Modern Screen (Jul-Dec 1945)

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Only after the swoop did she realize she had buried her head against the chest of the 'figure next to her, and she pulled away, embarrassed, sitting stiffly in her, seat while the car climbed again. . . . And grabbed again at the next swoop! It was a nightmare until she heard the guard's voice saying: "All out!" and the car was blessedly quiet and she saw that they were back at the exit of the ride. A voice at her elbow said: "Feel better?" She saw where the lapels of his jacket were creased where she had grabbed at them at each dip of the roller coaster. He seemed taller and leaner standing. "How about a coke? Nothing like a coke to settle the nerves. I'll tell you all about the life and the philosophy of Pat Gilbert and you can give me a quick resume of — " "Margy Frake," she said. "All right, Margy," he said. "A coke and a slice of life. How about it? It's as nourishing as a ham sandwich." He was, it turned out, a reporter, and he had a yen for roller coasters. He had, too, a lot of funny ideas. "Take us," he said. "We met on a roller coaster. Well, all life's a roller coaster. Up again, down again. You meet someone and maybe you click and maybe you don't. You never know until you try. I always say try it. Then if you don't like the ride, you can get off and just walk away." "Just like that?" she said. 'Just like that." She sipped her coke, looking up at him. "The Pat Gilbert," he said. "More loops than a roller coaster. More fun than a merry-go-round. Try a ride. Free!" "I'll try one," she said. He grinned at her and suddenly she remembered that back at the Farm she used to have a crazy idea that at the Fair everything was going to be different. Well, this Pat Gilbert was different; she'd never known anyone like him. If she had to tell Ma or Pa about him she'd have a little difficulty trying to say just what he was like. Be easier to tell Wayne. Wayne . . . She wondered if Wayne was having a good time at the Fair . . . The Barker at the Hoop-La Stand said in a tight voice: "Look, son, you've had your fun. Now run along." "I got a right to keep playing as long as I got money," Wayne said stubbornly. "Look, sonny, don't make trouble. You won yourself three dollar bills, a pearl necklace, a revolver, a fountain pen . . ." "The necklace is just colored stone, the revolver doesn't work, the fountain pen's a fake — " "Cut it, sonny. Run along." "I got a right to play." "Want me to call a copper?" Someone in the crowd around the HoopLa Stand said: "Why don't you try?" Wayne swung around. It was a girl. She was jaunty and crisp and fresh as morning dew. She stepped up to the Barker. "Why don't you call a policeman?" she said. "I'm sure my Father, who's the Chief, will be glad to send one of his men over to explain the law. It says you've got to sell him rings as long as he wants them." She turned to Wayne: "I was watching you. You must have a knack for it." "It's no knack," Wayne said. "I practiced all winter. Last year I lost eight dollars light here trying for a pearl-handled revolver and then when I finally won it.