The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-06-15
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accepting Honey Harmonic invita- ton Co share her6'. And the last neE1on in the world that Linda wanted to share any intimacies with was Honey.
 When she had said good night eweetly to the other girl and was at last in the privacy of her own company with the miles toward Pete growing shorter, Linda went back. step by step, over the way she had travelled since Honey Har- mon had come to Newtown and changed the design of her life. Ironically enough, Honey would have been on the train that was to bring hef back to Q final readJust- ment.
 Linda was almost a fatalist. She did not think for one moment dur- ing that searching review that had sch stayed in Newtown, she would have found the key to happiness. She knew that she had had to have the lesson in disillusionment to find her real love. Perhaps 1t had been painful for Pete but now that she knew for all time that she loved him, that he was the only man she had ever known who was Q real man, she would have her lifetime to make up to him for the pain she might have cost him.
 She was glad that he had won the awards of success. She was glad that he was rich and had achieved fame. Glad for his sake; she wouldn't have wanted him ever to feel that she had succeeded when he had not. For her own sake she did not care. She had had money and position and 1t had brought her little.
 Remembering the lean line of his jaw, the easy grace of his walk, she fell asleep with Q song in her heart, its echo reaching out to her tomorrows.
 She had been without a purpose all her life until now and, waking the next morning, she lay back in her pillows with the serene relaxed satisfaction of Q woman who has made the first step in accomplish ing the great purpose of her life and from whom no action can now be expected. She would like to have dreamed her way to New York, passing time with nothing more exciting than window and star.gazing. She knew 1t was quite impossible.
 Honey proved 1t to be 50. About 1880, Honey's maid invited Linda to lunch with Honey. Linda accepted.
 She might have been Honey's dearest friend. Darling, why did- Sl't you tell me you were coming east on this train?"
 Y didn't know 1t until the last minute myself" Linda answered, applying herself to her grapefruit.
 Really? How exciting. Ro- nance? New jon or clothes?" Honey asked, exhausting her sup- ply of reasons why girl should leave Hollywood at such short no- tie.
 Why CT 8 story. I'm I'm going to buy a new story" Linda shouldn't have hesi- tated over her answer. It was 0 long and dull trip and Honey bounced on any possible kernel of interest. She tried to remember what she might have heard about Linda in the last few weeks. There had been that story about Basil Thorne, but did she really believe 1t? Honey wasn't sure, but rec inembering 1t, her smouldering dis- like of Linda broke into little flames of anger. There had been Pete Gardiner. Honey had liked him, but he had flatly refused her offer to take him to Hollywood be- cause of Linda. And then there had been Basil Thorne. Basil Thorne had belonged to her, Honey Harmon, and Linda had taken him ewayl Little quiet-voiced snobl Hcney's smile was as consistently sweet as her thoughts were inc creasingly reSentful of her lunch- con partner. Some day she was going to pay this writing girl of.
 T think you're simply wonder full" she said to Linda. Just think if 1t hadn't been for Pete Gardiner rewriting that script that I first bought, you never would have come to Hollywood and been 50 success fuI."
 Pete had rewritten that first scriptl So, she actually owed her whole career to him! Swift color rose in Linda's cheek and hurried f.s aSaa a,aalpn eaR 1asaa Ak1atsanw ai0a
 But 1t was too late, Honey Har- mon had found the weak spot in her armour. Schooled in the hard school of emotion, Honey saw to the depths of the other girl.
 Linda pleaded work to be done the rest of the afternoon. She couldn't avoid the bored Honey that night. They played double solitaire until bedtime. There were three more days before they would arrive in New York and Linda dreaded them in Honeys com- pany. She couldn't plead work all the rest of the way and resigned herself.
 when they arrived at Kansas City with short stop-over, she was with Honey when the reporters arrived to catch what news of Hol- lywcod they could pick Up by in- terview. They bounced on Honey.
 twill you tell us why you are going east?"
 Honey, radiant in mink and or- chids, was gracious, flashing her famous smile and elongated eye Iasf1es. T expect to desert pictures for 6 little while" she admitted, smiling apoIogetically.
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