Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 July 1941 — Page 20

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| STORY'S END

‘By BETTY BUCK 7

|. _ “THERES JUST one thing more | Y’d like to know, purely from a per- | sonal standpoint,” Thorpe. McClel- { lan smiled at Ada Belle Andrews as she sat across from him in his office in the city hall. “Now that .. you've been picked as the best of . ‘the entrants for the title of City | Queen at the civic pageant, what . prompted you to enter in the first place?” © “Why would any girl enter your ‘contest, Mr. McClellan?” she parried, the ghost of a smile lighting her even features. “I was curious { + =and maybe a bit lonely!” ! “Ah! I detect a mystery there, young lady. How can a girl as beautiful as you be lonely is a town as big as this? You should have swarms of swains fighting for the | privilege of taking you places. TI’ll | start the ball rolling. How about 2”

£ “I don’t think you're serious, Mr. McClellan—but even if you are, the answer is still no.” Ada Belle smiled to take the edge’ off her implied reL © buke. She could be miserable all __ by herself, and even a nice fellow like: Thorpe McClellan wouldn’t change the picture much. Not yet, at least. She’d have to get adjusted to a new life hefore she thought about other men. 2 2 ” “OKAY,” the contest promoter agreed amiably. “Only remember that I asked you first, if you decide to paint the town sometime. I have ‘a vast acquaintance in nice places ~and I also have an expense ac- . count on the city.” “TI think of you first; I promise,” ‘Ada ‘Belle agreed, but she was only - talking. She had felt like Cinderella when the judges had unexpectedly picked her, but there was some- ‘ thing lacking that was necessary in the Cinderella sequence. And Thorpe McClellan wasn’t the Prince

Charming. ; ~ #Speaking of expenses, Ada Belle if. I may call you that now—I am { Tauthorized to give you a check for ~ “$500. You will be expected to purchase a good evening gown and ac- ~ gessories, a suit, several frocks for daytime wear, and a good bathing - suit for publicity purposes. I have - _@ competent secretary who will take you around to the right shops, if

you like,” 2 ” #"

SHE WONDERED what the promoter would say if he knew how “pear she was to finding it necessary - to give in and go back to the little town she had .so recently left. It seemed ages, since she had climbed on the train while Jimmy was" still at the office, tears: blinded her eyes and utter despair tugging at her heartstrings. But that was all over

now. ; “My secretary will handle most of the details for you, I mean about meeting people and being . plach ~ and such. You will have to do a kt eertain amount of posing for the ~~ press. The Mayor will invite you r his office later for presentation that will be in the daily papers, and undoubtedly a few assorted sob sisters will be tagging after you to get the woman’s angle. ‘You can tell them as little or as much as you want.” Cael “I.suppose that’s the penalty for winning the contest,” Ada Belle smiled ruefully. It didn’t really matter, though. Nothing really mattered when the part of you that ‘you once thought of as being filled with love for a certain person seemed leaden and heavy. It made ‘you feel as though all the wonderful things that were happening to you were really happening to someone else, . fT “DON'T LET IT get you down,” McClellan advised her with a wise rin. “After the big celebration is over you'll be getting all kinds offers from manufacturers and ess houses to pose for their sing, use their products, on their radio programs and not. I don't know what you re good at; in a business sense, I'll personally weed out the inpr stuff before they get to. you. a break for you—but with your ts, you deserve it.” hat took care of the future, evitly. Now all that she would ‘to do would be to walk gh all the proper gestures— apd —there would be her H Ww fe, all 8 absurdl

mapped out for her. It y simple and melan-

, Belle stolidly performed all requisite duties of the City

8 afternoon of the big day

FUNNY BUSINESS

“And this one wouldn't eat spinach!”

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still felt wooden. inside. ‘Thorpe got heron the telephone at her hotel suite and said.someone was there with a message for her. A second voice came to her ears. he 2 ” ® “I SAW YOUR pictures in the home papers! Ada Belle, and I came down on the next train to beat this McClellan fellow’s ears off for exploiting you!” Jim's voice, and angry! “He says that you seem to be free, white and over 21, and maybe he’s righf. But I still think you ought to be spanked and taken home!” Ada Belle subsided on the bed and held the telephone tight. “Jim! You don’t know how happy I am to hear your voice! I never thought I'd hear it again, darling! I've been a stubborn fool —and you were right all the ime!” At the other end of the line she could imagine Jim’s handsome, rugged face scowling, like he always gia when he wrestled with a probem. : “Maybe I was wrong too, honey!” he unbent, and Ada Belle detected the loneliness in his vocie, too. “Won't you give this business up gnd tome home to me?” ‘Ada Belle sat up, eyes shining. The final section of the Cinderella sequence had slid into place. Her Prince Charming was waiting. “I'm going through with it, Jim!” she said with finality. “I'll make enough money to buy that new living room suite—and a new easy chair for you!” : :

TOMORROW~—The heart of a story and the heart of a woman— both laid bare in “Dig Deep,” by Athlyn Deshais.

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BAZAAR TO OPEN AT PHILIP NERI CHURCH

St. Philip Neri Church will hold its annual summer bazaar tomorrow, Friday and Saturday.

tures will be jitney suppers served

of the church. The general committee is headed

James Kelley and Albert L. Gerdon.

Others working in the bazaar in- | [5 clude Mrs. Edward Lucid, Mrs. Irvin | |B Ross | if

Dietz, John Dugan, Mrs.

Moore, Francis Greeley, H. S. Cron-

tha Hickey, Clarence Butler, Otto Hormuth, Thomas Sheehan, Elmore Najeniqn, Joe Dugan, Otto Neff and Paul Purseon. sy

FOLLMAN KREIS NEW RADIO AID AT AIRPORT

The appointment of Follman |i Kreis, 3050 N. Pennsylvania St., as || new junior radio control tower oper-} ator at the Municipal Airport, was | announ airport. superintendent. : Mr. Kreis, who holds a private pilot's license, in addition to radio

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parties will be held tomorrow and} Friday afternoons in the auditorium |;

by Frank Monahan and includes|’ Harry Rail, Miss Mary Madden, |} Mrs. K. 8. Moore, William Donahue, |!

non, Mrs. J. M. Wagner, Miss Mar- | -

by I. J. (Nish) ‘Dienhart, ,

license, will fill the vacancy created [|= with the resignation of Richard |

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NEVER MIND ALL THAT, IVE | BEEN CHECKING INTO YOUR PAST, A] T UNDERSTAND THAT UPON SEVERAL.OCCASIONS YOU | HAVE WORKED AS A SEAMAN ABOARD STEAMSHIPS,

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