The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-08-22
Chapter %
Surprise For Marie

ING horribly low. Henry :. Tom
nv. She had quarreled with
the one, and neglected the other.
She had been an awful little fool.
Every thing had gone U ter y
wrong. She felt completely DIS
gusted with the world and every
thing in it.
But she kept on thinking about
Tommy, and the way she had
treated him since the arrival OF
Henry and Luella Pell. Dear, dear
Tommy He had been good to her,
so unselfish and so much IN love
with her. And she had treated
him shamefully.
She had let her feeling for Hem
ry make her forget everything
else-even Tomny's kindness, the
way he had helped her get estab-
lished. And that, she told herself
with emphasis, was where she had
been even more of fool.
Why, Tommy Mcintyre was
going places in the world of
radioi OF course. he was. He stood
high with his superiors, and he
was going to have a lot to say
about who worked on those re-
cordings his firm was making.
"Well be to the radio world,
Tommy had once said, what Edi-
son was to the photograph world.
{. You know, Matchmaking
records to be sold or rented to
broadcasting stations throughout
the world, even Canada-maybe
Europe, if they ever stop fighting
over there"
He had then explained that they
might even make recordings of an
entire evenings entertainment OF
vaudeville songs, tap-dancing
jokes, sketches, monologues. All
that, and she had been so busy
adoring Henry Pell and helping
him get the negro songs ready she
had completely and utterly over
looked all the opportunities Tom
z IA -
v2ng7 recorl. q. eg@Scg3t,
ROYALTIES.
marie L'ac3n," e'.a 4 aght.
"its time val & Is ~ and
stepped eents~irg al y9ur e.
gi@7 en- one r IN.
Che pic&e3 70 T., t|2r nc
VIII a cuieik, GaAer.l, in3l reeve
&c cskeI for the number OF
oynny McIntyre's oG,7e. She
.yol,ld be nica t. him, and maybe
he wruld invite her to lanch They
could 20 to some Quiet place. and
slowly. carefully. she would be-
gin her campaign to win him back.
Hello" she said, when a voice
spoke at the other end of the line,
May | speak to Mr.. Thomas Nc
Intyre?"
I'm sorry" said the voice. "But
Mr.. Mcintyre isn't in"
Can you tell me when he will
be in2"
re left fer Florida an hun
aga"
aFlorida!"
eyes"
"But, THAT is" Marie caught
herself. This is I9iss Mason
speaking l was especially an:,io2s
to get in touch with Mr.. Mcintyre.
wonder if YOU rqn tell me where
l can reach him?"
mo, Miss Mason" said the
voice. Just a moment III con-
meet you with Mr.. Greenwood
THANK you," said Marie.
no Luck
Mr.. GREENWOOD was on the
IVA wire almost at once. Marie ex-
planned who she was.
ooh, Miss Masonp said Mr.
Greenwood. "Of counsel Many's
the time I've heard you sing. What
can / do for your"
I wanted to talk to Mr.. McIn-
tyre" said Marie. But ! was told
he had just left for Florida.
thought perhaps you"
Tommy" said Mr.. Greenwood
Eyes, he took a sudden notion that
he needed a vacation, and off he
went. l persuaded him to mix
business with pleasure. He's"
i'HaYe you his address,"
mo. unfortunately. / haven't
You see, he's driving down more
or less MISUNDERSTANDING off in
Charlotte. North Carolina, Spar
tanburg, South Carolina, and At
lanta, Georgia-to look into the
radio situation. He's to get in
touch with me on his way"
Il see," said Marie. Thank
you"
"Shall get in touch with you
when ] hear from Tommy"
IF it's not too much trouble, y
said Marie.
mo trouble at ALL" said Mr.
Greenwood Must be nice to this
Southern girl with the moving
Voucher records ought to sell
like hot-cakes. Always glad to be
of service to the Singer of Songs
from way down South" He
chuckled. by the way, that new
program you're on is honey,
MISS Mason.
THANK you" said Marie.
you're very kind"
A moment later she hung up
her receiver, Tommy going to
Florida without saying goodbye.
1t was cruel of him. The least he
could have done was telephone
her before leaving.
She frowned, and began to
move restlessly about the room.
She felt sunk, absolutely. She -
gan more and more to regret Ter
treatment of Tommy, also the
quarrel with Henry. She had been
utterly brainless in her handling
of both men. Someone ought tc
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