The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-03-13
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JANET HILL breaks her en-
rugcment with ROLF CARLYLE
after learning he has been going
out with BETTY Kendall, Il so
cicty girl and niece OF member
OF the company for which he
works. Janet ~ secretary To
BRUCE HAMILTON, advertising
manager of Every Homc Maya
zine, and Rolf is employed in an
advertising oHicc. janet is still
much i'm love with Rolf but he
has declared thcir engagement
didn't "mcan anything" and nc
cliscd her OF not really winning TO
marry him because she Insisted
ON pogtponing the marriage until
they had saved some money.
Janet Is Ioaaiy and unhappy.
One night On street ear she
meets JEFFREY CRANE, young
cnpinecr who has recently moved
TO the rrominG house where she
lives. a few night later MoL!.!E
LAMBERT. who lives across the
hall, persuadcs .'anct TO come on
"a blind date with two of MOlIic's
friends, Al SCHILDNER and
FRANK MULLINS. Janet secs
Rolf dancing with betty Kendall.
On the pretcxt of headache
Janet leaves the party and goes
hGnic.
Weeks pass but she cannot
Conquer her loneliness and heart
ache. On n stormy MARCIA evening
ahe sets out frcTa the Ollcc, undo
ciicd where she will so.
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THE wind whipped Janet's coat
l. back and the rain struck her
ace. It was more like sleet than
ain. She had to hold the umbrella
lightly to keep it erect. A dark,
vet. thoroughly disagreeable eve
ling. Still Janet stood there, hest
.ating. Which way should she go?
The sensible answer, of course,
would be down Center street to the
ar line two blocks away. A stormy
hight, such as this, was one to
spend at home. She could buy some
,ood at the corner delicatessen,
neat it on the gas stove and have
dinner in her room. AfterWard
here was the book she had brought
home from the library and barely
glanced at. Or she could go down
and join the bridge game sure to
be in progress in Mrs. Snyder's liv-
ing room.
Yes, that was what she SHOULD
lo-and no sooner had Janet made
this decision than she knew she
would 90 nothing Of the kind. Cen
ter street, leading to the car line,
was brightly lighted and ahead
three or four pedestrians-oflice
workers, no doubt, delayed and now
hurrying to catch the next car
could be seen.
Sixth street, which intersected
with Center, was deserted. Its
lights were DINNER and farther
apart. There was no one at all in
sight on Sixth street.
Janet, having made up her mind,
pushed forward. The storm, the
sleet and the darkness were far
more welcome in her rebellion than
the warmest of firesides. She didn't
care where the street took her.
Again she said to herself, Il can't
go on this way! l can't"
A dozen wild notions caught at
her fancy. She would go away from
Lancaster. To Chicago-or New
York! But would going away help?
Suppose she wrote letter to Rolf
and asked him 10 come to see her.
No, suppose she telephoned him!
Suppose
A gust of cold wind blew her coat
open just then and Janet jerked it
back in place. The sidewalk,
c2usted with sleet, was becoming
icy. Instead of turning back Janet
walked more rapidly. She had for
gotten the storm, forgotten that the
street was becoming darker, that
there were fewer lights in the
buildings she passed.
ITS no use!" Janet told herself
desolately. Rolf doesn't care. He'd
make excuses" No. it would be
better for her to so away. In new
surroundings she would forget
more easily. New York, she de-