The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-14
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Having rescued an intoxicated
handsome stranger who was aoou
to be thrown out of the night cluI
where she is a singer and dancer
KIT REILLY takes him 10 ne.
room. She spends the nlgh1 WIZ
he- friend and partner IN hei jung
and dance act, u..
FRAN LIE MAZE, a good-na1ures
veteran vaudeville performer NJ
became interested when "a
stranger drunkenly claimed 70 %
VANCE HEALEY, fameo [aule
snorts announcer and news com
mentator. who had been hlt
classmate in college. She does no.,
however. believe the ntoxlcateo
stranger is Healey.
CHAPTER FIVE
Kit fixed an unbending eye on
her guest and demanded:
How much of last night do you
remember
His eyes were utterly blank.
Then quickly an odd expression OF
abashment came into them. Kit
saw that, too, and steeled herself
against it.
We'll start at the beginning,
when you started to heckle the
show at Luigi's."
"Luigi's? I never heard OF the
place!" 49,,
I'm telling you about it right
now. Luigi's is -. a sort OF night
club in the Village, at which you
got obstreperous."
"Talkative, maybe, but obstrep-
erous, never" he corrected gently.
"Obstreperous," she repeated
firmly. And they were going tc
throw you out" He opened his
mouth to protest, but Kit ignored
him.
This will explain why you're
here: At Luigi's, they don't stop
with throwing you out. They dump
you a block away in some doorway
for the cops to pick up"
IT see," he said thoughtfully,
feeling his enlarged chin tenderly.
ga nice joint! Must have been
where 1 got this. Why didn't the
cops pick me up?"
because I brought you here"
He eyed her contemplatively.
Kit read more in his eyes thar
he thought she could. The reading
angered her because it embarras'
sed her. II had no personal rea'
sons" she said sharply. you're
here not because of who you are
but because you said you were
Vance Healey. At least, from the
way you said it, anybody nigh
have thought that was what vol
meant"
maybe I am" he said, a
though he wouldn't be a bit sur
prised to hear he was Napoleon
maybe you are and maybe Tn
the Queen of May. Listen, stran
ger. You can't 60 around dom
things like that. You might &c
into trouble"
He gave her a very fine smile
all things considered. "And no
have you around to escu me?'
Her glance would have witheret
him had he been capable of seeing
it through the mist.
IT didn't do it for you," she sait
clearly. '"I did it because vol
might have got somebody else il
trouble"
He wanted to ask her how, bu
the question slipped away from hi
mind as another thought occurred
to him. The kid was shivering il
the unheated room. He got to hi
feet with considerable effort an.
crossed the rom to close the win
dow. He put his coat about he
shivering shoulders.
Xii accepted the warmth crate
fully, but she set her mouth in
sterner. resisting line. How coult
she be impressive if he was goin.
to be gallant? Most DRINKS, sh,
told herself, had some charm, bu
1t wasn't worth a hill of beans
Don't waste your time doing
Sir Galahad with me-" she SAT-
with an ungraciousness that wa;
unfamiliar to her. "Just listel
hard"
He appeared to be listenin;
hard.
"Put yourself in the place Of al
important person, a person who's
name was a national by-word. .
Bella LANAN-COURT F