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Show LINDA LEE INC. By Louis Joseph Vance morrifl rhatr ty l.udwttf Riuminn,. HM It. runhf.1 to th 1100? by which Kdfrt lia (aftraptd. and threw herietf our In pnrault. Mr .n liar h I in rlnppM arWf'il banda. "F!n. Alma, wonderful' You r limply lim-ply nisrvrloiii today. ar. Now, Tom tnv, run through it JuM onca with ; Alm, and thn wa'll ahoot." Mr. I .an Imailfd about and found ehaira for ),urlnda and hr frindw. upon which thy componfr1 (hmaiva 10 witch Tommy lntfrprt Mr. Kln IrauKhlin a tuition In tha art of acting for 1 hi arrn. To th ba)t of Iairlnda'a Jtila:mnt, J l,(wvr, th araatef part of Mr. l.auef hlln'a effort had meant to Tommy pr'Hfiilv nnthlnar at all. Ryoimd n 1 rudimentary ntrrhanlra of tha phyalral action ftkMrhed In by lha dlrator, I Tommy mail- no pcrrepilbla attempt ta I follow his pattern, and dlarerardlna? entirely ttn conventional hut effective hualneart. enihelliahed the acena Instead with iHiaineaii which waa. aurh aa It w. all hta own, or more accurately thM of a dad era of tha apeaklnv 'ha;e And when Mr. T.auaM!n tranquilly approve! thla performance and in- I pounced that they would forthwith "ehoot It."' I,u'lnda baaan to wonder If thri ware poaathlv aornethlna; wroni 1 w4th her own powera of ohaervatlon Hut," she proteated to Mr. Ine, "he dldn t play tha arena aa Mr. luahlln did- (Continued in our neit laaua.) Mr Laufthlln 'hen reentered In char-trtfr char-trtfr ae ;t dm Hue jfcntlcman with an unrav coi ai-trme. IndirKtlna; thia lnt ty eirall h 11 v p nip a; and pterins round the fde of tha door before coming com-ing In and 1 loam a; If w It li mutton, a nil hla s-nt ly hold mar hut und attrk in one hwnd ntid arlaaly trail-In trail-In the ferrule of the atirfc behind him. KflK-vid to find the room tinten-j nt-d. be niifd up in tho table, placed the hai on it ron down. pruit"'l the ilk aKmiiM it. turned and ae the door In the riKlH hwnd wall a hard look, then bent over the table and. !iil l-d out and Ik Ran to raneack one of la drawfia. Th ia engaired he said clearU "All riahl. Alma'' and ln-nit'duirely ln-nit'duirely ftne a atart. whereby it an-per-d that hi had heard footfalls off, and alanitned the drawer At thia Mies ; I a l ley enterrd. lint leaa lit I le fisure 1 no prrort upid with aeret woe. that. I the 0.11UH failed at firat to ace Mr. ! LauKhlm. and when "he did, aave a la'art e.-n more violent than lua had ' ten. claapih both hands to h r boaom ml cry I tig out In a thrilling volte: I -Hubert'" I Mr. l-tushlln kept his temper ad-rn'.rabl ad-rn'.rabl y under the l inft of thia il ht . I all (he name. Mtioi) could aee he I didn't fum y It h bit However, firat land always the- gentleman, he offered I lin I fairy a ni ri a n Imoua seafure of I on it retched haml-4 Inatuniiy the poor Kirl a face hrlxhtcned with a Joyous etntla. a happv cry trembling upon her lipn nu Hhe ran to hla armn. He enfold en-fold rd hrr, with a fond h nd s round hr feat urea Into t he nhouldrr of his amoktng p. ket. and t urned hla own toward the amera, working them Into a cant of hi Hrr anKiiteh. t.enllv reaming herlf, M.aa Ialey, diacovered Kgbrrl's liar and allck, turned to him and looked hint up and down with damning- horror, audibly protesting "Hut. Kgbert, you are golntf out'" Me attempted a disclaimer, but the evidence of the top hat and the imnklnff jacket waa too damning, all I In the rnd he had to give in and ad-I ad-I mlt that. well, yea, he was going out. I and what of it Evidently Mine laley knew any HM.IN HK.Rr. Tl. Tn fftri-t tb btner troubl' br miii lifr l.ui inda Irute rriia itir tn-Mltimn tn-Mltimn f liar frtal Kenny l.oai. i.-. a rhwtrl (hum. to v.eit wiib her KM"H huabaiMl. Harry, th film -'iiftit of 'h- f-inum f-inum arrwe-n tar, A'nia lalpy Fenny ei-itama ei-itama Hist Harry hop, tn form a moving picture (.eiiipanr in t'atifurnia. a the trp 10 lite iimliu In Nmih avenw l.u'-tnda iiuaca rt I h brrh w.ih hr atuabanJ. llellamr. Wealth, yuutb. beauty, h .d fadrd to bring haititioea l ibait l'.lti wve-nne hnm aflrr five yaara of tnairlad bf. IbH) drli.kiiig an.t an inaaiUbie apprltla lor lirainlai-iioua flirtation baa bn ib iii'atia l nu:li b- i"tirvfii her .-arly !na for biin. Aiitl now Uulieril Lut ili.n y. l"r u d aw7erthxri, bad rrl-un1 ! New Vmk, 1 tie tup l ihf aiuJiw aruultl ht-r a tUauca Im foigtt. (.O OS( W IT II THK TII-. Htage. aa tha layman ut.Of rHtanda that term, there w as none, but the (lour spa' aa a wliolo aa rather rlaboralrly 1 lullei ed llh what I-u- cmda waa to larn ert tt-i iniiculiy ; known aa arts.' tn vartoua siiigra of completion snd demolllion. t aei nemg anything act up to be photographed,, from a alngle aldf' or flat t t Imple w indow or door, or an ' angle" fnrmrd of two such sides jointi to snow the cpmer of a room, up to the solid and pretentious piee of construction con-struction which occupied fully onu-half onu-half of tha left and n produced the Halm room at the Ulti-l'arlton. At the far rnd of the room a substantial sub-stantial let riprearnfd a hung t ouin. s gaud part of It was masked from leiicindas Mew by a number of ma-alve ma-alve but portable nt'tal screens or land a arranged In two converging ranka at whose spei aiood a heavy tripod' aupportltig a email black box. To three sianda lines of tnanlate4 cable wandered over the floor from every quarter of th room. An atmoaphere of apathy pervaded the place, as If nothing of moment waa hsppenlng or rmpectea to happen. An efftrt to which coiiBHlerable ontribu-tlon ontribu-tlon wua mads by b lugubrious strains of a three-piece on hcatra, piano, violin and cello, stationed tu lone aide of the living r. om set .Thia trio inirigued l.ucinda a Inter-1 Inter-1 est Us presence aeeuird unaccountable unaccount-able hut not more ao than Ita rendition of plaintive mrlod.es. tunes which one more familiar with th. cant of the theatre would unhesitatingly nave classified aa "sob stuff Outded bv Mr. Lane, the eiolh'B gingerly gin-gerly picked their way across tha olla of electric cable that ran In snaky confusion con-fusion all over the floor, like eiposed viscera of the cinema, an I l.u.iiida pres.Mly found herself on the side lines of the living room, between it and the dogged orcbaua. und well out of tange of the cmeia. (th.- i. .old now are llir.x people on the set, two men wlih a gnl whom, thanka to th. wld- rin ulailon of the la.lt a photographs, .h. h.l no dirfl-culiy dirfl-culiy In ideniif)ing aa Alma uaiay heralf -a prepoaa.aalng young person with bobbed hair, a boldlv iea.ure.1 fa.e comely In the flesh rather thai. ,.,;,. and a alight Hl'le body which ih. uaed with a r.ih.r fetching effect of vouthful gam-herie. nf the., one waa tall and .lark, with a thl.k aho.k ot black hair, a wide ami mobile moiilh. and great me .V, holy eve. III. .H lallored momma .-oat .ll.pl.! I" aplendid mrao. The othei waa a .mailer. Indeed an vm.leraiird man ho eorc a braided smoking packet but not palm on hie P n hed, ia.ath.r-v, ia.ath.r-v, o- n face f an actor. in K i.aughlln." Mr Coin, aecre-, aecre-, infortne.l l.u. in.U nin in the '.i.okina pa.ket he slav. wear, one !hcn he a working Kt at.st emotional fllre.-tor tn the t.uaine... nobody can uch h,m Why. along. Ide him. v.rlC-tnh v.rlC-tnh . a "ok. in th. back number of ludge Vou wouldn't guess what he get. thirty-five hundred." Thai a almost a thousand a week. ""Thouaand a week " In accent, of .ome compa.slon he corrected Three tnou.and five hundred every week. ' ... tl.. I.aughlin drags down In ,h. title old P.' envelop. Hut that', lir ' ulp all yer: expenae a no object j;,! ,'. m.klng an Alma La. ley picture pic-ture nothing , too good I'm aura . . " l.-'dnd. agreed V'out'of the corner of an ... the 01-r.ctor 01-r.ctor had become aw.r. of a new audience and one worthy of hi. m.tlle. -ntnaf the eaiV aemlconftdentlal ivann.r Mr King l.u.hlln an.lrh.d a lk h.t' "' ,h ""r ' U''" r'R,b"-o" T'mmv " he ..Id In th. -...I voice of Ih. Kngll.h Midland, "'at to make aure I'll walk through It with Alma" He turned gracioualy ' The woman- "Now. Alma, dear-Mlaa dear-Mlaa lale. heraelf not unconacloua ,f f.shlonabl. gallery, ehrugged liahllv to signify that ebe dldn t mind t lr Uughlln thought It really worth while and made a leisurely eslt from th, set At the same time Mr -Laugh-walked off by a door approximately oppoalte. and th. young man In the K ',.1,. .-oat .trolled nown to the IroM of the ..t nd aatfl.d hlm.elf to ob.rva and ab.orb th. Impending It.. aoB v' ke re oak I hold t the eae of Ike table aad awlleal herself up. number of reaaons whv he ought to Itsy in. but ah. nts.i. the grave niis-tske niis-tske of trtng to hold hlrn w ith affections affec-tions bonds, throwing heraelf upon hla neck and w Iii.Iitik her arms tightt.v round It And thrtt was loo much K.gbert nisile It clear tha'. while he'd stand for a lot from a woman to whom he ws. Kverylhtng, there waa aurh a thing aa piling It .on too thick. And. against her frenxied re.I.tance, ha grasped her frail young wrists, brutal. Iv broke her embracer and flung her from him Hhe fell agalnat th. table, threw bark her head to enow tha pretty pret-ty linea of her throat, clutched ion-vulalv.lv ion-vulalv.lv at her collar bone, and aub-alded aub-alded upon the floor In a fit of heartbroken heart-broken aobhlog: while K.ghert callously callous-ly took his hat. clapped It on hla head, and mar. bed out by a door In the rear wall, hia dignity- but slightly impaired hv the fact thaa-the hat was several aixee too large and would have ex-lingulahed ex-lingulahed him completely If It hadn't been for his noble eara Without pause Mr 1.auehUn doubled round to th. front nf the set. threw the waiting actor a brusque "tt.e. Tommy? O.t ihat 1 mean"" and encouraged Mlaa rvalev with 'That', wonderful. Alma, dear Now go on, r.lght through the .cene." Miss liallev. lying In complete collapse, col-lapse, with her head to ihe camera, writhed hp on an elbow, planted her handa upon the floor and hv main strength pushed her heaving shoulder, awav from It. keeping a tortured face turned to the camera throughout. Then she got hi r .eonnd wind, caught hold of the edge of the table, pulled heraelf on looked round wildly, realised that an. waa a pVa.rted woman, aaw her hat ty lappa ttankin. va th. back of a ' ' ' : |