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JANET HARDY IN RADIO CITY
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JANET HARDY IN RADIO CITY
BY
Ruthe S. Wheeler
THE GOLDSMITH PUBLISHING COMPANY
CHICAGO
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COPYRIGHT 1935 BY
THE GOLDSMITH PUBLISHING CO.
MADE IN U. S. A.
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CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE I. Janet Gets the Lead 13 II. Shooting on Location 20 III. Surprise Callers 30 IV. High Praise 41 V. Deadly Fangs 47 VI. The Smoky Menace 53 VII. Racing Flames 61 VIII. The Line Goes Dead 68 IX. The Fire Sweeps On 76 X. A Welcome Rescue 90 XI. New Plans 101 XII. The Preview 110 XIII. Janet Turns Author 118 XIV. Clothes by Roddy 126 XV. Homeward Bound 135 XVI. Gorgeous Gowns 145 XVII. Hello, New York! 154 XVIII. In Radio City 164 XIX. A Manuscript Vanishes 170 XX. The Mystery Deepens 178 XXI. Insinuations 186 XXII. Shadowed! 193 XXIII. Janet Pinch Hits 201 XXIV. Night on the Twenty-seventh Floor 208 XXV. Janet Opens a Door 214 XXVI. In the Hall 219 XXVII. Suspicions 227 XXVIII. Rehearsals Again 233 XXIX. Janet Finds a Clue 240 XXX. Opportunity Ahead 247
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JANET HARDY IN RADIO CITY
JANET GETS THE LEAD
Chapter One
Janet Hardy stirred sleepily as the alarm clock sounded its lusty summons and it was only after a real effort that she managed to reach out and shut off the insistent clock.
It was so early that shadows of the night still lurked in the corners and Janet squinted at the clock through sleep-clogged eyes. It was four-forty a.m.
Sitting up in bed she looked across the room where Helen Thorne was deep in sleep, oblivious to the strident summons of the alarm which had echoed through their bedroom.
Table of contents (by pages)
- 1: Janet Hardy in Radio City by Ruthe S. Wheeler
- 2: Thorne had remained in the family home in Clarion
- 3: Helen laughed and turned to Janet
- 4: Curt Newsom had his own string
- 5: After dinner in the ranchhouse that night
- 6: Janet nodded and swung into the saddle of the rangy sorrel
- 7: Rising and advancing to greet Cora and Margie
- 8: Cora especially plaguing Curt Newsom
- 9: Cora and Margie following in their own car
- 10: It was Margie asking this time
- 11: I'm sure we'll enjoy ourselves in Hollywood
- 12: The director mopped his brow again and grinned
- 13: Janet sniffed the late afternoon air
- 14: Curt sneezed heavily and then sniffed
- 15: There was still that fetid smell in the air
- 16: Janet stopped and sniffed the air
- 17: Someone down at the bus turned on the headlights
- 18: Half a hundred feet away was the bus
- 19: Curt turned and faced Bill Fenstow
- 20: Curt snapped the question back
- 21: A big jack was placed under the rear axle
- 22: Janet followed Helen into the ranchhouse
- 23: Janet had been watching the skyline intently
- 24: Back into the bus piled the company
- 25: Half a dozen backfires were started
- 26: A handful of men were still grouped around Curt
- 27: It mattered little that embers
- 28: Advised Curt as he started up the trail
- 29: Billy Fenstow handed Janet a blackened dipper
- 30: Janet and Helen walked over to the ranchhouse
- 31: Janet and Helen reached the rear
- 32: We put the film cans in the well
- 33: Henry Thorne looked down at Janet
- 34: Janet looked over to Helen's bed
- 35: Rolled a fresh sheet into the typewriter
- 36: I only dropped in to tell you about the preview tonight
- 37: Suddenly Janet knew that she didn't
- 38: Janet asked the question with bated breath
- 39: Maybe Hollywood styles won't be campus styles
- 40: We want to wear Hollywood styles when we go to college
- 41: Said the girls as Roddy waved them out of the office
- 42: You never can predict what Roddy will do
- 43: Then let's take a swim in the pool
- 44: And sometimes precious little sagebrush
- 45: Janet nodded and turned to Henry Thorne
- 46: For she knew that inside were the dresses George Roddy
- 47: A garment designed for classroom wear
- 48: Janet knew that she would enjoy going to school here
- 49: Do you hope to join a sorority
- 50: Janet and Helen went into the great
- 51: Then the ferry was nosing into its pier
- 52: And continue six blocks to Radio City
- 53: Adolphi joined them within a few minutes
- 54: Helen looked at Janet admiringly
- 55: Never mind changing for a subway trip
- 56: Janet even looked in the closets
- 57: But Janet and Helen had eyes only for Radio City
- 58: The radio director looked at Janet
- 59: Adolphi left studio K and Janet
- 60: And Curt Newsom walked slowly toward the elevators
- 61: They slowed their pace and Janet turned and looked around
- 62: Not particularly about the program
- 63: He hastened over to Director Adolphi
- 64: Suggested the continuity writer
- 65: Janet saw him conferring with Mr
- 66: I'm going to take this down to McGregor
- 67: McGregor smiled approvingly and Jim Hill felt like shouting
- 68: She went back to the typewriter
- 69: That done Janet returned to the desk
- 70: While Janet remained unconscious
- 71: Barely visible to Helen and Curt
- 72: I knew someone was prowling in the corridor
- 73: When Janet arrived at the studio
- 74: I'll skip up and get the script and rejoin you
- 75: Adolphi dropped his arm and turned away
- 76: Curt hailed a cruising taxi and they piled in
- 77: It was with a heavy heart that Janet returned to the cab
- 78: Growled Curt as he signalled two cabs
- 79: Rachel Nesbit stepped out and after her came John Adolphi
- 80: What about Adolphi and that precious sister of his