Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-11-16


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CIV TWO PARTS -PART TwOD
"EverythingI Gone Up IN smoke, al
cur plans" Suiting action 20 word shg
sent 3 long curving spiral from puck
cred lips Love birds Of the screen
can't even build their own nest
What do you n1ean--all our plang9'
Can't quit being a pair Of pae-facec
hyp0crites. Can't have babies. Can't &c,
married"
The he'll we can'tl Who says so7'
The morality clause In our contracts
boy
How can morality interfere with get
ting married2?5
Were not, you see, and the whole
world thinks we are. So II we admit
that all these years we've been footing
our public we make ourselves and the
industry look like plugged nickels. And
where do we land as a result9 I hate
to tell you, but use your imagination. "
Who gave you all this2"
'Graystone- afternoon. phoned
him 70 drop In because I had a secret
didn't want to let loose In his office.
Wen, he came. he didn't see. and I'm
afraid he conquered"
wait q minute-wait a minute, {"
Raymond said dizzily Don't tell me
you'd let an outsider dictate our private
lives"
That's where we've been Just a little
cuckoo Seems we haven't any private
lives" Nan crushed out the cigaret
lighted another, and laughed CURLY.
you can't even make an honest wom-
an Of me, sweetheart, without an army
Of ferrets after us with their noses to
the ground"
Raymond's jaw shot out.
"Graystone be damned III do as I
please"
"Just what / said at the start. Just
what I told benign old Emil. But he
knows better. So DO you. So do I. The
minute he left went to my room and
stretched out and tried to be calm and
figure some way to beat the thing. It
can't be done. We don't belong to our
selves any more or to each other. We
belong to a lot Of people who never
saw us except as shadows on the screen.
Our shadows, boy, have more rights
than we have"
You say so! Graystone says so. Well,
I don't"
Nan waited for him to go on. She
waited a fun 10 minutes pacing the ter
race.
1--WE can drop out OF the picture and
pictures" Raymond suggested at last
IF it comes to showdown let our con-
tract 60 to blazes. We have plenty Of
money We can travel-have a good
time"
''Then whatP We can't keep going in
definitely. Join the navy and see the |
world The world won't take the rest /
of our lives to see Besides we can't |
stop work at our age"
1--WE can go back to Broadway"
Happy thought 1t was mine, too,
when I talked to Emil. He simply
pointed out that we wouldn't have a
chance on Broadway after making
laughing stocks Of ourselves in Holly
wood"
At this point the butler appeared
With cocktails, Martins dry and potent.
Neither Of them ate much dinner. The
ong, cool dining room was omniousiy
luiet. Only one subject was uppermost
md that could not be discussed before
he servants. But Raymond did lot
II thinking.
It was later, ON the way to Hubert's,
hat he made the announcement
Tomorrow we stick to our original
llan TO fly TO Las Vegas"
mo" said Nan. mo, we do not
ewhy?n asked Raymond sharply.
Because it would be insane. Because
We can't Just chuck everything to prove
Iur independence" f.
'sEverything2" Raymond inquired. els j
more important than what
Ne expected to do2"
'eYour future-and your loving me.
TITS because love you so much .
hat I'm ready to send the whole works |
o.
you'd blame me II I let you" she
ftImbling with a black |
hilton handkerchief that seemed to
wallow up the small face as in q har- {
m veil. you'd blame me for helping I