The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-22
CHAPTER ~THIRTY-SEVEN
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been studying my future in the
stars. It's such bosh, darling!"
"Bosh, nothing!!" Fran retorted.
Didn't June Edwards herself pre-
dict a wonderful future for you
three months ago."
Put it was already wonderful,
Kit said calmly. And may point
out to you that there was alreaoy a
five-year contract with Sembler IN
our little safe? Why shouldn't 1t
be wonderful"
Fran's mind was momentarlly
side.tracked from her important
news. Didn't she predict that /
was going to be married? And am
I not?"
81 hope you are," Kit returned
laughingly.
Fran did not smile. Kit offered
a conciliatory hand and said,
Don't mind me, Fran. I'm jealous
because she didn't read a husband
into my horoscope"
You'll have luck of that kind
some day, Kit. When the moons in
Aries, you'll"
III meet a dark man. I sup
pose. And I always preferred
blends. That just goes to show how
ironical-"
Kit, don't get me off on that
subject. I've got news for you"
What news, Franz"
In the honors department,
You've made top grade"
''Honors?" Kit repeated.
"Honors, and how! You remem-
Ter all the talk about the Gershwin
Memorial before you went away?"
THE Gershwin Memorial? Oh,
you mean the program the New
York Philharmonic is going to give
at the Stadium. Of course, I re-
member it. There's been some talk
that Pons is going to sing. They're
going to do 'Porgy and Bess'."
"You thought some Metropolitan
star was going to sing it,"
"of course. Everybody knows
that"
You're going to do it! You've
been invited by the committee"
Kit got up and went to the win
dow unsteadily. She said, in a
small voice, I'll can't believe it
yet"
It'll mean an awful lot Of
work"
Work? Oh, it mean more than
that to me. I must tell Vance at
once"
Mot tonight, you won't. He's in
Boston. He'll be at the studio to-
morrow for the Georgia Beauty
Cream program"
SIS that a new one?"
Eyes. Testimonial stuff from So
ciety gals with the guests doing a
bit of performing as well. Vance
is M. Cling it."
Xii slipped into the studio when
the red light over the doors turned
to green. The Georgia Beauty pro-
gram was off the air.
She saw Vance come out of the
control room and stop to talk to a
girl in a mink coat. She waved her
handbag at him. He said some
thing to the girl, then crossed the
studio to her.
Before she could say more than
hello, he said, otis good to see you
back, Kit. You look great. Stick
around Tor a few minutes, will
you? I want you to meet a girl"
Perhaps it was the way he said
it, or the way that his eyes looked
at her, or the boyishness in his
voice. It was as if he'd said, II
want you to meet THE girl"
She felt a cold alertness, as if in
the presence of danger, but she
said evenly, "What girl?"
Miss Purcell. Mimi Purcell.
She wants to meet you. I want
you to meet her."
Should I know her?"
Sure you should. You've heard
of her old man. She's a debutante,
n of the girls on this program.
And a swell person too"
rs she? Kits voice was intend.
ed to convey the impression that
she was enlightened, but little i'm
pressed.
whats the matter, Kit? Oh, l
get it. The old professional angle
towards amateurs. Say, you ought
to remember her. She sang in the
eembler addition the same night
you did"
$50 she sings?"
yeah. She's really got a voice.
Wants to get on the air profess
sionally. She's asked me to give
her a few pointers about tech
nique."
'"Technique?" There was elo-
quent comment in the way she re-
peated the word. 'In her drawing
room on Park avenue at five, I
suppose?"
''Well-as a matter of fact, she
does"
Bring her over" she said cool
1y. II must run along in a mo-
ment. I had some news for some
one, but it can wait"
Kit shifted the telephone from
her right to her left ear and put
her hand over the mouthpice. The
green sweater suit" she whisper
ed to her maid, who vas packing
for her. She murmured, Really,