The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-12-15

~0NCE I nearly got a Job. not :
- good one. but q Job" Carol
went on "A manager who had
seen my performance n Greer
Apples and had liked me. I rnf -
far as a weeks rehearssls Thaf
vas all Morris heard about II and
] was fired. ---1
There was nothing for me n
London then and 50 I came baeIr
4 changed my name to Carol PIan-
ton again 50 that Morris couldnit
ind ms. couldn't spoil ny Chances
with the managers here II az still
die. ~' '-s
4 pounded the pavemenis here
Tor months. did get a few
chances 70 read for parts buf 7
read SO badly. And I had had no
experience / couldn't tell them
about Green Apples. I had 10 saw.
no. No experience at all Their
one day ! saw In the paper that
Clint Bowers was going Ia N
Green Apples. All Of q sudden II
came 70 me. There was a part I
could do. Jeif. you saw what that
critic said N Manchester. And
Greeley Morris never came 70
America for any Of his plays. He
would never know II the girl who
played Dina was Leila GRAY. I
was 49,. pretty desperate then.
There was no money left. none at
all Well. il was worth the chance
and ! took i"
Sac studied her fingertips in
tently. You know the rest. ! got
the Job and the day we ouensd I
heard that he was TO be here.
didn't know what TO do al
nrsk And then / thought he
Vas only 70 be here that one night
and. i he shouldn't see me. II he
snoald 60 on TO Hollywood with
eqt moving had TO make
ALICE play that one night.
a did IL pretended my voice
VS. Eone, and then, when you had
gore % the theater, Haila. then
renenbered the pictures In front
q ne Colony. and / knew il
Woridn't work He couldn't help
seeing that big picture Of me plas-
iared there, and he would know.
q would be better IL ! played.
Maybe he wouldn't say anything.
maybe ! could keep him from say
mg anything. You and Tommy
came IN when ] was telephoning
me theater 20 say that I'd be
there. You didn't believe me. I
could see that. But -. couldn't
explain
7 wrote the note when ! was
alone in my dressing room and
after Il was written / didn't know
what 10 do with il. I kept asking
myself If il was worth while 70
plead with him or II I should Just
keep still and take my. chance.
Even after the play / was still
muddled up. didn't know what
10 do. And then. suddenly. I was
sick. The kind OF sick when you
think you're dying and nothing
matters az all / forgot about that
note and Greeley Morris and my
job. forgot about everything but
getting home and into bed. That
was all The next thing I knew
was in Bellevue"
she sank on the couch and COW
cred her face with her hands.
After a moment JEFF said. did
you think IL was Greeley Morris
who tried 70 kin you, Carol?"
Il | don't know. AT first /
did. When we met that morning
IN Bowers Office and he pretended
not TO know me. when he said
that be had never heard of Lee
Gray. then ! though he was the
one. But the next night when Eve
was murdered. he wasn't even in
the theater. And then then
knew it couldn't be be-"
Carol, why were you calling
him at his hotei2 When an
swered the phone?"
Il nearly tainted when I rec
ogniZed youc voice"
Where was Crowley when you
calledg"
Crowley's Fault
II HAD gone out for a walk and
L he was with me. And sudden
~ ! had to talk 20 Morris. had
TO find out what he was going 10
do. I didn't want him to tell the
police about Lee Gray. the way
he'd tell it, ii would sound If
anyone told the police or Mr..
Bowers or you, ! wanted to do Il.
But II Crowley was with
4 managed to lose him in the
crowd and sneak into a corner
drugstore without him seeing me.
When I came out. he was running
back and forth on Madison Ave
nue. looking for me-
JEFF said ruefully: IF Crowley
had only reported that he had lost
track Of you at that corner, and
at that time. we would have
known you were Lee Gray. Be
cause l traced the call to that
drugstore"
'He was so embarrassed at los
ing sight OF me that knew he'd
never mention 1t to Peterson.
The lugls
Carol smiled family. "He didn't
even know I had been in that
drugstore; he couldn't have
thought it would have mattered. |
] was only gone a minute. / knew
the number and as soon as JEFF |
answered / hung up and ran out. |
! was afraid you had recognized |
my voice. JEFF"