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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, AUGUST 28, 1933.

For the LOVE of EVE by Lucy Walling

BEGIN BERE TO-DAY

come to

Eve reached the office half, an, beauty shop. Marya was a pretty IVE HAYLESS, arty maidens to Paule hour late. She hoped tats tard-young Bohemian girl whose air HARNES, vertising manager of Bixby's iness would not department

Mr. hair was parted above a broad ator secretly marrin Klixby's notice. He always was at waite forehead and whose gentle RADER, construction superintendent. Dick opposes bec continued employment and pleads his desk early and expected every dignity gave evidence of the car for home but Eve is determined to go on one else to be prompt. On Eve'sful training to which her wurking.

The sume day Era learns that she is to desk-the desk that had been world mother bald firmly, be sent to New York by the store and must Allee Marshall's-was f leave that night. She does to tell Dick this news until they are at dinner. Ito which read: her aboard her train.

In New York Eve mools FREDA CARTEI dros buyer for Blaty's, who introduces her to THERON REECE Rare much ate tracted by Eve. He angers her toy trying to Jelas, ber in a tant,

At the end of a work Eve" returns to Lake | City: Dick meets hee and takes her to the fashionable Hotel, Miramar. They are about to RD 'down to dinner whes a woman teles phones, making for Dick. He fearen İnsa mediately, saying something has happened "on the job" and does not return all night.

CHAPTER VI..

It was nearly time for Evs to start to the office when Dick returned next morning.

note

"Memo to Miss Bayless from Mr. Barnes:

*After you correct proofs of to-day's ad, please see Miss McElroy and get details for Basement hat sale Tuesday. Select mix or eight hats for sketching. Make 3-col, Iny- out for Press and 2-col. for Times and write copy and heada to fit. Sco layout on my desk for depth of ad and approximate size of cut.

"Send proof of your col- umn in to-day's Press to Mr. __Bixby_for_hli-0—1——

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'Tho girls showered Eve with questions about her trip to Now York and exclaimed rapturously over the gifts she had brought thema dram of jasmine perfume in a crystal bottle for Marya and

new lipstick for. Arlone. Eve corrected the proofs and sent them to the buyers of the departments represented for their approval. Then she went to the basement hat shop to discuss to- morrow's sale. She jotted down descriptiona' and prices and selceted several hats för sketching, "Please send theso up at once,' she said. "Miss Vlad wants them right away."

All her anger and suspicion- were lost in concern when she saw him. She ran to him contritely Eve rend this through a second "I'm sorry but I haven't any. and clung to him. "Oh, Dick, time, Basement hats! Well, they one to send now," Janet McElroy what happened

she cried. His were starting her at the bottom. replied crisply. "All the girls on clothes were grimy and ruined. literally. She had taken it for the floor are busy and there isn't His shoulders sagged with weari-granted that there would be an errand boy in-sight. I'd bring new girl to fill the place made them up myself but I have to go vacant by her promotion. A new to the receiving room to look over xiri to write relatively unimport a new shipment that just came ant bits of copy and do the cr-in." rands that could not be trusted to "Rack-Charles, the office boy. But there!

Eve stacked the hata into an

was no time to waste on Injured messenger boys

neba.

"Somebody tried to wreck the foundation," he explained beletly. "Used a crude bomb."

Evo's eyes widened. etcers?" she asked.

"I don't think so. A man was feelings. Two fred last week-a sullen, spiteful, entered at that moment, both in chap. He's the one they're hunt-great, haste..

Solicitously Eve started the hot water running in the tub for Dick's bath and ordered break tast sent up.

'ing for. We worked all night "Anything for the Times ?” trying to get at the bottom of anked one of them. Eve went the mischief and trying to est into Barnes' office to see. There mate the damage. How about was a minnilla envelope on his some breakfast 7"

desk. marked, "Times-Classi- fied The boy anatched it from: her hand and was off. Eve turned to the other lad. "Anybody here by the name of Miss Eve. Bay- Over their coffee Dick told her less?" he inquired. He curried ofthenight's work and she a box from a florist'a- shop. learned, among other things, that Flowers! Eve wondered if the woman who had telephoned | Earle Barnes could have

sent the night before was Mrs. Hall,them in honour of her promotion. who owned barbecue stand | Porhaps even Mr Bixby, There across the street. She had over- were six yellow rosebuds, long- heard conversation which led her to suspect trouble.

But

"I should have called you," Vick said regretfully. things were in such a mess and by the time I could get around to I. it was long past midnight and I hoped you were asleep. You see we had to make sure there WAS nothing more that could cause, damage

stemmed with glossy, deep green leaves. The card in the tiny on- velope rend, “Love from Dick."

Eve brushed one of the fra rant buds with her lips and with topaz bar pin fastened it below the collar of her Trock. The other five buds she arranged in, a pottery vane that she kept on her desk.

Arleng Smith and Marya Vlad "But you might have been entered the olee together. Ar- hurt!" Eve WIH

rememberingene, was modern,-inclined to be that while Dick was risking his slangy. She wore the extremes life in the interest, of his", em-in fashion and wore them well. ployers she had been doubting Her dark eyes were ehuded by an him. She must make that up to | Intriguing long black fringe and him-never hurt him by felting | her soft black linde was kept sleek him know,

through weekly visits to

the

unwieldy pyramid and carried; friendly. clasp. “Oh, I know I'm them to the office herself via the going to adora It hero," she draw freight elevator. She regarde led, taking Eve's measure with a this task as beneath the dignity hostility that she scarcely took of her position and did not wish the trouble to vall, to be seen by anyone she knew

Eve brought a layout sheet, a The buyers she suspected, did not ruier, sharpened pencil and a ploce feel about this as she did. of them was likely to appear in new girl was scated. Mona Allen Ou of art gum to the desk where the the advertising office at any time made no move to vacate her place. with a grist armful of now mer-"That will be your desk over there, chandise Even Mr. Bixby could Miss Allen," Eve said, indicatng n be seen at times balancing a stack smaller, shabbler desk stacked with of bandboxes or carrying an evenewspapers and merchandise. "I ning gown

ovor his arm. Mr. haven't had time to clear it out Bixby believed firmly in the dig-because I've been away for a week. nity of any useful, honest labour. But I'll not my things out of the At staff meetings he frequently drawers by the time you enlarged on that theme,

from lunch and I'll have Charles Eve entered the office dropped the hats on a table near merchandise somewhere else."

and put those nowspapers and that Marya's drawing board. A girl she had never seen was sitting at her desk-the desk that had been Alice Marshall's. A small, blond girl with round, blus eyes.

"This is Miss Allen, Miss Bay-

less, Maryn said. "She's going to have your old place."

Eve smiled and offered her hand. "How do you do, Miss Allen. I hope you will like it here as much as the rest of us do."

return

cool impudence. "Oh, I think there The now girl surveyed Eve with must be some mistake," she draw led. "I am sure this is the desk Mr. Barnes meant me to have."

Eve

Misa

Allen, she suspected, was trying to thought rapidly,

"put something over” on her. But Evo had no way of knowing what Barnes had paid or implied. For tunately Marya interrupted to ask Evo's advice about the sketch she

went making. They (Continued on Page 9.)

Languidly the young woman Was withdraw a limp hand from Eve's l

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