The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-18
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Linda Bourne. 20. pretty. Is left
almost psnniless by the sudden death
Of her father
Peter Gardiner, newspaper reporter,
helps her get job writing society
news. Linda Is in love with Dix Carter.
but he goes abroad to study singing.
when Peter asks Linda 10 marry him
she agrees. but postpones the wedding.
Honey Harmon, film star. comes 10
Newtown making a personal appear
ance" tour. and buys a scenario writ
ten by Linda. Later Linda goes TO
Hollywood and. by expressing ideas that
are really Peters. acquires a reputs-
ton for being able to discover new
stars. Soon she Is a celebrity.
Dix Carter comes to Hollywood 10 get
into films as actor. Linda tries
to help him. To please Dix. she In
vites Basil Thorne. director. TO her home
though she dislikes and distrusts
Ta0rns
Peter Gardiner writes a successful play
and comes TO Hollywood.
Thorne drives Linda to a mountain
resort where the company Is to begin
work next day. The others fail to
arrive. There Is trouble with the car
and Linda and Thorne are obliged 20
stay through the night. The story gets
about. and Linda asks Thorne to stop
IL. He says he wiIl-if she will marry
him.
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CHAPTER TWENTY THREE
II linda couldn't believe she had
IL heard him rightly.
I'm afraid you'll have to explain
exactly what you mean," she said
when she could speak.
Il want to marry you, Linda. In
my way, I'm in love with you. I'll
be good to you. You'll never be sor-
ry. You have"
THE impression I got was that
you were willing to force me into
marrying you because 1 would be SO
ashamed to have my name coupled
with yours in scandal. That's a very
strange way to prove that you'd be
good to me-"
You're very blunt. my dear. ]
didn't mean that, at all. Besides
when you are my wife no one will
dare to speak i'll of you And what
is more, they will soon forget"
You're beast!" Linda was
choked with anger. "Do you sup
pose I'll ever forget? l hate you ]
loathe the sight of you. 1t makes me
i'll to think of any one mentioning
my name in connection with you but
I am not afraid of you. I won't ap-
peal to you again, or to your finer
instincts: I don't believe you have
any but your own ego and to wonder
what people will think of you when
l have denied everything you've said
And I can do it with conviction. My
reputation in Hollywood is far SUI
perior in moral tone to yours, Basil
Thorne. Now will you get out,
please?"
II linda drove back from Santa
IL Monica at furious pace. She
wasn't afraid, she was angry.
Blindly angry and she meant to do
something to Basil Thorne. At the
peak of her anger she was unable
to think her way out clearly, but
he would find that he was no match
for a woman who could be ruthless
too.
She couldn't use his weapons be-
because she was bound to the I'M
breakable principles of her own
code, but there was something she
could do!
When she reached her own
home once more, she took an icy
shower, hoping to calm her nerves.
Then she put on a lacy negligee
and tore it off to don pajamas
because she couldn't pace the floor
with furious freedom.
Thinking, thinking what could
she dol Until, she realized that
there was little that she could do
But she wasn't alone. She had
Dix who loved her, Dix who was
her own kind, Dix who was going
to make her his wife. Dix would
settle Basil Thorne. Men had ways
of accomplishing those things.
Linda was sorry for girls who had
no men to fight their battles.
That night, dining with Dix, she
said, Darling, want you to prom
Use me that when I tell you some
thing you won't lose your temper.
1 want you to be calm"
VOUVE decided to buy that po-
L. lice pup!" Dix hadn't want