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CHAPTER XLVII
do. A telephone call he must runko, There had been consternation an.ong And then he would write the end to the tenante at Poter's Florida grove that particular chapter forever. whon Ann arrived from the nearestį A telephone call to Valeria.
railroad station-alone.
"When's Mr. Peter comin'?" "Leptin Chrough some old chocks anil Earlier in the day to had been
naked.
ByMARY RAYMIONO
and glanced through it indifferently. A Florida postcard was in the pile. Ho turned it over and then beld it under the light. Ela hand shook.
"Mister Peter, plece come quick,| Miss An sick."
Little Juan. Bless him! Suddenly
"Not for some time," Ann told hor. had come upon the one he had given "I haven't been well and only came Valeria. He had noticed it particularly Peter's fooling of wild exultation was to rost for a few weeks. After a because it revealed it had been cashed succeeded by a terrible fear. Ann was while, when I'm stronger, I'm going on a day that stood out in his memory in their little Florida home, sick. And
the day Ann had left him. Remem there wero 100 miles between them. her voice faltered, “going away."
* • * The little Florida home was wipped
"Something's wrong, Lena said boring that, he wondered why Valeria dubiously to Sam. "It don't seem had kept the check so long., Suddenly natural, her tralpsin' way down here ho was startled by the thought that in silence but Ann was awake. A few
It might have some significance.
hours ago Corita, looking like a dark without him."
"It ain't," Sam agreed.
Sarah had said, "Is there anything rosa in her red silk dress, had gone to "I thought things were kind of you could have done that Ann might a dance. quear sometimes when they was hers, have misunderstood 7" He had groped
Ann, seeing the eagerners in Corita's and said, "Of course I'll be all Seems like they thought an awful about in his mind, but bad found
right. I lock everything up tight. lot of each other, but were kinda nothing. oneasy about showin' it."
But Ann might have misunder: Don't forget the front door key." Lena know her "spicions" were stood about this check if she had
But aho gave up reading after a correct when Ann called to her one heard about it. It was a silly thought, while and got into bed: morning. When Lana came out on the but there it was porch, Ann naked, "Does Sam ever write to Mr. Poter?"
Sho might havo dazed, but in a
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come of the wide awake. A car had Pres. Coolidg come on the grounds. It was early for Corits to be getting back. Ann slipped on a silk robe and went to the window. A tall figure, a man's gure, was outlined for a moment in the moonlight. And then was gone, Ann's heart seemed to stand still. "Hello, there!" It was a man's
And there the thing was the whole auch a Coll "Yes, Miss Ann. When things don't focible, lush plot that had taken of happiness after a talk go, so good, and, when they does."
with Ann's nurse bad thrown light on "Please ask him not to write for his theory. several weeks-until I leave. Or, if Miss Brock, asked if there were he does, ask him not to mention that anything specific in connection with 1 am, here."
"It breaks your heart to see her her distrust of Mise Bennett that day, sittin' there no
pale-like and un- had answered, "I should have told you at first, but I thought you might happy," Lena said to Sam. "Mark my think I was spying, Miss Bennett volco. Just below her window., words, they've been fightin' about something and he's too onery to give went back to the room and said ahe had left something, I saw your wife int."
hand her a letter a slip of paper it might have been. Then I went back!
"It ain't likely Mr. Peter would be opery," Sam said loyally,
"It ain't as likely Milas Aun would bo. I wish," Sarah sald sentimentally "they would stop this foolishness and. make up. Wastin' a lot of time being miserable when they could be happy That's what they're doin"
•
She was dreaming. Peter was faṛ away-yet it was Peter's voice,
Dreaming or not, Ann stumbled to the kitchen. When I saw Mrs. across the room, turning the koy with Kendall again she had some kind of weak fingers. Down the stair, into the dark hall. Not waiting to turn nervous reaction."
Peter got in his big gray car and on the light, she flung the door wide headed for Valeria's abartmont, and reached out for Peter, bilndly. Somebody called out to him as he She was crushed against him, feel. The trouble between Miss Ann and spun around the corner, "Say, young ing his kisses on her eyes, her lips, Mr. Peter was discussed, freely at fellow, you're in a hurry to go to her hair. Fierce, tender, demanding
KissCB. the police station, aren't you?*í Sam's home. And Mario's aistor
But all his mad haste to tell Valerin Corita, who had been brought to assist what he thought of her, meant ro
His kisses seemed real. about the house and sleep there at thing, after all. Valeria was out. Se Yet she must be dream.ing. Sho night, had more tales which added to now here was Peter, at home pre- had missed him so, had believed he the general uneasiness.
Corita told of hearing Ann sobbing paring to call her over the telephone, had passed out of her life. Yet here! Her voice answered, smouldering) ho was, his deep voice with its now, at night. "If he don't come soon, with resentment. "Well, Petar, are strange, tender quality, reassuring maybe she not be here," Corita said you tight or something-calling me her. His arms holding her close. in her quaint foreign speech.
"You know I was here!" after so long?" "Why?" Juan queried.
"Because she's very sick." Juan brooded over that. Ann hud completely won his heart. He fol Jowed her about, bis big, dark eyes fixed upon her adoringly.
All of his tricks had failed to divert her. He had plunged into the lake, making alligator trails. He had told
Peter said coldly, "I wanted to ask you why you waited so long to cash my check.
- found I didn't need the money in such a hurry after all."
"But the check served another pur- pose, didn't it?"
Valeria was not where she could rolli big, injured blue eyes to advantage. Ann about the Seminoles who had she said slowly, "I don't know what Ilved here once, making arrowheads you're talking about."
"Now that you mention it, I do bellave I had some faint idea of look- ing you up" His voice, fearfully shaken, belled the teasing words. "Ana, you've been ill"
"Oh, Peter, Peter darling, I'm well how,"
Peter whispered "Little idiot," hoarsely. "Running away from me, keeping me in hell.",
"And me, too," Ann said.
"What made you do it? Tell me, Ann?"
"Not now," Ann said. "Kiss me Peter kissed her. Kept on klasing her.
from the fint at the bottom of the Peter found his anger had given lake. He showed her the new cock way to intenso disgust and weariness. ing bird's nest in the trellis, and fie said, "It doesn't matter. The harm painted out another nest in the tree has been done. Bealdes I've found again, Peter." near her room. But he was not nut what I wanted to know," satisfied with the pale little snilo Ann gave him. Even hla excelent mimicry of the birds only evoked mild en thusiasm.
The receiver clicked in his car.
And then, because they were young and very deeply in love, old sorrows, unhappy memories were forgotten.
The Corita, coming back from the
grating of brakes on the drive.
Peter sat down and gave himself up So one night he painstakingly, to his unhappy, broading thoughts. Inboriously, constructed a message to Until recently Ann had been here Peter. Lena found him hard at his in the elty,, Now she was really lost task and after a quick glance around to him. The detectives had report dance," Ann explained.
Peter gathered Ann in his arms and to see that Sam was not about had ed the trail had been lost. They had whispered, "Now, why didn't I think come up against a blank wall when carried her up the stairs.
"Won't Corita be surprised when 1 of that! Here child, lot me have that they learned 10 days ago she had left
tell her we'll want breakfast for twe," town. card. I put the address on myself.
The afternoon mail was stacked on Ann said. There was something Peter had to a silver tray. Peter crossed the room
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a score of alands. The picture is an Ing and falling in love with different absorbing drama of the air based upon girls. The pletura opens on football the story "Hawk's Mate," by Jack, scenes real football with, charging Moffitt and adapted by Rain James backs, plunging linesmen and crash- and James Seymour. In the casting tackles-tone of the namby- supporting Barthelmess are Sally pamby stuff that used to characteriso Ellers, Tom Brown, Glenda Farrell, screen grid-iron play. And it closes Harold Huber, Grant Mitchell and on another grand football.scene and the reconciliation of the collego John Barrymore, disinguished mar-James Murray.
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Conchita Montenegro, starring in ate, go into the department store
business and transforms it into ducer, Oscar Jaffe, Columbia's "20th
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likes of which has seldom bean equaligd of me and women for that matter gorgeous chorus scenes, executed by on stage or screen, armed by the in every big city," points out the the 150 All-American Co-Eds, some Sho launched her professional career the co-authors of the original story brilliant dialogue and
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Intimate knowledge of the was a schoolgirl, and worked with Lanny Ross, who will be ren.embered a week of her arrival in Hollywood dramatic values, to bring the plot to "The Front Page," "Barrymore rises to sublime helghts as a comic artist People of all nationalities. Bladrid, for his singing in "Melody in Spring" she was signed by Universal and is the screen with full strength. Dia-
Paris, London, Berlin, Roumania, There are a raft of now tunas in considered one In his understanding characterisation Hungary, Austria, Switzerland, Hol- "College Rhythm" all by those wizarda prespects that has come from the written by Florence Tyerson and of the best nercon logue continuity for the picture was of the egocentric, eccentric impresario. land, Scandinavia. The big American of the keyboard, Gordon and Revel, other side. The net effect of this celebrated colla cities from East to West coasts as and which are bound to be hits. boration is one of the most uproarious a dancer, singor, stage star and film screen comedios aineo "Two Arabian player Conchuta has como into con- "The Man With Two Face=" Knights." It is bilarious fun from tact with men of all those countries,
that 10 Barrymoro fan will want to
Lombard in the character of the if Rack is thoughtful, I was no less drama. Kaufman said ho could
"Have's Heart"
Edgar
Allan Woolf with John
Considine as producer. "Have a Heart," Jean Parker's first
"The Old-Fashioned Way" for the Metro- start to finish and a screen delight "And I prefer the men in Hollywood, Mary Astor was suggested for her starring vehicle
Goldwyn-Mayer studios which openod The famous comody juggling act miss. The comedy in the picture lica especially the men I meet in stulion, current role in "The Man With Two its local engagement yesterday at the that made W. C. Fields, Paramount
to all the others," she declares, Faces," the First National pleturb now not only in farcical and hilarious "Possibly Raul Roulien, who has al playing at The Alhambra Theatre, Queen's Theatre is truly the love story player, a Zelgfeld Feilles Star, was situations but in the consummate act ways been consideration and courtesy Kowloon, by none other than George of a decade-ita romance, will stir the recorded for the first time by the ing of Barrymore and his supporting personified, has done much to make Kaufman, co-author with Alexander heart of every spectator with sym-movie camera for his new starring The wholesome (picture, "The · Old-Fashioned- Way" cast. Chief among these is Carole me like the men here so much. And Woollcott of this murder mystery pathetic Interest.
theme of the picture concerns the which is Sunday's attraction at tho stetrese, Lily Garland; and running her Impressed by the great kindness that imagine no one who could have fitted. regeneration of a crippled girl through Queen's Theatre. When Fields enter- a cloeo second in Roscoe Karns was shown me when I became the only the part better in the screen version: a romance that gives her the will toed motion pictures several years ago.. O'Malley, Jaffe's drunken prean agent. feminino player in Hell in the In "The Man With Two Faces Mlse overcome her handicap-and marry every effort was made to have him Walter Connolly ranks with him as Heavens. I was away from the Astor has the leading feminine role the man of her heart. Into the simple do his famous tennis-ball juggling act. Webb, Jaffe's conscientious and longistudlo on location for over ten days, opposite Edward G. Robinson, the plot are packed comedy, pathos, But, believing he could not do justice suffering business manager. Etienne, living among a crowd of one hundred star, while Ricardo Cortez, Mas Clarke tragedy, hope and courage, with the to the act in pictures, Fields refused Girardot plays the role of Clark, the and fifty men. The male cast, in- and Louis Calhern have the other out colourful background of Now York's and since has resisted, all efforts to lunatle. · Ralph Forbes is the lover, eluding Worner Baxter, Russell standing roles. Archio Mayo directed lower East side "Ghetto" district. make him change his mind. William with Charles Levison as the rival Hardie, Ralph Morgan, Herbert Man the pleture from the screen play by As Sally, the young dancer, who is Beaudine, director who was assigned. forced to take up doll-making for ato "The Old-Fashiotted Way, becausa producer. Much of the credit for the din. Andy Devine And even that Ton. Reed and Niven Rusch.
living after a tragle accident, Mies of his twenty-year-old friendship with success of the picture should go to champion ribher and pest, Vinco
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Parker has a role (deally,muited to the comedian, began to convince Fields Ben Hocht and Charles MacArthur, Barnott, were all perfectly grand.”
the vivid warmth of her screen per- of the valus of comic Juggling. Bo who prepared the original for stage
"College Rhythm"
Making her American cinsina debut sonality. The judgment of executives cause of the role Fields plays in this production and who were called in to
would in Universal's scintillating comedy who, decided to give her star rating now film, Beaudino argued,
"Uncertain What a gorgeous medley of girls, drama,
Lady," with Greta Garbo, Norma Shearer, bo the Ideal time to use it. Fields music and comedy, and stirring foot- Renco Gadd, beautiful young English Joan Crawford, Marion Dayles, Jean was adamant for a long time, but ball scenes awalt you when you see actress, now to be seen at the Star Harlow, Halan Hayes and other screen old friendship would not be denied. First National studio purchased a Paramount's "College Rhythmi" The Theatre in a featured rola with notables, has boen fully justified. Finally he consented, and the act was. complete carnival show just to smash sim opens to-morrow at the Alhambra Edward Everett Horton and Genevieve Miss Parker definitely establishes her filmed In "The Old-Fashioned Way," it up for Richard Barthelmess' latest Theatre with Joe Penner, America's Tobin Miss Gadd admits she was great scroon possibilition. The male Fields plays backwoods Barrymore. picture "Central Airport" showing at favourite radio.star, heading the cast born on June 22, but her birthplace load is played by James Dunn, who who, between eluding furious sheriffs tho Oriental Theatre on Sunday and in his first feature length picture.is South America; to be exact on a gives sympathetle warmth to the part, and over-ripened vegetables, finds time. Monday. It was the Groat World's Supported by a magnificent cast, ranch near Buenos Aires. Her parents of Jimmie Flaherty, Comedy high- to foster the romance of his daughter, Carnival, which had been touring which includes Lanny Ross, Jack moved, to England when she was still lights are provided by Una Merkel played by Judith Allen, and even to Southern California. The carnival Oskle, Helen Mack, Lyda Roberti anda. tot, she has no recollections of and Stuart Erwin, who continue their indulge in a little romance himself. WAR moved bag and baggago to Mary Brian "College Rhythm" intro- the Latin country, Educated at some hilarious screen team-work. As Joan Baby LeRoy, Joe Morrison of "The Al Wilson's Airport in North Helly-duces Penner to the film publie in a of the finest English boarding schools, and Gus, they take care of Miss Parker Last Round-Up" fame, and Jack wood Thero a wild plane taxled hilarious story, of deadly collego Roncs took up dancing at an early after her accident and also try to Mulhall are featured in this picture, through it, damolishing the Ferris rivals, the football star and piccolo age and at the age of 10 was already nurse her through her love affair. As which was directed by William Beau whool, zulu buts," merry-go-round and player, who finally agree by disagren», a favourite musical comedy actress, director, David Butler was
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