The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-06
PTER TWO

ter Tree at school? He was a senior
in our junior year."
"Oh, yes" Romany nodded. 1.-THE
bookish, literary guy with the
glasses and The serious mien. He
was in the dramatic club"
That's the one. He's a contlnu-
ity writer for the radio now"
"How marvellous! Maybe he can
introduce me to somebody WIZ
knows somebody"
That's the reason I had Terry
hunt him up and invite MIN ou',
Cholly grinned. Nothing like grlno-
ing an ak now and then. Besides
he's very nice-and good looking"
"T didn't know HIM except by
sight" said Romany. he WASH I
much of a ladies' man, was he?'
married to his typewriter.
Smart fellow! Even you couldn't
take him away from his literary
efforts, I fear"
IAN affair of the heart is the last
thing that would interest me-
Romany airily assured her old
friend. $50 I'm sure the Baxter
Mason Tree literary career IS per
fectly safe"
you still want to be the Sarah
Bernhard of the air waves, l see.
Cholly was amused. And youll
probably end up reading commercial
You know the kind.
I bless the day I found Mrs
Snicklefritz's SOAP" She SAID 1t
through her nose.
Romany laughed.
II will not! I'll starve first"
"Radio is the craziest business IN
the world" Cholly told her. 1--WE
discovered that in three months,
wearing out shoe leather trying to
get a job playing the piano on the
air. If Terry hadn't helped me find
nv job playing part time IN the
music store, I'd have jumped n the
lake"
WELL" Romany said placidly,
"Ill keep on plugging until I get
something to do. l won't let 1t get
me down. There's too much money
to be made"
Money!" Cholly sighed. III you'd
see the flocks of dizzy little high
school kids floating around X
two or three hundred dollars a week
at Interstate, it'd make you sick to
think you can't get a break. I know
a t~en-year.o1d boy making a nun
dred and fifty a week on two kid
shows"
"Them's not peanuts" Romany
whistle dsoftly.
"Myra Noyes paid income tax on
fiftv thousand dollars last year,
Cholly added. Il know a girl who
knows the man who makes out her
income tax return. She's starring
on three daytime radio shows, five
days a week."
Romany blinked, then grinned.
HAS she got anything I haven't
eot?"
YEAH" Chilly grinned back.
Peroxide blond hair and the mas
tiest disposition in Chicago. But she
is striking. And she's got that GER
tain something that a mike picks
up and plays on the heartstrlngs."
"Oh, Lord" said Romany, 1eei-
ingly. Il hope I've got it, too
. Whatever it is! I'm so tired OF be-
ing poor. I've never had anything
in nv life Aunt Cissie didn't give
me. Mother and Dad have been
wonderful. But Dad is the poorest
farmer in Indiana, bless his heart
If 1 could just make a lot OF
money, and help them"
II know" Cholly's eyes were
pensive. II don't really want any
thing for myself. If I could just fix
everything so Nom would never
have to worry"
I'VE will fix everything" Rom
any sounded so sure Of herself. 81
feel lucky! Meeting Brent Nelson is
a good start"
Are you really going up to see
him?'
Romany answered thoughtfully:
"I-don't think so. But I'll find
q way to bump into him very soon
I hope he remembers me"
"As if any man ever forgets
those big green eyes of yours
Chorly scoffed. Then she added seri-
ously, II wish. I could be a calcu
lating wench like you are. If Brent
Nelson had asked me to run in and
see him, I'd have been up there to
morrow morning hanging around be
fore he got in, I want a radio jot
so badly. You're so clever with
men,
81 am not" Romany denied, Sc
cretly pleased. But I don't think
it's a good idea to let anyone know
1 need a job. Bad psychology. Aunt
Cissie wrote me to wear anything
of hers I found when I went our
looking for work, and said 1 coult
get her furs out of storage. So III
lust drift around looking like al
heiress, and maybe something will
happen"
TOO bad I'm such a pee wee
Cholly made a wry face. Il could
certainly use some of Aunt Cissie's
old buds.
"I'd give anything I've got for youl
red hair and freckles." Romany
looked down at the adorable face OF
the little Irish girl. you coult
have n man in the world yor
wanted"
you're crazy!." Cholly exploded
'"This mug of mine!"
ooh, no, I'm not crazy" Romanl
reached for her suitcase. But you'll
never find out what you've got unit
you chase Terry O'Rourke ant