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and delight over the fact that Virginia Rappe was coming with them. She chided Al for not telling her.
Virginia offered a half-empty piece of baggage for Maude s convenience. Maude went back into the house to get her belongings. Al griped over the delay and said that all he had taken was a dozen cigars and a toothbrush.
While they sat in the convertible waiting for Maude, a pair of blonde, curly-haired twins about ten years old asked Virginia for her autograph. She responded happily.
Al drove down Wilshire Boulevard to the Coast Highway, and they were on their way.
At almost the same time the Arbuckle trio was leaving for San Francisco. Though it was during the Prohibition era, four bottles of gin and three of bourbon were locked in the trunk of the car. Arbuckle had his own bootlegger in San Francisco, but the bottles in the trunk were there in case a thirst hit them on the long drive.
Both cars were now on their way to a destiny that would dramatically disrupt all their lives.
There was just one main route to San Francisco, an exhilarating, beautiful drive along Highway 101, which overlooked the Pacific Ocean for most of the way and touched such heralded vacation resorts as Carmel and Santa Barbara.
Virginia rested her head back on the top of the seat to let the sun play on her face. Maude turned on the radio and was thrilled about a band playing, "Let Me Call You Sweetheart." She knew it was the song from the sheet featuring Virginia's photograph. Al talked very fast about a part he felt Virginia ought to have in a movie titled Whims of the Gods at Goldwyn Studios. "Isn't it an Oriental girl?" she asked. He admitted it was, but he thought make-up could do enough to her eyes to give her an Oriental slant.
She was noncommittal. "It just suits you perfectly," said Maude. "You'd be wonderful in it" She was very enthusiastic about it. Al said they were considering Winter Blossom, a good actress and part Oriental. But he thought Virginia would end up with the role if she wanted it
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