Show ul tiloi h iti M J MASSI VIED r REUNION t ili I 1 sa a by ISABEL sabet IV z 0 mcclure iper syndicate v r ice AROL was w in CA c ty aad she did not not L y van want t 01 obe b 0 found she had 4 let ph I 1 understand that def nicy five months before before 1 for hais noche had been tele ap A t ay iy I 1 1 had asked Arst first at the radio p a stations t 4 ti on i athey if employed P I 1 ed a p pianist an ast 1st T sorry they h d D uch pianist he eliad id ile diehi hotels from the ac to the ajl S cliv e signed s neav wm U lt carol had so blithely told him ingoing Im going 1614 to gd adt f ci on idne of the radio stations then somewhat miserably 1 I know its breaking your he artand is breaking mine too f but my music comes first I 1 was i just b oral bat 1 j J and so she h had a d left grondale irondale and P phil hit and the little house they ha had d A planned to buy on elm street y she had gone and she had written to no 0 one one day ahlf bif hid had passed the little t house on elm street slowly then he had hastily driven drive to this room packed a taken aken the next train to the city the city was large but he would ind find her he must find her I 1 11 i X N now 0 1 drearily he watched the y driz drizzling 1 irig rain j was parol carol out then broke I 1 tramping from place to place search ing for work y she had probably scanned every s J helpa Help 1 wanted column for weeks he slumped in his chair again she was too proud if only he sto stared red intently at a rose in the wa wall if paper 1 I 1 i owhy could benot not place an adi verti in the paper word it j tofit to fit her experience she would d read it answer h y he e rummaged hastily in his docket pocket j for pencil and paper now what should he say j he knew so little about music but remembered some of the phrases 11 she used levs lets see sed accompanist GOOD SIGHT g reader never gets lost no matter how much the singer skips one who knows classical v t music f beroa he roA apa d lt li var land sighed with ta he use his own name I 1 hm and 1 af oc bouis ourse his ho kite iteI room 4 perhaps he should rent a small 1 p alic e so somewhere me iche refer 1 for a day it if pos sial or for foi a week perhaps he should have an office girl too two days later before eight in the morning phil was at his desk in his private office the early edl edition of the paper before him W ill 11 need you for just this morning in 9 he explained to nancy the oung sister of one of the hotel telephone operators 11 II expect some telephone applicants in answer to an advertisement ants nt pr probably bably about abou t three or four its for highly specialized work I 1 guess have to send elhone each one iti an to me lie he sighed he wanted only carol at eight thirty they began swarming pianists of all ages and sizes and nationalities until the outer of flee fice sounded like a noon hour in a school yard the first one he nervously questioned youre a pianist you bet I 1 am ive played for tab shows forten for ten years hm hm car can you play arpeggios peg gios glos III 1 I playa play i anything i i he cleared clifred his throat impery Im very sorry sorry miss er er im afraid you wont do here P she really looked hungry er here is money for your car fare thank you tor for coming she accepted the money amazed and then because dofher of her rejection flounced resentfully from the room pianists pianists pianists good heavens there be so BO danyl he ceased questioning them scarcely glancing at them he would say sorry you wont do heres your car fare he ran out of change and sent nancy with his bills quickly out for m more afe the mutterings rings outside swelled into louder protests sorry you wont do one oie serious ey eyed aed woman refused to be dismissed ay why wont you give roe me a chance top to play ifor for you 11 im m coiry sorry he said brusquely but you you boni wont do I 1 dont believe you could accorn accompany pany me carol chirol had once used that phrase heres your car fare good morning just a minute buddy she hashed flashed i a badge weve had reports 0 on a you youre evidently not of after er a musician the one ahead of hiie me is one of the best in the city I 1 asked her to apply why I 1 I 1 phils 1 l face a C e became became v very er Y white 1 0 I its th this Is way he stammered i ered III 11 II I 1 wanted a girl uh huh well come along but you dont understand he cried its a certain girl t coming peacefully she opened the door and phil saw two burly policemen advancing and there was that mob of excited jabbering pianists I 1 13 better etter run along girls e the e po Uce woman told them it was a false alarm the judge Is hard on your kind kd 11 one of the policemen cemen growled at ai him baill put him in lall jail five years ten years perhaps pond and carol would starve carol carol he cried wildly she must be there she must shut cupl he was ordered and then miraculously there was carol beside him caroll his voice was pan panic s stricken all i I 1 wanted was to find you you see he turned to the policewoman carol marry me because she wanted to be a radio pianist and she write to 0 me a and rid find her so I 1 advertised verti sed tor for a musician I 1 hoped s shed hed answer ive done no harm iwas I 1 was giving all the girls their car fare back hm how about it the woman asked carol its true I 1 write him because the studios interested in me and I 1 was proud her trembling hand caught phils carol no pianist has a chance he hastened to say why there are thousands and thousand he shuddered I 1 the policewoman look looked ed down into carols tear wet eyes blessings on you she muttered muttered but B ut dont try any more crazy era advertisements verti she added gruffly OF as she nudged the policemen on out t it of the office brokenly carol phil begged brokenly go home with me she nodded and then burst into tears and burled her head on his shoulder as he drew her cloa close to him carol I 1 im sorry it turned out this way for you you you been broke and and hungry have Y you ou 1 I 1 am working she sobbed ive been playing with a girts girls orchestra at a night club but ive wished and wished I 1 had stayed tn in irondale grondale with y you u ive dreamed of that little house I 1 thought you want me after I 1 left you once phil she quavered my roommate showed me that advertisement ti she thought it was era anu unu unusual S ual it it sounded like you I 1 the first one here because I 1 stayed to pack my bags and I 1 brought them with me carol phil suddenly gasped have you car tare fare for us I 1 I 1 seem to be the one chos broke |