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CHAPTER XVII
Eleanor Early.
those birds that buy play. Can't Molly smiled wanly. "Hello, do any harm, and something might Sweetheart," whe whispered. 2ome of it."
Red was right. Partly right, at Guess my little dinner party's leaat. For something did come at
Her shoulder was bandaged, and it me armi was in a sling. Even her. houd was swathed.
of."
"It's nothing, really." she A8- sured Jack. Just a lot of fancy scenery. The nurse says there are a dozen photógraphens out there, waiting to take my pieture. I guess they bribed the doctors to make mo picturesque."
"But your head!" stammered JackThey told me it was only your shoulder."
cut it. when I fell," she ex- plained. "They took a few stitches
1 tled it up for general effective we all right."
"You mad at!" he pronounced Surkily. "You're the all rightest gume kid that ever lived. You sentj for me, didn't you, Molly ?".
"Yes. The nurse said you were out there with a girl and a lot of men. She heard you talking to the doctor. Is Rita there, too? And Bob and Zip?"
He nodded. "There's a regular convention. All the reporters in the city, I guess. Why I asked if you sent for me was because that Red Flynn's out there too. Maybe you'd rather see him, Molly?"
"Oh, Red!" She sighed petulant- ly. Be your, size!"
"He says this shooting is worth million dollars worth of advér- tising for you. You knew the dope shot killed himself,
It came in the form of a letter from Mrs. Burnham.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1929.
"Nothing. Not a darn thing. Except I've got to be fair to you, Don't you see, Molly? Don't make it en harder, dear."
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He had walked to the window now, and was tugging on the curtain cord. His face white as her bandages.
was' na
"You're a career ahead of you," he told her doggedly. "You want to write-and God knows you can write, Molly, Why, honey-girl, you women that get their stuff pub- can write all around lots of these tahed all over the place! Women. with big names, I mean. You're better than any of them, ****
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Now is the time of year when Well, anyhow. He attacked the aches and pains of rheuma the subject in determinedly. tiam, sciatica, lumbago and "The point le, you want to write, neuralgia attack many people. and here's your big chance. I was The reason is that the blood has talking with your friend Red Flynn become watery and the nerves yesterday. He says he has a pro ducer interested. He says you can cash in like a million on all the publicity of the Mandinello trial, and the shooting. I guess he knows what he's talking about. He's talked it over with a lot of
"I wish to heaven," he broke off crime bug out of your head. You suddenly, that: 'you'd got this
can write such darn pretty things. "Dear Daughter," she wrote..
Love stories, I mean, Sweet, ro- "Hardly had our anxiety over your condition abated,mantic stuff. Gee, you can't tell me when another shock was forced that doesn't sell, Molly"
Big names can sell anything," upon us. To-day's paper anshe told him patiently. "But any nounces that you are planning to write a crime play, in which body can sell crime that can write
it pretty well. you will include rid high- marks of your own career. My dear child, that would be more than your father' and I could bear. Write, I beg of you. and set our fears at rest. The papera have carried such dread- ful stories. It is hard to know what to believe. Mr. Wells has been so kind. He has kept us constantly "Informed of your condition. You have written ol him in such a way that your father and had come to regard him as a struggling young man, with H mengre income. His telegrams and long distance telephone calla indicate, how ever, considerable àfluence. 1 hope, my dear, if Mr. Wells in the fine young man he deems to be, you will not let this ridiculous career of yours stand in the way of a happy MAT- riage...".
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"All right then. I'll make It clearer. If you're going to make a lot of money, and grab a lot of me-good heavens, Molly, you lon't want to be tied down to become thin and enfeebled, lack to be abiained an application, MORI. nogood on-of-a-gun.”
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"Yes, Red's a born news hound. He's tickled to death about the whole thing. Just so long as didn't die, he thinks it's a great break. He used to be a presa agent, honey."
Miss McGowan came rustling ba StB in thy white.
You mustn't tire my patient," she imanished playfully.
Molly caught Jack's hand, and drew him closer.
"Forget Bed, Olt Foolish," he instructed. "He's nothing in my life but a police court reporter"
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As he was leaving the room. she called after him.. "You'll stay over to-night, won't you, Jack And come to see me to-morrow? And tell the others I can see them to-morrow, too-Rita and Brib. 1 mex and Zip."
"How about Red Flynn?" he
asked."
Oh, you couldn't keep Red put," she declared. "He'll be running in with a battery" of photographer. and my life story a typed, and ready for my signature. You don't now, Red. By the way, if this story's going to get wired all over! the place, you'd better send mother and dad a telegram. Tell them it's all dreadfully exaggerated, and that I'm absolutely all right."
"I'll tell them to come and take son home, where you bolone," he threatened.
"If you do." she warned, "I'll have a relapse."
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"The only time a girl gets stuff like that." be observed. "is before she gets married. "Watch sten, dearie."
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"I've told you a hundred times. Red, that I wouldn't get married until I'd, gotten somewhere. What makes you think I want to cramp my styla?"
"Love messes up a lot of things," he remarked, "I got faith in you, that's all, Molly.""
"Your faith's touching, Red, Well, you needn't worry. I'm going to convalesce plenty. And, while I'm doing that little thing, we'll tear off the Great American Play."
"Atta girl" he approved. "You've a vacation coming to vou, and don't you forget it. If Whar ton hadn't ordered that law and order spiel you'd never been popped off."
Molly'a eyas wore, guarkling with | oxcitement. "You know. Red, I'vej been thinking it would be a good Idea to work Dopey Dan into the play. I don't know just how. Only we ought to get in a vuaman mur- der, don't you think?”
"Now you're talking" approved Red boisteronaly, "And I'll tell you what I did to-day.. I sent out a story to the effect that you were Incorporating your own life story in a play to be produced on Broad "way next gedson. Just a little „feeler, "Might interest ⠀⠀ "some-of
"You want to break our engage. their hair stand on end. Then You really want to?" she sent for Jack.
"Yes," he insisted stubbornly, "I "See here," she accused him.do. It's for your own good, Molly: "how come you're telephoning my It's because I love you so much. family? Don't you know trans-
I'm going away. Somewhere do continental conversations are, 4 far that I can't pester you any little luxury reserved for million-more. I'm going to leave you free aires ?""
Sweetheart, to have a career."
" didn't cost much," he affirmed. "The poor things were worried stiff."
"And you've been wiring them," she continued sternly.
"That's nothing. Gee Molly."
"If that's the price. Jack, I'll give up the career."
"No," he said. "You can't. It's there that talent-right inside you. You can't cut it out any more
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Jack, you're incorrigible. voice now was very gentle, "I love
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"Oh, yes, I can."
"Well, I won't let you. It would me between us after a while, He sat on the side of the bed.
You know what Longfellow had to and crushed her hands in his. say Of all sad words of tongue "And I haven't a cent," he erior nen, the saddest are those it bitterly,
"I love you," she whispered. "That's your tough luck," he re- torted with bitter humour. "Listen, Molly, I've been thinking things over. I want to free you from our engagement.""
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"But we could get married," she feried. "You could be an architect, and I could write. She tried to laugh. "And we could have a lot "I do," he insisted stubbornly.of little authors, who'd illustrate "Let's talk it over sensibly." their own stories. You know
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