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THE SHINING TALENT.

By Eleanor Early.

CHAPTER XX.

it just too wonderful to be true!" "I told you you'd make a career for yourself," he reminded her. "I guess you're getting the breaks for both of us, honey." :-

"Aren't things going. well with you?"

"Not so hot," he told her. "May- be my old girl will give me a job around the theatre."

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"Don't joke that way," she pro- tested. "You know, Jack. Wells, that you're going to design some timely. It satisfeà a popular de-

great library or something, and be mand, Once Molly interviewed George

famous like Bullfinch and Stanford "But, most important of all, White. Listen. Jack, I'm hungry. Durbin. And she knew him, for there's the personal advertising Let's have luncheon together, and alight, boyish, mild-mannered you have had. I'm not trying to I'll tell you about Mr. Durbin and man, whose simplicity belied his discount the merits of your play, Delphine Darrows." greatness. There was nothingMiss Burnham. You've an extra-

There was a second's silence. about the famous producer to ordinary plot there, and you've Then, hesitatingly, Jack said, "I'm frighten a girl.

worked it out very well. But the lawfully sorry, Molly. I'm going But now she was horribly ner-doar public, as you undoubtedly out to Westchester this afternoon."" vous. It was one thing to inter-know, are hero worshippers. They "You don't want to take me?" view a man, and quite another tolike, particularly, to worship a she cried.

Remember how they approach him with a play. Molly woman.

"I didn't any that." felt as though she were being out-turned out for Gertrude Ederle?

"No, but you meant it. You rageously preposterous. He would And Amelia Earhart?

know perfectly well you could nee "Well, they haven't forgotten me if you wanted to. Why, Jack, be nice to her, she was sure of that. He was that kind of a man. that little shooting affair in Bos-it's been weeks and weeks!"

But wouldn't he think her ner-ton. Ask any man on the street "I know. But we made an agree- fectly ridiculous, daring to think who Molly Burnham is. He'll tell ment before you went away, Molly. she had written a play worthy of

There's no good seeing each other, honey" his production? George Durbin had never put on a flop. And here she was presuming to march in on him in his own private office, big as life, with a play under her arm!

you quickly enough.

"But the public is fickle. It doesn't remember anyone very long. Men and women have starved to death, who once were favourites. That means we must grab time by the forelock when we're banking Molly dressed three times that on transient popularity. Not long morning. She wanted to look as ago Broadway went plumb crazy old as possible. Old and sophis would cross the street to look at over, a certain hero. Today nobody ticated, she decided. If she looked him. It's always the same. Your young and innocent-appearing, Mr.name may mean something today.

prejudiced might be

But it won't be worth a nickel in six months:

Durbin

"All right. I won't ever tele- phone you again, Jack. I won't bother you any more."

he besought.

"Now, Molly! Don't be like that,"

i

"Maybe you'll come to the open- ine night of my play?" she enquired politely.

"Why, of course I will. I'll send you flowers," he promised.

"I'll send you tickets," she gulped. "D-down f-front."

against her from the beginning.

She wondered why she wanted She discarded a youthful. tail-

"As a matter of fact, you've been to cry. Jack was simply being hate. leur of beige, and wore instead an out of the papers for some time ful. Of course he could take her to

She ensemble of black crepe.

now. It might be a good idea to luncheon if he wanted. He needn't covered her face and neck with yet a press agent, and stir things have been afraid she'd make love suntan powder, and rouged her

to him.. Just as if they couldn't be Shap a bit." Hips with geranium paste,

"Red Flynn could do that." de friends, even if he didn't want to shaded her eyes with a blue pencil.clared Molly.

be sweethearts! She hung up the and sprayed herself with the most

"Yes, Red's good. Ile press receiver abruptly, and swallowed she lung large baroque pearls geted me for one season." Mr.an unaccountable lump in her

Durbin smiled reminiscently throat.

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from her ears, bought a gardenia Used to want me to sit on top of

The sweet, mad impudence of Molly. The amazing effrontery of youth!

to match, and pulled her small flagpoles, and wave flags. Drag-rowed. "And have my name up in "I'm going to be famous!" She black hat low on her forehead. ged me out to Central Park once, clectric lights.". She wore white buckskin gloves, and had me risk my life pretend- and a short string of pearls, being to teach a hippopotamus to being cause she had noticed that the really smartest women at Palm my old tip-Hip-Hurrah song. The Beach, when dressed for the street, and a camera man fainted.

hippopotamus opened his mouth, wore either black and white or belge. And, of the two, beige, she decided, was rather youthful for serious-minded young playwright with her way to make.

Now, maybe it was luck. And maybe, as some critics say, she "Red's a great boy for stunts. has the spark of genius. It doesn't, He'll have you roller skating down after all, make much difference. Bradway to help Grover Whalen The important thing is the way the solve his traffic problems. Or may public has acclaimed "The Death of be he'll think up some back-to-Delphine Darrows." Mr. Durbin received her with

Once he nature stunt for you.

Probably you read of that spec- gentle courtesy. He had heard wanted me to go into the Maine tacular first night. And you know something of the play, he said. woods, and live on berries dnd how it's been packing them in ever And he took the brief case from bark."

since. You've read what the re- her, and opened it himself.

I'lf glance through it, if you'd Molly squirmed, "I couldn't do viewers have to say. A good many

anything very exciting," she con

of you have seen the play. Before like," he offered, and took the fessed, "because my parents are the summer is over, millions more manuscript to the antique Floren- awfully old-fashioned, and they've will have thrilled to it--for they tine table that served as deak.

had just about all they can stand are filming it now for the talking already."

movies. The fame of Molly bas “Oh, we won't 'nak you to do any-swept from coast to coast. There thing too bad," assured Mr. Dur-ate five companies on the road new. Molly sat in a high-backed Ita-bin. "By the way. I don't think And the original cast is opening in lian chair, with her feet swinging you're a very good business woman off the floor, and felt very amal Miss Burnham. You haven't asked Nervously she pressed her hand to

anything about royalties." her mouth. and the geranium rouge was smeared on her smart white xlove. She wondered if the blue shadows that encircled her eyed were also coming off.

He turned the pages rapidly, and what he read seemed to ab- .sorb him.

"But anything you say is all right!" she exclaimed.. "I'm happy to have you produce my play, that nothing else counts."

clared.

London in the autumn.

Do you remember reading of the opening night, and, how they called on Molly for a speech? Her 30 mother and father were sitting down front with Jack. He had met them at the station, after Molly sent him word that she did not want to see any of them until after the final curtain.

Molly was so nervous that night that Red Flynn was sure she was She had bought a going to faint.

Mr. Durbin smiled. "I'll have Suddenly Mr. Durbin looked up to be generous after that," he der and smiled.

"It's good" he said. "I'll take

Molly" had no idea of splits or it. There are spots that are weak, naturally. But that's all right receipts. "I don't even know the I'll get a play doctor at work on it. difference between net and gross," green gown, with pearls like frost- a cap of All plays are pretty well doctored the confided. "Anything will be dew drops, gleaming on its before we're ready to put them in quite all right. But could you give bodice. And she wore

a medieval prin rehearsal. Then they get a lot me the vaguest notion of how much pearls on her red hair. They say more doctored before the public actual money I may get out of it?" she looked like

Mr. Durbin raised his eyebrows. Cess, with her long, full skirt, and strands on strands" of pearls she said. "They say she's made A

wore.

"Author!" they cried. "Author! Author!"

And Red Flynn took her hand,

gete a look at them. Do you want "Well, there's Ann Nichols," he her little jewelled slippers, and the

to drop around to-morrow, and I'll get in touch with Hewins he's couple of million. And then there are the chap we call in for diagnosis all the plays that flop-the count Say 11 o'clock. Will that be all less, countless failures. There's no Fight?

telling. Miss Burnham. Maybe "Oh, Mr. Durbin! That's won-you make some money. Perhaps derful Perfectly wonderful!" a lot. And then again maybe you and left her standing there, with

Molly had forgotten the dignity of baroques and black crepe.

"You really truly like it?" she demanded. You think it's hon- estly good?"

won't.".

and dragged her across the stage

her arms full of flowers, and her

How," she told him.

"Well, I'm thrilled to death any-Deral cap on sideways, and her

face all flushed and beautiful. Hysterically gay, she telephoned Then Molly opened her mouth, Jack from a booth in the lobby, and tried to speak.

"Oh, Jack Jack! Mr. Durbin's

"Well." The great man smiled kindly. "I'll be perfectly sincere going to take my play. Isn't that with you, Miss Burnham. It's g

wonderful!"

pretty good little play. That is, it But Jack's enthusiasm was tem- has possibilities. Big possibilities, pared.

I should say. There's a Vogue "That's fine," *he declared. right now for newspaper plays. "How've you been, Molly 7" : Crime plots and mystery stories "Oh, grent! I'm dying to see you,

(To be Continued.)

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