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Show 'V THE RICH COUNTY REAPER, RANDOLPH, UTAH i3y EErnmnDu ELdDiriimi it it J 3AXKNO STAR DUST C Emllie Lorina. WNU Service. Movie Radio . The laughing tenderness of his voice twisted Brookes heart unbearably. She tore her thoughts from him and watched her brother. She could see his lips move in unison with the lines spoken on the stage. The curtain fell slowly on the minor climax of the first act. The setting and theme had been established and the characters presented. The audience applauded enthusiastically. From a hole in the curtain Brooke saw the New York producer go up the aisle. Would he return? Dont you dare go away, dont you dare! she flung at his straight back. How did it go? Sams voice was hoarse. Its wonderful, Sam. Not an unnecessary word; every line was Forward march! for your story. The acting is the best Ive ever seen in an amateur performance. So what? Does it prove anything? Theyre all good except Daphne; she isnt getting her lines over. I hold my breath every time she opens her mouth. Isnt Trent of the great? Hes the spark-plu- g cast. Wait till you see him in the crucial moment in the next act, .when he thinks the girl he loyes has double-crosse- d him. Jerry Field appeared beside her dressed in leather jacket and knickers, with a gun in his hand. ' Hows it going, Brooke? I cant see the stage, but from the response of those out front Id say it was a hit. Youre grand in that.sports costume. Youve made every point, Jerry. Thanks.- - Thats because when I say a word of love to Lucette Im saying it to you. He caught her hand and pressed his lips to it fervently. Please dont, Jerry. , Youve said that too many times, sweet thing. After the play well have a reckoning get me? After the play. Brooke repeated the words to herself. So much was t happen that would change lives, after the play. Hey! Field! Field, come on!" Sams whisper. Sams beckoning hand. Brooke followed Jerry as far as the wings from which she could see him drop to a log on the stage, left center. . Why dont you turn thumbs up and end the poor boys torment? asked a low voice behind her. She turned quickly, Something in x Mark Trents voice made her furiously angry. ' Thats quite a suggestion that I end the poor boys torment. I will. Tonight. Dont do it until I change after the show. I want to drive you home, Brooke. There is something I must say to you. Brooke felt the blood rush to her face and recede. Had Henri double-crosse-d her and told him about the will? Did Mark Trent think she intended to hide it? She wouldnt give him a chance to accuse her before she produced that paper locked in her desk. She said as steadily as she could with his eyes boring into her soul: Sorry. The minute the curtain falls, I shall dash to Lookout House to change into something snappy for the grand celebration. You wouldnt have me come to your grand party in this green knit,, would you? Sam wants the wings Quick! cleared. She backed out, conscious of Mark Trents disturbing presence close beside her. The music has stopped! There go the foots! She caught his sleeve, looked up and begged in an unsteady whisper: Do your best, Mark. This act will kill or make the play. His lips were on hers so quickly that she had no chance to protest. He kissed her passionately, thoroughly; said in a husky whisper: ' Credit that to the silent policeman. Now, Ill play that part to the hilt. Brooke tried to ignore her racing pulses. She mocked: 1 seem to be in the path of an emotional cyclose; first, Jerry Field; now you. I suppose Jed will be the next. Your cue! Quick! Quick! In an instant he was on the stage. Brooke shut her eyes tight in an effort to steady a whirling world. Mark Trents lips on hers had been like an electric current through her - . ' . 1 Every pulse, every nerve responded. She listened. It was very still in front, a sort of hypnotized stillness. She could hear the voices on the stage, but she couldnt keep her mind on what they were saying. Even as she supplied properties, even as the actors made their entrances and exits she was thinking of Mark Trents eyes as he had looked down into hers, was wondering what he wanted to tell her on the way home? How Reybumish! The incurable dramatic streak in the Keybum temperament had been in the saddle when she had planned that.' ' mine. - camp. Trents Japanese cook came, forof the car door to ward open the when she arrived. Snow powdered his shoulders and cap. His eyes glittered in his swarthy face. His teeth gleamed as he ducked his head in a funny little bow. Brooke let down the window. I wont get out here, Taku. Ill run into our garage. All the space outside will be needed for the cars of the guests. You right, Mees. Thank you. Much big party, Kowa say. Would there be room for Sams coupe? Brooke wondered, as she drove into the garage. One comer had been filled with ice cream tubs. He could leave it .outside, she decided. She shut off her engine and partially closed the door a& she went out. As she reached the dark hemlock behind the Other House, she lingered for an instant in its deep shadow. How still the world was. Snow fell as softly as if someone had slit open a pillow and shaken down its feathers. There was np near sound of surf tonight. She shrank deeper into the purple gloom under the tree as two men came down the back steps from the kitchen waiters, she knew by their clothing. Not more than five feet from her one of them stopped to light a cigarette. He growled: The boss can wait for them ice cream tubs till I get a smoke. Sure he can. Light up again and take a look at this. A hand held a scrap of paper within the light of a match. The saine voice said:. Its the picture of dthe dame who fella. said: He was a Guess Ill have to date her up! The other man closed his hand over the match. You an your dames! Forget em for tonight, or youll crack up on this job. Come on! As Brooke dressed in her room, the words and suggestive laugh of the man who had produced the picture kept boiling up through her jubilation over Sams success, through the inescapable memory of Mark Trents eyes and voice as he had caught her in his arms. ' She was adjusting a rhinestone and synthetic emerald clip to the shoulder of her white satin frock when a thought forked through her mind like lightning. The amber and brown eyes of the looking-glas- s girl frowning back at her widened with amazement;, her red lips moved. He said he said Ill have to As the curtain fell with dramatic slowness for the last time, the audience stood clapping and calling. As it rose again, Brooke saw the blond marcelle, second row center, make its way up the aisle followed by a man with sleek black hair. The producer and the manager! They had come back for the third. That must mean something. Were they leaving before speaking to Sam? He was on the stager now in the midst of the cast who had taken their bows; the arms of the women were heaped with flowers. He had put on coat and collar and tie but the white bow had gone rakish. He looked very young as he stood grinning boyishly and waiting for a chance to speak. His voice shook ashe . . , - Thanks lots! Glad you liked it. Couldnt have put it across without their help. He indicated the men . v plenty There would be plenty and then some. Just before she left Lookout House for the Club theater, the caterer had arrived with his van and a horde of waiters. They had sounded like an army making CHAPTER XIII said: . swell-dresse- . . Get Going! Get Going! and girls around him on the stage, and the audience broke into thun- date her up! derous applause. The curtain fell . In an instant she was on the floor slowly. manila desk with a Brookes eyes were blinded by beside hgrin her lap. Shebig out pulled happy tears as she started for the envelope She had it! of bunch a clippings. She must get back dressing-rooof a girl, Maggie Casto Lookout House to change for the the picture it the caption: under and sidy, party. The girls of the cast were the man she saw said She that evethe in going to Mark Trents d in the garage was a in last worn the had frocks they ning fella. collidact. Leaving the wings, she The waiter who had shown the ed with the marcelled blond. The New York producer! He was un- other man the clipping was the Bath aware of her murmured apology as Crystal Bandit, the man she had he gesticulated and talked to his recognized at the Supper club! He sleek-haire- d companion. She lis- was the man who had tied up Hunt tened unashamedly and heard him in the garage! Was he also the murderer of Lola Hunt? say: Its got everything. Humor, sus-to Why was the man in Mark Trents house tonight? His pal had said: pense, moving simplicity, fidelity ideals, and unfaltering movement. Forget em, or youll crack up on But has it got this job. What job? Something big so Ill gamble my last dollar on it. must have tempted him to come near the scene of his last hold-uIts the old recipe for carried to perfection: or had that newspaper headline statem make Make em laugh; ing that he was being followed to Canada made him feel secure? Whered em wait. make you wpep; What was he after? More jewels? say that boy got his start? out Brooke dodged acquaintances and 'Get a peek at Mrs. Gregoryblazcenter. Shes third row, front, who in clothes evening strangers were crowding on to the stage to ing with jools. Jed Stewarts words answered greet the actors. In the dressing-rooshe slipped into her fur coat Brookes question as clearly as if and ran downstairs to her town car whispered in her ear: The man had come for Mrs. Gregorys diamonds. parked near the rear entrance. She must notify the police! She The snow was falling as if it had not quite decided snatched her hand from the teleif it were worth while to come down phone in its cradle on the desk. at all. She drove swiftly toward Not that. Wires had ears. She home. Mark Trent had asked her would go herself. Across the causeto plan his party, had told her to go way. To Inspector Harrison at the limit in preparations to make it headquarters. She could go and be back before she was missed. Supa success. Go as far as you like with every- pose she were stopped on the way! thing, only be sure that there is Where was Henri? Was he in on swell-dresse- box-offic- e? play-writi- ng p, m ; half-hearted- ly motion picture wander away from their office desks, they get the enough to eat and sufficient help. this? She must locate him. before most promising ideas for picTo have is an obsession of she. left the house. body. 19 it it By VIRGINIA VALEAAA WHEN CHAPTER XH Continued it it . She caught up a green velvet wrap, stuffed some bills into her emerald satin bag. Pelted down the toward stairs, into the living-roothe bell. Stopped. Where was the parrot? He was not in his cage! Had he made another break for freedom? She looked between the gilded bars. What seemed to be merely a bunch of green feathers lay stiffly on the bottom. Well, if this isnt just one of those days! she said aloud. Oh, Brooke! Jerry Field called from the hall. As she appeared in the doorway, he exclaimed: Of all the gorgeous creatures! You look like a million! Jerry, drive me across the causeway, will you? Quick!. Whats the matter? I must go. . Is your roadster here? Left it by your garage. By the garage! Brookes blood congealed. Suppose as they stepped into the car the two crook waiters should appear for a tub of ice cream? Would the men suspect her errand? Into her mind flashed her reply to Mark Trent: Thats quite a suggestion that I end the poor boys torment. I will. Tonight. v What a thought for this crisis! What a thought! Wait a minute, Jerry! While Im upstairs, set the parrots cage in the back hall, please. I I cant bear to have it here. Youll see why. She raced up the stairs, charged into her bedroom, pulled a suitcase from the shelf. On the way down, she took the two lowest stairs in a jump. She thrust the case into Fields hand. Whats the big idea? Dont ask questions! Lets m . . . - tures. For instance, it might never have .occurred to the head man of the 20th Century-Fo- x studios to cast Shirley Temple and Sonja Henie in a film together if he hadnt happened to pass the ice rink where Miss Henie practices. to At first he was horror-stricke-n find the companys precious child risking her neck try- ing to learn 'Sonjas whirlwind capers, but- - when he saw that she learned them as easily, and safely, as she does tap - dancing routines, he decided that she must do a skating picture with her teacher. At Paramount, the heard boss big shrieks of hilarity coming from the portrait photographers studio, and on investigating found W. C. Fields and John Barrymore clowning around as Romeo and Juliet. Right away he was inspired to cast them to gether. , go! Grown-up- s may well envy the school children of today who learn their history lessons through such an exciting medium as the R. K. Victoria the O. motion picture, Filmed in England with Great. Anna Neagle in the role of the queen, this picture was made with of governthe hearty ment officials, so all the glory of real castles and authentic royal settings make it a feast for the eyes. Lanny Ross was all ready to sign a contract to make pictures for when it occurred to him that with Nelson Eddy and Allan Jones already signing on that lot, there wasnt much room for another singer. So, the shrewd Lanny hustled aver to Columbia Pictures studios and arranged to make pictures for them instead. M-G-- You cant walk in the snow in those white satin sandals, youll ruin the green heels. She pushed him toward the door. Get going! Get ggingl Well, Ill be darned! Come on. Brooke felt the dampness between the straps of her sandals. It seemed miles to the garage. There was Jerrys roadster! A waiter was coming down the back steps. It might be the Bath Crystal Bandit! She called in a guarded voice to the Japanese who was directing parking, but loud enough for the man on the steps to hear: .Taku! Put this suitcase in the rumble. And, Taku, if you see my brother, tell him tell him, she raised her voice, . that Mr. Field qnd I 'have run away to be married. a K Those folks you hear on Gabriel We, the People program certainly enjoy the evening of . Heatters After the first broadcast, Heatter takes the whole troupe of visitors across the street to dinner. that broadcast. All the youngsters who were thrilled over Dick Merrills ocean flights will want to arrive for the first showing and stay all day when Atlantic a Flight, starring Dick Merrill himself comes to their local (TO BE CONTINUED) theater. In the picture he. is the same engaging, modest, casual Aurora Borealis, Poles young man that he was in the newsAre in No Way Related reels.. For a long time the aurora boreAll. three of the Lane sisters are alis was an object of complete mysnow recent in it has been and working for Warner Brothers. only tery, who with her sister Roseto come be it has Priscilla, that fairly years known well understood. It was long mary, provided many, bright mothat it was not limited to the north- ments in Warings Varsity Show, ern hemisphere. It appeared with will do the same for the next Gold equal frequency and intensity in Diggers in support of Dick Powell. antarctic regions, where it was And Lola, who has been in pictures much longer than her sisters, will known as the aurora australis. be seen in Hollywood HoteL to states common belief, 'Contrary a writer in the Chicago Tribune, there is no connection between the Turning down several aurora and the north or south poles. radio programs offered him, Instead the centers of auroral Henry Hull, the disare the earths two magnetic tinguished stage acpoles, the centers toward which all tor, is going to try magnetic compasses point. One of motion these is in the extreme north of again. He Will play Canada and the other is in the anta prominent role in arctic continent. The greatest freMarie Annot at quency of auroras occurs in toinette support these poles but in certain belts en'Norma of Shearer. incircling them. This fact would About the time that dicate that the earths magnetic picture is ready for field is a factor in the ase. the screen, another The relation of terrestrial magAntoinette Marie netism is further shpwn by the fact will . be competing that auroral displays are most specfor attention. Deantacular during the mag- na Durbin is going to play the role netic storms on the earth. These in a story written around her more are invisible and inaudible storms tender years. that sweep through the earths magnetic field, violently distorting it. At ODDS AND &DS Helen Menken, " Second Wife of the radio such times the needles of magnetic to make a motion picture serial is an in fluctuate erratic going compasses for Warners . . . Clark Gable, weary of manner. wisecracking hero That the aurora occurs in the being toa swaggering, play in a tense drama about the earths atmosphere and not in out- wants against yellow fever in the tropics side space has been shown by the fight Carole Lombard is wearing e block spectroscope and by direct observawig in Food for Scandal " and she is not tion. The light given off has been sure it is a good idea,. Her best friends her . . . Bob Hope, radio split up into its individual wave don't recognize is such e hit in his first Paralengths, which have been identified comedian, picture that he has signed to do as characteristic emissions of the mount more, various gases that make up air. C Western Newspaper Union. . -- coast-to-coa- st activity pictures M-G-- . so-call- g X . 1 O |