THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1933.
For the LOVE of EVE by Lucy Walling
BEGIN KEZE TO-DAY
EVE HAYLESS. Pretty nalatent to KARLE BARNES, advertising manger of Baby
department moro, „merrwa DICK RADER, construction superintendent. He wants her sa¦ Mive up her job but she refuses. Eve does not so they keep the marriage secret av
they announce 15 They spend a brief vacation at the home of Era's parente.
want her employers to know she is married
month. At Chratmas
Back, the office MARYA VLAD, 'fashion artist, and ARLENE -SMITH, stenographer,
and la trying to eanss trouble for her,
ALL citedly. Ere knows the UNA ALLEN, the new Dopy writer, diskes her New Year Res party at their apartment. Eve and Dick farito suceral friends to
Arlene' hopes to viška an iraptresion on GEORGE BLISS but Mona vampe hton.
Eve bure Leveral expensive antiques, spend. log moner Dick has given her to pay the
regil. They sharrel,
CHAPTER XVII
About the middle of January Eve received a letter from Irene Prentiss in Now York. One para- graph of that letter was destined | to change the trend of events for Eve and Dick Radar.
Really I wish you would get in on some of the following winch nave been making excellent showings"
financial pages of the newspapers and compared Irene's list with the day's ratinga. Each stock show: Hora Irene listed several stocks, ed again. Yes, Irena was right! the mere names of which were exit was a simple mattor to muku citing to Eve. If Irone could money. make money from her earnings so could she, Eve reasoned.
But how, Eve wondered, did one go about it? She had not the lightest notion how to buy stocks and decided to ask Dick. Ho would not suspect that she intend-
She put the letter in her purse and turned her attention back to the lay-out on her deak. Bixby's tal rug dealer who was retrix had secured the stock of an orlened to speculate.
rom business and leaving the elty. The advertising office was draped with gorgeous Persian rugs and Marya was aglow with engerness as she worked at her drawing "Some of them buy through board. Once she looked up and ex-their bankers," he told her, "and claimed, "Oh, if only I could do some buy through stock brokers
like Sloan & Sanford." these in colour.".
"You can have. your Saruka and Bokharas," said Arlene, "but I've a yen for a room-size Chinese rug. If I ever find a man who will buy me one I'll drape myself around his ucck.for life?"
heard people talking so much about "Dick, dear," she began. "I've buying and aclling stocks. Where do they do it? I mean hero, in Lake City ?"
That was enough for Eve. The next day she hurried through her luncheon and crossed the square to the gray limestone building which "Since you have decided to be
housed the Sloan & Sanford com- como a business woman," Irene
pany. She scorned the, elevator roto, "don't you think you should Evo smiled as she fastened the and walked up the marble stairs to got more for your money than the sheets of copy together with a clip, the second floor. Easy access was purchase of a few household gadg-She, always felt a sense of pride one of the features of the brokers ets you would ultimately buy, any- when Barnes entrusted the prepar- office. The outer door opened and how? Why don't you invest your ation of a full page advertisement close with rapidity and a stream earnings in some of the stocks that to her, To-day she was more of people seemed to be passing Oriental through. Feeling a little nervous, are so good now? You can build than usually plensed. up a nice little fortune for your rags heretofore had been some Eve entered, hoping no one would self and be independent of your thing to write about. Now, after notice her. She was at a loss what husband. There is such a thing as reading Irene's letter, they had to do next.
Some She had a vivid impression of letting your money work for you, become a definlie reality. you know. And think of all the day she, too, might own such love-stock exchange scence during the exciting moments and expected to things you could do with Home, ly rugs.
Her interest was aroused and hear men shouting while others extra cash, How about a trip to
less Europe, for instance? I want to she determined to follow Irene's scurried about, all more or go but I certainly don't intend to suggestion. For the present, how-wild-eyed in their feverish anxie spend my hard earned salary over, she decided to keep all the ty ns the ticker clicked off figures cheques on the trip. I've done pret. a secret from Dick, After she had sending their fortunes soaring.
Instead Eve saw a line of men, ty well during the last two years, made a great deal of money, she
elderly, buying low and selling high. I ex- would surprise him with the news. mostly middle-aged or pect to do oven better this year.!
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Nanking, Sept. 7. Eve stood, confused, until a boy,
Two important telegrams which havo been exchanged between do for you? ho questioned. approached her. "Anything I can
"Why-uh-is Mr. Santord in?" Canton und Nanking leaders
Bur-cently, were published this ovon- Eva stammered, to her forda at school and the name had prise. She had known some San-ing.
After anying that repeated queries from Canton had hitherto a pleasant association.
"I'm sorry. Mr. Sanford is out remained unanswered by Nanking, at lunch," the boy replied. "Will Southern leaders, including Chen Chi-tang, Li Tsung-Jon and Tsai some one else do!"
a telegram dated "No, thanks. I'll be back later,"Ting-kal, In Eve answered, relieved, and hur-September 3, raised the following ried out. She had not planned four questions:
1. Since national salvation lies what to say to Mr. Sanford.
Dick had told her that some in the suppression of Communists people bought stocks through their and resistance to foreign aggres banks. Perhaps that would be slon, in which connexion measures simpler. Her lunch period was have alrendy been decided by the over and Eve could not escape from Kuomintang Fourth Plenary Sea- the office until evening. Then itsion, it is undesirable to convene would be too late to go to the bank. the Fifth Kuomintang National. She would have to wait until to-Congress in November, especially as such a conference may lend to morrow.
fresh complications.
But the next noon there was a 2. Civil and military authori- pouring rain and Eve had so much ties, as well as public organisa- unfinished work on her desk that ten in all. Provinces, should be she took time only to slip down allowed to nominate delegates to stairs for Handwich and a chocola joint committee, which shall late malted milk. Thus it was hold in trust the proceeds of the several days later before she felt American Loan and supervise the she could spare time during hor expenditure, thereof. lunch hour for a conference with a Under this heading, the Can- banker. In the meantime she had tonese leaders' express the fear of large received another pay envelope and that the importation a large percentage of its contents quantities of foreign agricultural had been deducted, according to un produce will impair the interests arrangement with Bixby's, for ap-of Chinese farmers, and emphasise parel charged to her account. the harm which will follow if the
Eve's personal finances, wore in Loan is employed for unproduc-| a low state, yet she optimistically tive purposes.. looked forward to making a for-
3. All documents in connexion tune. There must be a way for with the Tangka Trüce should be her to get a foothold, she told hor-published.
Nanking's Reply,
self, banishing from her mind any 4. The anti-Japanese forces in worry as to how she was to secure Charhar should be maintained. it. When the time comes I'll take care of that," she thought. Eve usually waited until she had one foot on a bridge before she per- mitted herself to contemplate crossing it,
General Chiang Kai-shek, and Mr. Wang Ching-wel replied yes- terday to the following effect: All bankers are not white haired, 1. The Fifth Kuomintang Na- old gentlemen. When Eve found tional Congress should be held in herself ushered into the office of November according to Kuomin- Mr. Brown, the manager of the tang regulations which, however; stock and band department of the stipulate that the Conference may City Baak, her assurance left her be postponed for a year if special immediately as a pair of piercing circumstances render such post- For the dark eyes seemed to bore through ponement necessary. her mask or nonchalance.
He motioned her to a chair and
then asked how he might help her.
Evo decided it would be best to
be frank and let this banker know
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Mr. Brown patiently explained the methods of buying and selling, both through buying outright or on margin. Murgining appealed to Eve, inasmuch as there would be a quick turnover for, a relatively small Investment. Mr. Brown ex- plained the hazards of the latter method but Eve characteristically rofused to consider that side of the picture.
She produced the 1st of stocks which Irone had recommended. Some of them Mr. Brown -approv-| ed.
"But why go into this?" he said scornfully, pointing to one. "Can't you see that its returna would be seasonal? In the winter you would get good dividends, but the summer slump would more than offset that profit."
"And this" he objected. "It in. buyers like yourself who knowi nothing about trading who have boosted such stocks to inflated prices. Insistent buying forces the stock far beyond actual value, prompted by earnings,"
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Evo's face flushed. was convinced that Mr. Brown was giving her good advice.
"How large n sum were you thinking of Investing, Mrs. Rn- dor 7" he asked. "Perhaps I could suggest a method of distribution."
"WhyWhy". Eve fumbled for words, "I haven't quite decided. But thank you so much for your
“ advice!" She plunged on stop in somp-time next week.""
Once more Eve was glad to bu out in the winter sunshine. Three persons she know passed but Eve did not see thom. She was Ints gotting back to the office and know Barnea would be sarcastic about it. It made no difference to him that' ahe had cut short her lunch period on other days. She would get that money somehow without lotting Dick know and then she would margin. When she had a good sum she would' gayly bid goodbye to Bixby'a and. to Barnes,
Already her vision of a future In the field of advertising had dimmed before the axeltement of this newer venture into the world cf.finance.
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