Evening star., 1940-07-21


vile, crashed Hollywood year ago and has
been featured in a couple of B pictures. She
visits the home town today and will get a
civic welcome.
Bill snapped his pencil point and grumbled,
Just second
Holly opened her purse. Here's an extra
one" He gared at her and pulled another
pencil from his pocket. She sighed. He was
the first reporter she had ever met who car
ried spare.
Hale chuckled, They told me you were
terribly helpful girl, Miss Brown. But I'm
afraid Mr.. Reardon isn't in need of your
talents He can cook and -"
Lay off," Bill growled.
t. sew and darn stockings and wash
clothes He's independent of women
She looked pityingly at the black
giant He must be very unhappy having to
do all those things for himself She wished he
would growl again. His voice tingled through
her like the rumble of trolley wheels in
tunnel.
Hale continued: You and Mr.. Reardon
will cover this story independently Each will
phone to different rewrite man: will COM
pare the stories
Then he'll fire you," Bill snapped,
Hale ignored him. This is a trivial assign
ment, Miss Brown. Probably there won't even
be any other city reporters present But If
you cover it properly, your job is safe. The
Townsend girl arrives in Jasonville by train
at 1890 this morning. That's all
She turned toward the door. There was
noise behind her like football team going
downfield at the kickoff, and Bill charged out
ahead of her She collected her hat and coat,
paused to lend the slot man on the copy desk
her bottle of aspirin, and then went out to her
car.
Jasonville was thirty miles from Philadel-
phia. BY lO:l5 she had covered twenty-five
miles, and calculated that she would arrive
Just in time She twisted her coupe around
curve and saw boy thumbing toward Jason
Vile She stamped on the brake pedal.
Gee, thanks, he said. climbing in. Didn't
think Id ever get lift. Only car going by in
the last ten minutes wouldn't stop. Fellow in
yellow roadster He nearly run me down.
Was he young? Black hair?'
"Uh-huh. You know him.
Were reporters. We're covering Gloria
Townsend's S visit
I'm going in town to see her too. She
taught school year. They give us holiday.
There won't be anything open in Jasonville
but the First National Bank and the post
office. Jmmy's father was going to take a
bunch of us in but his car broke down. Do
you think maybe we could stop by for him.
I'm afraid haven't time
Jimmy II feel awful bad not making it.
She glanced at his sad eyes, and was lost.
"We-ell, but just this one stop
1t was astonishing how many small boys
coupe would hold, she thought There seemed
to be four inside with her and as many more
on the running board They we're Jimmy and
Elmo and Bob and Shorty and some Others
she couldn't remember. 1t was l0:4O, she was
still four miles from Jasonville and she had to
drive slowly.
She's reporter" her first passenger an
nounced. Two heads poked in the window
Like in the movies?"
There's another reporter ahead of her.
They're trying to beat each other
Not exactly" Holly said you see we're
both from "A half-dozen voices protested.
They assured her that in the movies all
reporters spent their time beating each other
They spent the rest of the trip telling her how