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THE HONGKONG' TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 1933.
For the LOVE of EVE by Lucy Walling
BROIN HERE TO-DAY
department store, secretly marked
working.
DICK
and
reflection in the mirror. "She'll EYE BAYLISS, pretty ltant to KARLE make people notice her. She'l BARNES, advertising manager of probably get her man, too, and ILADER, constructions superintendent. Bick when she does she'll know enough opposee her continued employment and pleads to hang on to him. Oh, how could for house st Ken is determined to go on I leave Diek as I did!"
was plonsantly MARYA VLAD,, faxirkun sriiet.
However, Eve AKLENE SMITH, Atenegraplier to the excited as the train drew into vertising offics, notice Eve' excitement but du not awapest ber secret. Two hours after Grand Central station. A redenp her marrings Eve learns that she must make took her bage and led the way to A taxi. She reached the hotel in a trip to New York for the store and that the most leave that night.
flutter of anticipation. She wrote "Miss Eve Bayleas" on the If there registor and inquired wore any messages for her. She held her breath while the clerk looked. Yes, there was a telegram.
the wall until she and Dick are at dianer before telling bim this news." Dick sket bur
to the riation and were her aboard her train From the train window she sees him foln
gay party of young people.
CHAPTER III
Evo clutched it tightly as she Eve awoke with the lawn and lay for a long while watching the followed the bell boy to the clova- wintry Hudson river as the train tor. She looked attractive but aped by. She wondered about Dick was entirely oblivious to the ap what he was doing at this hour, praising glances that followed her. whether he was asleep and dream- Her suitcase unstrapped, she dis-! ing of her or on his way to work. missed the boy with n-tip-turned- She reached under her pillow for the key in the lock and, with fingers i the chamois bag. It was there and that shook, tore open the
thin
"Inter-
knows
the little gold wedding ring was yellow envelope.
She stared at the message safe. She tried the ring on and decided to wear It until she arrived long moment. It rend:
view Phoebe, Inc. She
more
at the hotel.
Over her black pyjamas she What Lake City is wearing before) slipped a black silk robe with awe know it.-Earle Barnes.”
Eve sank weakly into a deep great, golden dragon heavily em- broidered on the back. A pair of cushioned chair. She was golden mules completed her Pull-than hurt. She was even a little man ensemble and she picked up frightened. Would this thing she always bland between her dressing ease and made for had done
her and Dick? He couldn't leave the dressing room.
with her on a { "Good morning," an uncertain his work to come
honeymoon trip. Why should he volce greeted Eve as she entered.
"Good morning," Eve answered expect her to give up her big op- with a swift appraisal of the young portunity to spend a honeymoon si creature before hor. An extremely home? Oh, why had this whole plain face but one which was rapid- miserable situation come about?
Later however as she rode to bureau of
Lo
ly being transformed by the expert Use of cosmetics. The other girl drew a blue wool frock over her the style advisory head in one quick motion. Then Phoebe, lue,, Eve's trained raind sho stood before the long mirror concentrated on the business of and pulled the dress tightly over the day. Freda Carter was
meet her there. They had made her lips, turning right and left.
"Therel All ready for the big adventure," ake announced pertly.
Eve lifted her eyebrows inquir ingly. The girl lit a cigarette and confided, I'm nervous as a cat. This is my first trip to New York. Married girl friend lives right Across the river In New Jersey but she doesn't expect me. seo I've taken my life in my own hands. I want to find a husband before the bolls ring 30. There's a new crop of girls springing up every year and there certainly ren't enough eligibles to Ko around at our four corners. My sister discovered it ino late, so I'm hitting for new pastures be- fore I'm past the age."
You
Evo duffed her hair with a lit tle jade and gold comb. The girl watched her.
"That's a pretty wedding ring." alic sold. "Wall, you're one al the lucky ones-to have a husband in these days of competition 1"
The girl's hand was on the door! knob 'when she turned back, "My i name's Corinne Devore," alie sald, and paused. "Not that we're like- ly to meet again, of course," she hurried on when Eve remained silent, debating whether or not to return the confidence by telling her own name. "I know what you're thinking," she went on defiantly. "That it sounds made up. Well, it is! My real name a Cora Dilly. I've always hated it and I didn't Mecany reason for drugging it along to New York."
With that Corinne Devore was gone, leaving Eve with the guilty feeling that she had been a trifle snobbish,
"She may not be so lovely, but she's wise," Eve said to her own
hurried dinner in a new gown of pale gold ; Interesting ninn on the ship. the appointment in a
conversation. Frada lace. 11 renresented the mens-Ernest, Franks is his name. He's Us at oight telephone seldom stopped at a hotel when uro of her stolding to the tempta going to call for
every lovely fo'clock." to purchase in New York, as she had a sisterton
thing she beheld.
Eye said she would enjoy going living in Brooklyn.
She found herself warming to With Freda who was just back
to the theatre. She was surprised from Paris, her head full of fash-Freda Carter. With-her Eve felt when two men instead of one met lon news and her trunks packet one of the barrier of formality then as she and Freda left the with French gowns, Eve made the that often exists between women rounds of New York's marteat who are brought together by pre-
"I brought this lone wolf along." #1 Jeisurely eralonal interests. They dined shops. They spent
Franks explained after Introduc- noon period with some advertis-pleasantly at Eve's holél,
"because ho ank.lug Theron Reece, About to-night." Freda a meal served in woman over peasant style: In a quaint French over the coffee cups, "I thought needed company. I hope you'll
you'd like to see a musical com-ke him." restaurant.
That evening Eve dressed for "ody so I arranged it. I met an (Continued on Papo 15.)
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