The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-25
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 JANET HILL, breaks her en- gagement with ROLF CARLYLE after learning he has been going out with BETTY KENDALL, a society girl. Janet is secretary to BRUCE HAMILTON, advertis- ing manager of Every Home Magazine, and Rolf is employed in an advertising office.
 Janet is still much in love with Rolf. One night on a street car she meets JEFFREY GRANT, young engineer who has recent ly moved to the rOOming house where she lives. A few, nights later MOLLIE LAMBERT, who lives across the hall, persuades Janet to go on a blind date with two of Mollie's friends. Janet sees Rolf with Betty Kendall and is more unhappy than ever.
 On q stormy March evening she sets out from the office, un-
 decided where to go. She walks
 down a street that is unfamiliar
 and almost loses her way. Com
 ing back she sees q child crying
 in 8 doorway. The little girl is
 ROSIE SILVANI. Janet buys her
 a hot meal and sets out after
 ward to take her home.
 They are on dark street when
 a man catches Janet's arm and
 demands her purse. Rosie
 screams. Suddenly Jeff Grant ap-
 pears and the hOldup man runs. little girls home in his car. They f0 t-s., father, who has been out of work for nearly two years. The family is almost destitute. Janet and Jeff, on the way home decide to adopt" them.
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 CHAPTER XVIII
 The rest of that week was sc busy Janet had to break a movie date with Pauline Hayden and cut her evening French class. At noon she barely took time for a sand wich and cup of coffee at the cor ner lunch counter. Then she was off on hurried shopping trips.
 The problems of the Silvani fam fly had become Janet's own. The first purchase to go to the Silvanis was an order of food-a huge order Including flour, milk, butter and eggs, fresh vegetables and a 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 a 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.
 Jeffry Grant had a suit that "wasn't much good" he said but better than the one Pal Silvani had been wearing the nigh of their visit. Jeffrey had heavy sweater, too, that he never wore any niore.
 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 - Rose 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 as bare as it had before but what Janet noticed immediately was that it was warm. There was a 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 wha' it's meant"
 Rose Silvani, they soon found was much less voluble than hel husband. Obviously moved, sht could not find words to express hel thanks. Janet suspected this wa! partly the restraint built by month. of hardship. Mrs Silvani had beer a pretty woman. She was brett, now except that there were drawI lines in her face and her eye' seemed so tired. Her shoulders were slightly bent and she looked thin and worn and very weary. Hel dress was a cheap cotton, faded b! many washings.
 Janet explained about the cloth ing they had brought. Most O the things she said, would have t, be made over but they were goot Jeffrey went outside an, began to carry in the packages.
 Tommy, who had been sitting il the rear of the room, got on hi crutches then and came hobblinl forward. He stood in the wi~1oy and looked out at the T Ter Little Rosie crept beside hin, ~ the children exchanged whispe. comments.
 was when the cast-off suit an, veater for Pat Silvani wer
 ,yed that Mrs Silvani brok and wept.