Evening Star Newspaper, July 16, 1935, Page 26

BY JAZZ BAND (&% An Exciting, Ultra-Medern Love Story. By Wyatt SO TR e Tn his second year with Babe Bunton's Orchestra, strumming banjo and guitar and Pleasing dance floor crowds with his alnl-I . Paul Machanello sun:s his fel lo' musicians and roommates. uels and Py’ Gormicy "oy tanouncing he's. koing to marry Ina rickson, Lelephone com: ?ln] ¢mNDye ne orchestra i ‘h—oe a Kansas City nenz e Toominaies have peen in the nhu of moving frequently—at the mueu B ey e Baul oushs when 1o | eve of the wedding Paul laughs Wl Whitewood ha cht their happiness. aul takes Ina soon after their return from | heir honeymoon trip to a party at which | e Etows *there will ‘be’ much drinking. | Jessie. 3 Euest. warns Paul that If he s ot miore attentive to her, althoush she & Bow marricd. she will tell Ina about little Paul. Paul is so enraged at Puny’s con- tinued jabs at his being & settled married he knocks Puny down in ibe few nights later ecate. Oy henta threats ‘Torces Faul 1o meet her at a restaurant in the amusement park. He tells Ina, when he gets home after drinking too much. that he met &n ©ld musician friend. Bunton’s orchestra | is engaged to play for a week end at Taney- | d in the Osarks. The | ed by a dashing red-headed girl I che Botel 1obby. INSTALLMENT XIL HE moonlight, a shining path | across the water; the soft| l shuffie of the dancers’ feet, blending with the lazy ripple of the wavelets beneath; the tinted lights throwing spots of color upon the burnished floor; the quickening gayety of the scene—all this were lost on Paul. He wondered, in the back of his mind, what Ina was doing; if she, too, had the same feeling of incomplete- ness that he was unable to repress. He bent his head and sacrificed a note for a glance at his wrist watch. Ten- fifty. She would be at home, now, unless she had gone somewhere with Sue. If she had, he wondered where. If that chiseler of a Gresham—he shook the picture out of his mind im- patiently. Not Ina. He concentrated upon his return on Monday, and was conscious of a thrilling exaltation at the thought of seeing her again—of holding her in his arms. The band blared loudly in a change of key, then hushed. Paul stood in its forefront and, aiming his megaphone in a general outward direction, sang | feelingly of moonlight, love and—you. | During an intermission, Paul leaned | ‘on the railing of the balcony and stared reflectively out over the lake. | He was suddenly aware of some one beside him and turned to view the | red-headed girl of the hotel lobby. She leaned lightly next him, elbows on the rail, her shoulder almost touching his own. | “Hello,” she said musically. | He looked at her; her eyes were blue-green and very frank. The bril- | liant moonlight etched her features | distinctly, but held no terrors for her. The effect was startling. “Htllo ” he said. “Lovely,” she remuked. indicating thz moonlight splendor before them. | “Very,” he commented, still looking | &t her. “Do you:like red-headed girls?” she | ssked, unexpectedly, eyes still on the | opposite shoreline. He was placed on the defensive. | *Why do you ask, may I ask?” he Inquired. “Certainly.” “Certainly, you may ask?” “Oh. Then I must ask—why do you @sk, may I ask?” “Oh—" she affected a yawn. “Why do you ask?” Checkmate. They both resisted an impulse to laugh, eyes on the placid expanse of the lake in front of them. Paul felt a faint stirring within him. “Look,” she ordered suddenly, point- ing along the lake front, above the dance pavilion. “See that motor boat down there. The green and white one?” He followed her finger. "Oh, yes,” he answered. “Is the fleet in?” “That’s my boat,” she told him. *The Aspiri “Yours?” he murmured. “Excuse me while I step down to the gundeck end touch off a salute of 21 guns.” She moved slightly until her shoul- der touched his arm. “If I take you riding, after the dance, will you sing for me?” she asked. Paul had not expected so concrete & termination to their bantering. His cautiousness returned in some small degree. “Can’t sing after hours,” he in- formed her. “I'm union.” “Oh, those federations,” she com- plained. “All right, we'll just anchor outside the three-mile limit and— whistle. Is it a go?” He shook his head sadly. “You gailor women,” he sighed. “You have & man in every port.” She waited. He scraped a shoe meditatively on the lower edge of the railing and seemed to deliberate. The slender thread of constancy that ran. through his make-up held. “Perhaps I shouldn’t,” he said, truthfully. “I'm married.” “Oh, goody!” she rejoiced. He ignored her exclamation of ap- proval. “Besides,” he objected, “I'm always busy after we’re through play- ing. Assistant director, y'see, and al- ‘ways have to check up on— “Listen,” she interrupted. “Do you ‘want to go out on the lake with me, or not? Yes or no. Let's make up your mind.” She poised before him, radiantly mlive, youthfully compelling in the lake breeze that outlined her slen- der seductiveness and tugged at her hair, a crown of burnished copper in the bright moonlight. She came very elose to him. “Don’t you want to go with me?” she asked, frankly. Her eyes were challenging. Suddenly she smiled and Paul was again irresistibly drawn by the red lips so obviously within reach. His good resolutions weakened and words of acquiescence rushed to the end of his tongue. ‘They were stopped by the passing of a group of girls, who addressed his companion familiarly. Paul stared at her, his expression altered. “Is—is that your name?” he stam- mered. “Ina Grant,” she completed it for him. “Now, shall I see you after the dance?” He recoiled as if he had seen a . “No,” he hluned “Nm -1 Shemnrdedmmwouymn!w ‘moments, then shrugged her shoulders and turned away. Her departing back was decidedly frigid and her car- riage was very erect. Dandruff! Rundell. Bunton's Orchestra, on the road, like most organizations of the kind, went to bed only when there was nothing else to do. There was & poker party that night in the cham- bers of Messrs. Davidson and Griggs. Virtually every member of the band came, peered over shoulders and re- mained to take the place of some luckless one. The two beds creaked under the weight of noncombatants. At a rather advanced hour Puny, Tom Jencks and Dana made hilarious entrance, returned from nocturnal ad- ventures with new friends, conceived of flirtations carried on from behind music racks during the evening’s dance presentation. Vacancies oc- curring at the moment, they produced the requisite capital from their pock- ets and entered the game in high spirits, each contributing high lights in ‘a resume of the evening's pleas- ures, received somewhat boredly by the assembled company. “That red-headed baby that was joshin’ us in the lobby is all right,” enthused Puny. “She’s from St. Louis. Name is Grant. She took us cruisin’ THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. on the lake and the way she handles that vest-pocket yacht of hers is simply no citizen's affairs! Gimme three cards, and make 'em right.” The deal went around. Puny con- “She sez to me, ‘Oh, Mr. Gormley, I love your band. But who is the shavin’ cream ad that sings? Does he have to do that?” she sez. ‘And can’t you do sometbing about 1t?’ she sez.” He guffawed, looking about him for tion. Paul, almost hidden by stacks of chips, an accumulation of a run of marvelous cards, glanced a¥ the plump story teller briefly, then went on with his distribution of a new hand. Puny continued: “I told her, ‘Surely you've heard of Paulino Valentino Machanello, th’ radio idol, th’ boy with the fan mail—he gets three more letters & year than Morton Downey——1" Paul tossed in a few extra chips on the openers. “Goin’ up,” he an- nounced, Puny was silent mmhrfly ‘while he inspected his cards. Every one drew. Paul took two cards. two. Bud, who had opened, checked and Paul bet five blue chips. Puny immediately raised. All the others out. e “Then I sez, began the stout youth, Can it be that—?"" “Up five,” interrupted Paul, shortly, pushing ‘out chips. “Sure. An’ ten more. I sez, ‘Baby, have you—-2'" “Cost you ten more t'see these, Patty.” “Yeah? Well, I'm kinda proud o'this collection, too.” The pile of chips in the center of the table grew rapidly. The bed- sitters rose and watched the pro- ceedings. “Too cheap,” sald Paul. “You play poker like you used to play marbles. An inch from that Brussels sprout they give you for & nose.” Puny hesitated. He reddened slightly. “What are you waitin’ on?” he inquired. Paul pushed out a bet three times the size of any previous offering. “Oh,” sald Puny. “Now that you remind me of it, how would you like to play a lttle poker. Grand little game, but hardly recommended for strugglin’ young married men.” He delved in & pocket and laid a $10 bill on the table. “Climb on that,” he invited. “I hope you can. I want you to see a real hand, assembled by one who knows his flushes—other people’s four-flushes. Just like I told this red-headed dame, 1 sez, ‘Baby, you ought t'meet this Machanello— lovable sort, but apt t'run a little bluff {now and then. ‘An’ she says, “T've met him. Quite by accident, y'under- stand. Let'’s talk about something interesting,’ she sez.” Paul's eyes glinted. He straightened in his seat and stamped out a cigarette in the nearest ash tray. “Okay, Watermelon-jaws,” he re- torted. “Wouldn't be interested in ! puttin’ up a little real money on that | TUESDAY, shone damply in the light that flooded the table. To call or not to calll That was the problem. Grimly he emptied his pockets and being still short the required amount, borrowed from an extremely reluctant Whitey. “Okay,” he said. “Let's see 'em.” He seemed slightly: anxious. Necks were craned eagerly and the battery of watching eyes focused upon Paul. He shuffied the five cards in his hand idly, as if he enjoyed pro- longing the now obvious agony of the sweating Puny. Suddenly he threw a pair of aces on the table, face up. “Bullets,” he said. There was an incredulous gasp. Puny stared, his features distorted. “Is that all?” he articulated. “You see 'em,” stated Paul. 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