Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-03-09
CHAPTER 40

THE PAINTERS departure
from Hollywood was markedly diff
ferent from their first arrival.
They had been two shy, hopeful
Youngsters four years before,
proud of their new clothes, their
Joint trunk and their shining suit
cases. They had faced an I'M
known future that they little
dreamed was to carry them to a
peak of riches and fame.
When they waved their depar-
ture from the platform of the east
bound Century they were no longer
shy Youngsters. They were people
of the world. They had IA pieces
of hand luggage and IL trunks.
In her arms Janet carried her
Jewel case. Over her arm there
was a mink coat. There was a
sable wrap, a silver fox cape and
an ermine coat in one of the
trunks. Her bank books were in
her Jewel box. But the figures in
her bank book were astoniShingly
low compared to the sums that
had poured into the banks.
There were a few thousand dol
lars and the $6,O00-a-year interest
on the trust fund of $125,000 that
Janet had made Joel salt away
during the past year. There
should have been a quarter of a
million.
There should have been a great
deal more than there was.
They had sold the white house
because Joel said when they re-
turned he wanted to build differ
ent type of house. So they sold it
to a newcomer, one Chris Gaynor,
a rather prettyish type of young
actor who had come to the screen
direct from college. The house
had cost a great deal of money and
the sale price was a fair amount
but what profit there was in it had
gone to pay taxes.
To Janet's great surprise, Joel
did not really own his expensive
car. 1t was mortgaged to finance
company. The town car was hers
and Joel had insisted on sending it
east.
She parted with her furniture
and appointments with less re-
luctance than she had expected.
1t was silly of them to ship their
furniture when they could sell it
on the coast and get what they
wanted to fit into their new place.
The new place was a penthouse
on the East river.
Janet felt that if ever they had
a chance to make new start,
their return to New York should
mark it. She demurred at the ex-
pensive rental charge for the pent-
house but Joel pointed out that
they could we'll afford it even
though his salary in the theater
was to be less than half what it
had been in pictures.
1--WE can't live cramped up in a
dark apartment" Joel complained,
latter living an outdoor life.
Besides, it will only be for the sea-
son and there'll be more money
when we go back to the coast"
They had planned to go to Eu-
rope the next summer when Joel's
play closed. Janet began to have
doubts about that long awaited
European trip when she saw the
figures of the bank balance but she
wouldn't say anything about it to
Joel because he was so happy in
his anticipation of doing a play.
Janet was happy about it, too, be-
cause it gave her back a feeling
about Joeps integrity and she
wouldn't have exchanged that for
anything in the world.
Perhaps it was because she was
an easterner that she took more
Joy in getting ready for their new
home than she ever had in any of
them in California.
They lived in a Park avenue ho-
tel during their first month in New
York and Janet shopped for the
furnishings for their apartment.
patiently superintended the paint
crs and decorators while Joel was
busy at rehearsals.
Janet never went to rehearsal.
with him. He asked her once or
twice If she would like to do 50
Out. remembering his dislike of