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Bradley said loudly, "Can you take Ginger home? . . . I think you two should have lots to say to each other."
£"*% 1NGER WALLIS had reached stardom over night ■ "■["and with it came love. But it was love with its .^i^ tangles and its disenchantment.
It only seemed yesterday when she suddenly and bravely thrust open the gates of radio with a daring ruse that came to her on the spur of the moment, when dining with Larry at the Berkeley Hotel, where Mark Hammond was broadcasting.
The maestro's popularity ranked second only to that of Rudy Vallee himself. Mark Hammond symbolized the romance and glamor of every girl's dream lover.
Ginger Wajlis had hitched her wagon to a star. A radio star. She knew that she could sing, but she could not crash those audition gates. The radio was her consuming ambition. She haunted the broadcasting studios trying to get an audition. Red-headed, young and full of ambition, Ginger saw her chance when Mark's soloist eloped, and she took it. Mark was in a spot and although Ginger had no experience, no polish, he took to her in spite of himself. There was something about her, something sweet. And the way she sang her heart out to him! He simply had to give her her chance.
The audition proved to be a success. Ginger signed up with the band, and proved that she could really sing. At last she was a success. She was Mark Hammond's new sensation. She became a new personality, guided by Mark, and her close association with him only strengthened that bond which she felt upon first meeting him.
Bradley Sonborn wanted her to sign up for the "Enchanted Lady" program. "Be a star in your own name," he
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said, "instead of just being Mark Hammond's singer." But Ginger wanted to remain loyal to Mark Hammond — and besides, she loved him. The very thought of leaving Mark made her go cold all over.
' It was the night they gave that benefit at Sing Sing, after which Mark drove her home. That awful accident when she could no longer hide from Mark her love for him and his realization of his love for her. It all seemed like a nightmare to her now. Her humiliation upon discovering that the man she loved was not free to marry her — was married to Del the woman she. thought .was only one of his many lady friends. She saw again Mark's reddened face as he said, "I know what you think of me, and maybe I deserve it, but try to understand my position, Ginger, I was plastered when I eloped with Del. She doesen't really want me, any more than I want her. We had to keep the