Show at at TURI A 14 11 CHAPTER 15 jimmy wall wallace olon throws T a bomb it me was bout about loven eleven months after alre alow had bad watched rodney walking de da im away aty into the jiin hi that jimmy wall wallace ahm his bomb evera year lie he made two I 1 prate ad dmd visits ej s its to new york one in nu an enter one in the sitting in order aie have interesting matters to te to ante a about when lien the loial boat theoule theo ical ull mea be bad if bc b been C boasted amrit 1 I first A spring altri lift hose ease s disappear amil lie co back se wearing laming a deep lying and ana contented bed smile and aad a few days later after a talk all over the telephone with rod hod ney he be limited headed a column colum of oe gossip zy about out the theater with the following V paragraph 9 ph come conw 0 on in 1 I as the file latest tit of me now reviles re live la 11 R called d 1 Is anich like oil 1 the im label it contains con at taina tile eam p procession of mat fongers mongers the swan ms cacophony raial lc su rf ras mm time till the same gangway lo cine into nh cr t ble cha audience which da ca tired buil 1 ea mm with fth a worm m B eye are view lus r of lancing tn ne us alria 1 knees nu natured anil an p all down dem this and pathway bwll ot 11 to alie lineve there Is ill the cealo to enary lr parade of 1 the ramo Afo haughty ouVA beauties ot actual a h 1 in re one item 1 ia 1 there I a ellon from I 1 tto ile usual for formula 1 abe res costumes u 11 1 I 1 or several 11 1 1 years 1 the ho avues att the he ul theater the be columbian camarillo leave have ace been caparison ed with the decedent dec ident elem colors IM abul botory dersam of oc lit the exotic mr vich veltha I 1 so linen I 1 fh there I 1 had re been A change tor far in the better as soon ds I 1 aw the iho first ann number carout for 1 these dresses Z slave ili the stimulating quality ty at 0 a he healthy athy abid vigorous hasou nation 0 as aa w sit as a alvid deiora Uve tie the or are atef exceed hudi smart of alues or else csc they would old leier sc A do rc for ft broad ads a ay revue mc not hut the n IRS ilo alive while imle the thomp of 1 mr far melton W aber invariably 1 W sickly aki y curiously enough use I 1 abe be sam lame of the new c coat costume ionic designer has marf ud interest for cul culs chicago S an she la is borja ders dajic who P participated me in 11 the alb chr bah upstairs mih at the globe misa danes tage espe experience it here s wo was is brief but bat no icv orttie lesa her t a success m in n her 1 new I profession will pra probably te ad r cause t to 11 forena uon or of a large holis and enthusiastic ti 1 I knew last faer when what club amu jimmy to produce an aa effect with ith it but wh what A t he did produce ex bestell se stell his h 1 wildest blest anticipations the thing mine out la in the alir three I 1 0 edition and before he left eft the office that aftem afternoon oon he had bad received oer the t telephone C e six invitations to tic din iier three of oc the them ten foi thit that night the declined lined the first tm 0 A on the ar ground if rif rf 8 an suc enormous callus press of work inci elect dent to his fresh return from a fort slight night io in new york tork but when he violet williamson ca called lied up nod and out with a AWer preference acce to a im previous C engagement gags at that th at us was saas shamefully b u J jimmy y you juven t forgotten chaam Y you re dining dl u ir gw with us 8 tonight be have 3 iou it I 1 s just us so you a me I 1 fleu dress u he is A answered red oh no I 1 TO se got it dom down a on my calendar re all right seven thirty violet snickered nod and slid said you or rather dont wait make it seven jimmy my we was glad I 1 to be let off that edtl r U i naif half hour of mal malting jag he I 1 was counter impatient for the sun encounter with ili via let a state of mind most rare race with ilni II 11 he meant to wring all the pleas mum lire out of it he be could by way voy of re renyce for far violet amic is a altitude flath toward little after he her r presence in the globe chorus lied had b become ew A known for that lasting can contempt tempt lhnn h h was 6 the attitude of her cl class as violet said mid the A moment be up ap dam doy do lp feared d ithe in draw ing room doorway Y J johb hit made a d me am swear not at to lot let you tell ell CA me a a word until he mine came 1 in ho he A simply burbling but there A one thing he won t mind your year ti me aed that A b her address I 1 in PC per C baug to write her a note and aad tell her i how glad ue 11 e were jimmy in made a Is a little gesture of regret lied hed have bove spoken too but she ddn U t give lit him time it zo you in don deal t mean she cried thit gou on find out where she lived ihlia M you on were 1 right I them in abw I 1 john came in jut just ulm then and violet kinsling lin sling to h him I 1 fr tragically A ily r repeated P he d A A even know knew where she lives live oh re im a boob I 1 know said jim boob son any Y but an aa I 1 lot told the other five fiva bolat frowned to tied ae she ehe echo eil the th C birther ther five what hat turned to john WilU william amson with a perfectly t ly electric cleate I 1 C grin gri the other if five of re rose aldrich friends ml and ml yours years he slid who called ed me up th this 1 a afternoon and invited me to dinner and asked for far her ad dress so that they could write wife her notes fee and a tell her how have glad tuy gay were john said mid Who whoosh 1 all 11 but upset chair and ad i it t out at of at the way in da order to jubilate pro properly aorl violet R stood food looking at the them thoughtfully A little flush of color eve as coming I ing up lot into her ISY jacw you OR two men a she sold are try ing rg to act it aa it if I 1 were t in this us it 1 I were t j just AS t A aa glad as you are and as good a right to be john hwe atz thin wits was to jimmy has been 91 gloating ting ever er since low he C came he home with th the paper A per and you yon did you mesa mean te race by that snippy little thing you salt said the I 1 knew her when cluba well vou it II get your punishment there ther 8 dinner I 1 dut you won t be allowed to fat eat you 11 have to begin at t the begin ning ing and till as w all 11 about her jimmy his hia effect prod II his long meditated vengeance completed by t alie to e floro m of color lie be it seen een conie come up lip in violet a cheeks checks settled dov down A seriously to the file telling of his talc late stopping ascasio occasionally casio como nally to bolt a little food just be fore fare his plate was as snatched awny away from do ilam but otherwise without million t lateral 11 sion I 1 if bed suspected nothing about the on that opening night of come on 1 in until lit a realization or of ont how mr amazingly angly good they were mere made do him search his hia program the line Ca costumes stunes by dene deals bad batted up U ID life his mind ad a miff wild a surmise of the aluth though bough he admitted it had bad edmed al 1 most too good to be true because the a costumes to were mons really many wonderful lie he last cast about he said for far S some all way of finding out ont aho vho he done dane really was and li liing hiving ing learned that galbraith as p putting ailing on the show at the casino he looked him up gilbraith proved a mine of information no he was more like one of the those aliw oil wells CIA technically known knon as a gallier ile he simply rimmed fichs about lse L se nod and be stopped sit alie anns his own discovery lied en cpr possibilities when beav she and executed those twelve costumes tor for the sex felt in the girl upstairs hed bed two brought lit her down domn to NOW new lork lorb to act mi as lait it assistant she led for get gal bridah the steers part pact of last as season u jimmy bad A never kner of anybody body having just that sort art of job list before galbraith busy with two A or r th three I 1 pro it do aofia duct fia ions at once C uhl had put ov over er a lot let of the work wol of f conducting r hemr salA on her shoulders ho he it get a number started having figured out unit the lers the chorus mine to go the ile steps th they C y if d use and ad so im on an and ad rose wall would lit actually take his place would be I 1 in complete charge of the re IS hearsay a aa the directors director s presenta reper re senta ove five the costuming last season had been a side issue at the beginning at leair but shed bed done part of the costumes ter for on one of his productions and th they wore cra sm BO strikingly successful that abe shuman had snatched her away from him im the funny thing is the way may she he does the them jimmy said mid E everybody else who designs costumes just if draa r cliv A thern them dichy little water colored III plates A it eat and ad the plates plate are sent forat out to a company a P Y like the star stal cost costume wall company and they execute them but rose C can SO t draw a bit she got get a mannequin not ot A an ordinary dressmaker A 8 far form but A regular pointer painter A Binan uin with ith legs a and ad made her costumes a on the t thing k I 1 g or at least cut out at a sort art of 1 pattern ol 01 the them I 1 in cloth but somehow S nr or other i the aCS designing Ilg of them and the ereau if aloa are sa more mixed up together r by 11 rose RAI A method than by the 0 orthodox don one she wanted to get some women la in to sew for far her rod and see are the whole I 1 job through lor self deliver the cos col tactics complete and get paid for th them but it sea seems that the shimana seamans Sh amans on the side owned the star c kompany p y mw and raked railed off a big profit on the costumes hit bit way I 1 don I 1 krow know all 11 the details I 1 don t know that galbraith did but mab andow w the alist thing anybody knew ross rose bad financed herself she got one of those rich young Ime bachelor lolo worn nm C en A 1 in aca yolk to go lute into the thing I 1 g wit with h her and organized a company end and made do aue abe shuman an offer 0 00 au the costumes tor for come 0 on in 1 I 1 gil breath thinks that abe shoukat A thought she was waa sure to lose less a I 1 lot I 1 of money A on it and ad go 9 broke and ad wilt that racy then he be could put her to work at a salary Is so he be gave her th the job but she fald t I 1 lose bb ahe evidently mail made a chunk chul out cut ot 1 it 11 and her reputation reputation at the ea e A U time am violet was AS havin immensely com WY thrilled by bit this recital won t she be perfectly ly wonderful she exclaimed lor for we the junior ragan league show how ahil whytt she he coback comes i J jimmy fic foaud I 1 and an enormous satis fac ITY I 1 lion an in saying 9 on oh she 11 be 1 too cr pensive tor for s ou on bhe 8 a regular robber she he A eais a she bays eye I 1 cried violet do you wa mean you youe talked with mth harl bert 1 I do you think thick I 1 rd d have bell come came tact back from new yolk without iti onit said aid jimmy galbraith told me to tire drop 1 in at the he cast casino that 6 same after afternoon be some of the cost costumes aunce were more to be arid R on and ad mi miss dane dan would old be there them well and ad she he came I 1 almost tell fell ver over her out there 1 in the dark because be couie of worse course the auditorium gasn wasn t light ed ad at all 11 11 admit she rather took my breath just juat glancing up at me and then posting peering to make out who I 1 was WAR and then her ter face going all alight with that malleis Mal smile leif of hers 1 dlan t know what hot to call her bar and ad was stammering over ir a cal mixture lature of mi miss due dane rod and mrs mr aldrich Ald rica waa she laughed and held field out a hand to me and said mid the she did dlan t remember whether I 1 it ever tailed her no bos or cr not act but shed had lic lit to be hear someone call her that and would rit I 1 begin 7 jimmy ep explained I 1 allied them hadn haan t been A any ny chun chance to talk murli much the cow co tum beg begun A A mining coming up on OB the rise stage just file then on chorus girls ot of course and ad she be ma iras up over ever the runway in a nitrate telling talking ft them over ivee atti 1111 go gal braith 1 hen shed the d finished she came do down to me a again got for a minute initial but it I 1 was hardly U I 1 it ly longer bi than that really she an said hi blie 11 wished slip lie ought might si me mim again but that at she coulder couldn t ask me to cors come to the studio be bemuse it was z a bedlam and ad that theo there was A use ube asking me to come to her apart ment meet beckus sh bac we was never ever there herself these till day anya except far or about seven hours a big night t of tue the hardest kind A 1 ot I A sleep p it I 1 could old stay around 1 till I her ush ras over but then of course she bhe knew ka I 1 coulbo t sand and van TOU never the thought of asung he her violet walled mulled where here the apart ihunt was ing so that the rest reat of ua its it VE v were mere in new york could loot look lee her up lip or ite to her from heie bete no jimmy said 1 I neter of asking for her address but its the m easiest 5 t thing in the world to get call up rody he knows knovs what anak makes you yoo think be knows violet demanded WWI well ter or ow one thing 11 said jimmy v when br rose A was asking for or news of all of you she said 1 I hear from frain rod ney only he decan I 1 tell we me much gossip lleane from limit him gasped violet she vas sms staling at jim my in a dazed baud sort eort ot of way well does she write to him finst baa she made it up with him la Is she mining coming back 1 I rapp suppose you gart caa just he hear me am asking her nil all those questions caun casu ally la in the aji aisle e of a mcafee while she he was getting ready tor for a running jump into a taxi tax the the color came up into violets Tl oleta face again there was a maddening sort of jubilant jocularity about these men the looks and almost winks they ex changed the fanny quality ot of the things thing they said to her of cour conaw a she an said if goolie it rose rom had bad told me that she heard from rod ad noy ney regularly although althou gli he dian didn t send her much ot of the gossip go a ip I 1 ber have had to ask her thole thoc questions id have known from the way she ibe looked and the way her yoke vole sounded I 1 J I 1 c I 1 iii 1111 i r I 1 you two men are to act as if I 1 meent A this whether ithe ehe was waa writing to rodney kodney or not at and ad whether she he meant at to eme come back bach to him or not ft nether she abe mile w as ready to make it up if 11 he was mic all 11 that any woman iowan aho vho knew her lo 10 at all would only a man perfectly parts city in led grinning S see if ifju 3 no can t I 1 tell wl what she he looked like A and ad be how she 11 s aid it jimmy meek again got attempted the task wai he said mid she look me in the eye and register deep mean 1 ings 9 or anything like ilka that 11 1 don doa t know here she looked aa far as the inflection of her rut voice we went A I 1 it was last aa casual net as if s bhe h d be been telling we me what shed she d hall had for far touch lunch but the quality of her voice jut just up a bit as 9 if the zed words tasted good to her and ehe he just t b faa ly as it if she he knew I 1 d be crt d rod and di dian didn t faro are abere be you arel cot now a h interpret 1 art out unto me a till this dr dream wi oh jump joseph 1 i violets violet C eyes were ab shining lung why owhy IV its as plain she be A said it c can on t Y you A see that she be s R jutt just waiting fur fee him thit shelf she 11 come like lifee a sho shot the minute its he says the word and there u Is he be 1 la eat at tag ing au bif heart out at for far b hr end and la in his r rage ge ch charging A rg ang poor john perfectly t I 1 r ri allic be prime tor far his legal services when all 11 he be A got to in do |