Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 June 1940 — Page 30

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dq Ticket to | Hollywood

By W. H. PEARS—

| . CASH ; OF CHARACTERS

' 4 FRAN WESTON—a. girl wi ANCE TON il, in a

! GUSTY GAIR—garage mechanic who ean give out on a trumpet. : . JERRY FINNEY~—Movieland’s youngest. glamour man. - ' YESTERDAY: Searching for Gusty, to return the ticket, Franeie goes to the studio, mets Mr. Koon again, While she waits in Koon’s office a brash young man eomes in, openly admires her. Francie is cold, haughty, The young man. rushes her into Koon’s office, orders the agent to introduce them wnronerly. “This is Jerry Finney,” Koon announces. :

fo. CHAPTER TEN “COCKTAILS,” Jerry Finney or-

dered. Then, smiling at Francie: |.

“They make a nice martini in here. Okay?” . Francie wanted to refuse, she couldn’t find words. Her: head was still spinning from the sud‘denness of his invitation. Under the table she found a pin and prodded herself. It was no dream. i: She was actually sitting in the Tan Hat restaurant lunching with Jerry Finney! The cocktails ‘fey. Jerry lifted his drink, goldflecked eyes bold as they met suc-

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cess.” Francie raised her glass, cautiously touching the liquor with the tip of her tongue. It burned like lye. She pretended to drink, then quickly set down the cocktail

Come on, drink up,” Jerry urged. “N-no, -thanks,” Francie quavered. “It’s very nice, but I...” Jerry's eyes crinkled. “Cigaret?” Francie accepted a cigaret from his gold case. Jerry held a match for her. A perverse wisp of smoke went down her throat, making her cough. “I-I'm afraid I've caught cold,” _ ghe apologized, holding the cigaret ~ ras if it were a firecracker ready to explode. : Jerry said in ‘confidential tones: %you know, something. The minute I laid eyes on you I said to myself, ‘Theres - the loveliest girl in the world’.” “Oh, Mr. Finney . .” | “Mister Finney!” Jerry mocked. i *well , , . Jerry then.” - ' “We're going to see a lot of each other, Francie.” “Are we?” : 2 8 = I * SLOWLY her confidence was returning. At first she had been so nervous she chattered wildly; then she had become mute. Now a sense of power was driving off her palsy. In spite of her inept handling of the cocktail and cigaret, she ‘felt she had made an impression. Francie said shyly, “Oh, Jerry. 1, well, it’s like a dream being here with you. It—it all hapened so quickly I ¢an hardly realize it.” Jerry accepted this adulation with a modest gesture that said all women felt pretty much that way about Finney. _ Francie put food in her mouth, chewed and swallowed; tasted nothing. Presently Jerry looked at his watch and apologized: “I'm terribly sorry, Francie, but I have an appointment. Il run you back to the hotel.” +» Jerry's scarlet roadster glittered with chromium. On either door was a gold crest with J. F. in big raised

letters. “I can’t stop,” Jerry said contemptuously as they swept up to the hotel, “or the yolkels'll be swarming for autographs. Like to do the Miracle Mile tonight?” Francie had heard .enough about the Miracle Mile to know it required an evening dress. “Can’t we just get acquainted?” “About 9, then,” he said. “About 9,” Francie swhispered, ecstatically. Aunt Hat bubbled over at Francie’s ‘miraculous conquest. John Weston-accepted the news hourly.

. “This Finney may be all right, but ;

‘T’d like to know more about him.” Aunt Hat cut in sharply, “John Weston, are you going to deprive the child of—" ‘ “I'll decide this, Hat. Yo: may go, Francie, but be back by 11.” At 8:30, Francie was pacing the veranda. raced into the driveway. “I'm late. Francie, but my valet took the night off, and I had trouble dressing.” “We might have a drink and a dance at one of the smaller spots,” - Jerry observed with a doubtful glance at Francie’s dress. . Francie thought up a quick le. “]—I’d rather wait till my trunk arrives, Jerry. It has all my evening clothes in it.” - He yawned. “I'm fed up on that stuff anyway. I'd rather make love to you, Francie.” _ Francie locked her hands behind her head and uttered the boldest words of her life: “I—I'd rather have you, Jerry.” Jerry parked by the ocean, ingled with moonlight, and put arms around Francie. He ‘was not awkward and shy like Gusty. He held her tight and kissed her until she was breathless. It was thrilling. But she was a ' tle rclieved when he released her. «we'd better go back now, Jerry.

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My. . : should be in by 11.5 - “By 11! Say we don't start things out here t en.” Francie said abjectly: on’t be angry.” pir the hotel veranda Jerry kissed Ber roughly. “Youre a sweet little package, Francie. I'll ke around.” x ig 88 5 | RELENTLESS pressure applied to + Weston all next day chang hE ur to midnight. Aunt insisting that she would need it for the broadcast anyway, bought Francie a new formal. She danced that night under soft lights. She Saw * famous ges of the screen. She had her favorite number played by a noted orchestra "The following day Jerry was hav- : Fy . Y ontoccnce with

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