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L Vc Vera I I Fiction J O AL Brown I L SYNOPSIS After a year ear in Hollywood Eden Thane Is to have her chance For a a year Faith Howard the little beauty contest winner from Niles Mich has only been able to achieve a precarious precarious precarious pre pre- Mavis carious living as stand in for Andre When Li Lieutenant Gordon Saunders March field flier elopes with Judith Girard General Film company's dramatic star the girl i iso is isso isso so desperate she attempts 1 to end her own life by throwing herself in front of an automobile That car is driven b by jy Mavis Andre She and Victor Henderson lenderson famous director decide to o befriend the girl Mavis sends her to in her ranch near Santa Barbara and when the star and Henderson Henderron come there for or a rest they arc are so Impressed with Faiths Faith's new beauty that that hat they make male up a new name for her Eden Eden Thane and and plan an as ac assault assault sault on Holl Hollywood wood Now Eden Thane is to have a screen test stil pictures and le lessons sons from Irom Pemberton Pember Pember- ton Ion chief chic dramatic coach ety c week Hender Henderson on believes firmly she has a future and so EO o docs does Mavis NOW CONTINUE THE TOE STORY Gordon Eden saw nobody these days except ex cx- Carol and Valerie once in a awhile awhile awhile while at dinner But she was con con- tent She had not even seen Mavis Andre on the lot but she did meet Henderson in the commissary now and then By the smile he threw her tier across the room she knew he had hadnot hadnot hadnot not forgotten about her Eden had learned the value of pa pa- hence tience The day of her film test she was terribly nervous and her throat felt fell dead The makeup woman argued with her about doing her lips and the he hairdresser wanted to do amazing amaze arnaz- ing things to h her r hair Eden won out but it left her tired and ex ex- ex- ex hausted Then there was an argument argument argument ment about artificial eyelashes wrong for roC me me Im I'm not nol th the type ype Miss Andre is marvelous in them but Im I'm not her type Hump muttered the makeup woman wo wo- man Ill say she Pemberton was as anxious as she was and telephoned over to have her step into his office before she went ent on the set He wanted to 10 see her ier makeup The wardrobe department depart depart- meat ment had given her a frock for the tc test Lest t which Eden felt Celt was too old for her She wanted white but she got gota a black revealing costume which she felt didn't go with her face However she could only hope that those things thinS would be taken into consideration The boy chosen to work opposite her was a pompous chap with polished polished pol pal hair whom Eden would have liked to slap He had acted in stock in Denver and was insufferably conceited con con- When Pemberton saw her dress he was furious Its terrible But its it's too late now no noto to do much about it Ive I've got to be on the set setIn setin setin in ten minutes Its wrong for you youl They should have put you in white Your figure can stand it But all her misgivings faded when Eden arrived on stage 22 Henderson Hender Hender- son was th there re He was making the test She was so grateful that she could have wept He was busy when she came in and merely nodded to her Lets get to work They rehearsed and Eden realized that the young man was even worse than she had thought Spin cm I Eden was speaking her lines CuU Cuti Hendersons Henderson's voice spoke after two minutes Well try it again again After it was all an over Eden fell felt that she had done badly There was no chance to speak to Henderson so disconsolate back to the she went makeup rooms That night she went for a long Ions walk hoping to get so tired that her taut nerves would let her sleep As she reached the walk to the apartment somebody called to her Faith I A man was WiS in a handsome roadster by the curb She thou thought ht it was Hender Henderson on waiting for her herand herand herand and ran over It was Gordon She stopped dead still Faith His voice was Vas pleading Ive got to talk to you No Come for a ride We cant can't stand here Somebody will see us The girl found herself sitting beside beside beside be be- side Gordon They tell me youve you've changed your name Yes They drove on on in silence Gordon took Sunset boulevard end and nd turned north through Santa Monica No Nol Please take me mc home Ive got sot to talk to you even if It I x have to kidnap you Gordon drove on grimly at breakneck break neck speed When he turned in the road to o Sandyland Eden Thane felt she could not bear the pain in her heart Gordon stopped slopped the car ear Eden looking about her was amazed to find the cottage Just wt as It had been I the ocean roll rolling gf just the same th the night sky as lovely Gordon put his arms about her herand herand herand and dropped his head on her der dr Im not asking you to forgive ye me darling I Just want to try to make mak you YOli understand He was so much like a tired unhappy unhappy unhappy un un- un 1 happy boy that the girl listened listened Ive never loved anybody but you Even for an instant The Tile girl felt the tears run scalding down her cheeks Dont ask me roe why I did what I lid did Oh Faith Ive I've made such a amess amess mess of everything for all of us Give me rue another chance Gordon lifted her hand and kissed I it He Hc held the palm against his cheek F This Is the first moment Ive I've been happy happ since I left you The girl gathered all her strength Gordon its it's ov rl I dont don't IC love e yo you any more I Im I'm m only interested in one thing That's my career Quickly he took her in his arms In that long kiss he tried to tell her herall herall herall all the things his words could not nol make her understand Shaken and trembling the girl struggled out of his arms Dont he said quickly Im leaving Judith In fact I moved out this afternoon Were We're through Some Someday Someday Someday day Ill I'll tell ten you why she married me mc Why I married her her God alone knows I just Went vent ent craz crazy But Ive I've left Ive I've lived dad Im I'm going back in the army The new Eden Thane struggled to find rind words to make this man understand under under- stand But he would not listen She married me because St. St Stamm's mm's wife was making a scene Threatening Threatening Threatening Threat Threat- ening to name her in a divorce suit Im I'm not going to tell you about herShe her She was ready to do anything to save herself and she found out my family was well known back e east She liked the idea of an airplane elopement She She She- The contempt in his voice cut through That cant can't affect us But it does darling The girl shook her head No you dont don't understand I do Ive I've got to earn your faith again My Faith Youre You're the only thin thing in the world I care about Im I'm going back into inta the army The boys are flying fling the mail now and Im I'm going to be put on a run God Gad t to get back into the clean air again I II It If ItI I ever see another ermine couch cover or another bushel of fan mail mai Ill I'll shoot myself The girl smiled in spite of herself She could imagine something of what Gordons Gordon's life had been ben married mar mar- ned ried to a famous movie star The girl felt she had no more strength to battle Gordon swept all her resolutions resolutions resolutions reso reso- away Im going tomorrow tomorrow reporting reporting for tor duty at March f field eld I will be detailed in the east cast some place AlI All Al AllI I ask is a chance You'd give that tha thatto to a murderer Yes a chance chancel If It he really di did love her after all They might make something out of or the wreck And b betides besides ides she di did love him She knew that now If she did not how could he make her forget in one long loni kiss kis all the suffering she had known He begged to be allowed to see sec her apartment but she refused Give me roe time Gordon Ive I've been through a lot lol You sent back that money mone I 1 I I Yes Where did yo you go I hunted everywhere The girl did not answer Some Sometime time Ime lime If they did find each other again she might t tell ll him about those weeks and months Not now She felt that he was almo almost t a stranger to her he knew so little of the new j Eden Thane Ill telephone ne you ou tomorrow night from wherever I am That night when Eden Thane went I to o sleep she thought not of the movie test which would tell the tale of her future but of ot Gordon Two Two days later the studio called Mr Sayers wanted to see sec her at 3 p p. p m m. m She flew Hew into her clothes she was radiant Life was good Gordon jordon had called her from Omaha the he night before tore on his way to Cleveland Cleve- Cleve land and That day the newspapers had carried the story o of the break up of ol the he newest marriage o of the publics public's favorite brunet brunch He had told her herthe herthe the he truth She believed him now When she got td the studio the reception reception re reo re- re room boy boy told her she he was waso to o report to a projection room where she could see her test Trembling Eden walked into the little dark studio A few other people were there here there but she could not see their faces aces Someone pushed a buzzer and the test began Eden tried to see se-e the picture which ran fleeting across the screen but she was struck with a l kind of buck lever fever ever A voice asked that the test teste b be e run again This time she could see ee but she was so confused that she was not sure whether it was good or bad At last it was over She hc had seen her t test t. t She was hearts heartsick ck It was terrible What would it mean Not until the lights came up did he she see Henderson was In the thc room He le came over to her What did you think of it Bad As those things go SO it was as not so good But Eden youre you're all right You need experience That Is all Were We're going to talk to Sayers In Sayers' Sayers office Eden f fel felt lt t she was living iving in an unreality that only Gordon Gordon Gorlon Gor- Gor don lon was real waiting to come to her Sayers was late When he came he patted her on the shoulder Your stills were marvelous Im I'm I afraid youre you're going places young oun I woman But the tests Tests are always bad How hard I IA can you work A As hard as you want me to have to live on 50 a week for a while I If you work if you really try Miss Thane th there re is no limit to what we can do Sa Sayers ers told her there would be a contract for her ner To be continued tomorrow |