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CHAPTER I

Janet Jill's gray eyes raised- and lowered hastily. Intently she studied the typewrition sheet that lay before her and intently-a little more severely than necessary- her fingers tapped out the wards on the keys.

ix to be remembered that the purchasing public"

A sudden, impatient gesture and the typing ceased. Janet suppressed ex- clamation. She had copied the words. twice anul. the page was ruinist. Oh, well-what was the use of pretem! ing 7 No matter how busily at work she might seem there was no stopping the dark figure heading, toward the entrance of the office.

The dark figure was that of a young

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He had gained the threshold

now and paused.

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She led Bad

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A serene,

thoroughly businesslike secretary as she answered. "He just stepped out, Mr. Cressy. I think he's in Mr. Chambers' offer. If you want to see

hien-"

The young man In the doorway raised a band in protest, “N, -- it isn't Important.

As a malter of fort it was you I wanted to fulk to, hot Hamilton. That is, if you can spate a moment or two,'

"Why,

of course".

The young man slumped against tire apposite desk, half-seated himself. He must have been in the later 20s--un average looking young man with sandy hair and agreeable features, a triffe heavy in build, a trifle too well- grooined. He said with a grin. "Seem to be awfully busy in here this marning." mornin

"Not

especially. I mean there's (always plenty to do."

"Tat don't you ever think of may- thing except work?"

Janet nived uncomfortably, It was going to be the same thing all over again! For Chron Buccessive Saturdays and on a veral evenings in between she had told Howard fressy she couldn't accept his invitations for lunchran or dinner. No, not for movie or a concert of a drive, either, She had werd all the excuses from previous engagements to a herdache. She couldn't invent A new excuse. Well, she wouhl just use one of the aid ones,

Why couldn't Howard

take bint

"I

AUGUST 16, 1935.

JANET HILL

LAURA LOU BROOKMAN

1 tems to be alde torrors. The dareung

| reckless pace that would have meant, until 5 -and often long afterward

(To Be Continued).

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keys dew up five days a week arat for half days n but you

everyone busy," she" emmtered, and down with rhythmic, nachine-like! Saturdays when i would so much

don' work Saturday provision,

rather have been busting about n afternoons, do you? You don't invo She didn't antice how frequently, blue and white kitchen of her own. to work to-nigh). How about taking: Howard Cressy's glance wandered į Give up her job to cook and washi A little drive out 021 the Madison from the advertising manager's desk dishes und arn and iron clothes? tad? There's a nice place

to the brown head of the advertising Indeed she would! She'd have been manager's secretary. It was forgiv glad to The girl interrupted, "I'm sorry, alle. Almost any young man word Mr. Cressy, I won't be able to go, have done the suisset, I'm having a guest this evening and Janet Hill was

wasn't y not in 't have to go home and cook dinner," The breath-taking, sensational sensa

"So you can reok! Beauty and of the word Janet': gray eyes were! brains and the domestic arts! But not the sort to do hyp: ôtie tricks when aren't you going to invite me to one a man boked at her. They were level of these dinner parties? Don't I over¦gyes, fringed with dark lashes and

A break, Jaiset ?

they lonkel auf on the world in a Si WAN

from making an friendly, confident way. They were answer. A rustle of papers, the practical cy85 42!

and the broad förehenal sound of footsteps and Bruce Hail-above them was practical, too. Janet ton-broad-shoulderen, tweed clad, had checks and a throat like cream his eyes

framed in dark spectacles—-|und her lips were the dark, rich bug appeared in the doorway. Brucef ripe cherries. It was unusual to Hamilton looked like a college professee such creamy skin with gray ey sor. Only when he dirtated letters in but any artist would have told you New York commodity exchange are

brisk, slasento voice, when he it was exactly right with the waving, Issued by Router: barked commands into the telephone light brown hair that glinted copper!

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or when he florei inte stormy arguin the sunlight. Right, too, was the meats did he suddenly become the well midel chin, the nose shrewd, tireless ani dominating ad generous lips. vertising manger of Every Home And then just when one Anderenber mixed with gray but the eyes beneath' cided that here was a girl who was March

January (1936) 10.96 that

pepper and sult thatch were jattractive and pleasant and sensible, May Hamilton joue saw the freckles. and challenging.

Alnost a dozen July walked with a light step. Evidently of them scattered across the checks, come off as he A dozen anall

Spot the conference bad

but perfectly visible wanted it.

freckles of the same golden brown as The younger man and risen to his Janet's linir. foot. ile said quickly, Oh, Mr. discounted the matter-of-fnetness of September

Sen chaw the freckles Hamilton, I've just had an answer that businesslike young face.

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Thanks." Hamiltor took the let-; ter. He laid half a dozen sheets of

was. 23 years old, 5 feet 5) yellow

inches tall and for two years she had September Janet's desk and taken dictation, Laped letters, madle December paper on day Hall, "Miss Hill, I've made some

Muy revisions in that expy. Sorry to ask Appointments, excruter errands and

one

other you to work overtime but it has to

the offices of Ket off in the first muit. Make twa secretarial duties carbons, please. And will you start Every Home Magazine, Alt Unis in it at once and let the letters and that Janet Hill but all this is, after all. September

necessary to complete picture of Balley memorandum wall?”

"Yes, Mr. Hamilton."

The one Important | December thing to know about Janet was that May CrEASY"

engaged to Rolf Cariyle. Wednesday's sales:- looked at it.

That, at least, was the way Janet

"Now, then,

The advertising manager sunk back in his desk chair and looked us at promotion director. With

the young Hamilton's arrival Cressy had sudden-

quite minor.

WAN

They had been engaged for almost

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ing a swift, exciting tattoo. That i circular going out next month. Their Janet wonder if all the world under September volcon roke and fell, Crey stood how she felt about Rolf-and December enthusiastic, an:ilton agreeing or

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It was being engaged to Rolf that Total sales:-260 fotk made Howard Creasy's continued st Janet was not listening. She had tentions so annoying. It was being glanced at her wristwatch as her engaged to Rolf that made working employer entered, Twenty minutes after hours-especially of 12 The copying in itself wouldn't distasteful.

on Saturday September But it take long but with the letters, the engaged to Rolf, too, that had made

was being January

December apeech to be given before the Lun- the work a paradise Janet I had March cheon Club, the memorandum-oh, it 2nd Econ class would be two o'clock before who could never imagined it could. be, that made )

uld the once ordinary city get away. She had hoped that on suddenly

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the earth's garden spot, to leave the office a 12:30, the hour monplace existence a state of ecstasy when, theoretically, she supposed to beyond anything sho

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Well, she couldn't ask to have some-

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Janet's fingers clicked out the neat money. That was why Janet sat in couldn't because they didn't have the sentences, Rapidly but not at the Bruce Hamilton's office from D o'clock

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