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LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE
A Day of Plenty
By, HAROLD GRAY
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tUIS HAS HAPPENED
THIS JlTiTnu a u ununn and
0LL,Iv7l"t "Veclva.' reporters
WJ i Mr ' "': the premiere of
H " &H.o ply. "The Death of
Wl".l,,r.muituous night for
M "",.. , with the glorloue
'."ol -Delphlne." and fol-
''."YL . violent eceno wiwi ....
ntnsr. n
5T"y a vlole
a Prty. I
r.-Vltoi her pr.
t .l. mornlno, when ahe had
JJiy an hour, reporters
' dS.Tr no for Interview.. They
r "r.?J i Mollv says ahe doea not
F' i. a matter of fact, ahe l
I'"' Af.h lACK WELLS, and has
.".-nation of marrying him
Tfian mum imm
'Jf'h hr father, who had
know
ma nee,
iB.t'th. "Porter,, do not
r. i no time, the nexi eumons
'a. thS street' "Molly Burnham
l .,r1L..7.rm. ''Girl Plav-
.lutrinir story, typical ot
uir. appeared that afternoon on
jfc, (root page ol a i '
iiai paper- ,
t-MiillT Bumham, hinting mysterl
5r.i, it romance, received reporters
la ttr palatial suite at the
J!L. t T Kt-mA rhji ahnf
!t made .uiss Dumuouj au.v,o,
rrre rljnn, p"ni.o ..vm ...f.,...
Boton, received an idea that
iiMM make her rich, as well. A an
& agent, Mr. lflynn appre
iM tie value of Dopey Dan a err
, .iii. A victim a pretty as Miss
mhm should never be shot in
fcii George knew his stuff, and
kttttiti to turn the spectacular
fliuolt into a dramatic flier.
T"Mi DurnlAm admlf s that the
Wat for The Death of Delphine
fim)' originated in the fertile
rtin of the police court reporter.
It wti ihe who wrote the script.
11 lit night a wildly enthu-iaatle
tndtact welcomed the premiere of
ttt.ir Joint efforts.
i "toil! Mr. Flynn otherwise
feown u Tied') la back on the job.
TCle Mine Burnham, famous over
'rjht the youngest and -prettiest
Jlijrwrlght on Broadway, holds court
;b Gotham. .
t "Looking more like a debutante
llm a ieaoned newspaper woman
fc:u MoUy admitted today a hank
ering for romance. But, presoed for
eVtiik, the refused to make a state
brat.' . .
i. "I don't know whether Tm en
fijed or not," she declared, and de
tlined to corroborate rumors that
J!r. Flyira was the lucky man.
! "Mr. Flynn, covering police court
' fci TWnn. alqrt refused to talk.
Friends of the couple expect formal
lannnncement ' of the engagement
vitfata a few days . .
; Alter the reportera left. Molly
kiri dressed leisure?, expecting a
f telephone call. any. moment, from
Jitk. But her line was busy a great
(Ail of the time. Mr. Wharton, her
irity editor In Boston, had called to
miratnlate her, and to say that he
en torwardine a number ot wtrea
tod inecial deliveries.
"I don't suppose youTl be coming
kt&T' he surmised.
' "Why, of course I wfll," she In
"Red, Hf my Job-s sUll there. I
how I've been away an awfully
Jcni time."
Tonr Job's here all right" he as
pred her. "But you'll have other
boas Is the fire now."
I Her mail came up ahcrtly, a great
Encje or it. Ana presenuy Bne
w that Mr. Wharton was right.
i a firm of book publishers wished
' V know If ehs would write a novel
from the script of the play. They
.Mid guarantee the sale of 100,000
toples. A well-known typewriter
firm wrote that they are sending her
irpewncer, and requested her en
flwsement Tobacco manufacturers
rated arprovel of their particular
d of ciftarets. There wns a cold
eeim manufacturer who craved her
unction of his product,
The editor of a national magaiine
voodered if ehe would care to write
' article entitled "A Career Versus
Ion. Severs! studios besought the
f But the greatest tbrill of all came
ice opened the letter from a
FlIII In 1 ... i
r , Lijargp or me i.w lors
ftueh of a celebrated movin nlc-
i nrm. Mr. Sydney Punsanv was
Ural, and he Vnnfad tn ltnnw tr
Mains.
Mojy rushed to the telephone.
r conH not wait any longer. She
share the thrills of her success
Jsck. Probably he had tried to
h.r. aci fonnd the line buev.
" nrbe he thmight she wss still
j-ng, and did not want to distnrb
Tie telephone operator thought he
lfrn .'n '"nch. but she would see.
Impatiently.
,C Jack-hefio. 1 was afraid Td
Ti?.u ym- 1h" rosea were lovely.
iJmti .v",1"" ,nr t0 11. I
mi1".n',1'"'"'1 b Ju"1 drln to
eit Jit ?. '""-h." She laughed
" didn't know a faraour lady like
v''J."& I'r7 ,am,sh,Bf
J;a't Mr. Vlynn eroundr1
l," back to Boston this
ft-ir? v bTl J""k- "-hat's the
S fou tUn rid."
2! 'a-nhed ehortly.
tfiil do f nr she de-
i'.aaneaii..
HZ .,,tJ. aer
of pr.
ttsT toe
urtwse It's nltra-modern
r enearement to one
dining with an
roving your in-
Ja
kick-off?
what are yoo talk-
fa aren't
of me
yon
long
2? .
tt.v"., cL"mp out
Ji-k'"
-.'- i" , ! tie
V!;s, A.;:nJ what you're
"'t n",n ,n It
r-- he iue,tioned. "Tonr
:. , Hynn? Well, some-
it JU.ter eef rhe li.t
f. ar.d treat yourself to
afternoon
"TV
-t io
7 tjo5) j,
ke
lamp.
h connection abruptly,
' f"r a nfoment. with
e::;irr limp'.', gar.irir
; !'I.nor,e. When ehe
, , . And there it waa,
at her from the front
will make you feel any
her room
screeching
pagea.
It was like a nightmare. Her pic
ture and Red's, taken on the sands
at, Don Ce Bar In St. Petersburg.
The telephone rang, but she
scarcely heard it aa she scanned
sheet after sheet And It rang, and
rang.
"Boaton Is calling, Miss Burn
ham," the operator told her. "Mr.
George Flynn."
.For interminable minutes she held
the line. What should she say to
him? What muet be think of her?
"Moily, this la Red. Wiat'a it all
about, MoUy?"
"Oh, Bed, it's terrible! They say
we're engaged!" .
"Yeah. I know. The office had
flash."
'But Red. I never said arv Ton
know I didn't. How could I? I've
just this Becond seen the papers.
Heavens, I don t know what to do!
I'm all upset 1 phoned Jack a min
ute ago, and he's furious. He shut
off. Oh my goodness. Red, this is
terrible!"
"Put Molly, jou must have said
something! They don't make things
up out of whole cloth. They have to
have something to go on."
"But I didn't Red! Honestlv 1
didn't."
'Well, what are you goinfi.' to do
about it? They're trying to get me
to say eometning. Natural v I can t
deny it. Not when it looks as if
you'd announced it."
Molly a voice hardened, and she
bristled defensively.
lou needn t act so darn insult
ed. George Flynn!"
''Molly, it's not that Ton know
better than that."
"lou act, she informed him Icily,
"as if I'd simply ruined your reputa
tion. Well, you needn't worry. I
wouldn't marry you. Red. if you
were the last man on eartn."
"I know it, Molly," he acknowl
edged humbly. "But you don't un
derstand how things are, girlie.
Listen I'm writing you now. I'll
?:et it on the air mail. Tou'U have
t first thing in the morning. Will
you get those news hounds to lay
otr, till you ve Heard trom me t it
means a lot to me, dear."
"I don't know what you're talking
about" she declared, mystified. "But
I'll deny the engagement over the
radio, it it
better.
"Done do anything, he besought
"until you get my letter. I can't
talk over the phone."
"All right," she promised.
There were reporters in the lobby,
waiting for her. Bdt she sailed by
them frigidly.
"I've nothing tow Bay," she an
nounced coolly, "I was misquoted
this morning, and I ahall not give
any more interviews of a peraonal
nature."
"Mr. Durbin says yoor fiance's
name is WellB," broke in one of the
men. "Do you wish to deny the ru
mor of your engagement to Mr.
Flynn?"
'I'll not deny anything."
"Then you are engaged to Mr.
Flynn?"
Molly colored angrily. She knew
their methods so well. .
"Please," she begged them. "We're
all newspaper people. Can't you lay
off for a little while? I'll give you
all the stories you want about the
play. And maybe I can give you a
romance story later. But not now.
And please don't deny anything.
Just kill it"
"Will yon pose for some more
pictures?'1 they clamored.
"If you'll promise to do aa I ask,
she bargained. i
They went back to her room, and
Molly put on various hats for them.
She even changed to- the green gown
she had worn the night before.
"That'a a lovely one you had on,"
remarked a girl. "I suppose yon get
all your frocks in Paris, Miss Burn
ham?" Molly laughed.
"I've never been to Paris, or any
where," she declared. And then, her
eyes sparkMng, she cried, "But I'm
She'd run away, she decided Im
pulsively, from everything. From
Snodgrass and her mother. From
Bneton and Red. Tea from New
York even and Jack.
"Ill have plenty of money," she
was planning happily. "And I've
been working so hsrd, I really need
a rest Besides, when I come back,
they'll all be glad to see me mother
and Jack and everybody."
And that afternoon she made re
servations to sail for Naples on the
Conte Biancamano.
Tt, ne.t dav Red'a letter came.
And also a note from the dean at
college, who had advised her not to
try to combine marriage with a ca
reer. The dean wondered politely If
Miss Burnham would be kind enough
to return for commencement to
speak to the graduating claas.
There was a letter, too, from Rita,
begging Molly to go to see her. Rita
was ill, snd worried. She hadn't been
herself since the baby was born. Be
sides, Molly had never seen her little
daughter. She was the loveliest baby
in the world. Having a child waa
quite as satisfying as having a ca
reer, declared Rita. But she wss
overjoyed for Molly, and ao proud of
her success. '
"I'll run tip to Boston tovlslt
Rita and go to commencement" de
cided Molly. "There'll be plenty of
time before I sail."
She had saved Red's letter until
the last Now she opened It slowly,
fearful of what it might tell her.
(To Ba Continued)
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By KNICK
"TTIEl Tlnlea shortfy reached a tree
1 and Scouty, frightened, shonted.
'Gee I The wind Is blowing mighty
hard. A real cyclone, I fear. Jnst lis
ten to It's roaring sound, We'd better
flop down on the ground. I wish that
all the other circus folks were also
here."
Then Carpy said, "Oh, they're all
right I ssw them disappear from
sight Inside a circus wagon. They are
better off, by far, than we are out
here 'neath this tree. Bay, I'm
frightened as can be. I wish we all
could reach out bunks, dowa tn the
drcna ear."
"Oh, no," cried Coppy. "Donl try
that. We're safer if we just lay flat.
The wind will blow right o'ar our
heads and leave us all alons. I've
heard a cyclone'a alwaya mean, but
one like this I've never seen. You'd
think the wind was really mad at as,
to bear It gsoan."
By now much dust waa all around.
It seemed to blp up from the ground
and form Into a circle ere It started
on Its way. Twouid swoop down low,
and shoot up high, as 1 to blacken all
can do when It darts out to play.
Kor quite a while the fc'inch kept
still. Then csine a very sudden thrllL
"Oh, look!" esclaimed wee Hcouty.
"What's that flapping down Inward
ns? Why. It's the tent that'a broken
loose. Iion't try to run 'cause it's no
use. iV we can do Is wait Twill do
no god to start a fuse."
And then, amid a andden roar, the
canvas sweeped and caught the four
and lifted them light off the ground
and ssiled up In the air. "We're on a
trip!" one 'liny cried. "Or else we're
on another ride. So far we're safe I
only hop this canvaa doesn't tear.
(Read th Story, Thin Color the PMuraJ
(Something startnno happen la the next alary)
(Copyright, 1929, NtA Oerrlc. Inc.)
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