Show awell swell idea ky Bi STANLEY CORDELL service LLOYD BRIGHTON the author sat at his desk and stared at the blank black sheet of paper baber liri in his typewriter and nd regretted last nights party he had drunk too much and eaten too much enuch and stayed upton up too late his mind function which was bad because he had promised his publishers a story for tomorrow minutes passed assed and lloyd became panicky it seemed that his brain wa was s becoming even even more blank certainly Us his headache had increased worse some one had come into them the next room and wa was talking stalking with his wife he liste listened neds a moment and shoie swore under his breath it M vas as mrs newbury their next door neighbor drat that we woman m ani I 1 she talked more than ahan any other nine females in the world she talked more and faster in five minutes es than you would have thought it possible why coulden couldn ashe she stay home why did she faveto come over here to do her lloyd re remembered m embi e red his resolution of a year iago ago to get himself an office downtown where he could go and work alone and in peace and quiet he should have carried out the resolution months ago tomorrow hed most certainly get in touch with a real estate man about it but that help him much right now right now he needed a an n idea he had to have an idea thinking about an office only detracted from his ability to concentrate on a story it was mrs newbury who had reminded him of the office it was mrs newbury who was proving the greatest source of annoyance right now it was mrs newbury who was the chief obstacle standing in the way of getting a an n idea he waited five minutes hoping that mrs newbury would depart but she apparently she was pretty excited for her voice rose in high cadence and so mrs newbury was saying raucously they were married and set off on their honeymoon by air airplane planel imagine it was arendas Bren das idea about the airplane I 1 mean brenda declared that she was only going to be married once and she wanted wante d a different honeymoon and peter hes the groom agreed to the airplane idea well they started out and flew up into canada and came down at a little town about a hundred miles over the border and what do you think they were arre arrested imagine I 1 arrested on houi your honeymoon mooil it seems that they should have stopped at the border to be examined or some something and they and the authorities in the town had been warned that a young couple posing as honeymooners but who were actually gangsters in disguise were expected in that locality and naturally they thought that peter and brenda were the gangsters and lloyds eyes opened wide and his lower jaw sagged by george here was his story right herel here he rushed back to his desk caught up paper and pencil and sprinted back to the door feverishly jotting down notes if she only had a good ending now well mrs newbury was saying peter finally persuaded the authorities to let him use the telephone he called up Phil philadelphia adelphi on long distance and got a friend on the wire and the friend explained p ined to the canadian police who peter was well that was all right except that the authorities insisted that peter had to go back to the border to get his papers from the customs officials so peter started back leaving brenda in the town and when he reached the border what do you think 1 I cant imagine said lloyds wife what why brenda was there ahead of himl him I 1 at this moment lloyd decided he stand the sus suspense any longer pushing the door wide he strode into the room hello mrs newbury pardon me for interrupting but I 1 help overhearing what you said its a peach of a story tell me how did brenda get back to the border ahead of her husband everything I 1 hinges on that why my good goodness said mrs newbury she turned to lloyds wife I imagine maginel he thinks its i a g good story well mr brighton 1 I knew you would I 1 just knew ill what do you mean you knew it why what I 1 told my husband but he said not to come over I 1 here and disturb you with my silly ideas imagine silly ideas I 1 its ts it a swell idea said lloyd so far how did brenda get down to the border 1 land sakes I 1 dont know I thought be able to figure that part out goodness knows ive done my share what you mean it a true irue story you made hitup it up of coursel course it ducky I 1 said gopaul to Paul V isaid said mr brighton is a writer hell know ow how brenda got down to tb the border r really rally e ally a small part why bandli land I 1 said probably hell offer rne me something when he writes the storsand sto story and sells ilits it its that good 11 |