Show blond baby by LEE CALVERT Q mcclur WN T LLA NORTON poked tile S STELLA into a mure more angle tier lier back anil and picked up the open dien let i ter on the counterpane two awo in one morning were sufficient laran to rou tier her to action ettas telephone had followed cili immediately on the r of a letter from tile the in enu the company v haae innuendoes i not been ns as carefully veiled ns as slit she hi ii hoped it would be like bil billy IY to get top roam by a chorus girl stella wits waa frankl panicked 1 I had a letter yesterday from f campbell who la Is in chi with tr brettt it q baby etta had said in the cathada eat in eaten a mouse torie she saya BUY that hn billy sure likes em young and snappy theres a blond baby oil oh yes stella broke in COnf confider ideh 3 however that etta would not bell belter the hastily invented lie state hays bays cousin and billy got her wit h the show I 1 it N was as only tile second time in in thel I 1 I 1 twenty years of married lire life hf at stella hud had been separated from bilt 1 l the first had biad been when jane jade ann wal aa born eighteen years before jane anat aaa was the most exquisite mortal eyth erd created in tier lier parents opinion ui was still safely bucked acsay from ilni turmoil of their theatrical world in JL small exclusive school in Clevela cleveland nL a warn warnings I 1 h had a d readied reached her then alts ul now and just a few weeks after th tant infants birth stella had losano lost BO time av im in rejoining the troupe of which ball taylor was the leadin leading comedian n chorus girl who had understudies understudied under studied lep none too well on the stage tad bad ea deavo red to replace her out bf the ali theater poor billy I 1 ile he was so lb A trim ankle was as provocative to MB him as a sweet pea to a bee not that stella believed that lie had ever beg beeg i more than mentally untrue to her but it had been a slightly difficult life kee ing him clear of scrapes 5 theres no fool like an old haep obi S she muttered at your age billy ty tila 1 t lor you should have some sense I 1 an inconsiderate appendix had leott t her to the hospital just a few days la 1 l I 1 fore june francis ope opened ned in Clevela iii for six weeks she had raged IDA il r fumed for not only a well founded fear of billys mis adventures prompted j her anxiety but also an acknowledged 1 fact that billy never played as well as when she was present billy ought to consider jane ann stella fussed bussed doctor or no doctor im going to leave for chicago t to morrow I 1 wont wait another that may be too late stella carefully timed her arrival in chicago she drove directly to 6 r hotel where billy arid and she always stayed and had her bugs bags checked III I 1 ig the parcel room dont you want to go up miss N k ton on the clerk who 0 knew new e 1 its a surprise for 31 sir tay taylor r slit fill refused ill go direct directly to the 0 tb te g ater but it if I 1 should miss him plea do not mention meitlon that I 1 am here she would drive to the theater ant ail park tile the taxi opposite the stage ti a trance she would follow billy tri lot t it was another nasty m mess es 3 sl sif feared but she was not taking it chances with her happiness or JIM anns eilly billy of course would be pta P rk f ident as always e stella sat back in the corner of oln be it cab watching the matinee jam w jil orated one by one the member meni bira sd 0 it the company em emerged arged blIn blinking kill in 10 th ila bright light of the late afternoon ill 01 1 stellas heart beat more rapidly all itt moment now and billy would come cofelt the echo of billys effervesce chuckle deac reached bed her and she lea ial as far forward a as s she dared wt 1 I being seen as the come comedians diallS IW kill slight ligure figure appeared with him 1111 jane ann c clinging adoringly adoring ely I 1 ij fathers arm d UP re it y what was jane ann doing att chicago stella shook her ba faai clear her eyes and then leall leaning ilig J called to H a ward her arms extended pair standing in fhe he shadow of 0 stage door sa N s1 I 1 i I billy jane ann stella I 1 ak I 1 stella billy taylor was t and halt au bouc t of the automo automobile blIP bedz S arms around her and his big lips 5 on 00 k stella old girl this Is a surprise t expect yu you for weeks ali t d dauta it she lifted tier her so I 1 see What wt iata ore 10 face to hers bers jane ADD anna doing here AO 10 at oil oh dart darling ing sw jane v waiting 1 l flung herself in the 1010 her mother MOLI h most strangling ald ell 1111 embrace 1 I knew you N not tor for jo q let me go on the tage stage s and and years n W years in met f and ad left eft cleveland Cleve laDd 1 I ran away age bics had to toa L h at the train and he just dilill t ut w with ith him you on billy kill t appealed and 10 dar S 14 one knows who I 1 a am L U 2 i name and im in III the chorus love it so 0 then stella siella norton korton silt sat bet betheen veea veen tile yi each thise rills was u arm encircling p 13 of 8 or time she need have no fear yb v ann it lane jane baby perhaps tea him billy WA would duld be so go ST 0 f 10 her the tricks of tile the gain gala M 1 OYO l j A 1 II 11 well lie he would have no ilnia ff L else and after twenty yea va lance some rest was due tier ait eftis oh their as dont darit sell w wix pleading stella patted palled her hand betly tilly fit ii an ounce of sense aly N ikka both lor or she scolded but rte arte 10 axi and nt 1 d daughter a lighter read tile the 1111 f h jia is I 1 ailt k bul ewh olce the minute my illy of YU lw L 1 mischief butt you get into w I 1 NIL k |