Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-01-12
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.... MS -tGtCi LIIAiASN4 SkiONtlNI DS
.... =, summer Of her young
~. ..,.,s! ~ from the radio
....,....-..,, she was reading and saw
~, vas 70 longer passing
-.--..-r, .:e,Gs OF corn and wheat.
4. INST. Chicago. Her amazing
.--.,.-.raeu eyes with the black
....~r~, !aSheS were little deep
AVID ..arker with her inner eX-
.-.,,ea.. \ faint tinge Of pink
.....,,! the sun tan of her oval
...s.
r. he suitcase beside her was
...~ f.r,oma from Indiana uniyer-
s-y ana IN her purse five dollars
80, from that, she told herself
,.....-,s,callv. her assets were nil.
-.~,ass YOU took into consideration
-t,s +1c- that she was beautiful and
.e-".v.
v,H.;rr;~S her small, slender
use. am adding little more red
p. -,G tender lips, Romany reached
,.~ ana took down the dark green
s.r-ss,st pancake hat Aunt &C.
..4 had sent from Paris. She sat
So anon her sleek, jet black hair
....a , flourish. A silly but divine
.ra0yau!
~ she stood UP in the closely
ling gray-green jacket and
aching swing skirt that barely
..r.tsG her knees. it could be seen
--t- she was tall and slender. long
mus. and graceful.
Stepping OFF the train, Romany
selected her Rag and hat box from
lie porter. waving away redcap
-r.o reached for the luggage. She
..as certain she needed the few
rs,r.as much more than he did,
eve. ! she didn't look it. The col
a-eG man gave her a disappointed
COX and shrugged. turning his t.
-aY,.on 10 a tat man with two SAM
lie eases.
Down the platform Romany
~3uset at tie station door looking
- The familiar face of her best
s~.sci ard college room mate,
r.aro..e O'Neil. But Cholly did
..- seem to be there. At that mo-
rent her eyes fell upon a young
an with microphone who had
,-s-0eG quickly forward and mo-
-@eI 10 her.
Size recognized him at once as
G~e@. Nelson. announcer and mas
-.. + ceremonies Of the Hello
sanger" program. Ronlany would
.., hurried away. but an assist
-.- a... h:S hand on her arm. There
-~-s 10 escape. without being rude.
Na.s-a smiled shaking her dark
-.az@ c,ove& hand:
welcome. stranger! VIII you
s1- : Jew words for us?
Rcmany swallowed. quickly get
- her bearings Afraid of
-..:O3hoae? Ridiculous! That was
-.a- she had come to Chicago for.
-.= famous announcer was turning
G. ne full power Of his charm to
- her at ease.
Our first customer this evening,
*. IS a beautiful young lady.
Eary. very beautiful. Jack, run
home and get my book of superla-
YES, May we have your name,
-.aase?"
Romaay found her voice.
"Romany-Romany Halle"
Lovely name-Romany. Gypsy.
and lovely black hair and a sun
an 70 90 with it, too. A shame we
@avea't got television over here at
he station. Where are lou from,
R9many?"
"Leeville, Indiana"
Nice little town. I've been
trough there. On your way to
zc1ool somewhere, I'll bet"
No, I graduated from Indiana
university this spring"
Well. bless my old whiskers"
"a,son beamed and shook her hand
s-a,a. My old alma mater! / must
ave been getting out of Indiana U
isl about the time you went IN.
You can take it from me. folk, we
grow the most beautiful co-eds IN
ne world out around Indiana. Why
III you come to Chicago. Miss
Halle? To visit?"
Romany by that time was feel
20 cutie at home. She smiled,
..ri1l;l!.g her nose, and Brent Nell
.on's susceptible heart beat / little
faster.
You mustn't laugh at me, !"
2omany lowered her voice. "and
III tell YOU"
Laugh! should say not, Brent
assured her. Come on, tell u.s."
Well" Romany confded, Il
came to Chicago to get on the
radio"
The crowd roared.
1T certainly didn't take you
long" Nelson chuckled. rs this