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TER XXXVIII Janet stood still. "But where are you going?" she asked.
"It doesn't matter," Rolf told her. "Anywhere! I just want to talk to you, that's all. Heard you were back and I've been wanting to see you."
"But Rolf-1
"Are you going to say, you won't talk to me? Well, I hadn't expected that. Of course If you feel that way
She glanced at him, then looked Away quickly. "But we can't," she anid.
"I mean--what did you want to talk about?"
"I can't very well tell you standing In the middle of the sidewalk, can Come on. We'll drup in, at Stanley's
Stanley's restaurant in the next block was one of the most fashion able in Lancaster. Betty Carlyle and her friends often lunched there. Janet knew she couldn't go there with Rolf.
She said. "I'm sorry hul really I can't. Mrs. Cartis is expecting me." His eyes met here directly. "That's a excuse, isn't it?" he said, "There's ronic reason why you don't want to come. The same reason, I suppose. why you've been avoiding me for so long. I thought it was agreed be tween us that we were going to be friends."
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at it. WAK pounding furiously. "But won't go!" he told herself over and
In 20 minutes mare Rolf would be over again. "If he comes 1 won't be
there.. Janet tried again to read. there!"
Well, that was settled and settled Sho mustn't think about Rolf,. She Rolf should know wouldn't go to meet him, of course. in the right way.
question. that it would never do for them to That was out of the
She looked at the printed page and meet secretly. She wonton. Not thought, "I didn't try to make things he wanted to talk to her about. that it would make any difference. happen the way they have. It's not
reviewed
the
conversation, my fault." She
had But I would be her fault if she nanured herself that her attitude
went out the side duor and down the flagstone walk to the oak tree. heen the right unc. But what was anxious to talk to her about? A dozen times during the afternoon There would be no one else to take that same question arome. Once back the blame for that. in the big brick house she felt secure
It was 18 minutes now. And now i again. There was no use denying that seeing Rolf had been a tempta 17. How fearfully quiet the house
but she lion. It was a temptation had risen above it. It was a comfor-was! Not a sound except the clock.
Pres. Coolidge was the beating of Janet's
Pros. Taft table feeling to know that she had at a sound? Oh yes there was been able to master the situation.
She could feel it drumming could be very calm, bo away go noisily that if anyone else She
If Hold been in the room they must suce. affair now. whole came he would simply find that he is have heard it, too. The clock and had been foolish. Janet kuew that the stendily pounding heart kept up
withi she would spend the evening
a sort of duet.
Janet rose and moved about the Mrs. Curtis, either reading to her or possibly playing cards. There was a room restlessly. She thought. "He
anid
it was important. I wonder new game Mrs. Curtis had learned at Silver Bay of which she was very fond what he wants. Perhaps it really is Even if Janet had not decided against important." It, it would be quite impossible for her | to meet Rolf.
the
there heart.
And then quickly, "But it can't make any difference. I told him 1. enuldn't see him!"
Impulsively she turned to the radio Janet felt conspicuous standing
And then something happened to
The evening be-again, timed in a noisy orchestra there on the street. She said, "Let's walk along. I'm on my way to take jolt her assurance.
kan just as Janet had been sure it and let the brassy notes fill the room. Rolf would. She and Mrs. Curtis had was hideous but it was better an Answer," objected as they moved along, sido by dinner and afterward their coffee was than the silence. The sound seemed served in the living room. They were to steady her. No, she would not side.
• still sitting there when the telephone go to meet Rolf. rang
Sho refused to meet his ASCA, "Of course we're friends," she told him in a voice that was not as steady as it should have been. "At least I want to be."
He laughed rather unpleasantly. "Only
you'd rather never see me, is "You know that's not so, Rolf! It's just that well, I think it's bet ter for us not to see each other. You remember what Betty thought that night she came to the house? I don't want to cause any trouble!"
Janet said, "I'll answer," because it was Lucy's night off. She arose and went into the library.
•
It was 10 minutes after nine when A out of the house. few more nights and the moon would she stepped
complete golden circle. It 1 crooked A moment later she was back to say be a
rest was that Mrs. Thornton was calling to nak shone down brightly on if Mra. Curtis would like to see the patch of the Inwn. The new picture at the Century, If she shadowed by trees and the hedge at Janet clored the door behind her would the Thorntons would stop for one side of the house.
one in her in 20 minutes.
of course!" Mrs. Curtis and waited. There was no
tree on the right "Tell her-no, wait! sight. The oak
was a mass of shadows. No, Rolf He had taken her ut go myself."
At 10 minutes after eight the bell had not come.
She hesitated a moment, staring rang and Janet answered. Mr. and her word. Mrs. Thornton entered and at the
blackness beyond. All at once, she same moment Mrs. Curtis, wearing at the patch of moonlight and the hurrying down she saw the gure moving, slowly hat and cost, came the stairs.
coming toward her. She heard a "I'm all ready," she said, "I'm voice call softly, "Janet!" and knew glad you telephoned! We'd better get was Rolf. right along.
"I suppose. Goodbye,
can only stay a moment," he anid when she was beside The man went on as though be Janet-
They were off in a whirl of chiffon What is it you want?" had not heard her. "Will you meet
There me at nine o'clock?" he asked. " and lilac perfume and the heavy seent
her come to the oak tree back of the of Mr. Thornton's cigar. Janet stood house."
"So that's it!" There was a pause and then Rolf went on more serious- ty. "But I really do want to talk to you, Janet. It's important! I've got to talk to you. Lisien, will you meet me this evening-"
"I can't do that!" Janet inter- rupted quickly,
•
for
hint
was barely light enough to make out his face.
for a moment and watched the car "Perhaps to see if you would come!"
nwny. Then she went back to he said.
"But you mustn't ask me to do Wing room and turned on the
that, Rolf. I can't!"
"he re-radio, "At nine o'clock to-night," peated. "At the oak tree.""
The yellow bus appeared at the epraer a block away. Janet saw 1 with a wave of thankfulness." won't be there," she told him firmly, "There's no use of you coniing!"
He said, "I'll be waiting for you," touched his hat as the bus came to a halt.
Janet stepped into the vehicle and found a seal. She knew that her cheeks were flushed, and her heart
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"Then I have to go!"
"No, His hand was on her arm. A dance orchestra, playing one of Janet-please! You can't go now.
do want to talk to you!" the tunea she had heard often at Sil-I
Well, then ver Bay, came on the air. Listening.
The hand on her arm tightened. Janet felt irritated and snapped off the switch. The song died in the "Janet!" the man repeated the name softly, "You're looking very sweet, midst of a plaintive tenor chorus.
up a magazine and do you know it?" All at once his Janet picked tried to read. The words parading arm was around her. She had no before her eyes wero meaningless. She will to stop him, even if she could could not keep her attention on them, have. Rolf caught her to him and The house seemed quiet. So quiet she his lips found hers.
(To Be Continued). could hear the tick of the clock across
Good Fairy," now showing at the through some cunning feats of black Star Theatre, this reviewer has not magic on the part of long-doad Edgar reen it. From the various standpoints Allan Poe, author of "The Raven," of acting, story, humorous incidents, and the movie makers, our many production And direction, this liven "Karloff is revived again in the a hunted rollicking farce is completey satisfy-Poe thriller, this time as Binister ing, and
and is a credit not only to criminal who falls under everyone concerned in its making power of Bela Lugosi, a half-crazed
Sullavan and
Herbert doctrin
Margaret
and
Frank B. Gompert nationally known arshall are presional company/Lugosi in the sinister doings of "The
upon a
the head of an
80
Wolfe. Louis
The cops are crashing the movies!
The cast supporting Kurioff as co-stars at criminologist in charge of Criminological Department of
of Los
Raven" includes Irene Hinds, Maidel
Inez Courtney, Spencer Angeles Sheriff's Office, launched and neither has ever before been
cast, Unrealized comedy Turner, a screen career at Warner Bros. happily Gompert was engaged, by the Warner talents are here revealed in many Charters and Inn Bros., to supervise the filming of high-scenes filled with delicious humour, Friendiander directed from a script ly technical scenes in the Barbarn and attest to the wide versatility of prepared by David Boehm.
picture "The starring
The this popular pair. No less effective Stanwyck
to the in uproariously funny roles are Frank Scerel Bride," Coming soon
Morgan and Reginald Owen, who Queen's
He is an authority on all branches keep the laughs coming at a lively of crime detection and investigation pace and add really to the success He took laboratory equipment valued of the picture. Other important parts
Theatre.
at $25,000 to the studio for use in are in the hands of Alan Hule, Hugh scenes wh
which were filmed in
authentic
and realistic fashion under the eve of
"The the expert.
a thrilling dran of
and
by
murders
Bride"
O'Cansell
and Beulah Bondi,
"Gold Diggers of 1935", Four of
five
million Americans plots learned, during the late World War.
what it is to do things by the numbers, on a play but it remained for Bushy Berkeley
the
Ide. Miss Stanwyck Du Leonardo ds the cast which includes Warren to make full use of his army training William, Glenda Farrell, Grant in the creation and the direction of Mitchell, Arthur Byron, Henry screen spectacles. Every thrill that
Dumbriile. Berkeley has provided audiences in O'Neill and Douglas William Dieteric directed the picture musical numbers in "42nd Street"
"Footlight Parade," "Wonder Bar, Hugh from the screen play by F. Herbert, Tom Buckingham and Mary "Dames" and his latest First National musical, "Gold Diggers of 1935", was McCall, Jr.
Star of Midnight"
filmed by count with Berkeley him- in love self doing the counting. A rehearsal Something entirely new stories is said to be brought to the on the Berkeley acts during the film-
like
screen
by Williain Powell and ing of "Gold Diggers of 1936" sounded a drill field during the Ginger Rogers in "Star of Midnight", a little
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ANOTH
Guld Diggers of 1935" is drawing
takes the aggressive, and it's hard to crowded houses at the Queen's Thea tell whether Powell is a willing vlc-tre.
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In the all-star cast are Dick Powell,
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The
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Miss Rogers Joining forces to track down has been killed six times in the lant the clues to a strange disappearance four years by Universal, the latest
of
Raven", in and a weird murder. Stephen Roberta execution being in Bela Lugosl
which he atarred with
ia directed "Star of Midnight", which
the King's Theatre. Hero he Ja is based on a story by the Arthurnt
killed again by his arch enemy, Somers Roche, master
are Lugost, with such careful preparation fiction. In the supporting cast are ruch well known players as Ralph and with such resounding finality it Morgan, Paul Kelly, Leslie Fenton, almost seems as though he
dead. But this netor has more Vivian
Lockhart, Oakland, Gene Russell Hopton and 3. Farrell to give for his movie audiences than MacDonald.
"The Good Fairy" If the screen has ever shown more delightful comedy than
any cat ever had and we can expect
to see him shot, choked, drowned, atabbed, gasred or tortured to death Tho in many another horror picture. But,
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