Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-07-10
SYNOPSIS

Moe FelnDerg, prOoucer OI the musi-
cal show Lady Bird" takes Dixie
Mason out of the chorus and makes
her its star. But Feinberg is a willy
one and few of Dixie's associates can
intellectually congratulate her on
the promotion. They doubt whether
stardOm will be lasting. :. 80. 49,.
Dixie, still elated over the promo
ton, hurries from rehearsal to bid
bOOd-by to her brother, Bud, sailing
for Rio de JaneirO to assume a cOvet-
ed bank Job. His cabin mate is Blinn
SaybrOOk, persOnable youth, who
Immediately takes great interest in
Dixie.
CHAPTEW TWO
Dixie Mason stood there on the
very end of the pier, waving, until
the ship was out of sight, and then
she rode home in taxicab, singing
softly to herself, "This is my lucky
day."
To be picked out of the chorus line
and elevated to stardom, and to meet
the grandest man in the world, all in
one day, was almost too much bliss.
She could scarcely sleep that night
for thinking about it all. She went
about in a dream state for days,
~--''- conscious of the jealousy of
other girls, hardly even conscious
cf The fatigue from he strenuous re-
scagsals.
She was irving Tor the day when
Bud's FIRST letter, mailed from Havana
would feaD. 70" of course he
would find out all apout Blinn, and of
course he would write her all that
Blinn told him. And maybe Blinn
would write her, too.
Surely when man runs after you
to snatch a kiss he hasn't any right
to, and then tells you that when he
comes back three months from now he
is going to ask for the right to kiss
you, he'd write. Oh, surely he'd
write.
He did-and Dixie tore open his
letter even before she opened Buds.
Darling Star Child" it began.
Haven't nerve to call you that?
But you are all of those things. A
darling, and star and sweet child.
So why not?
"I've been pumping Bud about you
all the way down here, and everything
he tells me makes me more impatient
to get back. Two months and three
weeks and two days until I'll see you.
The 25th of October is. the big day.
I'm sending a check back in this same
mail to be sure l have a front row
seat for your performance that night.
And after the show, you are going
to have supper with me. Bud prom
Used that you would. You will, won't
you?
"All the way down l haven't been
able to think of anything but you,
you bewitching child. What have you
done to me? And what a fast work.
er that makes YOU"
Pages of it half kidding, half SER
ious, and altogether tender. Dixie
read it half dozen times before she
tore open Buds letter. And what Bud
had to say made her chuckle softly,
and kiss the pages impetously.
"Hey, Monkey" Buds letter be-
gan.
"What on earth did you do to this
Saybrook guy? He's gone plumb dip
py on the subject of Mrs. Mason's
little girl. Not bad egg, that fell
low. He's in the export department
Of big tobacco company. Got
swell job, apparently. He sure has
been lifesaver to me here in Havana.
Knows the language and the people
and the right places to go. And he
keeps saying how swell it would be if
we had you along for the races and
the hill games.
Doesn't drink much, and hasn't
looked at any of the gals aboard who
have been making big play for him.
Says why monkey with dim bulbs
when he knows a shining star like
you. Not bad, sis. You sure worked
fast, and what you accomplished Talk
about your go-getter gals!
Nothing like bunking with a fell
low to show you what sort he is, and
Saybrook stacks up hundred per
cent. If you want him as much as
he wants you-well, go to it, sis. I
don't think you'd be sorry. And when
brother tell his only sister that, the
guys got to be good, what?"
There was more like it, in that let
ter and the others that followed. Bud
and Blinn grew into the best buddies
in the world. And somehow, almost
without any definite words, an under
standing grew up between Dixie and