The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-05
SYNOPSIS
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LINDA AVERY, receptionist at a
New York models agency, starts
to rebuild her romance with
RONALD STAFFORD, her child
hood sweetheart, who has
swung his way to fame on a
trumpet" but
SARAH MARLEY, wealthy CLAM
or girl, is trying to capture Ron
aid for herself. Meanwhile
ROBERT BARTON, young engi-
neer, strikes up a friendship with
Linda. He introduces her to
TERRY ADAMS, publicity man,
and Terry's sweetheart.
CAROLINE PICKARD, who h a S
been unable to find work. Life is
complicated by
MINA NEVINS, a famous actress,
who is determined to marry Rob-
ert. She believes Linda is TO-
mancing with the young engi-
neer.
YESTERDAY: Linda discovers
that Sarah Marley, as well as
Nina Nevins, uses the perfume,
the scent of which was mingled
with that of the chloroform the
night the attempt was made on
the girls lives. She also finds
out that her apartment house is
owned by an agency operated by
Sarah's father, and that Nina
Nevins had borrowed a pass key
for a few hours several days be-
fore.
Miss Nevins had returned the
key, the custodian of the building
told Linda, W h e n she questioned
him. She had kept it only a few
hours.
"Just long enough to have a dup
licate made" Rob said ruefully.
II was moving out of this place,
but since all this commotion I'm
sticking around. You may need
a protector. He smiled as he said
it, but his eyes were serious.
The police dismissed the whole
matter as a woman's hysteria. To
Ronald, Linda said nothing. It
didn't especially concern him. Es-
pecially since it vas not probable
that Sarah was an accomplish.
Sometimes in the next few
weeks, as April drifted into May
and the city grew SUDDENLY mys-
teriously warm, she thought of
Hamilton, Va. There would be
soft winds in the wide-spreading
trees. The jonquils and crocuses
and a hundred other flowers would
be sweet and fragrant in the morn.
ings. Old family %retainers would
be putting cut awnings and porch
furniture and the whole town would
be relaxing. She would close her
eyes and see a slim, small girl
with a scattering of freckles across
the brief bridge of her nose, and a
tall boy with gay blue eyes climb
ing into an old jalloppy or swing
: ing tennis raquets.
: But that was over. They were
grown up now. And any love that
. couldn't Withstand LIES chal-
1enges wasn't love. She reminded
herself of that again and again in
the days that followed.
Linda had not gone On the
house party with Ronald. Extra
work at the office had kept her in
town. Nor had she seen him much
in the weeks that followed. He was
appearing at a night club after the
show, too, now.
Extra money, Linda" he said.
We'll salt it away. I have to
make all I can before my horn
grows rusty. When it does-after
all, when 1 have whiskers I can't
swing a trumpet-I'm going into
producing. 1 know I'd like it,
Whether Sarah had planted his
idea in Ronald's mind and made
him believe it came from himself,
Linda didn't know. It belonged to
Ronald now.
Some style shows were scheduled
for the middle west, and Bagley
models were being used. At the
last moment the director of the
agency asked Linda to accompany
the girls and act as business man.
ager. Oddly relieved, because now
she wouldn't witness Sarah's slow
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