The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-04-12
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JANET HiLi. nrcnks hrr rn-
gngemrnI tai ROLF CARLfLE
when she Iearps he had becn pnS-
ting alterations To BETTY KEN
DALI" wealthy soctPty EIri Janet
2..lts sccrrtnry to BRI CE iitMii.-
TON ADVERTISING manager OF
every Home singaxinc She sith
Inyc- ROII :, ,rs--..
JEFF ERaSr. yopbc engineer
save her purse from u hoidup man
and she ana Jrn brronIe Trir nds
When she lr,arns Itoit ha- rtop~d
.yirh Bptt- she tttl- J-H nbnut beS
tJrokrn rRsn.rmrnt ana say. she
ran never care tor anyone else
Hamilton leaves the magazine
md scrure, n toh Tor janet nv 80
-fnt secretary TO hts sister. MRS
CURTIS IT ~ several days before
Jnnrt learns Mrs. Curtis IL Betty
KrndalI'S mother Then sh" fcris
she should go away hut cirrun,-
stances prevent
Roll ana Rctty rciorn from
thrir hancymoon nna moSe I"
thrir own apartment. Mrs. Gurus
goes 10 silver Rays n take resort
iaEinr Ianrt wiki her ,ihr! t'"'
=, muu,h. One night shortly hTtrr
their return Janet gees Tor or'f
with JcR They sec man nho
Sims ana Offers TO take the con-
mic 10 the nearest rnrm house
Innrt rPcng mics the girl ns very
Carlyle nnu tho man NJ ""
BtNNISTF.R rrn days mtef
Itrtty asks hrr mother y" "
Charge Janet. Mrs. 'urh' re-
fuses That rvcuin:: she - raii"d
tn the telephone and comes barN.
r,citcd. crying. "Bcttys brch
robbrd!'
NOw co ON WITH rHE STORY
CHAPTER XIII
WHERE were five persons In the
bedroom with its low. modern
Istic furnishings In orange anc
ivory and black. All OF the lights
IN the room were burning. Drawers
or the dressing table had oeen
pulled out and left open. a dress
Jay discarded across chair ana q
nat had been tossed on the bed.
Betty Carlyle was the center OF
The group. She wore gold-colored
negligee that caught and held the
light and she would have looked
very beautiful except for the anger
IN her face.
But | tell you I've looked" she
exclaimed. Everywhere. The
necklace isn't here and someone's
stolen it! know it was in my
level case"
when did you see 1t last" Mrs.
Curtis asked.
Betty stamped foot impatiently
Why do you keep asking the same
luestions?" she demanded. Il told
you | haven't seen II for a week
1t was in the case where always
keep it. 1 haven't been wearing
the neCklace-just my bracelets"
And the bracelets"
They're still here. That's one
II the queer things about it. Some
Jne must have come into the apart
ment while / was away and taken
the pearl necklace.
Rolf Carlyle moved TOWARD l
table and fiecked the ashes from Il
into a tray. You knew
I've told you you shouldn't keep d !
that stuff here in the house." ae
said. 1T isn't safe. Why. VIA
your rings and those Two braceIc':
and the other things you wca
there must be a couple OF thousaLd
dollars worth OF Jewels In IT,
room"
More than that" Mrs. Cur'
said. The necklace cost $500
A BELL sounded sharply al
- Marie. the maid, who had be !
In the background, turu,i
o answer IT, Maries eyes we're RI
Is though she had been weeping
That's the police, | suppose.
Betty said.
we might have been murdered
n our beds for all that loot!" Roll
;rumbled as the four trailed into
he living room Betty followed by
Rolf and Mira Curtis and lastly
anet.
A policeman ard a smaller man
n a brown suit stood in the door
'ay. The man in brown stepped |
onward