The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-04-27
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 JANET HILL breaks her enc eagement to ROLF CARLYLE when she learns he has been paying attentions to BETTY KENDALL, wealthy society girl. A little later Rolf and Betty eIope Janet loses her secretarinl job. but, due to her employers rec cOmmendation. is hired as social secretary by the wealthy MRS
 Janet still loves Rolf. She Iias become friendly with JEFF GRANT, young engineer, who saved her purse from q h0ldup man. Janet has told Jeff about her broken engagement and he has admitted he cares for c girl who is in love with someone else.
 It is not until she has worked for Mrs Curtis for some time that Janet learns the woman Is Betty kendaIl's mother. Then Janet wants to go away but circum- stances prevent.
 She incurs Bctty's enmity, par- ticularly after night when Ja- net sees Betty with VAN BAN MISTER, rich young bachelor. Betty asks her mother to dis- charge Janet but Mrs Curtis re- fuses.
 That evening Betty discovers her pearl necklace is missing. She remembers she sent Janet to the apartment on an errand and ac- cuscs her of taking the necklace. Mfrs Curtis defends Janet but the girl feels crushed and disgraccd. Betty comes to her mothers home next afternoon and little later the police detective arrives. He has found the necklace in a pawn shop and learned that Rolf left 1t there to get money to pay a gambling debt. Rolf asks Betty to forgive him but she declares. NOW 0o GO ON WITH THE STORY
 CHAPTER xLvI
 Betty Carlyle set off for Reno three days after the return of her pearl necklace. She wore a smart hat as she boarded the train. Her lips were a bright scarlet and her lashes carefully mascaraed. There were half dozen pieces of lug gage to be carried on and slowed in the compartment. Betty kissed her mother and joked in an ex- tremely modern fashion but her laughter was brittle and slightly high-pitched.
 On the day before her departure she had amazed Janet by apologiz- ing for suspecting her of taking the necklace. Janet was, rather sorry for Betty. She was carrying on. trying to take the matter of her divorce in g. fippant, sophisticated manner but her pride had been deeply wounded. For the first time Betty Carlyle had known humilia- tion and 1t was bitter blow.
 A real estate company began showing Betty's apartment to pros- pective renters at a Sacrifice price," As easily as. within a few hours. life had become a hideous turmoil, 1t drifted again into quiet routine in Mrs Curtis home. Still, there was difference.
 Mrs Curtis showed it most. She tried to be philosophical and treat the situation with unconcern. There were only two persons to whom she talked about what had happened Rachael Thornton, who had been her confidante for years. and Janet.
 cts 6 dreadful thing to have happen" Mrs Curtis told Janet, "aad yet in way I'm glad. Betty was too young to marry. And of course she couldn't know what that man was. I never liked him! l couldn't tell Betty that, but I've known all along he'd make her un- happy"
 "That man. was Rolf. It was the only way in which Mrs Curtis ever referred to him from that day on.
 To Mrs Thornton she said, "It's not as though people look at di- vorces nowadays the way they did when you and were girls. But to think this could happen to Betty-!"
 She refused to accept invitations