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proved
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UnMiglt Ktlen mi A n * rrw n led Uw?
little
famiUArtUeA in which he
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he could fashion stories. With un-y
tiring energy she attacked lh«5
great mass of work, and long b»-J
fore tlie time of the ftna rehearsal.
Tracey's show, which he had nam-*
ed "Dark Harlem," had receiver
an extraordinary amount of pub*'
Uetty
Only tlie final dress rehearsal
now remained before the whole,
show would be loaded up and sent
to Washington for a try-out week/
If It proved a success there, thef,
all knew It was due for a long,'
I. ng run In Harlem, or even or*.'
Broadway
f.
Ellen attended tlie dress rehears •,
al as part o ' her job
Any Utth*
incident
which
happened
nog.
would be news, and Stern's bust-',
ness was to get the news Into the
papers They sat together in the
front of a chilly, deserted theatre
while Tracey ran the performance
from a (Hunt of vantage In the
orchestra pit
Often things dis­
pleased Tracey, and when that
happened his nervous temperament
would flare up; he would call for
a repetition of tlie scene which had
dupleasi ! him. Tlie night dragged
on as number after number was
gone over, pepped up. slowed down,
or cut out altogether The orches-
T II bet she could do the part better than you are doinj? it now.
tra grew weary with the constant
re,
.ion. mod of those who had
hero
watted
lor
all
my
life
1
couldn
t
Avenue,
a
turn
to
right,
and
they
,m.re!y dropped into the theatre
f t i r rr j| i*. ft lot of men In
<jo|( |u rRtt UlU rtu„ >WBy . -
‘ let tt slip through my fingers."
jwere tlie re.
— ¡to watch the rehearsal left their
..
Jrriy forced a slight smile. "I| Earl Tracey's apartment was one eats and went home Still Harold
Y r * Ml • * * r"
he gulped
I gue.su maybe of the most j-labora.e _ « « t a b l n h - ? Z * Z L ™ n " * r o ^ ^ a n d
She drew on her coat and hur-
for
,|„| tlu ou «ti the d<air, then lia lf- you re right Well, anyway. ,
» t lime# to ln du l«r *»he A-
n.Uly came to I«lte them quite a »
n iiiAlter ol C outac .
And In qHI«*
of tlie iv v n lo tl which he had »1
ft»»l im p lied In her,
hire found
hcr»elf now. aj * »h e continued to
work for aim ! with him, AlrAtifdy
|AarII ia led. »w ep l off tier f»*et
lie wa » lllle lll«ri»t. quiet, auave.
■ucceAAl u l. For many
year«
he
had been a theatrical pre** a *rn t.
that w m Atilt hi» princtpAl orcupa-
lion
Hut now that the theatrical
l> i»meAA waa at wich a low cob
lie had accepted this political Job
until th in «» picked up
It wouW
la.i probably, only until alter tin-
election in Novrinbcr. but It paldl
lniii well in 1 ha meantime
T li«l
« » , what Fllen lilted alaait him r»n
her p itle Inline,
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hr roil Id « e l the wilt-snap Job»
jia v lu « Joyously
Informed
lirr r
you * ill be
Vouil bo a n ic e r » wllh br**!lliu *
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'the whole performance deAnitely
pmtltA
on!
.......
I» " 1 b1« of
.
•’ Ume
r° n U „ “ « j l - mother
l w ,
a
m . l father
a t h e r ot
tlie rikmi
you've *ot the stuff in place with Us blazing log
'at* ° , struck a snag. Tracey was work-
small Investments
and
brinkly
to
¡you.**
I the Arst room cory; further bade mg on a garden scene, one wh b
energy
Hhe
com | .A red
him
to news d ie
proceeded
oriskiy
«»'y
ou
other iiirn she had known
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hard-|throw the few good clolhea which
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"Oh.
live
Jerry— —** She threw her:
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radio furnished music.
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|featured a very tfcautiful young
girl in a charming duet with one
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with blight
anticipation
' Oee.
"Goodbye. Ellen
he had It all over llw n i1
loned . aota with
. . Stern . and talked.
...
.slant fault-finding only served to
She-turned, gathered up her
Tlicir work progressed beaultful mom.' she said lo the sick woman
alio
lay
on
a
couch
In
the
front
ly
n i n e was not much lo II
things quickly, and hurried
*n ^ V h ^ T r o c e v * s d 'la !t ° r a m e
her temper
simply leaving him silting there, vastly ' ,I1
.
'n /hm vrrv i ^ r T
Lo«>' ' tf»e producer shot
after all only a lew down letters bedroom, "won't It be
in »lie saw a small, thin, very nerv Rt |^r
nith try. "What a
eunlu.sed. ainasrd
to tie sent out earli day. a couple «rand'''
ais
man
in
a
lo.ig
dressing
gown
^
h.
rd
about th. t number U ly.
Her mother smiled faintly. "Just
of speeches to be given duitug the
Ellen
Watch
your
New York was . revelation U. * ' Z r
^
* « ■ » ’ Why. I could pick . girl up
weeks that Immediately preceded lie careful
„
..
. .
. . » rAtticr nann.Hoine one.
out of the streets who'd do It bet-:
Never hcloce had|
|tr||o , h„ R 8 tern .
the election. Ellen was iMrttrularly step There* lot* of pitfall* In a Ellen Young
he ter than you without half trying.'
lni|treaard by the speeches which big rlly like New York for a young
and 1
girl like you Especially when she'« mg terms*"Jive'' desenbed It"^ ^ ^ h e “ “ J
she typed. she admlird II I
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U' n1r o>T< turn*1
i0 n ' 3,0,1 top * acting
c‘ ln* •'*<
stern (or Ills Intelligence, his use a* pretty as you are."
inng letters which she wrote each £ ^ » i n
"Your Ite'nUrapher * '
..n* lur* ,i That's all there
"Oh. mother," site cried "Don’t
of words, his splendid command ol
the English language she was sor worry about me I II be all right swe'-lnsptrlng splenAvr o f^ ts * k y - L ^ ‘ r™ £ 'r^ k wuh’ nied ' Y ” h
Thr alr' tried again, with even
ry when election dxy drew near. I'll write you long letter« and tell line, the beauty ot its waterfront.
*^t ™ ,
Th , w l, . brie,
r* s.ulto: 7 * ™ * tor* * ' . * “ »
,I„.
niaeniftrrnre
of
Its
towering
1
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>ou'
There
was
a
briel
hair
He looked around him.,
for »hr felt that It would mean the
everythm« thal_a
. ....
„ Her ....
^„t in
In h,nt r oi
* *,drw,*e
smile on
Tracey's
Look."
he th(>r<.
cried. wl(h
"I could get . that
. And I II he making lota of money - budding»
liny
apaitment
whJch
E1|rn
no,
undir.
,
trI
bafk
d, _ :
i-vt <d her association with thcl |Mm||h (0 p#v R|l yU(|r doctor!1
the heart of Harlem was a palace sund However, as It was obviously of stage experience, and put her in',
iiia ii who liAd given her her niAl'pin*. »m l more b(*AlilfA
to her In comparison wllli^ the mtrnded for Stern sire did not lei there and I'll bet she'd do ths.
reAl bfemk And Although »lie wav "Y ou re going right Awwy. Ellen?'' dingy little Cream Ridge shack In „ bother her. What » your name?"
part better than you're doing tt
Ii»ppy when their CAndldAte did
"Yep (» o M a hurry.
I w»nt to which she had lived all her life he asked
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win the election, »lie could not »up 1 lin ovrr #n<i t,,,,
mltoui my The parka.
the
buildings.
the
"Young. Ellen Y nun; '
Ellen smiled at the reference to
prcAM her Aiiglety over wtiAt the
luck, tell him goodbye,
streets, the subways, the theatres.
He nodded briefly. "All righ t.' herself She was growing tired of
future held 1» »tore
«b e kissed her mother and Hung all were a constant source of In- he said
come on back here and this scene now —she had seen it so
The morning after Hie election lieraall downstairs and out the terest to Iter. How beautiful, how let's gel lo work."
¡many tin « she knew it almost
r«*turn» had All come In. »he weiil front il»*>r .SultCAAr In Umiui. wie wonderful life was here!
j They went into tlie rear room |bv heart.
to the office as usual, though with ">•<«* '<er way quickly to the little
Harold Stern located himself ln Traccy »«itched off the tadio. then! But Tracey was serious He turo-
some misgivings.
Htern came 111|te»-Al:lop In which she Imd workeil a somewhat more elaborate apart- began talking rapidly to Stern about ed »uddenly and beckoned to her.'
late, he looked llr.«l and had evl-
l«mg. side by Mde. with Jerry meat hardly a block from hers ¡the projected show. From lime to
"Come up here a minute," he
dentljC been drinking tlie night be-I Wilson
railed.
forr
she found him there. M<ated be- The night after they had gotten time. Stern would turn and snap
She hesitated.
■
settled lie railed Tor her In Ills a few
phrases at Ellen, which she
' Well.** slie naked him, cheerily ihind the counter reading a niaga- car. "W e've got to get to work."¡would dutifully record In her note-
Stern nudged her
“ Oo ahead.
enmigh. "what are we *up|KMed to *bie
Breatlileaaly. she told him: lie toUl her.
"Trarey's got that book. It was long past midnight He means you," he prodded.
"I'm going to New York. Jerry!
do now?'
show rounding up already, and he when
they were through.
Stern Ellen arose and with pad and
He started
He said, "W hore wants some snappy advance notices took Ellen home in his rar.
He grinned at her "Itaby." lie
¡pencil in hand walked down the
• In the pniiers uhout It
said, "were moving. We're going vou going with?"
W ell go
The
following morning
their •,ts'e toward the stage Tracey mo-
__
"W ith Harold Stern
I'in hi*
back lo Utile old Nrw York
Bari
over to his apartment first and see work
began in earnest.
There ''onist her to go up onto it. Sho
slrnographer "
Tracey's decided to put on a
what we rau pick up Bring a pen- were newspaper stories to be got-|',ld i Tlie light-s, pouring down up-
show up there, and I ’m
gouua 1 "Oh, Ellen —" HI* voice seemed ell and some paper wllh you “
* ten out and mailed dnerns of|on her, blinded her for a moment.
lo hold vast dlaa|»polntmetit In her
press-agent It."
You tliem
There were feature stories 'Hen »he found herself In the midst
"All right." she agreed
“ You aren't *aorry?"
We?" llo|ie sprang to
Ellen*
go ahead. I ’ll be down In a min­ about each of the stars who were of the garden scene which had
"
I
AM
sorry.”
he
reversed
her
heart
to take |>art In the clatx rate pro­ caused so much trouble.
ute "
Miss Young." Tracey explained.
"Sure, we. You're my aecrelary. “ Oee will«, lo think o! your run­ Slie changed her clothes qulrkly. duction. shorter Hems concerning
ning
off
wllh
a
no-good
guy
like
aren't you?“
grablM-d a stenographers notebook tlie chorus girls and leaser prlnri- "You've seen what I've been trying
to do all this Ume I want you to
"Oh, ot course." Ellen expeiieite- that
"Hut there'» nothing wrong with
step in there and take the girls,
rd the Joy of elation. "Oee. won't
Harold. Jerry." she Insisted Then
that, lie great
she had never before seen one so, " ut's
programs lo be or place just long enough to show!
He looked wt lx»r in wonderment. 1 callzatlon came to her
i know.
beautitul. so handsomely appoint­ tiered, circulars to bo distributed. Enid here how It should be done.
Don't try to act. Just be natural.'
"Never been to New York?" lie *>'»,■ went on. "voure Jus' Jealous.
ed before, except at a distance It was all very new and Interest­ Amt hum your part of the song
tlint
n
all.
Jealous
of
Harold
asked
•They
wouldn't
let
me
bring
it
"Maybe I am." lie admitted. "But
ing and fascinating to Ellen, and if you don't know the words "
"No," she told him "Never But
down to the Ridge with me," he though It was hard work, she re­
Ellen was nervous, she trembled
I'd like to go. I'Ve heard so much alter all. haven't I a right to he? explained "Said
It looked too veled In It.
Stern
isn't
anything
but
a
cheap
all over
She dropped the pad
about It and all . . . "
prosperous and would make all ,.ie
publicity
man;
he
doesn't
deserve
Tracey
was
whipping
the
show
and
pencil to the lloor, then col­
"Then run along home and get
people down there turn against me Into shape very quickly for an lected herself and started to do as
to
have
a
decent
girl
like
you
parked up
We're leaving this
I guess they were right, at iat." early opening, so all of the pre­ slie had been told. Enid IgiFrance,
afternoon the 2 ¡Ml. BO We'll
be around him "
"It's simply swell," Ellen sighed,
there by nlglit
I've got lo drop
"But you've got to remember. leaning bark on Its luxurious up­ liminary woik had to bo rushed. the original girl, stood off to the
side, her temper s'owly arising at
In and see Eai I around nine
Jerry, I'm Just Ills stenographer holstery. They sped through the Ottcn Ellen worked with Harold
Stem In his apartment until early the proceedings.
"<lo right n ow '''
I'm only wot king for him. There's streets of Harlem, past row,
The orchestra started, and ths
in
the
morning,
taking
down
items
tei
"Yep. and make It, snappy.
I'll
..
.
gel your tleket. Hero's your rhfck|,l,’**l'nI wrong In that. Is there? endless row of almost Identical as fast as he could dictate them, I words of the duel came dimlv bark;
lor last work.
Now
beat
it. And can't you see. Jerry, its my browu-Irouted houses. Then Lenox suggesting ntw slants out of which to Ellen. The action she did no«.'
as
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