Show 1 1 swell idea g by ST STANLEY ANLEY CORDELL 0 newspapers 10 1 L service L LOYD BRIGHTON the author J sat at his desk and stared al at the blank sheet ol 01 paper india I 1 typewriter and regretted last nigh nights to party he had drunk too much and t eatenton eaten too much and j stayed up too late his mind function which was bad because he had promised his publishers publish ersa I 1 a story for tom tomorrow brrow minutes passed and lloyd became panicky it seam seemed 1 ed that his brain was becoming even maie more i blank cert certainly ainaly his deac headaches lichi had increased worse some one hid had cornea come into the next room andaas and was talking with his wife he lit listened ened a moment mome rit and swore under his breath it mas ft as mrs newbury their next door neighbor drat that woman 1 she talked more than in any other nine females jn in the world she talked more and faster in five minutes than you would have thought it possible why t she stay home why did she have to come over over hiie here to do her hek I 1 winda aiming lloyd remembered his reso resolution ludon of ii a year ago to get himself an office downtown downto where re he could go and work alone and in peace and quiet he should have carried outtie out the resolution months month sago ago tomorrow held hed most certainly betin get in touch witha with a reale real es stateman about ito iti but that help belp 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 concen ona on ona on a story it was mrs newbury who had reminded him of the office it w was as mrs newbury who was proving the greatest source of annoyance right now bw it was mrs newbury who ivas was the chief obstacle standI standing nj in n the way of getting an n idea lie he waited five minutes hoping that mrs newbury would depart but she apparently she was pretty excited for her voice rose in high cadence e 41 and sol so mrs N newbury was saying raud raucously asly they ried ind and st set off on their honeymoon by air airplane planel image imagine 1 nel it was arendas Bren das idea about the airplane I 1 mean br brenda enda declared that she was only going to be mart tied ried once ohe and she wanted a different honeymoon and peter hes the groom agreed to the airplane idea ide a ll 11 W well ell they started out and flew flew up into canada and rid came do down wn at a little town about a hundred miles over the border and what do you think they were arre arrested 1 imagine 1 arrested on your honeymoon foont it seems that they should have stopped at the border to be examined or 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 here beret 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 U up p philadelphia on long distance and got a friend on the wire and the friend explained 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 I 1 at this moment lloyd decided he stand the suspense a any n y longer pushing the door wide he strode into the room hello mrs mis newbury pardon me for interrupting but I 1 help 0 overhearing rh earing what you said its a peach of a story tell me how did brenda get mackto the border I 1 bead ahead a of her husband everything hinges on that why my good goodness said mrs newbury she turned to lloyds wife I imagine maginel he thinks its a good story well mr brighton I 1 knew you would I 1 just knew UP what do you mean you knew it I 1 why what I 1 told my husband but not to come over here and disturb idia you with my silly ideas ij imagine agines silly ideas its a swell idea said lloyd so far how did brenda get down to the border land sakes I 1 dont know I 1 thought be able to figure that part out goodness knows ive done my share what you meanie mean it ionta a true story you made it up of 60 course riel it ditc ducly 11 y I 1 s said aid gopaul to paul I 1 said mr 1 brighton is a writer I 1 hell know how brenda got gat down io to the border really a small part why 1 land andl I 1 I 1 I 1 said probably hell offer me i something when he writ writes esthe the story and sells it its that gondol goedl |