The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-13
CHAPTER

his. glasses.
What do you mean, let Pee We
Tyler have him."
Fighting tears, Cholly was Sc
appealingly young and troubled
MI, Hayworth broke into an anus
ed chuckle.
1--WE never seen a Hayworth yet
who was weakling enough to lei
someone else pick a wife out fol
him. When my son, Dover, meets
the girl he wants to marry, he'll
marry her. I don't imagine even the
girl herself will have much to say
about it,"
Cholly looked at him, perpleXed
but he refused to answer the ques'
ton in her eyes.
EAT your breakfast, child he
urged. twinkling. "Your ham and
eggs are getting stone cold" Then
he laughed heartily.
I'm glad" - Cholly picked up
her orange juice and swallowed
with difficulty-"you find this all
30 amusing, Mr.. Hayworth. But
it's a pretty serious thing to me.
Because I'm poor, I'm not sup
posed to have any pride"
"Now, no "" the elderly mar said
quickly, SOLDERING. You misunder-
stand me entirely, my dear. You'd
be surprised if I told you what l
thought of YOU"
Nyhor CboJ11y I-6pf haI> eCaS nn
her plate, saying nothing, Mr..
Hayworth smiled.
II think my son has very good
taste. 1 like you, Charlotte"
She looked up, startled into an
uncertain little smile. For Cholly
was a girl of quickly changing
moods. Dover's father nodded,
chortling again.
Eyes, by golly! You're pretty and
you're a good piano player and you
can talk back. All mighty fine
qualities"
Cholly laughed shakily.
well, for goodness sake"
"And before We so on with our
breakfast" the sponsor continued,
making a poor attempt to sound
brusque and businesslike, L might
add that I'll hold you to your con.
tract with the Hayworth company
if it takes every dollar l have. l
don't want to hear another word
out of you about quittingr'
For a few seconds the elderly
man AMI the young girl locked eyes
across the table. Then they burst
out laughing. Both were a little
hysterical with relief.
No further mention was made of
Dover, or of what Mrs. Hayworth
might thing of her husbands dis
obeying and continuing to employ
Charlotte. A little later Cholly was
surprised when he asked if the
numbers the director was picking
out for the program suited her
fancy. Had she any suggestions?'
Il certainly have Cholly ad-
mitted promptly, but I wouldn't
want the director to know it. l
think he's all wrongm
And she told the sponsor the
sort of numbers she believed would
go best with an early morning
audience. She didn't believe they
liked modern jazz or operate
things. They weren't interested
in contrasts of her versatility.
Personally, she believed she did
Irish and American folk
songs best, and that the fifteen
minutes should be taken up cheer
ang rather. than educating them or
making them want to dance. Who
wanted that stuff for breakfast?
The sponsor had been wondering
the same thing.
Encouraged by Mr.. Hayworth,
Cholly was SO enthusiastic about
her w ideas she was Obvious to
the fact that she was singing
snatches of old Irish songs to him
in an adorable dialect, as she had
heard her mother do them. He
watched her, fascinated. By golly,
no wonder Dover had fallen in love
with her! She would turn any
mans head.
They parted the best of friends.
You just stick to your piano
playing and sit tight" Hayworth
shook her hand warmly. do your
Job well and don't worry about
anything else"
That afternoon Cholly received a
kall from Bob Lane. There was to
be a change on her program. Or
hers from "old man" Hayworth.
She was to take entire charge and