While Patricia was still furious, she wrote a note to Gary. And, since her chin had squared itself and her head ached and she hated her job and the laundry had lost the collar to her favorite vestee, Patricia’s note read like this:
“Los Angeles, Calif.
“June 17, 1921.
“Gary Herbert Marshall,
“Cohen’s Studio,
“Hollywood, Calif.
“Dear Sir:
“Kindly return the papers which you carried off with you a week ago last night.
“Very truly,
“P. Connolly.”
Patricia mailed this letter along with a dozen invoices, fourteen “please remits” and a letter to the main office in Kansas City. She felt better after she had poked it into the mail box. She could even contemplate buying a new vestee set without calling the laundry names.
Patricia waited a week and then called Cohen’s studio again. She was quite prepared for another snub, and perhaps that is the reason why she got it. Mr. Mills’ company was on location; and Patricia could believe that or not, just as she chose. Patricia did not believe it. She barked a request for Mr. Gary Marshall.