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She toes goes to tee see PhUUp Phillip Bu Butd Buedtor BuIMB , edtor td tor ot 01 of the National "eekly eekly Meekly "eeklynom Meeklyshorn " W eeklyitem nom shorn the she hit has given ven her last storyCHAPTER . atory .tory tory story : CHAPTER VI-Continued VI Continued VIContinued6 VI - Continued -6- 6 - & - 6She 6 - She Sh ( sm milled smiled ed at Mr Buchanan Buchananes , ? es I am Mary Lonng Lormg Loring Lormg'You Loring'Yon . ' ' You 'You 'Yon Yon took me rather by surie stirroe sur stir surfiSt fiSt fiSt'Oh ie roe ! ie'Dh roeOh ' 'Oh Oh 'Dh Dh ' But I thought Miss HIcken Hlcken Hlckenper HickenboCT Cf per > [ announced me ! She d d of o1 course I mean that thatwas thatvii thatI m was vii hardly hard1y prepared for a debu debuIe debuk debuBit Ie . k . At Sea has the wisdom of ofIS ofrs ofpn IS rs ! h In n its theme"I theme'im theme ' "I I " ' 1m 'im im replIedH repliedit m twenty t\\ t two t0 tuo \ 0 Mary replIed rephedu tt H it that explained explamed everythUlg everything everythUlgPbillJp everythingPhillip everythingPhillip : PbillJp Phillip Buchanan smiled and ills has illsth hasm histelh th m teemed seemed very white because becauseHis becausethe ( the contrast they made with the theoe theto 0 & . oe his face AU All Allof of that ? Do Dodown Dodown DoHi iron down gladdropped M 1.1 11 . ss us Lonng Lormg Loring I m so glad gladTO dropped in I ve ye wanted to tell tellhow tellbow tellw how bow very much we liked lilted At Ata Ata a . It Its s scheduled for publIca publicaio publIcaApr publicaApril Apr April fifteenthli1r7 fifteenthliary fifteenth Vaij li1r7 liary ! seated herself In a chair chaireUig chaircmg chairKill eUig cmg Mr Buchanan Buchann ! across the theIk theik the"k thek [ " Ik ik , . the enlelope cm em elope containing contaUlmg her heruscnpt heruscnpt herMuscnptheld hert uscnpt held tightly beneath her heritt t arm Oh ! Not unt wit 1 April ? Sot 'Not Not ' until April ' ? Mr Buchanan Buchanantatcd Buchananted Buchananred ted red youran . . , Why that s giving glVUlg your M an early publ cationi catIOn I ! Don t leastiw leastfar leasttar lnww know tlnww tknow that our material-at material at material - at least far tar ai as fiction is as istoned concernedasrued concerned-Is concerned Is concerned-as as concernedIsed concerned - rued ed months In advance ? 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I " dotwander , tWander * Wander VranHar * i- i iIsoa - - - - Ih ! However through throughall all that td that you may rest as ed ased your t by storY-what storY what - 8 a the I " the way ? "XbClr XbClr Isoa Son "You You " " Mary M y rephed replIed Inay tnaY assured assuredthat 1 Vo1II ? rest assured thlt that : "TheIr TheIr 'Their 'TheirhWill " ' ThelryiflE uh be hWill g ven yen 011 a sympathetic " Pathetic Ing . . We sympatheticWe w like 'eal eal ' Your : style and 'ealsUe sUe stle dal anddal dalstle milnner manner dIed the in "hlch hlch which " you cf an authQr author sltua situat has tons ens 1D in At Sea P'ECI PECI pages ' h appeared : withinereages within he t ast ereages re tcon s a eiven given as far as asOct asE ' Oct ct , t.on ton t.onP concerned concerneda . on Placeon second . ' /P P / a place ' in inIll inIllthe Mtheidn Mtheidnr the therob S.1n S1n rob . r ' IUst lust turn thougl1t thou thouinIll 0 I IllProbr11-- IllProbr11 IllProbr11h18 11 prob - ! thIs h18 over to Mr Van le-not le not - - VanF C-not C not - " " 'Put Put ' put , it through the mill mall He glanced abruptly at the dull gold goldwatch goldwatch goldwatch watch strapped to his wrist LordI Lord LordIIt LordIt ! It s nearly one o 0 clock and I have havean havean havean an engagement with Ford Hansen Hansenat at two How about having havmg a spot of oflunch oflunch otlunch lunch with me Miss Lormg Loring ? ' . Mary s hands clutched convulsive convulsively ly beneath the protection of the coat coatwhich coatwhich coatwhich which lay across her lap and to toher toher toher her embarrassment her face faceflushed faceflushed faceflushed flushed scarlet Philhp PhIllIp Buchanan Buchananthe Buchananthe Buchananthe the editor in m ch ef of of the most popu popular lar magazine magazme in the United Umted States Stateswas Stateswas Stateswas was asking askmg her to have a spot of oflunch oflunch oflunch lunch with himl illml him ! Why thank thankyou thankyou thankyou you she managed to reply That ThatwIll Thatwill Thatwill wIll be funBuchanan funBuchanan fun funBuchanan Buchanan leaped from his chair chairand chairand chairand and went towards to\\ards to ards \ a cupboard at the thefar thefar thetar far end of the room All AU right righthe , , he said Let s go And openmg opening the openingthe openmgthe door he dragged out a camel s shair shair shair hair top coat coat , , and slid Into it . 'I I ' 'Iwant 'Iwant ' 1want want to talk to you about a serIes serIesof serieso1 seriesof of o1 shorts and this is a swell op opportumtv opportunity opportumtv opportumtvMary portumtv portunity portumtvMary portunityMary Mary felt d zzyIth zzy \ with \\Ith Ith excItement excitementas as she and Phillip Buchanan . . , closet closet- closeted closeted closeted - - ed in one of o1 the silent elevators of ; N7 * 11 ! 7 7C 7I 7Mary C I Mary JlIary felt dizzy with excitementthe excitement excitementthe the building bwldUlg which housed The Na Natonal Nat Nat tonal t onal Weekly descended twenty twentyfloors twentyfloors twentyfloors ! floors to the lobby Mr Buchanan Buchananas Buchananwas Buchananwas \\as as was \ tak ng her to lunch ' Mr Bu Buchanan Buchanan Buchanan chanan wanted to talk to her about abouta a series of shorts tor for his ills maga magazme magazme magazme zme She mentally estimated how howmany howmany bowmany many words she could write a day dayhow dayhow dayhow how many hours It t would take to torevIse torevise torevise revIse and polish what she had wrIt- wrIt wrItter writ-ter writ ter - - . ter She must not be hasty or care careless careless careless less She should she figured al allow allow allow low herself two mornings mornmgs tor for the theorIgmal theoriginal theoriginal orIgmal original composition two addItional addItionali addItionalmornmgs additionalmornings additionalmornings i mornmgs mornings for revision and a fifth fifthslttmg fifthsitting fifthsitting slttmg sitting perhaps tor for perfect retyp retypIng retyplug retyping Ing lug of the SCrIptThey scriptThey script scriptThey They had reached the lobby now nowand nowand nowand and were heading headmg for the street streetdoor streetdoor streetdoor door I say Mr Buchanan be began begain began gan gain , . , you don t mind mmd barging all allthe allthe allthe the way down to the Lafayette do doyou doyou doyou7 you ? My appointment appomtment with Hansen 8 s 8m sin lm m in that neighborhood ' Mind Mmd * ' Mary would have gone to toChInatown toChinatown toChinatown ChInatown or Great Neck or Tun Tunbuktu Tunbuktu Tunbuktu buktu with him had he suggested suggestedone one of those spots as a lunching lunchingplace lunchingplace lunchingplace place ' I don t mind mmd at all ' . she shereturned shereturned shereturned returned I ve ye wanted to see the theLafayette theLafayette theLafayette Lafayette ever since Greta Garbo Garboappeared Garboappeared Garboappeared appeared in m an RomanceMr RomanceMr Romance RomanceMr Mr Buchanan looked puzzledRomance puzzledRomance puzzled puzzledRomance Romance ? Oh yes I remember remembernow remembernow remembernow now AU All about a young minIster minIsterwho ministerwho minuterwho who tell fell in an love with an actressl actresslThat actress actressiThats ! That s right Some of the scenes sceneswere sceneswere sceneswere were supposed to be laid at the La Lafayette Lafayette Lafayette fayette Well I don t know that thatyou thatyou thatyou you U 11 ll find a great deal of the thp at |