The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-03-24
RECIs HERE TODAY

When JANET HILL learns
ROLF CARLYLE has been break
ing engagements with her to meet
BETTY KENDALL. society girl
she tells him their marriage ~
of. Janet II "3, pretty and secrc-
tary to BRUCE HAMILTON, ad-
vcrtising manager OF Every HOME
Magazine. ...-
she still loves Rolf and cannot
forget him. JEFFREY GRANT
Young engineer who lives it thc
.nme roomiug house as Janet. mp
pcars ono night just in imc U"
save her purse from "a hoidup man
Janet becomes Interested In the
SII.VARI family. almost destitute
.Jcff HELMS provide food and cloth
int. for them and later they IND
lob for PAT SILNANl. the IA
Their.
jeff and Janet become close
friends. lie asks her to help him
select n gift for q girl and they
buy n purse. WHEN Janet secs in
newspaper headlines thar Rolf
has eIoped with Betty Kendall
she tells JEFF about her broken IN
Eagemcnt and says she VIII never
care for anyone else.
A few days later Bruce Hamii-
ton tells Janet he is leaving the
magazine. The stan IL to he re-
ducrd and her job Will be gone.
Hamilton says his sister, Mit>.
CURTIS, needs - social secretary
and that nc has recommended
Jnnct. She goes TO sec hlrs. Cur
Ills and ~ hired.
On Saturday she moves to ncr
now home. She is unDarkinE
when the maid announces there Is
n call for her on the telephone
NOW co on WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XVI
JANET looked up, puzzled. 'Why
} who could it be-" she asked
II don't know who could be call
ing me-"
81 don't know, Miss HILL" thu
maid said. He didn't give III:
name. There's only one telephone
on this floor and its in Mrs. Cur
tis' room. You can use the one
downstairs in the library"
Janet hurried down the stairs
Was it jeff, she wondered? who
else would know where to reach
her? And why had he called?
Hello" she said. This Is
Janet speaking"
But it was not Jeff Grants
voice that came 10 her. 1t was
Bruce Hamilton and he had
message for Mrs. Curtis. He wouIt
not, he said. be able to keep al
engagement for dinner the mex
day but he would be out later II
the afternoon. He asked Jane
how things were going and seemed
pleased with her report.
"Ill see you tomorrow, M
said. Yes. I'm getting away to
morrow night. Deuce of a lot t
do yet, too"
Janet said good-by and went III
the stairs again. She felt disap
continent she would not quite ad
nit. She hadn't expected jeff 4
call her. There was no reason
why he should. And yet the bl:
house seemed deserted and lonely
1T won't be like this later,
she assured herself. It'll &c
used to it-and besides I'll b.
busy"
She returned to her unpacking
folded lingerie and laid it ava,
in the chest of drawers. She huns
her dresses in the closet and ar
ranged the top Of the dressing
table with two crystal bottles tina
we're priced possessions and
china powder box.
When she had taken everything
out of the trunk and travelling
bag she slipped off her dress an
ran warm water into the tub. Sh
had a lazy, luxurious bath an
then. wrapped in a negligee, la
down on the bed. But she did no
sleep. There were so many thing
to think about. She was still 1
Lancaster and yet she might a.
most have been a thousand mile
away. Everything seemed so dill
ferent. All Of the people abou
her were strangers. How was sh
going to like this new life? HOY
would these strangers like her
Would she be happy here?
WHAT, Janet wondered, wa
w happiness, really? Somethin