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Show TRAILER GIRL I By VERA BROWN I fiiAl'TKR XXXV-Oimtlnm-d ..Rl.nc would have hated it, Marty. ould hove hated Hollywood and 'I the (aafare." Marty shook his head, ite'-s queer. A great artist has l to make a great movie star." " i may fail you. Marty." tnnw vou won't. Even if moment. They had both been through too much. Suddenly, Wild lifted her oft the table. "Get your hat on." She obeyed him meekly, her hands trembling so she could hardly put the little black hat over her blond hair. He held her coat for her. But when she had slipped it on, he kissed her again. finished it, that Wild began his story. sto-ry. She was close beside him in the big chair as he talked. "Darling, what I've been through!" She could not answer, but as he looked down into her eyes he knew what she was thinking. "You think because I was in strange lands, it was easy for me." were a stupid woman, you Mn't fail wfh the looks God eave jj. And you aren't stupid. They'll "eTwent on over to the Astor ' U drink. Lynn was shivering. 2L'd been standing a long time k re in the cold. Marty leaned ross the table and scanned the ttures he loved so well. ..you've improved, you re older. A vour features are more refined. Sat schoolgirl look has gone. It's "coming. Lynn. Yes, you've im- 'Tater when they started for home -j. ..(-nm I've ent tn send He laughed a little. "It wasn't. It was worse. Every time I saw a lovely sunset, or a fine old temple well, it would come back. I'd know it was spoiled for me always, because you weren't with me. I knew it would always be that way!" He was silent for a little as though trying to find the right words: "I was with Rene when he died, Lynn." Lynn's face was white as he spoke. "We talked a lot." Wild held the hand that had his wedding ring on it. "He loved you better than I do. He loved you enough to give you up." "Now, forward, march! I've got a car waiting." "Where are we going?" "To be married." Lynn's eyes were wide. "Now?" "Within twenty minutes. Just as soon as we can get to the City Hall." "But . . ." "Come. Rene sent me to you, Lynn." She stood quietly before him, her hands at her throat.- "But, I'm going go-ing to Hollywood. My contract " "Where is it? Let me see it." With uncertain fingers Lynn got the precious paper out of her hand- the precious paper out of her handbag. hand-bag. Wild grabbed it, tore it to bits. They fluttered to the floor at Lynn's feet. "There. That settles that. Come." Wild, his arm about Lynn, hurried her down the long hall, the dark stairs, out to the street, where a car was waiting. Inside, he wrapped Lynn in a rug, put his arm about j her and explained. "I telephoned my attorney from the boat yesterday to get a special license. We just docked and I went to his office and got it. Simple." He kissed her again, regardless of the truck driver alongside of their car, who seemed to be thoroughly enjoying the show. Then Wild told Lynn of Rene's last illness, how he had called for her, when he was too ill to notice anybody about him. "I had the doctor send that cable, ca-ble, Lynn. If you had come, and Rene had lived, I'd have gone away. He needed you so. He just didn't seem to have any direction to his life with you away. I could see." "And I thought he was In love with somebody else . . . when he asked for his freedom!" Much later, Wild spoke of Chuck and Helen: "I was coming back, coming to get you as Rene wanted me to, even before I saw them. Then they got that cable from you about Hollywood. I flew to Paris and liable to Chuck and Helen. I Contract signed; off for Hollywood Holly-wood next week." That told the news. , , ,, Til write them later. Alien they got to Lynn's apartment apart-ment neither had any idea of sleep. "Come up a while, Marty. I'm too escited to feel I can ever sleep -aint" They climbed the dusty itairs When they came into the warm studio full of Rene's pictures Una threw her hat on the table, i out the contract. She waved It above her head. Well, we did it." She laughed a little. Her face sobered. "I can .1.:- fnrovPT " She caught the first boat." He was is old, arrogant self, confident, con-fident, happy: "I wasn't jealous, I tma.ir TTrtu upn whpn I heard eos- On the drive downtown, wua talked little. He was too intent on his purpose. They did stop at a florist's for orchids. Wild pinned them on Lynn's coat. When the car stopped at the City Hall, Wild turned to Lynn: "Darling, I'll give you one chance of freedom. Will you ever be sorry? sor-ry? Sorry about Hollywood?" "Never." That was all he wanted to know. It was a queer wedding, all very business-like. Wild had made his mck up una Jurned to Marty: "There's only one reason I hate to leave New York, Uarty. That's you." Marty could not answer. He could tot tell her that the city of 7,000,000 would seem empty indeed when she bad gone. He forced a smile. Til be out to see you. When jou're famous, you won't forget me?" "You talk such nonsense. But will you come." "Of course I'll come!" he prom- sip about you and Terry, and even you and Chuck! But Hollywood . . . that was something else, I wasn't sure, not until I saw you! You might have changed." As Wild had planned, they left for Florida the next night. Mr. and Mrs. Austin came down to see them off, and they were kind. It was the last bit of happiness Lynn asked. For Mrs. Austin knew now where her son's real happiness lay. Chuck had convinced her of that. Down South Lynn gradually came to believe be-lieve her happiness was reaL One night they were standing looking look-ing out of the windows through which plans carefully. His attorney, waiting wait-ing to be a witness, had planned everything, even to the friendly Judge who was waiting to marry them. "Did you get the ring? Good!' Lynn, still hardly believing, found , .nnnii-oit re- ised. But he knew he would noi. Life was like that Then he said good night to America's future star. CHAPTER XXXVI , The Washington Square studio e- apartment was bare again. Lynn f' was ready to leave for Hollywood. b Rene's pictures were packed. Lynn - bad a new trunk, all neatly filled with her clothes. This time the break was final. She'd never again come back to the Square. The last week had been an exciting excit-ing one. There had been pictures, publicity. Lynn took three days and went up to Maine to see her sister. It would be a long time before she came back East she knew. Today, Lynn had to dispose of a lew remaining things in the studio. The moving men arrived to distract dis-tract her, and began hauling out the little remaining furniture. For Mad-i Mad-i am Reanoud had insisted that Lynn go home with her that last night. ' Tney were to pick up her bags on the way to the train. When the fur's fur-'s v,o ,rr.Q tvio rmm was bare nerseu masing me icv.i- --sponses. --sponses. Three minutes, and Wild's ring was on her finger and he bent and kissed her. "Much happiness, Mrs, Austin, he murmured in her ear. He was laughing happily, and Chalmers, his attorney, was congratulating him. "Now for heaven's sake, maybe we can talk!" "I've reserved an apartment for you at the Waldorf. Mrs. Austin's bags will be there shortly. I sent for them," Chalmers said with a smile. " "You think of everything! Austin Aus-tin said as they left. Thirty minutes later, Mr. and Mrs. Austin were ushered into their suite and Lynn, still with that odd feeling of unreality realized it was like the one which Katzman had occupied on that night a week ago when she had Lynn had gazed unseeingly tnat night so long ago when she first came into the Austins' big house. She was wearing her emerald again, i Mrs. Austin had sent it on with a letter to Lynn which made her very happy. Wild stood with his arm about his wife, watching the moonlight moon-light on the ocean below them. The air was heavy with flowers. "Happy?" he asked. Lynn, her head against his breast, did not even answer, only held his hand tight. "You'll never be sorry . . . even about Hollywood?" They both laughed a little at that, I for poor Katzman had been wild. There had been a barrage of telegrams tele-grams and threats. "I'll never be sorry. Wild." "Not even if you were to be a great picture star?" closer into his arms. Lynn moved closer into his arms. "I never wanted to go to Hollywood, Holly-wood, Wild." "You're sure? Maybe in a few months you'll sometimes wonder" She turned,- stood on tiptoe and kissed him. "You know I won't!" Austin, holding her close did not answer. He was confident, for he too knew that Lynn Austin would never regret. THE END signed her contract He took off Lynn's little hat and her coat, and drew her over to the sofa with him. "There is so much to say. i don't know where to begin. But first I want to tell you we're going to Florida tomorrow. The family isn t there. We'll have the house to ourselves." our-selves." . , It was not until the waiter had served their luncheon and they had except for the trunk, the bags and 5 boxes, an old kitchen table that came with the apartment. ; "Two years since Rene and I landed land-ed here in New York," she mused. How the time flew! It was well toward noon. She must hurry. She ; dressed in a rush, in one of the new i mart black frocks. It was while ihe was doing the last snap that there was a knock on the door. She ran to open it A man was stand- Iing in the doorway. There was mow on his coat. In the dim light of the hall Lynn could not see well. "Yes?" He did not answer, but stepped into the bare apartment. It was Wild Austin. For a long time theyt ttood there, those two, in silence. y Lynn swayed a little, put her hand out against the half open door. ; : "Lynn." The sound of his voice ' ! broke her heart. She could not bear .i it. Wild pushed the door shut. Suddenly Sud-denly he took her into his arms, buried his face in her gorgeous hair. But still he could find no words, i Lynn's face was hidden in his snow dampened overcoat. j "My dear! My dear!" Lynn's knees were weak. Even low she did not believe. She realized real-ized she was weeping bitterly. It bad been so long. She had given "P hope. And now ... he was here. Jij Wild looked about the denuded ivi apartment, picked Lynn up in his U arms, carried her over to the kitch-, kitch-, table, the only remaining stick of furniture in the place, and lifted fl her upon it "I've come back, Lynn," he said, taking her hands from her face. His ; j arms were about her again, and his '; "Ps on hers. Into that kiss went all ' J the suffering of the last year. It "as many minutes before either of ' ttem could find words. They were .' j unnecessary. He was there. Thai as all Lynn asked. Only now she . , ; as in his arms did she realize how ' ; desperately lonely she had been. A) "1 love you, darling; I alway: (. J will," he whispered, it ,.There could never be any ques K;i ,k0n between them again. He knev mat now, and his own eyes wer s el with sudden tears. Words wer &r 01 "o use to either of them in thi |