The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-04-24
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when she learns he has been
 paying attentions to BETTY
 KENDALL, wealthy society girl.
 A little later Rolf and Betty
 el0pe. Janet loses her secretar-
 fal job but, due to her employ
 CTS recommendations, Is hired as
 social secretary by the wealthy
 MRS. CURTIS.
 Janet still loves Rolf. She fas
 become friendly with JEFF
 GRANT, young engineer, who
 saved her purse from a holdup
 man. Janet had told Jeff about
 her broken engagement and he
 has admitted he cares for a girl
 who Is in love with someone else.
 It is not until she has worked
 Tor Mrs. Curtis for some time
 that Janet learns the woman is
 Betty Kendall's mother. Then
 cumstances prevent.
 She incurs Betty's enmity, par
 ticularly after a night when
 Janet sees Betty with VAN
 HARVESTER, rich young bach
 elOr. Betty asks her mother to
 ischarge Janet but Mrs. Curtis
 refuses.
 That evening Betty discovers her pearl necklace is missing.
 Mrs. Curtis and Janet are at the
 apartment when police arrive.
 They begin an investigation.
 Betty remembers she sent Janet
 to the apartment that day on an
 crraDd and accuses her of talk
 ing the necklace.
 NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY \ CHAPTER XLIII 4 The room was in darkness and there was no sound except a low, muffled sobbing. The sobs ceased - only to be resumed. They stopped, began again. \ Three raps sounded on the door and the sobbing was hushed ab- ruptly. After an interval of quiet there were three more raps. A figure, hidden in the dark, moved and then went toward the door. \ "W-who is ?"
 N Can I come in, Janet?" It was Mrs Curtis voice.
 The door moved inward slowly. Mrs Curtis stood on the threshold carrying a lighted candle. It was the candle that always stood on the table beside her bed. A loose blue negligee fell to the floor over her white nightgown. Her gray hair was screwed into tight knot fon top of her head. 1T couldn't sleep" the woman Iexplained. T was afraid-oh, my dear, you mustn't feel so badly"
 The light from the candle fell on the girl before her. Janet was in ipajamas. There were tear-marks on her cheeks and her eyes were red- lined and swollen. Her hair was tossed in wild disarray and she looked thoroughly miserable. \ She said, Come in!" and then quickly put her handkerchief to her mouth.
 Mrs Curtis closed the door be- hind her. T was afraid I'd find you like this" she said. "Get back into bed, my dear, or put some- thing on 50 that you won't take cold"
 "Tm all right" Janet mumbled, but she picked up a flannel bath robe and slipped it about her.
 "Oh, Mrs Curtis," she said turn ing quickly, T want to go away 1T can't stand it here with you thinking what you do about me. I'd rather be anywhere - in jail if they want to put me there! don't lcare-"
 Mrs Curtis placed the candle lsaid. "You mustn't go on this way. Of course you're not going to Jail. You're Tot going anywhere!" T x1yar mt o1 rafhnrfn
 "Sit down." Mrs Curtis said. She moved toward the bed and turned ,n the pink-shaded lamp that stood there. "A little light will make the room more cheerful,' she said. And then, There's no use in letting yourself go to pieces, Janet. don't think you took the necklace. I've already told you that"
 But Mrs Carlyle thinks so and those men"
 "1hey can't prove it if you didn't. The thing for you to do is to settle down and get some rest. You'll make yourself sick if you keep this up.'
 JaEet was silent. The older woman reached out and took her hand. There's nothing for you to worry about" she repeated, ''so long as you know you're innocent"
 "But what am to do?" The girls eyes raised appealingly. "Ev- erycne will know about it. They'll ook at me and they'll say things. lr-T wish I were dead!" I She began to weep silently. Mrs Curtis stroked the girls arm. T lon't think anyone will hear about IIt," she said. "I'l1 ask Betty not To tell anyone. Now that the police are at work it won't be long before lLhey find out who's to blame and everything will be all right"
 "But suppose they don't find put ?"
 "They will!" Mrs" Curtis voice was confident. q wouldn't be sur orised if they'd find the pearls to- morrow. They have all sorts of ways of finding things, you know. HOf course I'm terribly sorry about he whole thing! - regret 1t leeply."
 Janet shuddered. "Those men -hink did it." she said. "They said they did. They said I took town town this afternoon!"
 "There's one thing" Mrs Curtis began hesitantly. "I don't under stand why you went to the railway station, Janet. I had no idea that you were thinking of going away. Why didn't you tell me?"
 "I was going to. was going to ell you next Saturday"
 But don't you like 1t here? Is here anything wrong? If you'd only talked to me about it--!"
 "I just-wanted to go away" Janet murmured.
 But why? What is the reason?"