Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-09-11
IN TWO PARTs-PART TWO

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Copyright 1887 by Chicago Tribune-New York
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IN TWO PARTS-PART TWO
@But you also know" Lisa went on,
that if you dare to make love to me,
/ 1t means my fathers going to send
/ you to the electric chair"
Il don't quite follow that, said
Thornton.
I never did myself" Lisa confessed
But it got over very well at the pre-
view. You're so crazy about me that
every time even so much as touch
you-like thiS-it sets you on fire. You
try to steel yourself against me. No
use. You grab me cloSe-like thiS-you
hold me, no matter how I struggle
you almost kiss me, but don't quite
seeR
They rehearsed the scene once-three
five times. Again and again, Thorn
ton felt Lisa's body warm against his.
He breathed her sweet gardeny frag-
rance, looked into the deep blue Of her
eyes.
Now he had her small wrists in his
hands. He was holding them against
her struggles. She was close to him,
very close, and his lips were eager for
hers. The world was whirling /.
Whirling
Suddenly. Lisa pulled loose. THAT
was perfect, darling" she said. Come
on. Wen get Sid to shoot it,"
But when they went back to the
place where the picture company had
been working, they found the cameras
and micrOphones had been taken away.
Sid was giving some last instructions
to the prop men about breaking down
the set.
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you call back your cameras and shoot
just one scene Of him? I'll play it with
him"
you want me to shoot you in this
light9" asked the director. You'd look
a ruin"
mo" Lisa said quickly. But win
you do it tomorrow"
'sWe're folding up on this location"
said Sid. I'm taking plane back to
Hollywood, tonight. But bring your
boy friend around to the studio, and
I'll make as many tests as your little
heart desires"
"It's a date" said Lisa. 1.-THE first
day I'm back in Hollywood. Darling,
would syou mind sending the 'ricksha
came in back to town in the company
truck? And could you loan me car?
I'm in a hurry. Expecting a long dis
lance at the hotel. Tawney can drive
'FYou can take my bus" said Sid
TITS that yellow roadster parked at
the top of the canyon" He tossed a
bunch of keys to Thornton.
But how will you get backP" Thorn
sIIi ride with my assistant. I've got
to stick around here until everythtng's
cleaned up anyway. Don't forget" Sid
added with a smile at Lisa, I'm to
get a chance to direct you"
Darling, how could forget, when
it's what want so terribly, tool" cried
Lisa. Come on, Tawney"
There is something dream-like about
the desert at sunset. A warmiSh wind
springs up and brings the faint bitter
sweet odor of mesquite. Colors gray into
beauty. You want TO RIDE
over it on an enchanted pinto, at
thousand miles an hour. You want 10
fly over it, on q swooping, magic plane
that flies without sound. You want to
swim through its colors with strong,
overland strokes, dipping your face
80 Tho on ton drove Sidis boat-bodied
roadster slowly, his hands relaxed on
the wheel, not tensed as when they
pulled the shafts of the 'ricksha. Be |
side him, Lisa's voice thrilled ON ike
a song; - 80. ~, dor,,no,
you're going over Dig uatAle /
That profile and those eyesl / can
And what q buildupl III tip OIL all
the fan writers. Wen play up the
'ricksha angle Fine old Boston family.
Blue blood. Came over in the May
flower. Went bankrupt )"
eve didn't go bankrupt, and were |
not Mayflower," Thornton interrupted.
"But it's swell publicity" said Lisa
You hitchhiked to California. Pulled
q 'ricksha so you could be near tine /
movie stars, who come to vacation at |
Palm Springs. Starved. tainted IN the |
blazing sun. Touched my heart. / gave
SI,in rather strong to faint" put In
Thornton. ST never have, you know:
But. of course, if you think best
Lisa didn't hear him. She was chant-
ing. " 'ricksha puller one day, movie
star the next. you'll be great: GT psasT
than Gable or Franchot Tone. R1cnl
Famousl Millions Of fans-milltons OF
miss Claire !"
3" Lisa to you, darling"
Lisa. I must tell you. I'm afraid
always be as good as l was
This afternoon. I'm afraid I'm not
really an actor"
How do you mean, not an actorY
demanded Lisa. TN that scene we dld
together, you were great-slnlpiy
yreat~
ssBut YOU see making love TO me
( WASN'T acting. It wasn't acting at all.
II really wanted to kiss you"
ssDarlin0l" Lisa's voice was a paen
If triumph. "Of course you did. That's
now know you can act. You're awake.
You can feel. Tawney, you're SO sweet!
outl"
Thornton skidded the car to q stop
ust short Of a cactus bush. And now,
lisa was warm and fragrant IN his
arms; but this time not struggling
Thornton wrote his mother tnat
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