Show Ii S Maida Is an Extremely Outraged Spectator i. i When the tIle Movie MovLe Is Shown hwn to Her I I. S Serial ria Both Over 21 by Samuel Hopkins Adams I S CHAPTER 29 S Maida did not much mind seeing S her pictured self In the imperfect imper Imper- S feet presentation she looked like S. S s any other girl Nobody at the Lohengrin Lex special day was likely ely to recognize her But Wally j S Wally was his very self in the theS the'S S 'S once despised In scene S a alter after ter scene he appear appeared d vivid as asS 1 Y S S flesh and blood sitting with her heron herS S on fl the brink of the swimming p pool ol holding her bI bicycle for her S facing her in one of the two seat 1 ers with a grinning darky on the box lunching at the walking walk- walk 1 1 N ing ing in the q quiet iet gardens at St. St 4 George and always with her One OneS S 1 or two flash flashes s of her f face ce that did didt t S show a touch of of personality S star startled led her she looked so happy i j S Had she really eyer been as happy t. t S S Sas as that How could she get to be that way again The only answer 4 5 she could think of had Wallis Kane Kanet 5 t in it S. S It must be nearly over now she S 5 thought It wasn't The film went wenton on on and she realized with surprise f that they were on shipboard again The return voyage How could i. i S that be They had hadnot not come back together Up tip to that moment i It had not occurred to her that the films have adapted the Einstein theory and made time an extra dimension of space Mr had saved his prize clinch sequence for the climax When the small side deck sprang into vl view w Maida went h hot t al all over The faces were almost Indistinguishable indistinguishable in In- indistinguishable distinguishable but the action was d definite finite Professionals might have put on a better timed and perhaps perhaps per per- haps a more graceful love passage but hardly one more convincing Maida was engaged But deeper than her wrath was an ache che so so pervasive that it became positively positively positive positive- ly physical Then some something happened happened happened hap hap- which gave her anger predominance predominance predominance pre pre- dominance over the deeper emo- emo emo emo- tion As prel prelude de to the finale Mr had devised a d daring ring and snappy action This is what scorched the heroines heroine's eyes ees In huge type S SA A Touch of Appeal Lex-Appeal Oh said Maida aloud How absolutely revolting Back of her the two female fans were convulsed with appreciative I mirth Lex Appeal Is th that t a scream I ask you Try as she would the outraged spectator could not wrest her eyes from the screen That kiss Surely there was never in nature or art so prolonged an embrace It went and on until the audience began began began be be- gan to giggle and thoughts of murder murder mur mur- der rose in the girls girl's mind By a familiar device Mr had sped up up his camera which of course resulted in lengthening out the scene Finally it did come to toan toan toan an end The two shadows stood regarding each other Once more morein morein morein in retrospect Maida was flooded With the ho hot hof surprise the startled realization and awakening of that moment She blundered out into the aisle and so to the foyer Mr office was on the right She went in The secretary recognized recognized recognized her Why its it's Miss McCabe Mc- Mc Cabe Been Inside Yes Too bad he didn't get you any better Can I l' see Mr 1 Hes stepped out You might find him in itt the corner restaurant Reasons of self-preservation self had dictated the managers manager's depart departure re He had seen Wallis Kane enter the the theater t r. r T The e prospect of f having to explain to that strong ann and sudden young man how it befell that a roll rollof rollof rollof of film supposed to be beneath a couple of hundred fathoms of Atlantic Atlantic At At- Atlantic lantic ocean ocean was now being projected projected projected pro pro- upon the local screen did not appeal to him Next to Mr Wallis Kane he person whom Mr r did not at it all yearn to see was Miss M. M McCabe Nevertheless he put a good face upon it when she walked into the place He shook hands hands' with effusion May MayI I I talk business business business busi busi- ness with you Mr asked the girl Certainly certainly he replied with nervous geniality Youre looking swell Miss McCabe Seen Mr Kane lately No Will you sell me that film The Why pleased to know you liked it that much I hate it Will you sell it to tome tome tome me Its Lohengrin Lex-Lohengrin property Are you going to show it anymore any anymore anymore more 1 We might or we might not It went over pretty good tod today It'd have been a better film if you'd shown more cooperation while I Iwas Iwas Iwas was trying to get it Ill I'll see what can be done Oh please Ill I'll pay anything for it said Maida recklessly He shot a quick appraising look at her You must have married that rich young fella What was his name Waring huh I 1 didn't Im I'm not going to Mr r. r acU active e mind made a jump lump misinterpreting the strain and pain in the young face Dont tell me that our film gummed the game with him said he con- con tritely No Then what Is it girlie Mr was was' wasa a kindly man She burst out I 1 can understand it t in you Its It's pa part t of your busi busi- ness You didn't pretend to to-to to to like ike me ine I 1 think youre you're a pretty swell kid dd The assurance was quiet juiet and genuine S That isn't what I mean He He- He Wallis Wallis- a weariness swamped her emotion Oh we were both being I expect One thick against another Why should I 1 Continued on the Following Page I |