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THE HOLLYWOOD
STORY-By Ernest Lynn.
CHAPTER XXVI
ANOTHER MASSACRE BY BANDITS;
TERRIBLE CARNAGE IN A KANSU CITY.
Peking, Oct. 1. An army of handits a few weeks ago attacked Libsien, in south Kansu.
The inhabitants put up a des Paul presently looked at his watch and stood up. "Quarter toperate resistance, but after a month's siege the bandits. stormed Paul Collier had said "You're three," he said. "If you expect to the town and wreaked terrible invited to lunch at Maris Far-keep that appointment at three vengeance, killing everyone except | rell's. How do you do it, my Dan and 1. had better duck. Can the young girls, who were carried boy? I'm invited because 1 oc-we drive you down?" raslonaly write a piece about But Maris said no, she would off to a worse fate.
Altogether 8.000 persons were Maris which doesn't do her any drive her own ear, and at the gate:
massacred. Reuter. harm, but you're asked just be-Paul lingered to ask her if she cause you're you. Maris made a had made arrangements to attend special request."
the picture premiere the following week.
Rorimer looked doubtful, but Collier was firm. He said. "I'm taking charge now. You're get ting away from that typewriter understand? It' do you good: you need a change of scenery and a pretty gal like Maris to whisper sweet nothings at you. I told her you'd come."
"Why, no." Maris said. "Then how about going with {me *
I like to very much. What night is it?".
"A week from Friday night, at the Carthay Circle."
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So Dan went. Maris lived with On their way back to town Raul
Well, Dan had been nice to her, her mother in a pretty little bouse suggested to Dan that he ask Anne in Beverly Hills. There was a pa-Winter to the opening.
all right-too nice, perhaps, if be- tio, through which they passed to "I've already put in a bid for ing nice was responsible for Dan's And he said. "Nice present frame of mind. In reach the door, where a frisky eat four seats."
Collier's philosophy no girl was patrolled the rim of a fountain, girl, Maris. Like her?"" with alert eyes on the goldfish. "Very nice," Dan said mechan-worth all that trouble. swimming tantalizingly out of fically, and was silent again, think- ing. Paal glanced at him quickly reach.
He had hoped Mrs. Farrell was charming and and was worried. youthful looking. She stayed that luncheon, with Maris Farrell only briefly explaining that she would take Dan's mind off the had eaten an early and light lun-things that were bothering him, chean and was going shopping. but he could not help noticing that Leaving, she admonished her daugh.Rorimer was usually quiet during ter not to forget
three their visit. n'eluck appointment at the photo- grapher's, paused at the door, en deavouring to recall other instruc tions.
"And try to be quiet, Maris." Mrs. Farrell turned to Paul and Dan with a smile blending apology. and ride in Maris. Mother speaking again." she said. And she added: "These Hollywood mothers....But Maris is such a hard-working person, and she sim ply won't rest."
Dan had finished his screen story. It had been rejected by two studios and was now at a third, and he was already at work on another iden, having lost faith completely in the first.
Just
"Yep. Dan said.
"How about that idea of mine? Anne Are you going to call up and ask her to the opening?" "I'm thinking about it."
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l'aul suid. "Just
out of curiosity, how long has it been since you've seen her? I used to
but since you've chained yourself keep pretty close track of to that typewriter of yours
"Well, give the girl a break and take her out. You can't expect her to work all the time."
A queer duck, Collier thought;
Dan said it was two or three sensitive as the very deyil and oh- stimate as a mule. Collfer had said weeks. "She's pretty busy; work- to him last night: "You expect tooing nights some, Loo." blamed much of Hollywood. because they don't leap at your story is no sign that you're not "We'll see that she does, Mrs.good. If the studios could recog- nize a winner every time one came Farrell, Paul Collter promised her way they wouldn't be human "We won't even let her talk."
And Maris mother laughed. "You were touchy enough when you see you don't know Maris as weli were working at Continental; now
that you're on your own, you're ing. even warse."
I do."
Luncheon was served by a quiet- He had lectured Dan stifly; had footed maid. There were pleasant hoped to provoke him into an ar things said about Mrs. Farrell.ument--anything to lift the mood and Dun gathered that the sper-That had settled about him like a tacularly blonde Maris was very black cloak.
proud of her. Mrs. Farrell Re But Dan only said. "I suppose
learned, was a widow, and Marisi her only child, and Maris inform- ed him that she had been on the Aage since childhood.
"Under mother's watchful eyes," Maris told Dan presently: "I saw that pretty friend of - yours, Aute Winter, yesterday. I ander- stand she has signed a contract at Grami United."
so,"
don't
And Paul tried again. "Why don't you let me go over and talk to Martin Collins. if you want to do it "
"Because." Dan said. "it's none of your business."
And he smiled, to take the sting out of his words, but Paul knew
Anne was now working in Mar-that he meant exactly what he tip Collins picture at Amalgamathad said. He tried not to be hurt
ed.
Dan nodded, "That's true," said, and Maris told him she ha seen Anne rehearsing.
"She has a lovely voice, so low and sweet and nice to listen to, It's really very pretty: envy her. You knew that she was going to have a couple of songs in Martin Collins' pirture?"
"He manages to keep posted about her," Collier observed, and Dan smiled and spoke again to Maria.
"Anne is taking vocal lessons. you know. She'll be glad to get your compliment."
"And you may be sure that Maris means it." Collier told him. Maria is one of the few who are not jealous, and she really speaks her mind. Don't you, Maris?"
"Listen to the man!" Maris cri- "Isn't he a pal?" She laugh-
ed.
about it. He said, “Al right, my boy: 1 guess you know best."
And Borimer was a bit contrite.. "Tank here," he said: "Martin Collins knows I'm on the loose. And, besides, Collins doesn't run can't that place over there; he do everything he'd like to do. If they want me to go to work over at Amalgamated they'll tell me so, because Collins told them about me when he went over theres And anyway, I'm not so sure that than I'd go, with nothing more Collins say-so to recommend me
to them.'
He was a top, he told Collier. "Just a flop. Continental signed me without knowing a thing about me except that Pd written a few stories and they happened to want to make a picture out of one of them.
"You're crazy," Paul said. "Just crazy."
мая-
"I'm suner than I ever
me. I had a big
ed merrily. dashing perfect teeth. Trouble with "Paul likes to believe nearly all head. Continental-didn't like my sereen people are catte. But he bright ideas. so I told them to fire docsn't really think so; he's such me.'
a half-hearted cynic!"
He id, flatly, "Well, nobody. "Sure, I'm a pal," Paul said, else is jumping at any of them," reaching over to shake hands with and he talked on in the same vein. her, and Maris assured Dan that, trying to persuade Collier to nc- regardless of whether he believed cept his argument that unless he Paul or not, she really meant what was able to sell a screen story as she said about Anne Winter.
a free lance he was not good
"She has a lot of talent, really enough to be signed to a contract, and Martin Collins likes her very at Amalgamated or any other much; he told me. so. This pic-studio.
ture she's in now it's a comedy
of some sort from the stage, isn't it?!!
Collier said it was and told her the name. "They're changing the It's a farce com- name, anyway. edy, and they're adding to the love interest by packing some song numbers into it. It ought to be pretty good."
And Paul said again: "You're crazy. I won't argue with a man that's lost his reason."
Paul was clear-sighted and wise enough to know that Rorimer had other things, on his mind that he 'was saying nothing about, and Anne Winter was one of them. "Anyway," Maris said, "Annel Trying to put himself in Dan's Winter seems to be pretty good." place, he reasoned that it would "You ought to have seen her in the rather disheartening to be in 'Song of the Stars, the picture love with a girl whose progress not matched by his own. Hurley made," Paul said. "Dan
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