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Chapter Ten
Warning From Dolores)
TAIL) you get fettled eomforta
" blyT Like your quarters?"
Bud asked ber lightly.
"Oh yea very much." Aha sn-
wered bun eagerly. "1 love the
view the river. I've always been
Irienda with Old Al and I love
bavin him ao close.
"Old Air" repeated Do lore,
puzzled.
That's what river people eaD
the Mississippi." Randy explained
quickly.
"1 thourht thev called him Ot
Man River," answered Dolores
carelessly.
"That's only the name of
aoni, said Melissa quieuy, writ
ten by a man who wasn't a river
man.
"But ha did all right aa a mu
sician," said Dolores, and smiled
as though Melissa had been a
small and not very Brunt cniia.
"He wrote beautiful music and
my mother sane it on the stale."
Melissa answered quietly. "It waa
the first music I ever learned to
in."
"Oh, said Dolores, and her
vebrowa went ud a little in swift
displeasure, aa aha turned to
Randv. "Now see here. Ace. fun's
fun and It's all right with me
for you to drag along any pretty
little piece of goods that strikes
your fancvl But when you let her
start singing any of my music
that's out!"
Melissa caught her breath, for
now and her voice waa almost
strident
Randy looked straight at Do
lores and his eyes were cold.
"Who said anything about her
singing your music? he demand
' ed curtly. - "Melissa la not the
torch-singer type or hadn't you
noticed?'r
For a moment Dolores eyes
tangled with his. Then she dug
a fork viciously Into the food on
her plate and said through her
teeth, "I suppose you are right
Shea more of the Sweet Alice.
Ben Bolt' type and what you're
going to do with her in a night
club floor -show I'm afraid I
wouldn't know."
"That's lust It Ducky," said
Randy, and though the words
were light and pleasant bis tone
waa still taut 'And isn't it nice
you don't have to know? That'a
for the boys in the band to figure
out which la exactly what we
are going to do. light after
lunch."
He grinned at Melissa, and her
heart stirred a little and came to
life and stopped hurting quite ao
badly; and the lump in her throat
lid down a bit so that aha real
ized she waa hungry and that the
food being served to her waa de
licious. Dolores finished her luncheon
fin an ugly ailence which the oth
ers at the table pretended not to
notice. Alice and Hugh had their
heads together with one of the
boys In the orchestra, and their
laughter made a pleasant friend
ly sort of sound.
After lunch, when the tables
had been cleared by the two ne
gro waiters in tneir white coats,
the orchestra assembled beneath
the edge of the stage.
Tha six old-young men with
their worldly-wise, cynical ex-
6810 vanished; Alice and
ugh. Randy and Dolores settled
themselves to listen to Melissa'a
audition. And Melissa stood on
the stage facing them, hoping
desperately that her knees did
not visibly tremble.
Bob, who led the orchestra, said
with a friendly, heartening smile,
"What would you Ilka to aing.
Mist Marlowe?"
Try Loneome Road,' Melissa.
saia nanoy.
"In a night-club? Ace, have
Ku lost your mind?" demanded
ilores sharply.
"I don't think so," answered
Randy, and nodded to the orches
tra. "Hit it boys. You can play
It straight and then we'll aee if
we can swing" it
Not So Good
JELISSA set her teeth hard
while the orchestra ran
through the number.. And then
she lifted her head, thrust -out
her pretty chin and sang It She
knew, before she was halfway
through it that aha was doing it
very badly and that Dolores was
laughing at her. sneering at her
When the last note died away
she looked swiftly a. Randy and
saw his downcast expression, and
her heart slid away down to her
heels. One of the old-young men
spoke from the dimness of the
back of the room..
"Couldn't hear a peep back
here, boss." he reported.
"O.K., Tim thanks." said Ran
dy, and the man went out
Bob said unexpectedly "Look,
why don't we use a "mike' and
let her sing into it? Her voice is
not bad it's Just small and parlor-sized.
But it's kinda warm and
soft Couldn't we try a "mike'?"
"Any singer who has to have
a microphone to sing In a place
this size would be much better
off back on her river farm, light
ing lamps for the river-pilota,"
Stated Dolores flatly.
"Look." said Randy, and his
voice waa taut, with the sting of
a lash in it. "How'd it be it you
Just ran along and played by
yourself for a while? Thlsmuat
DC coring ru qmw , -
Dolores stood up swiftly, her
teeth set hard She flung Melissa
a vitrolic look and her heels
clicked as she stalked out of the
room.
"Now." aaid Randy, aa though
relieved by her departure, "let's
see about that 'mike' business."
Melissa came out into the audi
torium and sat down at a table
while Joe and the boys In tha
band, with Randy'a assistance, set
up the microphone.
Alice said in Melissa'a ear,
"Keep your chin up. kid. You
weren't bad at all and I'm for
you strong If you can Just put a
crimp in Dolores you are my pal
for life. And if you hadn't been
pretty good, you wouldn't have
got under her skin."
Randy turned and said curtly,
"All right Melissa, let's run
through it again."
Melissa went back to the stage.
Bob ahowed her where and how
to stand, gave ber a friendly, en
couraging pat on tha shoulder
and went back to the orchestra
pit Once more the mellow old
strains of "Lonesome Road" crept
out over the empty room and Me
lissa began to sing.
Tha room waa held In a silence)
that was complete sava for tha
music. And when tha last throb
bing note had died away there
was a little spontaneous burst of
applause from the direction of
the doorway and Melissa saw that
the men who had eaten at a table
alone were all In the doorway
listening and that they wer ap
plauding her.
"Swell I" aaid Bob eagerly.
"Boss, did you hear that? It
there was ever a voice built to
order for a mike, she's got itl
Maybe we could do a daily broad
cast with her over the New Or
leans station she'd be a knock
out!" Flushed, excited, her heart
trembling with eager hope. Me
lissa looked down at Randy, who
waa staring up at her as though
tha effect of the microphone on
her voice had amazed him. And
she knew that her voice had
sounded well; there was a
warmth, a mellowness, a throb
bing, faintly husky note that the
microphone brought out and am
plified so that it caught tha ear
and caressed it
Old South
"T OOK, boss," said Bob, excited
and eager now. "You've got
something here. You want to
build up the show boat atmos
phere. Dolores and Alice and
Hugh are all good entertainers
but why don't you 'spot' Melissa
here in hoopskirta and a funny
little bonnet like the gala wore
in 'Gone With the Wind1 and sort
of build her up? A girl of tha
Old South, singing old Southern
songs and all that stuff? You say
she plunks a guitar- well, that
swell. It all adds up. Say, we can
build up her number into a sen
sation." "Shoot the works, Bob, my
boy," said Randy happily. "You're
staging the show and the sky's
the limit"
He turned to Melissa and held
out his hand to help her down
from the stage.
"Was I-was I all right?" aha
stammered eagerly. The others
had said she was. But she had to
hear him say it
"You heard that applause,
didn't you?" asked Randy. "Well,
that came from probably the
toughest audience you'll ever
have the boya who work up
stairs in the game rooms That's
a part of the show boat you're
never to know anything about
incidentally. I am forbidding you
now ever to climb those stairs
see them? Well, the boat la yours
with the exception of those stairs
and what lies above theml Re
member that, youngster."
Suddenly she was resentful of
his insistence upon her youth.
"I'm not an infant" she told him
haughtily.
Randy grinned at her.
"You re about five years old In
worldly wisdom," he told her flat
ly. "And that's the way I want
you to stay. I promised Gran I'd
see that you were taken care of
that I wouldn't let you be hurt
and it's a promise I intend to
keep. So you stay out of the upper
reaches of the show boat, mind
you!"
Melissa stared at him. wide-
eyed.
You promised uranT But of
course, she thought I'd go imag
ining' myself in love with you
and that vou'd forget all about me
the minute you left the Point"
"Univ. stated nanny grimly
hie eyes holding hers with a curi
ous intentness that made her
breath come very fast "1 did not
torget you, you know.
"Yes.'' said Melissa, meeting hli
eyes, letting him read whatever
he cared to read In the depths of
her dark eves lifted to his. "You
did remember me. Thank vou for
remembering me.
A little later, from the porthole
above her bunk, she saw him
driving awny in the handsome
black roadster And Dolores, very
smart-looking in sheer black with
a frosty white collar and a trig
little white feather turban
nerched nonchalantly above one
blue eye. sat beside him.
Te at centtneea
SACKETT APPOINTMENT
UP FOR CONFIRMATION
Salem, March 19. if The
senate interim committee on ap
pointmenta will meet at 11 a.m
Monday In the Oregon Building
SHOP AT NIGHT
Barker's ara open
until o'clock
EVER' night.
Store for Men
in Portland to vote on whether
to confirm Governor Charles A
Sprague's reappointment of Be
atrice Walton Sackctt, Marsh
field, to the state board of high
cr education.
Members of the committee are
Senators W. H. Strayer gt Baker,
R E. Jones of Brooks, F. M
Franciscovlch of Astoria, Doug
las McKay of Salem, George W.
Dunn of Ashiand, and Joel C
Booth of Lebanon.
ADMITS FRAUD
Seattle, March 19 A1 John
Alden, 70-yearold president of
'.he Canadian & Oriental Mm
ing It Exporting Company, Ltd.
accused of defrauding 13 invest
ora of sums totaling more than
$10 000, changed his plea to gull
ty of grand larceny In superior
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KOO. KJR; Stars of Today, KOW;
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Streamlined Palry Tales, KOMO; News
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6:00 p. m. Major Bowes' Original
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6:30 p. m. Big Town. KMX, KSL,
KOIN: Blue Horizon, KOO," KEX;
Arm Chair Crulaea. KJR.
TOO p. m Al Pearce's Oasf. KPO, I Friday I
I KOMO, KOW; Rudy Vallee. KOO, sm p. ra. Kate Smith Hour. I
KEX, KJR; Olenn Miliars Orch., kbL; Id Stokers Music, KOMO; Ad-j
KMX. KOIN, KSL. venture Stones, KOO, KJR; Stars
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! KOMO, KOW; Tour Blind Date, KOMO. KOW; Secret City, KEX;
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KSL.
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KOW, KOMO: Ella Pttsgerald. KOO.
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6:60 p. m. Claude ThorahlU's
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Newa. KPO. KOW, KOMO: Red Nlch
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KPO. KOW; This Moving World.
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' Reporter Newa, KPO, KOMO, KOW;
! News, KNX: Masterworka of Music,
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KPO: Moonlight Sonata. KOW; Mae
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11:00 .p. m. Bill Clifford's Orch
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KEX. KJR; Wilbur Hatch's Orch..
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KNX. KSL, KOIN.
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LOVER'S LIGHT
In 1851 tha old light at MInot's Ledge waa destroyed in a gala, and a 114-foot tower
of granite was built in its place. lighted in I860. Some of tha world'a highest waves have
crashed against tha beacon, and tha aaa seldom is calm. A fine description and history of tha
lighthouse are contained in Edward Row Snow's book, "Sailing Down Boston Bay."
FIRE POWER .
From tha French acout plana mounting tha gun that fired through tha propellor hit or
miss, Anthony Fokker, Dutch plana designer, concelyad and developed the idea of machine-gun
synchronised to fire through tha propeller and miss tha whirling blades.
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