yoo % New York and do something
Tor you IN some way. That's 3
promise. But, since ] said I'd b
heasst ! wouldn't b doing It b.
cause I thought you'd make Q mil.
hon for me on the stage; I'd Be doing
4 because I have . yen for You and
= just happens that you viii Be- a
actress 4 you Try. II I weren't
moro than casually interested in you
- . person, ] wouldn't do il. I can
got dozens Of Junior Leaguers IN
New York with names well adver.
tised IN the society columns and ont
a. GveEy hundred there may b one
minoe star"
Kay began - ftovA Hsse." ahs
aid quietly.
Kay left Harrow feeling that she
had aeeomplished little beyond
reaching . realisation that there
VA indeed, nothing noble IN hie
atatuds toward her. Not that she
had expocted there would Be. buh
|ehe bad been hoping-well. what
had ehe BEEN hoping7 She shrugeed
and began % whistle softly 6 she
rode tie bicycle back across the
hEtdges over the sparkling river.
What she had wanted 70 learn. she
supposed, vas that Harrow de6.
nttely would give her her chance IN
New York, Or that ho definitely
would not. In this she had been IN.
s1ceossful He had answered her
with observations; had implied that
MT 9uture moro Or less depended
upon The degrees Of his friendship
with her. shs thought.
Sc through the day, shs tried 70
think her way through the problem:
teco ana elopement Guatemala.
risk adventure, the romance d
youthful reekle6sness: or Harrnw
and New York. the possibility Of
IN stages the possibility Of no no
manco q On, but mersly Of becom.
Ing another, and minor. pruteee of
IL Don Juan Of Broadway"
Late n The afternoon. whom 0he
rode again ACROSS The river "a dn =
dtHe shopping. she found her,eif
tnsemcttvoly hosding south On Hnii-
faxs thea down Peninsula, toWlrd
- eouthe9nmoge bridge, the b9ileo
that would Lad her past the eitv
aoc0 and the Commander iii.
Nearly % The bridge. she chaeked
herself braksd thu wheel ma
stepped. wandering Why de NJ
Goln4 by that route, and q Nttle
ashamed of herself that she ~
But After I'll. She rode On. ~
Would take ths south bridge; Il va
The river VAS whipped hv . eo.A