The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-04-22
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ohNIl IlLI uECuAS bCG Ch~ gagcment to ROLF CARLYLE when she learns he had been paying attention to BETTY KENDALL wealthy society girl. Janet, 23, is secretary to BRUCE HAMILTON, advertising manag- CT of Every Home Magazine. She still loves Rolf.
 JEFF GRANT, young engin- eer, saves her purse from hold up man and she and Jeff become friends. When she learns Rolf has eloped with Betty she tells Jeff about her broken engage ment and says she can never care for anyone else.
 Hamilton leaves the magazine and secures q job for Janet as social secretary to his sister, MRS CURTIS. It is several days before Janet E>,rns Mrs Curtis is Betty KendaD's mother. Then she feels she shyuld go away but circumstances prevent.
 Rolf and Betty return from
 their honeymoon and move to
 their own apartment. Mrs Curtis
 goes to Silver Bay, Q lake resort
 taking Janet with her. They stay
 a month. One night shortly after
 their return Janet goes for a
 drive with Jeff. They see D man
 and girl beside a wrecked car. Jeff stops and offers to take the couple to the nearest farm house. Janet recognized the girl as Bet ty Carlyle and the man as VAN HARVESTER. A few days later Betty asks her mother to dis charge Janet. Mrs Curtis refuses. That evening she is called to the telephone and comes back, ex- cited, crying "Bctty's been rob- NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
 CHAPTER KILT
 There were five persons in the bedroom with it's low, modernistic furnishings in orange and ivory and black. All of the lights in the room were burning. Drawers of the dressing table had been pulled out and left open. A dress lay discard ed across a chair and a hat had been tossed on the bed.
 Betty Carlyle was the center of the group. She wore 0 gold-colored negligee that caught and held the light and she would have looked very beautiful except for the anger In her face.
 "But I tell you I've looked!" she exclaimed. Everywhere. The necklace isn't here and someone's stolen it. l kpow it was in my jewel case"
 When did you see it last?" Mrs Curtis asked.
 Betty stamped 0 foot impatiently. why do you keep asking the same luestions?" she demanded. "I told you I haven't seen it for a week. It was in the case where l always keep it. I haven't been wearing he necklace-just my bracelets"
 They're still here. That's one )f the queer things about it. Some one must have come into the apart nent while I was away and taken he pearl necklace"
 Rolf Carlyle moved toward able and fiecked the ashes from lis cigarette into a tray. You know I've told you you shouldn't keep Ill that stuff here in the house." he said. Tt isn't safe. Why, with Jour rings and those two bracelets md the other things you wear, here must be a couple of thousand lollars' worth of jewels in this 'oom."
 More than that" Mrs Curtis 'aid. "The necklace cost $S00-"
 A bell sounded sharply and Marie. the maid, who had been in the background, turned o answer it. Marie's eyes were red IS though she had been weeping.
 That's the police, l suppose" Betty said.
 we might have been murdered ,rumbled as the four trailed into he living room--Betty followed by Rolf and Mrs Curtis and lastly Janet.
 A policeman and smaller man n a brown suit stood in the door way. The man in brown stepped onward.
 Mrs Carlyle?" he asked.
 "Tm Mrs Carlyle" Betty told lim. You're from the police, trent you? I telephoned."
 "Yes, Mrs Carlyle, McKewan's my name and this IS PatrOIman scott. I understand there's been ! robbery here?"
 Someone has stolen my pearl ,ecklace." Betty told him. "I didn't miss it until this evening when I vas dressing. The necklace was in my jewel case where l always keep t."
 Suppose you tell us just what the detective inter 'upted smoothly. How did you happen to notice the necklace was nissing?" What time was 1t then ?"
 "It was about three-quarters of ln hour ago." Betty said. Maybe | littel less. My husband and l were going out and l was dressing, was sitting at my dressing table md 1 pulled out the second drawer that's where I keep the jewel 'ase. The case was there but some