The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-24
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 JANET HILL breaks her en- agreement with ROLE CARLYLE after learning he has been going put with BETTY KENDALL, a sO- ciety girl and niece of . member of the company for which he works. Janet is secretary fO BRUCE HAMILTON, advertising manager of Every Home Magazine and Rolf Is employed in an adver- tising office.
 Janet Is st1II much in love with Rolf. She tries for q rec0nciIia- tiOn with him hut this only re- suits In another quarrel. One night on a street car she meets JEFFREY GRANT, young engi- necr who has recently moved to the roOming house, where she lives. A few nights later MOLIIE LAMBERT. who lives across the hall. persuades Janet to go on . blind date with two Of MOllic's friends. Janet secs Rolf with Betty Kendall and Is more un-
 On a stormy March evening she sets out from the office undecided where to 20. She walks down a street that is unfamiliar and al- most loses her way. Coming back she secs child crying in a door, way. The little girl has been sell- ing candy and lost all her money. She says her name Is ROSIE SII- VANI. Janet buys her hot meal and sets out afterward to take her home.
 They are on dark street when suddenly man appears, catches Janet's arm and demands her purse.
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 CHAPTER XVII
 Afterward Janet insisted she wasn't frightened. It happened too quickly for that. She wasn't sure whether she saw the gun CT heard Roses scream first. The man growled, Make 1t snappy!' and grabbed Janet's purse.
 Then in the next instant some thing hurled itself between Janet and the man. A voice was shout ing. Two voices. There was a tus- sle of arms and legs and something fell to the ground.
 The gun-oh the gun!
 IkOSC Wd6 OohOb Q skirt, whimpering. Janet sasw a mans arm raise, saw the gun-but 1t did not fire. Suddenly the fig ures lurched apart. The man who had grabbed Janet's purse was running down the street. He turned the corner, was out of sight.
 "Oh!" Janet exclaimed, "How will eyer thank--!"
 She stopped them, looking at the tall young man beside her. Her eyes widened in amaZement. "Why, MT Grant," she exclaimed. "Oh, I didn't know it was you!
 Jeffrey Grant righted his tie and brushed off his coat. He was breathing heavily. Good evening"" he said. "Glad I happened to be across the street,
 Then he bent down and picked up something from the sidewalk. It was Janet's purse. Here" he said. Better look and see if lie got anything.
 There was nothing missing from the purse. And 1t was then, after all the excitement was over, that Janet suddenly felt helpless and weak. There was nothing to be afraid of now. The thief was gone. But all at once she realized how cloae the danger had been.
 "Oh--!" she said weakly, and then again, "Oh"
 Grant took her arm. "Here." he said, '1et's get away from here. My cars just across the street. If there's anywhere I can take you"
 The car was 8 small and inex- pensive roadster. Janet got in and held Rose on her lap. She told the young man where Rose lived and that, she was taking her home. It was a street far on the other side of town in the poorest section of Lancaster.
 Grant nodded and said he "might as well run out there." He went on to explain that he had parked the car and gone into the little shop across the street for matches. He was just coming out again when he heard Roses scream. Then when he saw the man grab Janet's purse he had made a running tackle. The rest was over almost as soon as it was started.
 "But it was wonderful of you!" Janet said sincerely. "He had a gun. Anything might have hap pened--"
 Grant took that lightly. "Oh, he knew better than to shoot!" he said. "These buns who go around grabbing pocketbooks from women