| Show altruist at large by THAYER WALDO 0 11 mcclure Nowa saPer cate 0 service DICK put down hills hIs glass of applejack and looked across at garrison with eyes that shone maybe youre heard of grander crazier guys than sam he said 11 1 I never have and you mean to tell me the pub belly man asked that he deliberate ly broke ills his leg so BO you and mollie would take this job man what a story I 1 ile he pulled a scratch pad ad toward him and began scribbling notes on it the two were alone in his office near ear the west end of zenith studios trillion building dick lounged back on v the big leather davenport and approved I 1 good ou i this Is something id really ike to see played up it might help sam m get a better break and what I 1 want vant more than anything else hes the best dionest to pete pal a man mall ever had and I 1 well I 1 feel as it if I 1 id 14 given him kind of a raw deal you see sam and ive been hoofing boofing together for about three years liven live filc n day routine on the small time back east six months n no ago 7 o we met lucille she was ws on the same bill with us in st joe well right away sam wanted her to join so after the show he looked her up they had a talk and next day we were rehearsing a new and dance act mollie did worlds for us tie be went on she added the sex appeal and the touch of class our stuff had been needing Wb atmore more we all got along well together in a way though thal tha was the rub before ion long both sam and f idere were nuts about mollie she the sort of a girl to bust things up by being partial so she handled us with kid gloves still sam could guess w what hat I 1 knew that mollie really cared for me understand im not taking anything for granted sam talked to me and offered best wishes the day before we left to come out here the kind of 24 karat boy he Is and ever since then hes tried to hell licup us along and ease himself out of the picture but I 1 have that ile he lit a cigarette rose and commenced to walk about the room it was evident the situation affected him deeply garrison wore a look of encouraging cou raging interest and kept pencil poised above paper this he knew was first rate material on a subject worthy of attention mollie hoppe and dick kappitt were certain to become as famous as any dancing team in pictures the screen test of them hed seen today established that we were getting up in the game dick resumed making a hit on the bigger cire circuits but we all knew there much further to go vaudevilles vaude villes a very sick business these days so we pooled our dough bought a flivver and steamed west we ive had some fancy ideas about what wed do when we hit bit hollywood but a month of pounding the pavements and chasing agents after we got here cured those that was when sam began to do his stuff first he took an ushers job to keep us going then he landed mollie and me a tryout in a cabaret down at the beach and now now hes bes pulled this what a d n tool fool and what a prince just how bow did this leg breaking business happen asked garrison the dancer grinned to hide his emotion well when we clicked in the beach job we wanted to have halve sam back with us but lie he stalled and said he guessed hed stick with what he had bad of course I 1 knew the answer by that time alne mollie and I 1 hiding our feelings much and sam thou thought bt hed be in the way poor guy he sure had the wrong slant mollie felt bad about it and naturally I 1 did too I 1 mean after losing her to me and then with all hed done for us it seemed just plain lousy to have him cut out of the act why when this offer effer came along we said nothing doing unless sams included it was Mo Illes idea and I 1 backed her up strong well sir sam goes out to the ABC plant tells em cm hes an experienced stunt man and gets un on as a parachute jumper they sent him up to ball out at a thousand feet and he on purpose pull the cord until hes two hundred feet from ground see the scheme ue he knew it if he had an acal accident that laid him up wed sign on here mollie went over to the hospital is t ewt him why ashes late for this conference I 1 wanted to go along but gee what can you say to a bird like that first I 1 let him support me then I 1 glaum onto all the good breaks and finally I 1 grab off the girl he loves and this Is how he hits bits back I 1 lord it sure gets me I 1 As he dropped down on the divan again a bell rang garrison picked up the phone at his bli elbow said yes eney of the journal a crisp voice announced the lo 10 lowdown on this thing the dancer you were raving over just pulled n 1 I said louis after an instant the cockey edest notion who or what youre talking about come on tut cut it will aal yal ya you know d n u well what I 1 mean that mollie hopp you claim Is due to be a wow phoned the license bureau from good samaritan hospital ten minutes ago she wants to file notice of intention with some bird named sam trotter one of 0 my boys called her and asked for details but all she said was shed just found out how close sympathy lg is to love vow now the angle |
