The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-08-10
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| he'd done. So never referred to
1t again."
well, don't you think it's time
YOU were referring to ito Bret?"
10 nodded soberly. "You don't
have to remind me of that, Tubby.
That's something I'm going to do
right now"
But Bret was neither at the lake
nor in his cottage, and one of the
house boys explained to 10 that
"Mistah Paul. was in conference
with SiIas Dram. "He take place
Mistah Fragonet in swim tomollai"
The little Oriental grinned know
ingly.
IF you see Mr.. Paul wish you'd
tell him I'm very anxious to see
him." 10 instructed.
She returned to her room and
found Tubby sprawled on the bed.
munching chocolate creams. Hur-
riedly swallowing, Tubby looked at
her questioningly. What did he
say?"
81 didn't get to see him. APP
parently he's going to double for
Fragonet in that scene tomorrow.
He's with Dram now"
That's lucky for Montez," OBJ
served Tubby, "as we'll as for Bret.
Come to think of it, why wouldn't
Bret Paul make a swell movie
hero?"
IT guess he would, Tubby.'
10 wakened next morning with
out having heard from Bret. She
wondered If he had received her
message and was ignoring II Per-
haps he did not want to talk
with her at all, now that he was
so contemputous of the man he
thought she cared for. Perhaps he
believed that a girl who would be
interested in Fragonet deserved
nothing, not even common courte-
sy.
10 could understand his con-
tempt for Fragonet. No two men,
she thought, were ever more I'M
like. To a boy like Bret Paul who
had worked hard always for what
little he could gain from life, Peter
Fragonet must appear to be the
epitome of worthliness. And now
Bret, proud of his own physical
prcwess, had seen Fragonet brand
cd with cowardice.
1t must have hurt Bret that 10
had said never a word about the
day she was pitched unconscious
from the sailboat. And 1t must
have hurt still more when he saw
her accepting the attentions OF
Marsh and Barston-and Fragonet
IA, IN hammer
in the future between her ana
Bret, she must find him and patch
up the past.
Her resolve was easier made
than carried out. All that day
Bret, with his hair darkened, and
dressed to resemble Fragonet In
the role of a forester, was busy
with Drann's company. While
Fragonet kept to his room, the
company went through the scenes
which has resulted in such a fiasco
the day before.
10 hung about the lake shore
with Tubby most of the day, pre-
tending interest in the filming; in
reality she was hoping to have
word with Bret. But Bret, quite
literally, spent most of the day in
the lake or in Drann's speedboat.
The only member of the company
10 had a chance to talk to was
Lolita Montez. looking none the
worse for her experience of the day
before.
"You don't know how frightened
you had me yesterday" 10 told
her.
Montez smiled. "Those things
will happen. And it certainly
wasn't Fragonet's fault. Dram
goes insane sometimes when ne
gets an idea into his head, and
Fragonet had told him he didn't
think he could handle the scene"
"You knew 1t, too?" asked Jc,
amazed.
The other nodded.
And yet you went ahead with
The actress shrugged. "1t's part
of the business" she said.
Then Montez was called by
Dram, and 10 saw her no more
that day. Neither did she see Bret.
The director worked his outfit like
mad until the sun was weak be-
hind the trees, and 1t was rumored
that he planned to leave for Holly
wood sooner than he had original
~ intended. The near-tragedy had
disturbed his ego, for he knew that
almost all who had seen 1t held 1t
against him. Dram found 1t no