The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-03-15
REIGN HERE TODAY


JANET HILL breaks her en-
caEcmcnt with ROLF CARLYLE
after learning he has bccn going
ont with BETTY KENDALL. so
ricty girl. Janet ~ sccrctnr? to
BRUCE HAMILTON, advertising
n,anngcr of Every Home haEa-
zine. and Rolf Is employed in an
ndveTrssinE office.
janet Ia still much in love with
Rolf One night on street car
she meets JEFFREY GRAHi'
Young engineer who has recently
e,ovcd 10 the roaming housc
where she tives. 4 few night"
later MOLEIE LAMBERT. who
uves Rcross the hnH. pcrsundcs
Janet TO go on n blind dasc with
TWO Of MoIiie's friends. janet Sccs
Roll with Betty Kendall and IL
more unhappy rhnn ever. ...
On n stormy March evening nhr
sets out from the Office. undecided
whrrc 10 go. She walks down n
street that IN unfamiliar md al
most i0ScS her way. Coming back
she sees n child crying In = door
way. The little girl IL ROSIE
SILSANl, Janet buys Ter hat
meal and scrS OUI nftrrwnrd 70
take her horne. ..
They arc on n dark street when
n man cntchcs Jnnrt's arm and de-
mands her purse. Rosie screams
suddenly len Grant appears and
the hOidup man run. Jen takes
Janet and Rosie TO the little Eiuin
home In his car. They talk 10
PAT SILVANI. Rosic's father. who
has been out OF work SOr ncnrly
two years. The family ~ almost
destitute. Janet and JcfY. nm the
way home decide 10 "adopt" them.
NOW GO on WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XVIII
THE rest OF that week was SO
busy Janet had to break a
Movie date with Pauline Hayden
md cut her evening French class,
vt noon she barely took time for a
sandwich and cup of coffee at the
corner lunch counter. chen she
Vas off on hurried shopping trips
The problems Of the Siiyani fam
.ly had become Janct's own. The
first purchase to go to the Silvanis
vas an order of food-a huge order
including flour, milk, butter and
eggs, fresh vegetables and large
assortment of canned goods. Then
there was clothing. Janet looked
for bargains and found them. She
had gone through her own ward
robe and selected what she could
spare. From Mollie Lambert and
Mrs. Snyder and girl who lived
on the floor above Janet collected
other garments-coats and dresses
that could be cut down for the
children or that Mrs. Silvani might
remodel for herself.
Jeffrey Grant had suit that
wasn't much good" he said but
obviously better than the one Pa,
Silvani had been wearing the night
of their visit. Jeffrey had a heavy
sweater, too, that he never wore
any more.
He and Janet loaded all these
things into the roadster Saturday
afternoon and drove out to the
little house on the dreary street
It was Rose who met them-Rost
Silvani with her daughter, little
Rosie, peeping from behind hel
skirts until she saw who the guests
were, then darting forward. Rosie
was radiant this time. Her face
was freshly scrubbed and her dress
was clean. The house looked a:
bare as it had before but wha'
Janet noticed Immediately was
that it was warm. There was fire
burning in the small square cook
stove and behind was bin filled
with wood and coal.
"Oh-you're the ones who sent
the food" Mrs. Silvani exclaimed
Wont you come in, please?
don't know how to thank you.
don't know how to tell you what
it's meant"
Rose Silvani, they soon found
was much less voluble than heI
husband. Obviously moved, she
could not find words to express her
thanks. Janet suspected this was
partly the restraint built by months
Of hardship. Mrs. Silvani had been
a pretty woman. She was pretty
now except that there were drawn
lines in her face and her eyes
eeemed so tired