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FEGIN ILERE TO-DAY JUMLA., SHAYNI, 15, whown warents were will knows vaudeville actors, in Now York Joking for work.' Bbella lo a dancer. She aperi almoet her entire life on the stage. Arys truvelling with her parents, cow Bend, and inter Sm, wanderille and road shows. Bike ven at MA TOWELL' thairical

vooming homme.

MYRT, vaudevitia performer also out of work, live there, too. Over the break Isel tabin one earning abella condes 10 Megt skat bar areal ambition is to mATTY and her home like those she has seen

lokmall town in which she has played that a phone bell has enme for Shells It is an ear for her to nil in for UA15x GLEABOIS, another dancer, who has sprained for ankle, Shells me and sets off for JOE PARIS' shoe to relea.re

Ma Kaneki interrupts them to announce

Ai mbool the same as two wealthy you

R. TELFOR LANE and DICK STANLEY. are discmasing plans for the party Lass in te has night. They decide to go to Pari" sice te lire some entertainers,

Bella frut to arrive. DILL HRADY. dance lastretor, Begiai to teach her the

CILAPTER IV

13

you busy for A while Gleason isn't much of a dancor."

That was raro praise from Brady. To tell hor another dan- cor "wasn't much" meant that he approved of her.

"Once again, now baby. That last shuffle--"

The melody bogan to flow like liquid from the keys and in spite

H.W.CORLEY ✪ 1933

FEBRUARY 17. 1933.

mused.

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moro skitifully applied than moat, tumult an ho made his way back

He watched the girl akim over to Trovor. Lano's side. the floor, clicking, pausing, whirl- Joo Paris was talking with ing, oblivious to her surroundings. Trevor at the counter. "We'll fle watched the danco Instructor send up the Tapping Taylors, then rasping out, commands, nodding | Mr. Lane. All right? Maybe approvingly and bringing a well- Flosste Kent. She has a nice lit- shod foot sharply to the floor in tle song number. Good-looking, perfect rhythm. He watched the too. No, Flossie's signed—” accompanist, his hands pressing "I'd lika the Melody Boys," out the melody, a melody that Traver was explaining. "Thoy Aang-

could drop in late after tho Then suddenly the girl stopped. | show-" Tho dance Instructor turned "Sure. The Melody Baya. the long room

with unabashed abruptly toward the door. The They're playing in Juno Time" interest. "Quite a place, isn't music ceased.

but they could be with you by 11: Dick could not catch the words, 30. Time enough?” this?" he said. It was all new

"The party will just be start- to Stanley. This was the world of but he was certain the girl mur- of agonized muscles, crying out Broadway where values were al-mured something. Her lips moved ing." Trevor smiled.

"Sorry Flossie's playing," Joo with overy step, Sheila, with rapt tered from those which governed and instantly the accompanist face, once more went into the his own sheltered life. In Ston- twirled on his stool and struck the

"Is she far away?" dance. Tum tu-lum, ta ta ta-tal" ley's set it as what one had in piano keys with a single finger. howled Brady, "That's the stuff, his packet. Here it was talent "Oh—say—can—you—Bc01"

"Pittsburgh." that catlogued men and women. That was for him! Evidently kid."

From the practice rooms came he had overstepped conveations, the medley of strains-jazz tom- A dull Qush crept into Stanley's toming wildly, crooning sounding smooth rich tan as he left the win- gently, feet tapping briskly. He dow. Moving back along the cor- could hear directions shouted, ridor he heard the tom-tom of the praise offered, abuse piled on the ipfano beginning once more. Ho heads of famous entertainers by could hear a shouted order, could arrogant little dance arrangers of hear the girl's fact-click, elfek, whose existence the public would

He wondered who she might be Feat were briskly flying, click and know just caough not to ing. Two girls in a sister act ask anyone else around the place. crooned in harmony. A hoavy if he was to further his interest in voice called, "That's fine, baby. this girl he must let it appear can- You're coming Slide, kick, da dajuni. But his heart, his very much dal That's it. One, two, three!" overworked heart, jaded perhaps Little windows in each door per-ao only a 22-year-old heart in the mitted interested persons to gaze, breast of a good-looking, wealthy, "Think so, Timmy 7”

Dick observed. That is to say, he college-bred man can be, took 1 "Sure. Not a lost beat, not an observed the little windows. He surprising routing of

action. extra sound. It's a little hard, fol-aid not know that they had been Dick's heart was in 1

positive lowing you, Shells, just an if you put there for two precise reasons was thistledown. You'll be a star propriety, and to facilitate sear some day."

ching out a particular performer

A moment of roat, panting, heart pounding.

Bill throw himself into action again on the second measures of the routine. Seated near the

Her face upturned, her hair plans where Blind Timmy's smile Mapping, her feat tapping like cheered her, Sheila watched Bill's rain drops on a roof, Sheila elid flying feet. into the dance routine. She twirl- Timmy's music followed B ed and Buttered. She akimmed too, Timmy's hond cocked to catch over the floor on which fow the "tap tap" of Bill's agile feet, moments before Bill Brady had and catching it so perfectly it was lumbered. But it was the same dimcult to believe the planist routine. It was the same music. couldn't see. Timmy's nodding head spelt ap- "You're getting along fine!" proval as he Hatened for the Timmy murmured to the girl with- ́“click-click” of her feet. Brady, out turning toward her.

sented in tlited-back chair, hummed a pencil and Awung loudly, "Da da dus!"

Accutomed na ho was to skill, to grace and beauty evon Bill Brady held his breath.

"That's the stuff, baby. You're a comer!"

"I told you she could dance, BI! This from Timmy, working at the keys, his face beaming.

"Listen, Sholla, Just because we're praising you, don't fake that fast turn"

"Got it?"

never know.

His face took on a shade of wist-or an accompanist. They were! fulness and Shella thought of his not intended for the idle specta- lonely life, his struggle, his pa-tors such as Dick Stanley. tience against adversity.

She leaned forward as she rose and touched his worn shoulder "When I'm a star you'll be one too, Timmy. Wait and nce," she said.

Instantly the young man had be come interested. This girl W18 good! Trevor should ask her to dance at the party to-night. Dick stood watching for overal mo- ments in sheer delight. Indeed she could dancel Tallor than many dancers, she was neverthe- hair danced merrily as she tapped, her body bending, her Arms awinging, head tilted this way and that

She had it. Bho akimmed, she Then my future's made." twirled, she kicked, she slid. She The girl's eyes gilatened. "You was still smiling but a little less--you mean that, Timmy? You leas graceful and winsome. Her spontaneously now. Her muscles think I'm good?" had begun to abrick at her, clamor- "I know you `are!” ing for cessation. She fluttered.

Brady nodded sarcastically to continued with the dance without ward them from the middle of the allowing ber spectators to become floor. "Lay off that stuff," he

The girl was pretty too, darned aware of her torment. Bill know called, not unkindly. "Sure, both pretty. Black hair, while creamy nevertheless. And Bill grinned. o' you are going up In electric skin, blue eyes and red lips. Lip- lights-some day. But to-day stick? Probably. These chorus there's work to do. Snap into it girls weren't different in that now!"

respect than the girls of his own set. But if that colouring was arti- Dick Stanley glanced about ficial Dick decided that it was

"Guess you won't go so long without practicing again, oh?"

"Guess I won't, agreed Sheila ruofully.

"Well, I think this job'll keep

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"Oh," Trevor smiled again and the telephone girl hoped to good- neas he would leave his telephone number. She could fake n message from Jou maybe and talk to him. He might try to date her up.

"You remember Bessio Leigh ?” Joe asked. Trevor remembered her. A little whirlwind, fly-away dancer whom he had hired onco as a performer and who had bo- come something of a nuisance afterward, Yes. Trevor knew Besafe!

"Td like an eccentrie dancor though, Joe."

"There's a girl dancing down there." Dick put in hastily and Joe Paris nodded.

"That's right! Shella Shayne

MIM

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