The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-11-14

be that for the present. Before
going after the copies of the play,
let's run up to my house for an
other spot of coffee, and I'll see
whether / can do any errands for
Mother while we're out. BY the
way, where do we go for the
scripts"
"Mrs. Reid Henderson has them.
She's going to direct, you know.
eyes. Apropos nothing, but just
to promote a spirit of girlish con-
dence, Pm glad it's to be Mrs.
Reid Henderson instead of her sis
ter-in-law. Harold Henderson's
wife. And that prompts the fur
Their observation that it struck me
last night that, on the whole, the
cast they've chosen ought to get
along pretty well together. Don't
you think so? AS people. mean;
not Just as characters in the play"
yes" said Mercia, bordering
an exception. Eyes. indeed"
with exceptions, no doubt,
continued Helen, "if you don't
mind my reading your thoughts
which agree so thoroughly with
my own"
Marcia laughed.
81 admit that you've read my
thoughts" :,
! They arrived at the Waddells
home and settled before the fire
in the living room to await coffee
before Helen resumed the CONVEX
sation.
"Mind if | speak out freely,
man to man? Something I've got
to tell you anyway"
81 don't mind at ALL said Mar
cia. .,s.
could hardly. decide whether tc
tell you. But I've known you long
enough and we'll enough to pre-
fer to tell you myself - riskins
your reception Of it-than to take
a chance on it's getting loose ano
reaching you later in CARRIED
version. From someone, let's say
like Dorothy Osborn, who adver
tised her depth of sweet nature Sc
| we'll with her stage whisper re
mark at the Guild tryouts las
night
She watched for the effect o.
this. =,
ayes. / heard it," Marcia said
"Pll admit, further. that it wa
not at all pleasant.
Naturally it wasn't. No on
cares to be present when person
so lacking in breeding is putin,
ON n demonstration. It's bad-man
! nered. and embarrassing to peopl'
| who have been reared above it. l
YOU don't mind, I'd like to say tina
| think / can appreciate what 81
this affair has meant to you, AM
that | think you have been prett,
snlendid for all these severa
weeks. It's hard to speak like this
Marcia, but it goes along wit
what I've got to tell YOU"
Thanks, Helen"
"The item of information
spoke of came by telephone thi
morning. Long distance. Of cours,
you remember my cousin, job,
Waddell, who has visited here sew
eral summers. ,He lives in Chicago
you know. He called early thi
morning, and fortunately l an
swered. He had met Frank Ken
drick often while visiting here, o,
course"
At the sound of the. name Mar
cia seemed to bend, but Helen de
terminedly rushed on.
John didn't know abou
Frank's-being on the missing list
But the knew something must b
terribly wrong because yesterda.
noon he saw Frank in Loop res
taurant-working as busboy"
Grimly Helen kept her eye
from Marcia's stricken face. Grim
ly she refused to pause. The word
tumbled out.
John said Frank pretended no
to know him. Said John was mis-
taken - his name was aomethin
else. But John, of course, knel
he couldn't be wrong. So he tele
phoned me to ask what was tn
matter, and whether he should d
anything. l told him l couldn'
answer right off: I'd have to ca
or write later. And that's ALL"
That was all! Only a 'drear
renewal of the weeks-old confu
sion in her mind, Marcia realized
Only a resumption of torturin
speculations, when one was tryin
to stop remembering.
al didn't tell even the famil
what the call was about" Hele
was saving. 81 wanted you I
know first. The question as | sc
II is, what do you want done
how do you feel about the Who'll
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That was, certainly, a question