The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-09
SYNOPSIS

JOAN WAKING, pretty Memphis girl and BOB WESTON, son of a New York millionaire, meet in Mcpaphls and fall In love.
 The romance progresses happily until Joan and Bob are invited to a house party. ThrOugh the schcming of BARBARA COURT NlsY, who Is trying to win Bob, JOan and Bob become estranged.
 Meanwhile PAT WAKING, JOan's youngcr sister. Is i'm an automobile nccident and JERRY TORRES TER, her escort. is killed. The fact that they had just come from a rond house and that Jerry had been drinking appears in the ncwspaI,ers. BOb's father reads nbout the accident and asks Bob 10 give up Joan.
 Pat runs away tO New York, leaving a note explaining that she feels she has brought only un. happiness to the family. Joan follows and begins a search for her sister and also for n Job which will enable her to rcmaln in New York. Aided by KATE. JONES, a model, Joan is given n try.out by BARNEY BLAKE, night club owner. Joan waits breathlessly to learn whether or not she has won n job.
 CHAPTER XXII
 Joan looked at the night club manager without replying. He went on, whimsically but with Il current of seriousness behind tho words. Don't mind me, Miss Waring. I'm always Jumping fences instead of stopping to open gates. It's just my way of getting past a lot of proliminarles which arc really unimportant. We move fast in this business. What mean Is that 1t isn't going to be difficult for us to understand each other" ho concluded.
 He smiled then and Joan smiled back. People instinctlvely liked Barney Blake. Ills infec- tious smile and boylshness won them completely.
 He was shifting papers in n desk drawer, frowning a little. "Hore 1t is. Just luck that newspaper clipping and handed 1t tO JOuIs HUI tgtb WtiN touSie by bold, black headlines and tho picture of n masked woman.
 "Europeans have a flair for tho unusual" Blake was saying. "They do things beautifully that we would be afraid to attempt. We Americans are always putting a curb on our enthusiasm be- cause VIC arc so afraid of ridi- cule."
 Joan waited, bowilderod. She was sure this was not the usual approach to a business arrange mont. This young man was going all around the field instead of Jumping fcnces.
 "When I was fin Monte Carlo "I was in one of tho elaborate night clubs which had n large and wealthy patronage. The place was packed every night princi. paily because of slnger--nn at. tractive woman who was always masked. People arc rcally like children. You must humor them in Q lot of foolish notions!
 " Accidentally. the singer dis. appeared one night. At the same time an American woman missed costly diamond necklace. Guests remembered aftorward that tho singer had stopped near tho Americans to untangle her scari which had caught on chair. The police worked on tho case, but tho woman was never found. Sht simply removed her mask ant escape was simple"
 Joan was becoming moro bo' wiidered. Tt sounds like the flc tlon I was always encouraged tt leave on the bookshelves," sh, said. Are you planning to in yoive mo in n jewel robbery?"
 Hardly! I've built my busl ness on unexpected things. l an preparing to offer you q chance now because I believe we can pu over m idea I've had in mind fo four years. I'm taking you on q ono of my singers and you vii ding in a mask. Other cabaret have tried the same thing, but
 mean No do 1t differently"
 When Joan reached tho hote aho found Q telegram waiting fo [ her. It read, Received iong lette