The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-11-26

NOV. listen. Miss Rogersls
There Was 4 noticeable lsck Of
affection IN his attitude toward
me. " you know a better wav.
TEL me. his case Is a stone wall.
wen Mss Blanton can't thelp ne
We have one cine, Lee Gray. And
even on thai sire can't give US
anything
But really. don't : Carol
began.
xou and | viii discuss that
later. And alone" He turned back
y re. Who mpws II fhere'n be
another attempt? IL there is. il
might be next Sunday or next
year. Miss Blanton can't spend the
rest OF her lie IN hiding, can she?
! don't say that anything viii
come az my boys tagging her. But
II anyone behaves strangely, If
somebody Is too interested IN her
ccmings and geings, wei know
about Il TreyiA
YES. sir28
! don't mind you sticking your
nose IN the case. God knows We
cops need all the help we can get.
But ! said help. not interference.
II you know anything, or find out
ANYTHING, you tell me. Quick
~Of course
yeah. bat you won't. And
youH probably get hurt. But I'd
be wasting my breath to warn
you Now, you take your girl for
walk Hiss Blanton and ] want
10 be alone, don't weaR
Carol smiled and waved rs
away, but ! thought heard her
catch her breath and saw her
hands eleneh slightly as we closed
the door.
Furious Actress
a 7 THE corner Of Fifty-fourth
- and Lexington JEFF stopped
What do You think the chances
are q Bowers being IN his ofice
aowg"
sFair.#
Then we'll 20 see him first"
fIrst2 Does that mean you're
going detecting!H
Without even smiling modesfTv
he nodded and We headed for the
Office IN silence. We met Philip
ashley IN mont Of the Colony
1heater and the three Of Us turned
down the alley together.
Inside the stuffy elevator I
Tummzged through my purse for
my compact and lipstick- would
Dc stopping 70 powder my nose
before Venturing into 4 producers
01ce. | told myself ruefuIIy, when
] was ninety. A producers Office
Is a producers Office and II doesn't
matter that you'Ve got the lob
and played the part and it's over
and done with. ! snapped shut the
enameled box and dropped It IN
NY purse
Its fairly Grass of me" Philip
Ashley vas saying. ito barge IN
On Clint at a time ike this. sup
pose, and 70 demand lust what
Is what But / thought it possible
that b might want to close the
show
Quite possible" JEFF said
shortly.
Philip loosened the gay colored
scarf that muff7ed his throat.
That's what I thought. Never
theless. have to know definitely
N order 70 make my plans. !
don't mind telling you that HoI-
lywood's been after me for some
time now. You know" he added
warningly 70 me, this isn't going
TO do any OF Us anv good Bad
publicity Very bad
We stepped into the reception
hall that fronted me Office II was
empty, Phoebe's desk unopened
and the door marked Clinton
Bowers-Private closed. / put
my hand on the knob but / didn't
turn It IN the ofhce somsone was
speaking and there vas something
IN her tone that made Us stop
abruptly and look at each other.
Please, please, Mr.. Bowers"
Alice Mcdonald was saying She
might have been reading for :
part and overacting badly let
me try il. Just let me-try itl You
must know what it would mean TO
me. Oh. you've got 10 let me,
you've got TO give me this
ehsncel-
aTm sorry. Alice" Clinton
Bowers voice was very patient
and very weary. Il have decided
definitely 70 close the play at
once. There win not be another
performance Of Green Apples.
That Is final
Anyone but the stage-crazed,
thwarted girl that Alice was could
have told he meant il She said,
This play Is closing No one
Is going TO follow IN the part that
Eve North created here
Created" Her voice exploded
Ioud and scornfulIy. Created If
YOU call hanging one OF the most
beautiful parts ever written Great
ingl IL you call babnling through
II with a lot Of tricks and phony
manneTisms creatingl No ones
going 10 follow IN her part you'll
see to that. won't you2 Yes. you'll
see to il al right and | know why.
Mr. Clinton Bowers! Because any
decent actress who followed N the
part would show Eve North Up
20 badly. wouldn't she2 She'd
show what a sinking sloppy mess
she made Of It'll She'd chow that
vozr great Eve North was nothing
but a ham, she's
AAlica!'s His voice wasn't pa
tiert now; II was cold and threat
erinr. Get out Of my Office. Alice.
Get Quit I'll
His doar sE1ng opsn and We
triad to Io0k a though We were
wanding an uninterrupted way
10 the oHSce, but / don't think
Alice even saw Us Sne osSa -