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April 10, 1940.

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·OH-H-H--- POOR S-SLUGGO“ IT WAS ALL

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PORK

ERNIE BUGVANTAALNE, the

ANDY HARDY GETS SPRING FEVER

THE curtain went up and there was Polly as, Tahula under a banana tree. Then, from the wings came Andy as the Rear Admiral, followed by an Ensign.

The Ensign saluted. "A tropic paradise indeed Admiral.”

"Indeed," Andy agreed. "We need never to worry about supplies. Hendrickson. Sec. A banana tree." Then be noticed Tahula. "By Gad, Hendrickson, what a beautiful native girl." He strode forward. "What is your name?"

"Tahuin."

"Gad, Hendrickson, the child speaks Eng- Ish." He turned to her again. "How is it you speak the white man's language, Tahula?”

She explained prettily. "Many moons ago a steam ennae like one that brings you, came here across the great sea. The canoe, she sink, but one white god like you is saved. He marry native girl. She my mother, he

father. Here. J my

have something from his coat." She Ashed but a but- ton from her scanty cos-

tume.

The Rear Admiral turned to his Ensign. "Off with your hat, Hen- drickson-We are in the presence of our heroic dead. We have found at last the ghastly fate of those brave American heroes who were tost at sea in the great wind of "17.

Ta- Now he bowed grandly to hula. "You are pretty my child." A new and awe-inspiring thought seemed to come to him. "Gad Hen- drickson, think of it. This fair olive skinned creature is a daugh- ter of the U; S. A."

It was the first scene of the play and the audience responded with a tremendous round of applause. The scenes that followed were equally triumphant, and finally the curtain the fail. Then it rose again on second act. A stage night was de- scending and as the Rear Admiral Tahuln stood together, neur the footlights, the moon began to appear little by ittle and really pretty "smooth" at that,

Now the Rear Admiral was in the You ask me why I am a groove.

ann, Tahulu. Ah, what does

a litt

bitte unspoiled native girl know of such things." Well, he told him- self in pleased surprise. Stickin' Pinater was doin' all right up there with the moon.

on a

NO.

"But I can guess,” Tahula zald. "You do not like us."

do not understand." no, you "But how can you be so unhappy night like this-with the moon up above. In our happy country the how do you moon is here, the say the harvest-time for love."

the Rear Admiral Ecoffed. "Love." "Not for

for me, little ravage maiden.

I come of sterner stock. Years ago my father taucht me that love and duly never can be mixed. And I am here on duty, Tahuin.”

"But soon you will have finish the guns you put up on our island."

"Al

began to get a The moon seemed

little worried.

Andy

to be shitting, "But then I must all away, back to my native land."

"Do not go my strange

e while god, Tabula han love for you-"

There came a resounding crash from backstage. It rounded sun- piciously like Suckin' Plaster's Ind- der. And suddenly the moon balt- ed in a rigantle are, clear acTORS the backstare. from right to left. Then it divest from view,

Shrieks of laughter arose from the audience.

ANDY wanted to dlo right there on the spot. He tight- ened his Hins, however, and. went on, "But my country calls. I have dutlés, reapon-

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sibilities, my family honour to think of."

"Tabula so unhappy. She want to die in the blue lagoon." She ran back to the palm tree and the Rear Admiral went after her. He seemed a little uncertain, however, as she put up, her face to him. "You don' wan' Tahula to die, do you?"

Rather feebly the Rear Admiral kissed her. Then tears of humulia- tlon gathered in his eyes. Now the audience was greeting every line with suppressed laughter.

He pointed. "By yonder moon I swear Tahula, that the day will come when can return to this inland Paradise and claim you for

wife" my

And

If he had summoned it, the moon did come onto the scene again, this time from the left. It made another dizzy are and im- mediately snnk from view.

Every man, woman and child in the Auditorium promptly went into bysterics.

"You love Tahulu, white god?" Polly asited, breathing delicately Into Andy's neck.

"I love you Tahula," he said, taking her into his arms.

But now tho moon made its third appearance. This time it lurched across the sky as if it had been off on a drunk. The audience almost tore the roof off. They yelled, they howled, they belly- laughed.

Slowly, the curtain descended on the love tableau.

came

Andy's lace was buried on his make-up table when Miss Meredith in. She bent over him. "I'm going to keep the boys out, until you can get hold of yoursel

His voice was muffled, "But they Inughed."

"Only at the moon. Not at you or Polly or the play. Now you just pick yourself up for that third act and you go out there and give such a performance that every- one'll forget the moon and think only, of what you're saying. Be a good sport Andy," she coaxed. "Don't quit now." She smiled to herself as she called on the old The show must go on, ellche,

you know,"

The members of the cast were all waiting in the wings for him and, Andy noticed with satisfaction, looking mighty worried. He rose to the occasion. "Let's not talk about it any more follas," he said In Hanifet manner. To your

places men. The show must go on. And now if you don't mind I'd like to be alone. I must get myself in the mood for the third act."

He was in the midst of his mood when suddenly he heard a man's voice behind him. It brought him up with a start. It wasn't the voice, it was the way it had said, "Rose."

He turned and all the strength seemed to drain out of his limbs. There in the shadow flose was kissing a tall young man, saying 11, Bill," over and over again and acting, acting,-like-

A sob broke from Andy's throat, sob of anguish so acute that it seemed to tear him in two. Then

#

he was conselous that Sidney Mil- fer was there, pushing him on stage and telling him it was his

cue.

Hardly knowing where he was, Andy walked out.

You have come back to To-

Writ

Polly cried, running to Twice, she said the line but Andy stood there in silence, a tragic little figure in a Rear Ad- miral's dress uniform. There was a giggle from the audience as the Prompter hissed his line.

come the Somehow

words rough to Andy's numbed brain. With his heart smashed to bits, he managed to stumble through it. "No. I have not come back to you. Tabula."

The scene went on and each time he had to fumble stupidly for his dialogue. His eyes were clouded with tears, his lips would barely open.

"Why shouldn't I go?" the Promp- ter was whispering. Andy looked past him and then through his blurred vision he saw Roso and "B" take their places near the First Entrance.

His brain began to clear, Ho could see it all now. She was out there so that she could save the play. She didn't care about him. It was just the play she was in- terested in. That's the way it hind been all along

"Why shouldn't I go?" he said slowly, and the words came from his heart. He was looking past Polly, straight nt Rose. Why shouldn't I not Why shouldn't 1 leave someone as faithless as you

Drop

No, no," Tahula cried. Polly was there in front of him but he was pouring out his heart "I gave you my to Rose alone, dreams," he said tragically, walked with you in the moonlight. I told you things about me nó one cise has ever known.". He was

mixing his own words now with those of the play. His voice rose Impassionedly, as he turned away from Polly and stepped closer to the footlights. "Things that no one ever knew before," he cried, "do you hear? No one but you.""

☆ *

.

ONCE more Andy spoke. his lines, laying bare his poor stripped heart. "Do you re- member the flowers I gave you, the white ones? I might have guessed what you felt by the way you threw them aside."

broad nttitude. The show must go on. There's nothing you can say, he shouted and once again he was only an actor tending melodramatie lines from a high school play.

Polly picked it up.. "Yes, yes. love you."

I

"Go back to your sweetheart. Tell him he's welcome to anyone as Ackle as you. As for me, thank. heaven 1 have my work. And from

this moment on-

"No, no, have mercy," "From this moment on." the Rear Admiral roared. "I AM THROUGH WITH WOMENI"

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HE turned and made grand sweeping exit as his Tabula collapsed in tears.

response

to

a

was

There was riotous applause and Andy, fully aware that he merited this recognition, stepped out of his rugie exit walk long enough to bow graciously The audience's this

almost hysterical.

Then it mounted in volume as the volcano began to roar. Light came from the crater and the red Bames began to lek out toward thie- sky. "Farewell, Farewell." Tabula called and with wild

gesture she jumped into the volcano.

It had beert a

wonderful evening for the Hardys and all that had been lacking was Andy's presence in the finale. They didn't start but when figeting until midnight twelve thirly struck everyone be- Kan to show some anxiety. The Judge tried to keep his own worry to himself but when a telephone enll to the Benedict's house made

gone clear that Andy hadr Polly's party a deep pain began to gnow at him,

bitn

to

Was it possible that he had underestimated Andy's stand Inst night? But as the thought came, promptly went to the telephone, Rose Meredith was on the porch of her house when she heard the bell ringing Inside.

he

pereht darling," she whis-

close.

tenderly as Bill held her

"Goodnight dear.". They kissed and then he turned to go. "Until to-morrow. And remember-every minute Rose how much I love youe hurried to the rear of the hall and picked up the receiver. "Hello.Yes. .who Is it? Judge Hardy?" Her heart turned over. Andy not home yet at this hour? In a panic, she began to speak. "Judge Hardy, to-night after the play there was no chance to speak to

alone. You sce, you

Tost night

The Judge out in. "Andrew told me about last night. And I im- agine that after seeing your Mr. to face Franklin he's ashamed me was, silent. Then she said slowly. I can imagine what Andy thinks because he disappeared be- fore I could explain."

Sne

The Judge put a plea into his volee. "My hands are led, Miss

wouldn't Meredith.

dare in- trude on the boy at this kind of nument but if you could-" And surdenly

tender little idea came to him, "Miss Meredil, where were you and Andy last night when he-asked to marry him? In

you the Park Gardens?"

"Yes?"

J

"You can see them from your windows. Would you look and it there's anybody there now—-”

Sho She smiled. "I look." went to the French windows. Yes, a tiny pathetic figure was huddled on the bench in the pergoin. It wus Andy, alone in a lost world. She went back to the telephone. "There is summeone."

"I'm sure you know what to do, don't you?"

"Yes I do. Goodnight Judge Hardy."

Then, us the throbbing words Blled the Auditorium, the whole adolescent, comical little play took on meaning and stature, Polly stared at Andy, with wide awed was quiet. audience eyes. The

performance was giving y of the greatest actor in the word

and world and nobody but himself Rose knew that he was meaning

single word he was saying. every

"And was

to

those going keep flowers all

life," he cried, "but. my I've thrown them away now thrown them away along with my illusions about you." And from his the bottom of his soul, came

tell me plaint. "Why didn't

011

else? there was someone

Why didn't you tell me you were in leva with someone else all the time?"

"No, Polly picked up her ette

voice

chinked. Andy's "There's nothing you can say." Polly opened her mouth to speak her line but she was stunned into silence. Andy was saying words that had never even been in seript. "I trusted you," he groaned in anguish, and you betrayed me."

"Andy,

Polly Andy darling," begged under her breath. "Give me my.cue."

His eyes had been following she walked out of the Rose as theatre with Bill. Something turged up in him, a desire to shriek out their names, to hurl condemnt- tions at thern at the top of his voice. But all at once Folly did the only She thing she could think of threw her arms around his neck and kissed him squarely on the mouth.

Do

was

M

M

SHE tiptoed down the path so that he wouldn't hear her coming. "Hello Andy," she acid, reaching the bench.

He looked at her as if she were And "Hello" un apparition. the

then, as she sat down, he said, not looking at her, "must've been quite a wind to-night. Flowers're almost

Something happened to Andy. With her fins einst his, he sud denly realized where he who. Ils -eyes widened.

"My cue," Polly benged. And now it was not Andy, but the Rear Admiral' who swung around and faced her, striking o

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low. "1 kanin" how you feel Andy."

He asked wearily, "who is he?" She told the story as casually as possible. Bill Franklin. He's a professor in the college I went to. You see Andy, he was part of the story

I said I would tell you last. night"

"remember-m!!

She went on. "We fell in love, Inst spring. But in the autumn he

decided he didn't have

enough

money to marry me. So I went away. Ife came after mo to-night because he's just won an endow ment to do research and travel." He wouldn't even glance at her and his tone was implacable as be sak, "I'd have earned enough.".

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She didn't quite know what to shic do with that. "Of course," agreed helplessly.

Now his voice deepened Into deadly hate. "He let you cry by yourself at night."

"Yes Andy. But he was miser- able too."

and

His words

came rough and harsh. "I would never hurt you that way." He jumped up turned a deflaut back toward her.

too, then "Andy,” Sho rove

and faced him, walked around Her eyes were hurt, bewildered. You've no right to do this to me." In- "Do what?" he demanded dignantly.

"I'm just as miserable as you are." She spoke to him frankly, To- "Listen Andy. reasonably. night for these few minutes, let's meet this once on an equal basis." His face darkened and he de- manded with truculence. "Yeah- and then what?" But a spark of interest plowed in the eyes that had been so

so dead before.

"And then," she sud, with dig- nity, "I'll talk to you as if you were a man." The spark glowed till her brighter. She called on judgment. all her intelligence to

Lilson

help

boy back into the Spring- wo of his

time of own youth again.

You see Andy, a boy couldn't understand.

"Well, But a man can,”

"Andy,

to-morrow you're going

one way and I'm going another.: Let's seize these few minutes, 'hold them

tight in

in our hands until

ntil we've Fald our shy, then let

them

FO." She sought + vivid would

haps,

she.

figure that to him. "And per- leave some stardust on our fingers that we enn never rub off."

His reaction was totally unex- peeled. She had hoped to soften him.

This savage frenzy was something she wasn't prepared for. That's what hurts," he enld wildly, "when you talk like that. No one will ever talk to me like you again, No one's volcall' over be like yours. As long as I live

Lappened vibrantly, "they'll

who'll ever talk to me about- stardust?"

He dropped on the bench in a tired little heap. And then, as he looked up at her through his tears, strained wracked words pussed his Ups. "Rose-it hurts," he groaned, "here, deep inside."

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