The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-04
. SERIAL STORY
SUMMER TI1EATER
CAST OF CHARACTERS
BY DRED WILLIAMS

CAST OF CHARACTERS
JOHNNY REGAN-young mar
in love with two girls.
JEAN REYNOLDS - Johnny's
sweetheart since childhood.
MOLLY TRAvERS - Ambitious
young actress.
ANDRE MASTERs-the Thea
tiers leading man.
YESTERDAY: Molly's intro
duction to the Cape crowd is sue
cessfuI, mainly through jeans ef-
forts. Jean promises to leave Cape
town when she knows Molly loves
Johnny. Weeks pass and Johnny
finds Molly too busy for dates. Jean
tells him Andre Masters, the lead
ing man, is interested in Molly.
Jean also says she is leaving.
CHAPTER vi
Johnny busted himself picking up
the bits of broken pottery bowl.
Jean was leaving for Boston. She
said she would leave when she
found out Molly loved him. Was
she sure of that?
Did Molly tell you that? Is she
in love with me?"
Jean laugh unhapplly.
You're balmy, Johnny. She thinks
you're cute as a bugs ear"
Johnny cursed himself for let.
ting Jean see his heart. He'd
spread it out before her and she
was sneering.
why go home, then? Why not
stay and heckle? Think I can't
take it,"
She looked at him, almost with
pity. ''Oh, Johnny, what's the use?
I've tried to like the girl, honestly
1 have. She's so smooth and beau
tiful she frightens me to death.
And she's a grand actress. But
she's ambitious, Johnny"
Johnny snorted. ambition isn't
any crime. Let me tell you some
thing, my sweet poisoning my
mind isn't going to help. I'd
marry Molly tomorrow, if she'd
have me-"
IT won't be here tomorrow to
see that, thank heaven Jean an
sWered.
She sat down on the sea chest
and swung her feet. She was still
a little girl, Johnny thought.
Brown legs and socks, cardigan
buttoned once at the neck, silly
little ribbons tucked into her brown
curls. Nothing alluring or myster-
ious about Jean. Just a little girl,
hurt and angry because somebody
had broken her favorite dell.
JEAN" he said, I'm sorry,
truly I am. Don't think l haven't
missed u Cape Cod, the Il OF
other summers. Sometimes 1 wish
I'd never laid eyes on Molly. I'd
be happier, 1 suppose, digging qua
haugs and sailing with you, not
being in love-"
"1s it love?" Jean asked with
a glimmer of wisdom that hardly
belonged to a little girl. Il won.
der"
They are silent for a minute,
SO still that they could hear the
clock ticking. It's the perfect mo-
ment for me to say, Lets be
friends" thought Johnny. But he
said nothing, busted himself swish
ing imaginary dust from pine cone
parrots.
What I really came to say
Jean was speaking steadily, as il
she had taken a deep breath and
it was safe to continue, lis that
I've lent my cameo TO Molly for
her part in the play, and since |
won't be here to retrieve it, I want
you to send it to me-"
why, JEAN" Johnny G a S p e d,
that's a foolish thing for you tc
do. The Reynolds cameo is a mu
scum piece! You know that"
He sounded like the stern par.
ent. What was Jean thinking of?
The Metropolitan was still nego-
tiating for the Reynolds cameo. II
had been made especially in Italy
for Jeans grandmother. T h e r e
were certain pe%culiarities about its
design which made it invaluable.
1.-The gentleman is disturbed.
And over an old cameo. Can you
imagine?" Jean was laughing.
"But all kinds of things could
happen to it. Molly could misplace
lit in the dressing ROOM"