The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-03-16
a1,i;IS HERE TO-DAY,

JANET HILL breaks her EN-
gagcment with ROLF CARLYLE
after learning he has been going
out with BETTY Kendall. n So
cicIy girl. jHnei IL secretary IN
BRUCE HAMILTON. advertising
manaEcr Of Every tlomc NnEI-
sine, and Rolf ia employed In nm
advertising office.
Jnuet Ia still much In love with
Rolf md. though she trles. can
net forget him. Ore night ON u
sIreet chr she meets JEFFREY
GRANT. young engineer who has
rrcentIy moved 30 the r0ominG
house where she lives.
She does not see Grant again
for some time. Then on stormy
March evening she walks down n
atrect that Is unfamiliar and nj
nest loses her why. Coming hnck
she sees - child crying In % door
why. The little girl II ROSIE
sH.vANI. Janet bnys her hot
meal and sets out afterward 20
take her home.
They are on u dark street when
man catches Jarst's arm and
demands her purse. Rosie screams
and suddenly .Jeff Grant appears.
The hOldup man runs and Grant
takes Janet and Rosie TO the lit
tie girls home in his car, THY
talk TO PAT SILVANi. RoSic's
Gathcr. who haa been out or work
for nearly TWO years. The family
IN almost destitute.
On the way hoisc Janct and
jeffrey decide TO adopt" the ST.
wants. They drive 10 the home
nEain Saturday afternoon. .len
mas found temporary work for Pat
and gives Mrs. Siivnni money to
pay the rent so that the family
will not be -disposseSscd.
Coming home he says 10 Janet.
~ wonder II you would do some
thing for me"
NOW GO on WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XIX
EANET smiled. why. of course
she said. "That is. If it's any
hing can do"
81 was going to ask If you'd have
dinner with me-" Grant told her
"Afterward we might drop in to see
/ movie. or perhaps drive"
The girl wasn't smiling now but
there was more to the sudden
change in her face than that I'm
sorry" she said. "there's-I've
made an engagement. I'm awfully
sorry but III have to keep it."
Grant nodded. MY bad luck
he said. - should have asked you
sooner. of course"
he talked about other things un
I'll they reached the rooming house
He left Janet there. smiling as he
called good.by. and drove away
Janet went in the house and III
the stairs 10 her own room. There
vas no other engagement, Of
course. Nothing but dinner to be
cooked over the two-bIrncr gas
stove and eaten alone. Nothing but
the book from the library that sc
tar hadn't interested her.
She tossed aside her hat and coat
and sank into a chair. Well. 1t wa:
better to be alone than TO go gu
and pretend to be having a gcoc
time. She had tried that. The dis
astrous evening with Mollie Lam
bert and her friends!
Memories OF other Saturda!
evenings came back to tormen
ner-dinners here in this YER!
room with Rolf across the table
dancing with Rolf at the Chinese
restaurant. bus rides, walks II
the moonlight. the time the!
went to Riverside Park and rode
on the roller coaster
Presently Janet arose and De
gan to prepare the meal. Attel
she had eaten she washed the
dishes. read two chapters In the
library book and went TO bed.
Whatever her worries may have
peen about Jeffrey Grant repeat
tng his invitation, they PROVED
ground less. She saw him severa
Zines the following week but al
rays twas TO consider the prob
ems OF the Silvani family. JEFF
frey did not ask her again to have
dinner with him. 1t was jane
herself who brought about theil
first social engagement and II
happened In this way:
CHE telephoned his Office
> Wednesday morning and wher
Grants low-Iitched voice came &C