Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 May 1942 — Page 27

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Frantic Week-End

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NINETEEN

BALDY SAT up with a jerk that shook’ his" jowls. “What's too bad—about Fay?” ; La hed

“Can’t_you guess?’ Peggy’s tone was as innocuous as jam. “I rather imagine she’s .going’ to be mdrried before any of us realize what’s happened.” I ; “Married?” Baldy was aghast.

‘could deal. But romance? “Yes. My brother, you know. She thinks he’s wonderful, and well-—no mistak-

ing how he feels.” Baldy groaned. Peggy went: on. “And now when you find someone you ‘can work on, you can’t get her.” “Who's that?” asked Baldy, suddenly wary. | “Me, of course. But I'm going on this Concert Party.” “That’s right,” said Baldy thetically. “You go.” $ Peggy wasn’t beaten yet. “Just as the glamor girls are going out you get someone who could stand in for Vivien Leigh...” : Baldy sat up as though he had been struck. He looked at Peggy. “So you could,” he said slowly. Then he shook his head. “No, it wouldn’t do.” Peggy agreed with him. “No, it wouldn't. But that’s what the public is going for. People get tired of - these flapjacks swaying at the microphone. They want something vivacious that can knock ‘em out, something like you made out of Fay + Ransom.” : “You got a point there, honey. Something new, always something new. Say, how old did you say you were?” . “Nineteen,” lied Peggy. Baldy shook his head. “Too old. Too set. The deb has: been worked to death. Peoplé ‘are sick of ‘em. But if you could get a’ sub-deb craze, something fresh and fluff from the nest, Kid spirits’. . . say, how old did you say you were?” “Seventeen,” said Peggy. - =“Split-the difference,” said Baldy. ¢You look a kid, yeah ,.. and them green eyes.” : .. “If I only had. talent,” said Peggy: “Nuts on talent,” said Baldy. “Give me Baldy Brien, a good columnist and a half-wit and. we'll make a genius. And I ain’t shootin’ a line.” He looked at Peggy. critically, studying every inch from top to toe. “Get up,” he said. - “Swing round.” He paused. “Mighty take a chance. I can't lose. Say, kid, I could get you a stand in a cheap joint, friend of mine, $25 a week, 10 for me, 15 for you. Doesn't mean a thing to me and if you can live on 15 I'll cut my commission to. 40 per cent till we see if you can break into the 50 a week class. If you can keep ’em looking at Benny’s place Xx I'll get a band leader in to look

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you ‘over. Thatlll show ‘em. 'Thé world’s tne same all - over—knock ’em- out in. Benny’s place. and you can knock ’'em out'in the Cafe de Paris. All it needs is management and that’s me.” er ee

He continued ‘to study Peggy as

men, : 2”. 8 : “YES, IF I could keep you from getting tough, keep you fresh, keep you-a year in Benny's place while I get your voice worked up and some good. ‘dancing - steps—it’s a chance, a chance in.a thousand, but that’s the game, that is, a'chance in a thousand. - While you got one winner, you got to have something new coming up.” : He took up his glass and drained it, looked at his wrist watch. “Half-past ten. I'll get Benny long distance. O. K. kid, I'll give. you a chance, take it or leave it, and you help me get Fay back on the dotted line.” : Peggy jumped up, delighted. She had what most girls would give anything to have, a chance to go to New York, a chance on the stage. Money and the job meant nothing so long as she ‘had her chance. - After seventeen years the world suddenly became the’ excit-

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it ‘might ‘be. ‘Nigel didn’t matter so much now,

could stand ifn her way. Myra and her family would forbid her to go. Peggy flicked ‘off the lights. She could think ‘better “in the “dark. © How could: she keep Baldy quiet until she got away? How could she get- away before . -her.. family. could stop her? | She sat on the larm of a chair,

out of high school, and dreamed dreams of a career that would begin in a New York night club and end in Hollywood. It was all'a miracle, mused Peggy romantically, credit than they deserved. Her chance and worth fighting for! Baldy had wandered to find: the telephone. A long | distance call to New York, from Ferdy’s house, gave him the pleasant feeling of being extravagant at someone else's expense and a feeling that at last he was doing something constructive after wasting his time all day. - 8 8,8 ii PEGGY SAT in the darkened

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mind a thousand miles away in her dreams. . She did not notice Nigel standing near. the French windows watching her for a moment before he came in. = : Something had happened to Nigel in the moonlight. He had wandered out with Fay still hankering after something elusive ' in fon]

strange mixture of sophistication and simplicity, still attracted by the; striking combination of dark red| hair and quiet good looks. - But he| could find very little to talk about. He felt awkward and ungracious. He was almost thankful when Michael joined : them and he felt the: burden’ of talking eased. He found himself slowly becoming more

in the sky, by the line of the dark trees below.the house; he felt curiously uncertain. A day ago nothing in the world had seemed more desirable than to be near Fay Ransom, to get to know her well and to-find some channel by which their friendship might flow. into something deeper. Now he was confused. Nothing hag gone quite as he had wanted He slipped away and wandered back to the house, deciding to read awhile -and go to bed. He crossed the darkened veranda and stopped by the window as he saw Peggy sitting, unconscious of him, swinging ‘her leg over the arm of the chair, her eyes bright with dreaming young dreams. The half-moon was shining ' right through the window and full on Peggy in the darkness. Something happened to him in that moment that he could never quite explain. They say that when a man is drowning he sees the whole of his life flash past him in a few seconds. That was the ex-

thrilling different sense. (To Be Continued)

(All events, names and characters in this story are fictitious)

1—Does the term “aviation” refer

heavier than air, lighter than air, or both? . 2—In the army, a “top kick” is slang for kitchen police, a first sergeant or new shoes.

3—What rank in the navy does James Joseph (Gene) Tunney hold?

4—Who owned a famous vineyard in Jezreal?

5—Of what crime was Charles A. Levine, first trans-Atlantic air passenger, recently found guilty? 6—The velocity of wind is measured by a barometer, anemometer or hydrometer? 7—Bees will not sting a person while he holds his breath; true or false? 8—Which religious denomination has the largest membership in Canada? 9—Which Italian city is known as “The Bride of the Sea”? 10—A gambit is used in hockey, badminton or chess? 11—Who presided at the C. I. O. convention in Atlantic City, N. J., in November, 1941? 12—Did Alexander the Great reach India with his army? 13—Where was the Liberty Bell cast? 14—Who is the so-called tsar of the motion picture industry?

Answers

1—Heavier .than air. 2—First sergeant. 3—Lieutenant commander. 4—Naboth. . 5—Smuggling an alien into - this country from Mexico. 6—Anemometer. T—False. 8—Roman Catholic, 9—Venice, 10—Chess. ‘| 11—=John L. Lewis. 12—Yes. . ‘13—In London, England.

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