The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-04-28
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 JANET HILL breaks her cn. gngrmcnt to ROLF CARLYLE when she Iearne he has been pay ing attentions to BETTY KEN DAHL. wealthy society girl. A lit- tie later Rolf and Betty ciOpc. Janet loses her stcTetariaI job but. due to her rmploycr's rccom- snendation, is hired ns social sec retary to the wealthy MRS CUR- ITS.
 Janet stiII loves RoIf She has GRANT. young engineer, who man. It Is not until she has worked for Mrs Curtis for some time that Janet learns the woman Is Betty KcBdaIl's mother. Then Janet wants fO gO away but cir cunlstanccs prevent.
 She incurs Bctty's enmlty, par- tIculariy after q night when Janet sees her with VAN HARVESTER, rich young bachelor. Betty asks hcr mother to discharge Janet but Mrs Curtis refuses.
 Betty discovers her pearl neck lace Is missing and accuses Janet of taking it. Mrs Curtis defends Janet but the girl feels crushed and dlsgraccd. Police find the necklace next day in pawn shop where Rolf had left 1t to raise money for gambling debts.
 Betty and Rolf quarrel and she sets off for Reno. Janet agrees tO stay with Mrs Curtis until her daughters return. Days pass and 11R Nn. have dinner with him. She agrees. Meanwhile fin Reno. Betty is weeping over a letter she has just received.
 NOW co ON WITH THE STORY
 CHAPTER XLVII
 It was long time before Betty sat up on the side of the bed. One of her small gilt slippers had been kicked off and lay on the floor before her. Her hair fell fin a disheveled mass and her checks were swollen and red. She put one hand up and wiped away the tears that smarted in her eyes Then she picked up the letter.
 Mrs Curtis had written 1t. The letter began affectionately, My darling daughter" and was de- voted principally to bits of news about people in Lancaster. Most of them were Mrs Curtis friends instead of Betty's. The Thorn tons were talking of buying q new car. Emma Haynes had gone to | Charleston for the winter. Mrs l Milford had called and sent her love to Betty. The first two pages ] nf fhn laffnt Suara haupfad t., l things like that and then there ! was the paragraph that, seeeing 1t | n second time. stabbed at Betty's | henrt just as 1t had the first.
 "I clipped something from the | morning paper thought would | interest you. You and Van used | to be such good friends. I hope 1 shes nice girl and they'll be happy"
 The clipping was an announce ment of the marriage of Miss Maly Katherine Gibbs of Boston and Van Allen Bannister II, son of lir and Mrs Van Allen Ban- mister of Lancaster. The wedding | had taken place in Boston the | week before and the young couple had departed immediately for Bermuda.
 Every word of the formal phrGsing was stamped indellibly on Bettys heart. She read 1t through again and again and | then, sobbing, fell back on the bed. "I don't care!" she moaned. | "I don't care what happens now! oh, Van how could you? How | could you?"
 There was no answer. No an- swer of any sort until there was n knock at the door and n startled maid announced, amid apologies, that she had mistaken the room for another. Betty | shut tho door on her. When tho telephone rang a little later she l took it up and said that she was sorry but she could not keep the engagement. Yes, q sudden head ache. It was simply raging. No there was nothing 10 be done. She would be all right only she couldn't see anyone. Not tonight.
 The waiter asked with solicl- tous air, Was everything satls- factory?'
 Everything was all right" Rolf assured him. Now we'd like two raspberry ices and. two COIleeS. MuKe If1iIle d luTBe oIc'
 Yes, sir" The waiter bowed and disappeared.
 Rolf leaned forward. ''It's great sitting here and talking to you like this" he said. Makes mo forget---a lot of things I don't like to think about. l know I've been a fool. Janet. All sorts of fool! To think I let girl like you get away from mel"
 Tho girls eyes met his and then lowered quickly. He had said things like that throughout | the dinner. Flattering things. | The sort of things every girl likes to hear. But he hadn't said that he cared for her in the old way. He hadn't asked if she could give him another chance to prove he loved her.
 "You were telling me about the new job." she reminded him. What is there you don't like about it?"
 He shrugged. "Oh, don't know. It's small town stuff. that's all. They don't know how to go after tho big money. This Tel low. Jackley, has been running things for about 15 years and he | won't listen to anyone else. Got n lot of old fashioned ideas. Be- lieve me. told them thing or two when I left the Atlas office! | told Jim McPhail exactly what | l thought of his dumb advertising | agency. Say, said plenty--!'
 Janet looked at him with