Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 April 1942 — Page 13

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a Serial Story—

both in love with Fay.

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‘By Edmund Fancott

THE STORY: Just after the week-end |

' guests at Ferdy Lorton’'s Canadian countty place learn that one of the party, Fay Ransom, is a famous Broadway night club singer, young Peggy Mack sees the figure of a man in the moonlight. Her brother Michael, Nigel Monkhouse and Ferdy bring him in. He turns out to be Baldy Brien, Fay’s manager, who has come to take her back. Ferdy, his aunt, and Peggy's older sister Myra are unconcerned. But Michael and Nigel are And Peggy has plans of her own.

CHAPTER NINE

“YOU MUST be very clever,” said Peggy admiringly, ignoring Myra’s

questioning eye.

~ Baldy’ Brien almost purred and "was just about to expand again

but Peggy got in first. “Would you be my manager?” Baldy stared at her. “Listen, baby. I'm in the show business, not running a girls’ school. Run away. «When you get your name in neon some place I'll come and listen to

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Peggy looked at ‘him with infinite scorn. “Sucker!” she said. “And I swallowed your line. Why, vou couldn't see talent if it was pushed down your throat!” ‘Baldy started, surprised at’ this sudden attack. Then he bristled. “You're right, dead right, and I can't see it now.” _ He turned to attack Fay again

~ and looked around the room in

gurprise. Fay. had gone, so had Ferdy, Michael and Nigel. “Where are you staying?” asked Ferdy's aunt quietly. “Thanks very much,” said Baldy. “That's kind of you, lady. I was going to take my forty in the back of the car, but it you insist, I gladly accept your invitation.”

~ “I'm sure my nephew will enjoy

you,” said Ferdy’s aunt, after her

, first surprise at his self-invitation.

Out in the moonlight, incompaf- ~ ably peaceful in contrast with the

recent minutes indoors, the three

men ‘and Fay were sitting on the wharf. One by one they had slipped

~ out while Baldy was holding the ~ floor and had.

wandered down to the quay. i ? The three men were smoking. “Now I know,’ said Ferdy suddenly. “Why you left New York.” “1 wonder,” said Fay. ‘Some-

# times you do something suddenly

and you don’t care whether it is right or wrong. You only know that you must do it.” “But I don’t understand -it all,” ‘said Nigel slowly. Fay laughed, a low soft. laugh. A fish splashed somewhere out on the lake. “Neither do I. It seems sO quiet and peaceful here . .. after living so long in New York.”

Michael interrupted. “But, New

. York — singing with a band like

Johnny White's—you haven't given it up?” Fay laughed. “I haven't exactly ‘given it up. I-just ran away.” “Ran away?” said Nigel. “yes. Baldy is right I had everything a girl could want. Everything a million girls would give

their eye teeth to get—and I ran

away.”” ~ “You're going back?” asked

1 and there was a touch of wistfulhess in his voice. “TI don’t know.” Fay’s voice came slowly, and in the pause that fol- . Jowed the eyes of all three men rested on her.

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ALL THREE were thinking the

same thing—that here in the moon-

light they wouldn't have minded

‘staying silently for hours, just. lookdng at her face as’it was at that

moment.

Then she shook her head and laughed lightly, throwing her thoughts away from her. “rl tell you. When I first began to be noticed it was wonderful, intoxicating. There was the applause, the praise—and money came

easily. Then my agent told me

the time had come to have a man-

to build me up and he introdfited me to Baldy Brien. He talks too much but he really is as straight as they come, according .to his Hgnts.” © |» { “What happened then?” asked Nigel., gr “First you have a manager, then

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have to compete with Hollywood in hair, face and dress. You have to be a glamour girl. That means a_ dresser, it means endless hours for fittings, hair dressing, massage, voice lessons. It all costs money, and the one that earns it has to pay. First you are rich on fifty a week and it is all your own except the agent's cut. Then you go up to seventy-five and a hundred. By that time you find you have about forty left for yourself. Then it goes up to a hundred and fifty. By this time you have thirty-five for yourself. By the time it gets to two hundred you have twenty-five left and a horde of people with their hands held out.” She sighed and paused for breath.

“But that isn’t all,” Fay continued. “Your agent, your manager, your press agent, your maid all want to earn their money and they all find things for you to do. They endorse this or that product for you and you have to get up early after working all night to pose for photographs for advertisements. The telephone begins to ring all day. This and that paper want photographs, some amateur has an idea for a series, somebody knows the nicest man who wants to meet you. Then there are rehearsals for new numbers and all the time you are earning more and more, and more people are taking bigger and, bigger cuts.”

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people who are interested in making money out of them And all the time you feel you want to sing real songs. Then suddenly it is spring for everyone except you, and you realize that you are just a glamorous fly in a vast web with

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hot day.

Peggy leapt out of bed determined | not to miss a single instant of the ||

week-end. ‘

“Where are you going?” said a.

sleepy voice from the other bed. “To swim before breakfast,” said Peggy, smiling innocently. “Well, behave yourself,” mured Myra.

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