The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-03-11
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70 the theater With you? ] hate
to leave the party but I know Ia
feel better at home. You mustn't
come with mc-not any OF you.
Please don't! II someone Will cali
a cab for me III Just say good
night" .... .E.a-..,
There were objections. Iheyd
all so with her, Al Said. He'd go
for the car right now. Well, then'
Mullins would go. 1t ended finally
as Janet wished. MoIlie Lambert.
reading something in the other
girls eyes. settled that. 80,
II hate to have you leave,
honey" she said, but Of course n
you think you'll feel better at home
that's che thing to do. And II you'd
really rather so alone, that's for
YOU to- say. Come on. boys. let's
all scram. The show begins at $3.50
and if we don't start we'll miss the
first part" .... 49,. >
Janet had never in her life been
more grateful to anyone than when,
as she was getting into the taxicab,
Mollie caught her hand and
squeezed it. Goodnight. honey"
Mollia said, 81 hope you'll feel lots
better"
She didn't say anything more
but Janet understood. Mollie, too.
had seen Rolf Carlyle dancing with
Betty Kendall.
I'm sure l will" Janet assured
them. Goodnight"
She did feel better, too, even
though an hour later her pillow
was wet with tears.
| GENERAL days passed before
~ Janet saw Mollie again and
when they met little was said about
the dinner at Reigals. Frank Mui.
Inns returned to Spruce City.
Though he telephoned Janet twice
she avoided another meeting. Once
she was not at home when he called
and the second time she was leav.
ing to attend lecture with Pauline
Hayden. 1t was a lecture by Ia
nous explorer. Someone had given
Pauline the tickets. and Janet was
glad to be invited. Instead Of cook.
ing dinner at home now she had
dropped into the habit Of eating
down town with Pauline or one OF
the other girls.
She liked Pauline better than the
others because she never asked
Questions. All of the girls at the
office had known OF Janet's engage
ment. They knew, too, that Rolf
wasn't coming to the Every Home
office any longer, that he didn't
wait. for Janet now or meet her at
the drug store corner. Such gossip
flies quickly in an office the size OF
the Every Home establishment.
Janet overheard Clara Dennison
telling two other stenographers
that it was all over town that Rolf
was going to marry swell society
girl" She knew the girls whispered
other things-about herself and Rolf,
too. "--'''
Determinedly Janet tried to con.
ceal her unhappiness. She tried to
forget by working harder. by going
for long walks. by taking books
from the circulating library. She
enrolled at the Y. w. c. A. for q
class in beginning French.
Still she could not forget Roll.
She couldn't even hate him.
Che left the office one evening In
late March. stepping out into
drizzling rain. 1t was cold, too.
Janet raised her umbrella, drew
her coat closely about her neck.
At the street corner she hesitated.
She wasn't thinking about the rain
or the cold wind. She was thinking
that she was utterly miserable
81 can't go on this way!" Janet
told herself desperately. Il can't
Something's got to happen!"
And, sure enough, only a little
later that evening something did.
| ITO he Continued)