Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-24
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State. He declined. Press of business. Then
Countess Dorothy put on her chinchilla coat
and called at his office.
Almost at once she made a deduction a..
A man may be cordial at a dinner and ever
so elusive at his office. Shortly young legal
person. speaking for Mr. Hull, was saying
something about IAN unconventional couple
who had presented themselves a world spec
tacle. =" and how a Secretary of State would
also become world spectacle if he let the
couple in. No. the answer was, no, a thou
sand times no.
Back in Mexico, Dorothy decided to
break the news quickly. with some good, clear
sentences. And have it over. So she said:
Carol, it's all off. To get into the United
States, you'd have to be born again. And Do
Things Differently"
This announcement didn't please the King
He wondered if northern air had cooled his
friends devotion If so, this was migrate
full, after the way he had saved her socially,
in Mexico City. Oh WELL forget it and go
house hunting That's always fun, when you
have plenty of time and nothing much to do
with it,
The trio started out. Finally they found
a house they liked. But each liked it for diff
ferent reasons. Carol liked it because there
wall space for the FL Grecos he had
Struggled out of Rumania.
But most of all. Carol liked the floodlights
which illumined the villa grounds so that a
man could tell whether what he was looking
at was an hibiscus bush, or political enemy,
all primed to fire
Magda, on her part. liked the house be-
cause the loose tiles in the courtyard would
be just the thing under which to rebury the
pots Of gold she had dug up from the yard in
Bucharest, just before she fled hastily with
Carol
But Countess Dorothy, on her part liked
the house because she believed what with all
the pilgrims flocking to Mexico City, the
astute purchaser of the villa could quickly
sell il again--at a profit
Dorothy considered And decided King
or no King, she would buy that house herself
She did within the hour
At home, however, Carol also was consid-
ering His mother the late Queen Marie. he
remembered, had crossed the Atlantic and
then the American continent without it's cost
ing her red cent The Queen had merely
given her photograph and signed few little
papers about howl always use your
product To it owe the miracle of my buoy
ant health" The same applied TO practically
a dozen other products.
Well what could he Carol endorse to get
himself the villa rent free? He couldn't
think so he decided to call up the agent for
ping an endorsement for the rent COR the villa)
when the agent broke in:
mo renters wanted The villas sold
Cash the barrel"
Who b-b-bought it?" stammered
Carol.
Your friend, Countess Dorothy di
Frasso."
Carol dropped the phone down on the
marble floor. And he cursed his friends
penchant for real estate.
Carol could get the cash from Magda, who
could get it from one of the pots And Magda
might consent TO part with quite a sum. She
is travel weary and anxious for yard of
her own in which 10 bury her treasure as she
did in the yard Of the red brick villa in good
old Bucharest.
So the knowing go back 10 the old thesis
The Countess is Juggling real estate once
again. She may sell to Carol but. OF course,
at profit.