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For the LOVE of EVE by Lucy Walling
CHAPTER XXXVII
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coffee. It had been such a short the incident of Mona's automobile | lighted arya and toward a clump fear and no lugjengoʻbut offered to time since dinner. At first Eve re-accident came to Eve's mind. | of trees, she made her way. Reeco | jay her immeillately, her hostess was following but Eve eluded him tooked dubious, wont below evi She managed to avoid stumbling dently to consult "Pa." She pe and slipped aloust parallel to the turned soon, miilag reassuringly, read through the darkness, Shy It'll be all right, mufas,” she sati), thought he must have turned back. Did you want to come and act with for not long afterward an automos o sebila in the living room or bile approached slowly and she hid did you just want to go to bed?" behind the trunk of a tree unit. Later o sank with wellet had passed.
Saturday afternoon Arlene fused to order anything but later Arlene had always suspected that ceived a telephone message from ste compromised and asked the the man in the case was Recor Sam who was coming to take her waiter to bring her a pineapple ice. The injured man to dinner at a new seafood grill at -105th street: Since Mona's board. “Will you excuse us while we covered, as no more had been heard ing house was on 100th street dance? Miller asked as bo and of the affair. But what might this Arlene invited Eve and Mona toona arose.
night's events lead to Eve wa ride-home with ber and Sam.
more than sorry she had accepted Mona's
Invitation.
ing to decide what she could do.
Her thoughts raced wildly, try-,
a long time. Only oneo had they Mona and Miller seemed to be gone
sat. She began to fear they had danced past the booth where Eve left the place. Reece carried on an-a one-sided conversation:
No sooner were they on the door At 6 the four met outside and out of sights than Theron Bixby's. Arlene insisted that E Reece appeared in the entrance of should ride with Sam while she the booth. Eve was startled. shared the rumble seat with Mona "Don't be afraid of me," he said Eve entered into a lively discussion smoothly, T won't with Sam on the subject of ad- hubby I found you here. Expect
tell your vertising and was impressed by ing someone?" his shrewdness and vision. Tho **You know I'm not, sho ride to 100th street. seemed short.swered heatedly.
Mona led Eve to her room on Then you can't mind if I sit the third floor of the green frame down," he responded, "You must dwelling. It Was an attractive be pretty lonely. Will you have a room with
a dormer containing drink?" He pulled a flash from three small windows. The wood-his hip pocket. work had been painted orchid and there were yellow and orchid draperies at the windows to match the yellow and orchid bedspread. These colours were used in a wovon rag rug on the floor.
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"Do you know, I've always ad- mired your" he murmured, aiding a hand neross the table. Eve in stinctively drow back, into a con ner. Once more he poured liquor from his flask and offered hor a drink. Eve's anger mounted. Eve felt trapped. It was a firat- class little frame-up, she thought, said. "Little girl's got a tempor, "I like you that way Borca She had not been aware that Recon hasn't she?" le arose and started was in town with Monn. Oh, why toward her side of the table. Ilo. did they take such delight in mak- fore he could slide to the bouch The girls removed their wrapsing her uncomfortable? Was it with her, Eve sprang to her foot and went down stairs to dinner. because she made no effort to cou-and ran blindly from the booth. Eve glanced about her as she en-ceal her dislike for Reeco? Now Out of the, bulldug, servas the tered the spacious dining Evidently a wall had been removed und two rooms thrown into one.. Tabies seemed to be everywhere with chatting, groups about them.] Most-of-the-diners-were-women.
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"But leave it to Mona!" thought- Eva as she followed the other girl to a small table, nt which were seated an elderly woman and a
man. The young young tinshed Mona a quick smile. She introduced Eve and thou explained that Mr. Miller roomed in the neighbourhood but came here for his men's. Eve felt an umcom.
fortable third party as the conver sation between the two grow an imated. Later, when it was sug gested that the three of them should go for a ride in Mr. Miller's car Eve plented a headache and asked to be dropped off at her home.
"But the ride will cure your headachel" Miller Inalsied. "Mise Allen and I often drive after din ner. Come on the more the mar rier, you know I'
Eve went for the ride. With Mona monopolizing the conver- sation there was little for Eve to do but gaze at the early November landscape as they whirred over the country ronds. "I hate strange ronds after
she said to her.
self. "I'mning into a ditch." She wondered if it were not time to turn back just as they came to a brightly lighted place called Toby's Tavern,
"All out!" called Monn gally. "Oh, are you going in there?" Eve asked in dismay,
"It will be fun!" answered Mona emphatically. "We'll have a sipi and a bite and a dance or two,"
"AH right, I'll wait for you here In the car-Eve sald-ha she stepped"
out to let Mona alight.
The other girl grew impatient. She took Eve's arm and pushed her toward the entrance, "Oh, come out of your character!" she snapp ed.
Eve entered with them. After: all, none of her friends were likely to nec her here, she thought with relief. The place looked rather questionable to her. The Hghts were coloured and gave a dimi effect. Little booths lined the walls and they entered one of them. There were benchen and a table of rough wood, badly scarred with carved initiala." Overhead hung great clusters of coloured autumn leaves, now curled and briftle. In the centre of the room a fuw couples danced to the music of a jazz band which came over the radio.
A STRONG HEAD The women of the Oshima Jalandh can carry any weight on their hands apparently Judging from the above picture. The picture shows a native of the faland transporting har four children in a baskot from home to market. (Prassens Illustrations Burenu).
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NEW DANCE—The dance experts in Germany make great efforts to Eve was surprised when Mona invent new forms from modern dances. One of the noveltier in the Gor and Miller ordered sandwiches and man "Achter" which is soon demonstrated above by some dancing-masters.
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Before long the machine return
into the deep featherbed who Toby's Tavern slowly went in the wake with a shotgun thinking he's ed and after a brief stop at thought, “I suppose. "Pa" in telug
doubt, was looking for her. Evo, opposite direction. Reece, no harbouring a suspicious character." decided to walk until she came to bail walked miles in a direction The next moratujt she found she i trolley. Each time an auto-away from Lake City. She hired mobile approached she hid until it the farmer to drive her home. had passed. Shy met po pedea. When she reached there Alps. trians on the lonely road. Horioka appesused. "Oh, Mr. Ra spiked heels and she felt sick with worrying about you. Your tolos ankles were tired from walking on dert" she said, "I couldn't help nervous fear. Still she trudged on phone was ringing most of the
would arrive at the Lake CityIt rang again shortly, Evo my for what seemed miles and miles, night." Eve had no idea how soon ahe limits nor wint car no she might red and board Throw Ropeo's approach.
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shra Tourletek yan?" Can't you so that I'm Woleomo. Eve rang the doorbell and about you! Why can't we be and when a motherly looking Wo-[refunds ? Your Buabant in't man with graying hair answered above a little hirtation when the abe changed her mind about asklar acanton offera. Why not als hlar; for directions but asked fantonda Morte of his own muillekno? Inho_eontdatop-for-the-night. She was shown to a splo and spau colver, 8ko was terrified. Ters Abruptly Eva-kung-up the "res room with pink rast ruga and rifted at the theat of danster lu Jenny Lind bed. Then the far Reece's pereistent attentions and mora wife turned to her and sakhtorrified at ble lunimations about " Just and Pa out after your Dick. Were they trua -- Roopas baggage. Did you want to delve hats that Pieke hait teen philander your car into the barn for the bg? How was who to bear it it night?"
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