The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-02-24
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JANET HILL Is engaged 10 ROLF
CARLYLE hut they do not nave |
enough money To marry. Jnnci II
secrefary for BRUCE HAMILTON
ndyertisinG: manager OF E'ery
Home Magazine. and Rolf works
for the a las Advertising 20.
janet insists they must have Soo"
In N savings account before they
can he married.
HOWARD CRESSY. another en-
pioye of the magazine. tries %
mike dates with Janef ou' NJ"
diScUuraEes him. ~
She hurrieS home from the OF
foe one Saturday TO prepare
surprise birthday dinner Tor hi'
I'm the way she sees COUPE en-
teriny the fashfOnnbie preM
Hotel Coffee shop ana feco'
the young man rs hoii'
VOW co ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER II
TN another instant the girl IN tne
fur coat and the young man De
side her had disappeared. Janet
had barely seen them. had heard
nor heart cry out. "It's Rolf" and
was still struggling with the shocS
when the door Of the Gomez onop
closed
Immediately common sense re-
rurned. OF course it couldn't nave
neen Rolf with that pretty. expen'
sively dressed girl II was some
other Young man whose topcoat
banpened 10 he the same shade OF
gray as Rolls. who wore a DARK
felt at the same angle. ..
at was because | was thinking
about him." Janet told herself.
Imagine making such an idiot OF
myself! Why. it couldn't have been
Rolf" She accepted this explana'
ton eagerly, with sense OF RELIEF,
For a moment, though, she had
heen startled
Smiling, treasured, Janet hur-
ried along. A minute or two later
she was turning into the doorway
Of Rooney'S Cafeteria. Most OF the
noon-time crowd had lunched and
departed. The long room with its
innumerable little tables, all with
cleaning tile tops, was not even
half filled.
Janet ordered a satisfying lunch
two vegetables, salad. glass
Of milk ard for dessert a delicious
looking fruit tart. She carried her
tray TO a table near the side OF the
wall and sat down. 1t was quiet
there. Blessedly quiet. Suddenly
Janet realized that she was hungry.
The hot food seemed delicious and
for several minutes she devoted
herself to it, thinking only how
pleasant il was to eat an appetizinR
meal in peaceful surroundings.
Then she took e slip OF pape!
from her purse and began checking
over the items listed. Hayslips'
first for the pen and pencil set. In
parenthesis Janet had set down
SIS" 1t seemed lot; enough even
for the handsome pen and pencil
she had visualized as Rolls gift.
The dime store was on the list
for candles and a glass top to re-
place the broken one on the coffee
percolator. The cut-rate flower
shop next for a half dozen pink
roses-little ones that wouldn't last
long but would be just right in a
low bowl on the table. The roses
would cost only so cents. Then
there was the meat market and the
grocery and all the things that
must be bought to prepare the
birthday dinner.
Janet went over the list. No,
there was nothing she had forgot.
ten. Two-tifteen now. She must
hurry!
TOUR hours later Janet Hill stood
before the two-burner gas stove
stirring cream sauce, trying at the
same time to keep an eye on the
steak broiling in the skillet that
sat none too securely over the other
Blaze. The asparagus, cooked, was
propped as near as possible to the
heat to keep it from chilling. A
steaming coffee pot posed perilous'
ly at the corner of the tiny shelf,
serving both as kitchen table and
a support for the gas stove. Dishes.
tea towels, a paper sack, knives