Evening Star Newspaper, August 18, 1933, Page 10

PUPPY LOVE by Alma SYNOPSIS OF Pl ING INSTALLM] When Mary Sawyer is 18 she obtal L of her father. Dr. Ma: er. to leave her Millstream. Va.. hot 10 lgarn dress designing in Hollywood. meefs Freckle Bryan. & movie extra. and to live with her. Preckle takes her a charily fair at the beautiful estate of Gurt Little, movie producer, Who recog- nizes Mary as the daughier ‘of the man who stole the love of his wife in Virginia 20 years before. Instantly he is determined to revenge himself tarough pretiy Mary. He had wriften to Gloria, his wife of a year, oniy once, while on his way to Oklahoma, felling her she could have their home and small bank account. After taking the name of Ourt Little, everything he touches turns fo gold, first ofl. then the movies. ~At 30 Curt is prematurely gray. but still s hand- some figure. As he takés Mary to dinner and to dance he tries to fix on the form of ‘his revenge The night after the fair they are at the Cinema Club when Tom Smith turns up at He announces to Freckle he is s flance and he is both indignant and worried because she is “‘rurming around at night with old millionaires.” Tom has made the cross-country trip in the old car he as- sembled from odd parts turns at 3 in the morning. she upl him for following her to Hollvwood. After a scene he leaves. saying she can reach him at the - Mary maintains a_stubborn zilence until he goes, then breaks down and s0Ds. I a small bit in a picture. It had been promised to her weeks before. She knew Mary had planned to go to a matinee. When it came lunch time and Mary made no attempt to get dressed, she called to her from the bed room where she sat on the floor cleaning a pair of white shoes. “Mary, you better get ready or yow'll be late for the show.” Mary's voice, sounded tired and list- less when she answered her. “I've changed my mind. going.” Just then the telephone jingled. But before Freckle could reach over to get it Mary had bounded in from the living room and grabbed it eagerly. In a maqment she handed it over. “Tt's for you.” It was from the easting office. INSTALLMENT V. RECKLE stayed at home the next day because she hoped to get & call from & casting office about I'm not Freckle was thrilled when Mr. Marko- | 2 nun- wits told her she was to sing the new ber in the cabaret scene-of picture. “I'm so glad,” Mary said in s amall volee when kle told her the good news. Suddenly Preckle saw the light. Mary was hoping for & call from Tommy. She had thought it might be he when the phone rang. And that was why she was staying home from the matinee Evidently Mary must care a little more for the boy from home than she would admit ) The day dragged on slowly for Mary The phone rang several times, but the calls were always for Freckle —Every time it rang Mary jumped—and looked disappointed when she learned it was for Preckle. She was so pale when evening came that Freckle mnoticed she borrowed a little of her rouge to put color into her cheeks. And she wisely dressed in & lipstick red gown and tobped it with a little black lace dinner hat. White would have made her look like a ghost Preckle marveled at the way Mary had copied the latest Paris fashions. No one would have guessed everything she wore was made Wwith her own two little hands. She must get Mary to help her fix up some of her own un- becoming clothes. That red evening gown looked as though it cost a for- tune. Y When Mary saw Curt Little, immacu- late in his dinner clothes, her heart leaped with pride. She thought he was the handsomest man she had ever seen. sAnd for some reason her heart went out to him in sympathy. He looked so worried when he took her hand to lead her to the car. “I've a nice, quiet little place T want to take you to tonight,” he said as he gave her his enigmatical. E “Where you can tell me the story of your life. Do you mind if we don't dance and make whoopee—just once?” She settled into the car with a glad sigh “T'll be delighted for & quiet evening. *This hectic Hollywood night life is very wearing on a little country girl” “It’s aging you.” he looked down at her and smiled again. “You look 16 if you look a day.” Mary watched the changing expres- sions in Curt Little's face and grewX ~ more and more fascinated with him as the lights from the street plaved over his features. He was silent and' she watched him thoughtfully from the corner of her eye. What was he thinking when his chin squared and his eyes seemed to almost close—and those interesting lines deep- ened at the corner of his mouth? Where was he from and what was his life story—this big. raw-boned, gra: haired mystery man with the young- old face? Had he ever been married? Maybe he'd been disappointed in love. In a short while the car stopped in front of a restaurant in a quiet little street. A small sign announced that it ‘was the L'Aiglon. “I think you'll like the food here,” Curt Little opened the door and helped Mary out gallantly. “It is a French Testaurant and the cuisine is marvelous. | All French cooks and waiters—and a little French orchestra.” “I've never been to a French restau- rant.” Mary confessed naively. “Is it terribly wicked?” (Hed E SI MEMBER N. R. A—WE 311 7th St. NW. Specials for Friday and Saturday HAMS—HAM BUTTER Bread = 5c|ii »10c|Lard....™8c FRYING CHICKEN w 123c| B, ... 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Her father, he knew, was still alive, and her| mother, too. They had strenuously op- | posed allowing their only child to come ! to Hollywood. But in the end her per- sistence had won out. Over their dessert Curt sat back and said comfortably: “Now. I'm sure | you've satisfied your hunger sufficiently | to tell me why you came to Hollywood. Or is it a secret? Perhaps you have a secret passion for one of our celluloid | sheiins?" _“Never—in a million years,” Mary de- nied laughingly. “I'm always so inter- ested in what the heroine has on tha I never notice the hero. I want to be a designer.” | In a moment Mary was deeply en- | grossed in pouring out to Curt Little her plans for the future. He listened | quietly and his mind was racing ahead. making plans. She looked across the | table naively: “Dou you think my clothes look as though I made them myself?” He was sincere in his surprised ex- clamation | “Well. I did.” Mary nodded emphati- cally. “Every stitch of them. even my hats. This dress cost me less than three dollars. And my hat less than a ‘dollnr" Jook.,” he said truthfully, “You “more attractively dressed than any ‘woman we've met in our three evenings together in Hollywood. I thought you | were an heiress.” m%{y flmhet}mflth pleasure at the ing compliment, coming from | mmlmnl“: * | “It makes me very y to have you say I look all right” S‘: leaned clyoie him, “because you really know. I wasn't qulte sure in Millstream whether I'd come up here and look like a home- spun orphan or not.” “You dress like a movie star.” Curt | shook his head emphatically. “I'm amazed that a little girl like you could have such talent.” _ “Maybe.” Mary spooned her French ice cream thoughtfully, “I'll never get anywhere with all my ambition, though. Freckle says it's a—a—tough racket out here to try to break into.” He reached over and patted her hand. | “Never mind, little one. Something may happen soon. I have a very good frnend in the designing business and | she may be able to do something about it. T'l speak to her and let you know." | Mary’s ruby lips opened in delighted | surprise. He knew then that she | *Present | NEW, Convenient Way to STOP BOTH PERSPIRATION AND ODOR | A icq liquid in & i L ::;‘ti{‘;fo-lul" b PERSTOP 50/ prosection o days or more. Safe, Eco- nomical. AFPROVID 1] aeck of T = To Prevent | UNDER-ARM ODOR without '“fi:’.‘ perspiras e 50¢ PERSTIK DO R PART 3146 M St. N.W. ZhEm - 14c S | time. . 23¢ Butter Fresh e b 19¢ Chi:uo. Nut Marpene. ™ 10c . 10c Tb. 17c A Delicious Hot- Weather Dish Liver Sliced Veal Stew Veal Cutlets™ ib. 5c ic Qt. Salad Dressing . . . b8 Duteh Dyke Coffee Chicazo Blend Coffes n 174c|Bi = 20c “I'm sure you've satisfied our celluloid sheiks?” your hunger sufficiently to tell me why y to Hollywood. Or I it a secret?. Perhaps you have a secret for ome of hadn’t been angling for help from him. Again he was seized with a fit of con- science. But he downed it immediately and forced asmile of reassurance. Mary | trembled with joy and excitement. “Oh, Mr. Little, you're the nicest man | I've ever known in my life.” She looked | as though she were going to lean pver | and kiss him with gratitude. That was that! At least he had made the evening count—and found out some- thing that would help her in Holly- wood. Further than that he had no plans. He was sparring for time. Wait- ing for a plan that would be the ‘final crowning of his revenge. It might take But he had waited 20 years and he still had a little patience left. “I think,” he sald shortly after. “we’ll get this little lady home early tonight. You look a little tired, my dear. I'm afrald I've been keeping you out too late for one of your tender vears.” Mary was anxious to get home—more anxious than she realized. Perhaps there would be a telephone call from | Tt ‘ommy. Preckle was when Mary came in at 10 ocl Bhemndhnt\ with the news that Curt Little had' promised—maybe—to help her find a job. “This is your lucky day.” ¥reckle grinned widely and reached into her apron pocket. “Open your hand and shut your eyes.” Mary obeyed and Freckle thrust a let- ter at her. It WHY postmarked Hollywood! And there was no mistaking that chicken- scratch writing. It was from Tommy. Mary ran into the bed room. (To be continued.) PLAN PAY INCREA! T0 SETTLE STRIKE| Proposal Is Made in Disorders in’ California Fruit and Vege- table District. ’ By the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, August 18.—Re- | @lonal wage increases in advance of a possible State-wide pay proposal were held out by officials today as a solution | of labor troubles in California fruit and vegetable districts. In the Santa Clara Valley, where a strike of pear pickers was declared en- dangering rapidly ripening crops, an in- These low crease of 8 cents am hour in wages was_considered. Louis O’'Neal, attorney for 37 packers and pear growers, said the suggested increase, which would bring the pay to 25 cents an hour, depended upon the resulyr of negotiations being ducted by Timothy Reardon, State di- | rector of industrial relations. Reardon said he will ask packers to increase prices to growers $2 a ton, despite previous contracts. This, in turn, he explained, would permit the growers to make the wage advance. The number of strikers were vari- ously estimated by officials at from 500 to 1.200. In Southern California officers pa- trolled some streets at Oxnard after an encounter between police and about 75 striking beet workers at a ranch owned by the town's mayor, E. R. Gill. 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