The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-03-18
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when she entered the regt ruurn
next day why the buzz of'conVer-
sation in the corner stopped
abruptly as soon as she appeared.
Madeline, who operated The
switchboard and was alge .. sort
OF receptionist, and the Two Dep
nison sisters were grouped around
the dressing table. There was q
pause and then Cora Dennison.
the older of the sisters. said with
exaggerated casua mess. oh.
Janet-you don't happen to have
match. do yoa?" - T.
Janet didn't and It seemed
rather unnecessary to ask because
there was . packet OF matches
lying on the dressing table. 3: AS
soon as Cora saw them she began
to talk rapidly about a suit she
had seen in Marsh's window that
was simply adorable" .'"'
Janet surmised. and rightly.
that as soon as she was gone the
three heads would be bent to-
gether again and that her name
and Rolf's would be mentioned
frequently. -.
TWO days dragged by and then
l. the third brought a surprise.
It was Janet's birthday. She
hadn't told anyone about tat
least she was sure she hadn't
but there was a Birthday card
waiting for her in the evening
mail. 1t was from Tommy and
1 Rosie Silvani and there was a pie.
ture OF a woolly dog on the cover
and a little verse under the flap.
Janet couldn't remember telling
the children the date OF her birth.
day but Rosie was always asking
questions. She must have told
then and forgotten about II.
Sweet of the children to think
about her! .a.
There was a picture in the
Times that evening under the cap.
ton, AT West Virginia Resort"
showing q young man with a bag
of golf clubs standing beside 9
girl in a white sweater. Both OF
! them were smiling and beneath
the picture were the words. Mr..
and Mrs. Rolf Carlyle OF Lancas.
ter photographed at White Sui.
phur Springs. W. Va. where they
are spending their honeymoon.
Mrs. Carlyle was Miss Betty Kea.
dali before her marriage"
Janet saw the picture and Tor.
got about the birthday card the
Silvani children had sent. Jsn
Grant saw It. too. JEFF was IN
his room and on the table before
him was a gift box from Marsh's
department store. inside lay the
black handbag he and Janet had
bought.
JEFF caught up the newspaper
and studied the photograph. He
looked at it long while and then
dropped the newspaper on the
floor. He opened the purse.
There was a small white card In
side and he took this out. The
card read. ITO Janet from Jeh.
For moment the young man
paused, undecided. Then quickly
The tore the card into q dozen
fragments and dropped them into
wastebasket. Half an hour
later when he went down stairs
he did not stop at Janets door
but went on to the first noor ana
out OF the house. ,.a,.s
He gave the purse next day to
| a stenographer in the, Office where
he worked, explaining that he had
gotten 1t "by a sort Of mistake"
and that II she could uss It shs
was welcome to 1t. The stenok.
rapher's name was Dolores Gala
han. She was little and had very
dark eyes and usually wore . blue
dress that was becoming. Dolores
was delighted with the purse.
She told her friend. Agnes MAJ.
lory, that she wouldn't mind going
out with Mr.. Grant.
"And maybe I will, too" Do
lorss said with sudden boldaesA
" (To BE Coatinued, 90.