TH I TRSDAY, OCT. 8E\1929
TH E SPRINGFIELD NEWS
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IU ÍU S T R A T E O
BY
D O N A LD R IL C Y zz
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R em em ber S teduon, a p re tty , un-1 S he re a c h e d H it-rev's office aud
S h e could h a rd ly believe h e r own
so p h istic a te d girl, 1» th e d a u g h te r of found him Idly sw apping s to rie s w ith
car» h e a rin g h e r own voice, though
a kindly but narrow m inded m in is te r h ,g
He sp o k ,.
,,er very
w ith pride In th e actin g »he w as do
In a sm all, m id w estern tow n. H er
fa th e r
co u rteo u sly , m otioned h e r Into his lug lifted h e r from th e dlabuc.t of her
Rev. D octor Steddon, violently op- office, closed th e door, aud took his
posed to w hat he co n sid ers w orldly own piMce behind th e desk,
lie looked at h e r w ith out su rp rise .
th i n g s ,' accep t» m otion p ic tu re s a s ' T h e t e j hone ra n g
H e c a „ ed
w ithout h o rro r, w ith o u t even am use-
th e cause for m uch of th e evil of th e
p re s e n t
day.
T ro u b led
w ith
a ‘« to It: "S o rry . Mis» W aite: th a t n ien l, b u t— a ls o w ith o ut a hint of
cough. R em em b er goes to see
‘ p art h as been filled. T h e com pany su rre n d e r. H is only mood w as on«
Dr. Bi e th e ric k , an eld erly physl- co u ld n 't m ak e yo u r salary . I begged of Jaded pity.
clan w ho is a sto n ish ed to find h e r
ta k e y le fUt bu,
u w ouy n -t.
"Y ou poor ch ild , w ho's been filling
In a bad plig h t. T re sse d by th e •
,
. .. _
doctor. R enu m b er a d m its h e r unfor- T im es a re h a rd an d you d b e tte r Ils Vt)(lr b,,ad w tth lb a l
Aro you
tu n a te a ffa ir w ith
ten to reaso n . S orry. Ooodby."
1 rea„ v
ta< ,o vamp
E lw o o d F a r a n b y , a poor boy. son
T h is w as a d isco u rag in g back-
.„.
.
h e r.
of the tow n sot. As R em em b er and 1
, f
Mem g gj,.,.n scen ario . Hut i ™
.
Dr. B re th tric k d iscu ss th e problem .
'
,
"1 n t try in g to force my way to my
a telep h o n e m essag e b rin g s th e n ew s sl,e d e te rm in e d
to c a rry out
het c a rv e r. alld | d o n 't c a re w hat II
th a t Elw ood h as been kidden in an th eo ry , an d . In all self lo th ln g . ad- ' c o a |g ..
accid en t.
Dr. B re ih e ric k p e rsu a d e s j„ 9ted h e rs e lf in h e r c h a ir to w hat
h a t'
....
R em em b er to go W est, h e r cough she im ag in ed w as a C
- leo p airan slnu- I * lr r e > * **ri stlc sm ile fad ed :
s.b le excuse. Un
serv in g as a p D lau
laus.uie
c u-
. . . . .
“S it down a m in u te an d listen to
any y 1 lon g er, “ sh y
S he th o u g h t of h e r best lines.
ab le to b b e ear
a r th
th e e s s e e c c re
re t t an
m e. A liu le com m on sen se ought to
R em em b er goes to h e r m o th e r an d se c re tly tw itch ed u p h e r s k irts and
h av e told you th a t w hat you've been
confesses.
th r u s t h e r a n k le s well in to view.
H er m o th e r a g re e s w ith th e p lan
g h e tu rn e d upo|1 M r T irre y bur told Is all rot. S uppose I w as w illing
of th e docto r. Mem leav es tow n. Ou
to give a Job to ev ery p re tty girl who
th e tra in Mem acc id e n ta lly m eets
m ost lan g u ish in g eyes, an d tried to
tr ie s lo brib e m e w llh love. Do you
Tom H olby, m ovie s ta r, tra v e lin g
p o u r e n tic e m e n t in to th em a s in to
know how m an y w om en I see a day
w ith K obina T eele, lead in g laay of bow ls of fire.
th e m ovies, who a re th e cy n o su re of
gh
e<| b e r , lpg an d s e ,
th ,.nl —a h u n d red an d flty on »»m e d ay s;
ne rlv a th o u san d a w eek
And If
all eves
T h e tr a .u c o n n s to au
a b ru p t h alt, a d is a s te r h aiv u g been full. S he w idened h e r b re a s ts w ith you won m e o v e r you'd si 111 have lo
b et o u t a n d w alk ab o u t.
deep sighs.
p lease th e d ire c to r and th e m a n a g e rs
n arro w ly avoided, an d th e passengers
T lrre y seem ed to reco g n ize
th a t
A t T ucso n Mem m e e ts Dr. G al
g d e p lo rin g h erself. He grew and th e a u th o r an d th e public. How
long would o u r com pany keep going
b ra ith , a p a sto r, w ho know s h e r
"
„
fa th e r. S he m iscalls T om H olby Mr a
little u n easy .
B ut he w as a s
if we se lected o u r a c tr e s s e s acco rd ­
W oodville' in o rd e r to
m ake h er p olite to Mem as
if she had been
ing to th e ir Im m o rality ?"
fancied s u ito r seem m ore real. W b ile j^obina T eele.
.
.
.
th e G a lb ra ith s a re aw ay , sh e w rites
“ F o rg e t th is old ro t a b o u t paying
"W h at can I do for you?"
them as w ell as h e r p a re n ts th a t sh e
th e p rice. T ell Mr. Ikibbs your pedi­
"1 w an t a ch an ce to a c t."
h as m a rrie d Mr. W oodville an d th a t
"W h a t ex p erien ce have you h ad ?" I g re e an d w e’ll give you th e first
they a re to live in Y um a— for w hich
c h an ce wo g et. and no In itiatio n fee
place sh e buys a tic k e t.
he ask ed .
A rriv in g th e re she falls in w ith th e
Mem w as su d d en ly co n fro n ted w ith o r co m m issio n w ill be ch arg ed . H ow's
m
ovie
Tom an H olby.
“ X
t s com pany b of
econiiT
^extra Tom
^ind th e fact th a t all a c to rs m ust o ffer «hat? A little hi, of all rig h t. eh ?
is m ost co rd ial to h e r.
S he finds th em selv es for sale— n o t th e p re tty ' o u r e a nlch child, an d p re tty , and
h e rse lf in th e m ovie gam e.
w om en only, bu t th e old m en, too, y o u 'll get alo n g "
After
h nei
e r accid
en
t. « Mem rec e iv e s a and c h a ra c te r women.
A
lter
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H e lifted h e r from h e r c h a ir and
en n i
l.gk V 'V
M v em
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itlD g
li
le tte r »• f from
Leva
M
a're,
in
v itin
A ctors a re m uch ab u sed for talk- p u t his arm aro u n d h e r as a com rade.
h e r to H ollyw ood, and s ta tin g In h er
le tte r th a t sh e can g et h i.' a p o sitio n ing a b o u t th em selv es, Few of th em j and slapped h e r sh o u ld er b lad es in
in a film lab o rato ry .
do w hen b u sin ess Is n o t involved. and acco lad e of good fellow ship.
Mem g ets a Job in a filmi lab o rato ry
wjjen it Is th ey m u st d iscu ss th e
S h e b ro k e u n d e r th e s tra in and be
but loses it. S he m eets a Mrs. S tu rg s
goods
th e y a re try in g to sell. Shoe [ gan t o cry
S h e d ro p p ed back Into
from h er hom e tow n, w ho ta lk s of th e
evils of th e m ovies an d say s th a t th e m e rc h a n ts ta lk sh o es; ra ilro a d ¡»real- j j,e r c j,a lr an d sobbed. I, w as good to
s ta rs a re forced to sell th e ir souls. d en ts, ra ilro a d s ; p a litic ia n s, p o litics; b e p u n ish ed a n d reb u k ed in to corn-
Mem h as a le tte r say in g th a t h er clerg y m en , salv atio n . E ach sa lesm an m on decency by th e way of com m on
m o th er is com ing to P alm S p rin g s,
and Mem goes th e re to m eet h er. She m u st reco m m en d h is ow n sto ck and sen se
decides th a t sh e w ill sell h e r so u l to ta lk It up.
I t ch an ced th a t th e p re s id e n t of
g e t a Job in th e ijo v to k
j So Mem had to grope for ex- j {he co m p an y w as „ t u r n i n g to his
Now Go On W ith th e S to ry
p erien ce and d re s s h er w indow w ith ()^ lce fro m
a v isit to o ne of t h e .
it. And sh e h ad had so little sh e 1
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th a t h e r ~
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sta g e s. T h is w as th e m an w hose:
W hen R em em b er
, lied a little , as one w ho d o e . w ho j M m e wag fa m l„ a r ab()Ut th e w(>rM.
m o th er w as a lre a d y on
trie s to sell an y th in g .
E v ery film fro m h is fa c to ry was
sh e covid d evice no plen for tu rn in g
„j
w ith th e com p an y th a t Tom
lab eled “ B erm ond p re s e n ts— ” “Copy­
h e r back. Som ehow sh e h ad to be ,J(>lby an d Robifcj T eele played in.
r ig h t by th e B erm ond co m p an y ";
m et and provided for.
( took tb e p a rt o ( an A rab ian wom an.
“T h is Is a B erm ond p ic tu re ."
T he
E veryone of th e w om en of M em 's Mr. F o lg er, th e d ire c to r — e r —
slo g an of th e co m p an y w as " T h is Is a
Hollywood household
w as o u t of p raised my w ork"
B erm o n d y e a r."
w ork.
S he who had sav in g s w as
"W ell, he know s,” said T lrre y ,
W hen Mr. B erm ond h o ard Mem
lending it to them who had not.
! "b u t h e's no t w ith th is com pany, you
c ry in g , h is h e a r t h u rt him . H e did
And now h e r m o th er!
know . H ave we y o u r n am e and ad ­
W ith a few d o lla rs from L ev a's d re s s an d a p h o to g rap h o u tsid e in n o t lik e sc an d al, d iso rd e r, coonfuslon
o r g rie f on h is lot.
w aning reso n rr
Mem took th e o ur file s? ”
H e w ent to Mem and trie d to con­
tra in to Palm S prings
"N o."
so le h er. H e took h e r h a n d s down
W ith M rs D ’ k and h e r hoy she
"W ell. If you'll give th em to Mr.
stood on th e pi. form of th e little Dobbs, w ith yo u r h eig h t, w eight. from h e r c o n to rte d face anti m ade
d a«ert tow n w ait ; f -r th e up tra in , ' co lo r of h a ir and ey es, a n d e x p e ri­ h e r to look a t him . S een th rough
and when Mr. Steddon dropped off ence, w e'll le t you know w hen any- i tth e casc a d e s of h er te a rs sh e was
th e step s Men: p u t h e r r.g h t back th in g o ccu rs. I'll in tro d u c e you to j j strik in g ly a ttra c tiv e , ap p ealing.
" S a ra h B e h n h a rd t failed In her
on again!
Mr. Dobbs, an d he— ”
firs t play, you know , an d you m ay be
Mrs. Steddon had b een p rep ared
He m oved to w a rd th e door to e s ­ a second S a ra h som e d ay .” lie said.
to find a scared and s ’.ckly child in
cap e from th e c ru e lty of h is office, " J u s t you w ait."
a sh ack at Palm S p r.n g s. S he had
b u t a fren zy m oved h e r to seize his
M em 's ey es w ere filling w ith ra in ­
com e as a rescu in g angel. She found
arm in a fierce clu tch .
bow s. A b y sta n d e r drew B erm ond
th a t h e r w ings and h alo w ere old-
She trie d to p lay th e v am p ire as asid e. It w as C laym ore, a d ra m a tis t
fashioned!
W hen th e y re a c h e d L os A ngeles 1 she had seen th e p a rt en a c te d in w ha had had a few su c c e sse s before
they left Mrs. Dack an d T e rry a t th e th e screen by v ario u s sllth y loves. b e esta b lish e d h im self in th e m oving
bone of a coasts, thoa sped o n t o t e a d r e w h e r victim cio aa to h e r . j , j , . | , i r ,. s M a d i r e , t o r .
“ T h a t girl h a s th e te a r." he said
th e bungalow , w here Leva m ade M rs p ressed tig h t a g a in s t him , an d pour-
" T h a t w om an you've I
S ted d o n w elcom e.
' ed u p w ard in to h is ey es all th e venom to D erm ond.
g iven m e for m y n ex t p ic tu re Is aw ­
And
now
Mem
recalled
M rs. j of an am o ro u s b asallsk .
“ I’ll p ay th e p ric e ; I know w h at It ful. L et m e ta k e th is kid and give ,
S tu rg s and h e r sta te m e n t (so g lib ly !
did she su b s titu te fa th fa cts) th a t | co sts to su cceed , and I'm w illing to h e r a real te st. S he m ig h t h av e Jus,
"ev ery o n e of th 'm h as to pay th e ’ yap. I'll do a r.-t'iir.g you say. be w h a t we w a n t.” ■
" 9 u re !
F in e ! Go to i t ! ” said
a n y th in g to you
. ' - n ’t refu se
P ric e !”
Mem grew grim as she m ed itated . ,
"T he P ric e "— it w as only a v ague 1
phrase. But she was re ad y to pay It, |
w h atev er It was. T he q u estio n w as, j
to w hom ?
She brooded a long w hile before j
she th o u g h t of a shop to v isit. She :
sm iled sard o n ically as she r e m e m - 1
here,! T h e W om an’s E xchange at
hom e, w here women sold w-hat th ey
m ade _ p ain ted
ch in a,
h am m ered
b ra s s, k n it goods, cak e and candles.
W ell, sh e would sell w hat God had
m de of h e r and w h at m an m ig h t
of utm ost value to
Avoid the hurried
m ake of h e r!
you.
choice of o u t-o f-
At th e stu d io she h ad m e t th e
Your rail ticket
town buying. Start
c a stin g d ire c to r, A rth u r T lrrey .
It
b o u g h t here will
on your trip confi­
w as he w ho said to th is one or th a t
check your baggage
dent that you are
one, “H e re is a p a rt; p lay it, an d th e
going the best way, and that and be accepted on the stage
com pany will give you so m uch a
no annoying complications co n n e c tin g with Southern
w eek.”
Pacific trains.
will mar it.
He w as th e St. P e te r of th e m ovie
In buying "travel” remem­
Whether it is a trip of a day
heav en , em pow ered to a d m it or to
or a month. South or East, to ber the slogan of your local
deny. He w as th e m an fo r h e r to
merchants, "It pays to buy in
San Francisco or to Europe,
seek.
H e had seem ed a d e cen t
your resident agent can be your own home town.”
enough m an , and he h ad looked a t
Mem w ith o u t Insolence.
B ut you
n e v er can tell!
Mem stu d ied h e rse lf a long w hile
In th e m irro r, sin ce h e r ey es an d h e r
sm ile m u st he h e r ch ief w ard ro b e,
CARL OLSON, Agent
h e r sire n eq u ip m en t. She p ra c tic e d
Phone 65
such ex p re ssio n s a s she supposed to
re p re s e n t
in v ita tio n .
T h ey
w ere
ra th e r silly and th ey m ede h e r sick.
llerinoud. anil h a ste n e d to Mem w ith
th e good new» th a t Mr. t ’lavnior i,
th e g re a t Mr C laym ore wa» golnn
to give h e r a chalice-
• • •
m ore m arveled at h er Instaiiluneou»
re a to n a e to hl» auggeatlon
T h e re
wen» b o rn a r t 's , » who shivered on
the least b re a th of In sp iratio n altd
suggestion.
H im first Im pression of M e m wiim
th a t lie had round a genius, aud he
fought ag aln a l Hie o b stacles lie eu
co u n tered la te r will: Hie seat of a
m an digging tow ard known gold.
tu a kind of stu p o r Mein obeyed
hl» co m m an I» like Hie train ed con
fe d e ra te of a by pitot is,
She went
to th e door, cam«- In re lu c ta n t, idiame
feced. doom ed
Sin- udvanced slowly
llll «lie reach ed Hie edge of th e rug
he had Indicated, then h ailed , and
T h e next m o rning found Mem at
th e »Indio b etim es, hoildow lng m ar
earn and ad vice from Mis» C alder
C laym ore w as w aitin g for her
w hen »he cam e from th e w om en'
dre»»ing room »
S he wa» daubed,
sm eared , lined, pow dered
rouged,
m aacaroed, and g enerally calelm ln d
for duty. H er h e a rt wa» b eatin g In
a lte rn a te throb» e f fear and fronsy.
H er feel w ere on the edge of Rubicon.
C laym ore had orovldede a cam era
m an, a fe w met: Io h an d le Ihe elec tric
light», a p ro p erty m an. anil even a j
p a ir of ntu»iclanr a v io lin ist and the
tr e a d e r of a w heezy lltlle p o rtab le
m elodlan
C laym ore m arch ed tier Into the
scene and gave h e r a little of w hat I
he called footw ork. •
"tin hack Io th a t door and com e |
fo rw ard Io th is spot
S h ak e li n ils
w ith —e r - - w ltn your lover —e r well I
—no. l.et tin- see T h a i's too sim plo.
L o t’s get down to b u iln e ss.
"Y ou’ve a— A ll.— well. Just for In ;
sta n c e ,
you ve
been e r — b etray ed
and your child h as died and y m 've ■
been accused e f n i ' t r e rln g II ii’- d |
yo u 're new b eing called b efo re t h e :
Judge and Jury
Iki v o n get m e* You I
a re com ing Into a co u rt room under
a c h a rg e of crim e- you f»el your |
sh am e, but y o u 're Innocent of th e ■
ch arg e, yet yo u 're o v , r w b . - lm c d w i t h ■
guilt fo r your fall, and th e fa th e r of
the child is- was killed In th e w ar
say —anil you don't m uch care win
tile r you live or d ie; so yo u 're In do
e fian t.
at'» » a t r ' n l
pair, yet d efian
T h at
1
7
,
. . . . .
lnyer of emotion for you and 1 don t
suppose you can .get much of It over.
Juat try to give th e ntm o sp h er« of it
Now hack lo th e door W alk through
It once ”
Claymore w as ns m uch m h arrass- ;
ed as M e m . for hi» Invention w as n '
In Its b est w orking o rd e r so early In
Ihe m o rning
H e felt as »Illy as a
m an h adgered hv a peevish child to
tell a story.
But his tr ite pin, s tirre d Mem
am azingly. He could no, know hov ;
close his random
ho,a had com e
hom e to h er and flung h er back from
tho forw ard-looking a rils , to th e lorn
fugitive who had stitm b ' d Into Call
fo rn la laden w llh disgrace.
S he w as nil .-.tremble iuvl h er eves
d a r , ed h(,r f in g e r s t w i t c h e d
wllh a fierce effort h o isted her head
In d efiance and b raved (he llg h ln ln g
of the Judge
She h eard C laym ore call io h e r:
"T h ai'» fine Now w e'll la k e II V
She s ta rte d b a c k , b ill w a s ilo '-g k e d
bv Ihn cam era m an 's "W all, p len o )!'
He ran forw ard and shouled dire«-,
ilous on all sides for lights.
"H it th o se sp o ts! T hrow th e ash
can on her.
Bring up Ihul K llegl.
W in fie ld
Tut u d iffu ser on t h a t
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sp o t?
Your carb o n s a re flick erin g
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