g taken off the
continuity work on the script.

"It was the chance of a lifetime," Janet overheard her telling another
girl in the company. "What if there is a clause about keeping the script
secret. I'd know it as soon as the final chapter is placed in the hands
of the company for rehearsal."

"But we won't get the final chapter until Saturday afternoon," replied
the other. "They're taking no chances about any leaks on this program so
any of the other companies can interfere with their contract for this
big film broadcast."

Janet had no idea just how much the broadcast of their program would
mean to the World Broadcasting Company, but from all the talk in the
studio, she knew that it must be an exceedingly large sum. The vice
president in charge of programs dropped into the studio that afternoon
and watched them work for over an hour. At the end of that time, when
the director called a brief recess, Janet saw him conferring with Mr.
Adolphi. Whatever passed between them evidently was not pleasant to the
director for he called them back at once and they started all over
again, the director driving them with an intensity that approached a
white-hot fury.

At last the rehearsal was over and most of them were completely worn
out. Janet, fortunately, had been spared most of the director's
criticism while poor Helen had come in for several bitter attacks from
him.

"I'm going on to the hotel, take a shower and crawl into bed," said
Helen. "Another day like this will put me in bed for a week."

"I'll be along later," said Janet. "Get the mail at the desk and if
there are any letters for me, leave them on my bed."

They parted, Helen taking the elevator down and Janet turning toward the
suite of rooms where the continuity writers worked. At the end of a long
corridor, she found Jim Hill's office, a tiny cubby that contained only
a desk, chair and typewriter stand.

"I thought you'd forgotten all about this writing date," said Jim,
looking up. "I've patched up the sequence that Adolphi objected to this
afternoon, but I'm still in a mess over the last episode. It's got to
carry a lot of punch and this is the chapter we've got to guard until
the last afternoon of rehearsal. There are more leaks in a big studio
like this than you can shake a fist at."

"But who would give away this information?" asked Janet.

"That's not hard to guess," replied Jim. "It could be someone jealous of
another member of the company, or so