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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1933.

For the LOVE of EVE by Lucy Walling

CHAPTER XXXII

Dick had refused to let Eve pay the housekeeping bills, oven though he was not working. Privately she was gind of this because sho still owed her mother and sister and hor pay envelope never con- tained the full amount of her

business career? Did he merely tolerate them because her beauty fascinated him? If she should so that beauty would she lose his

love?

this.

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Once such a soarchs caused so note when she and taken out a corner of the office. Eve was alone much delay that a small but im-smuli roll of bills to pay her in the oflice at the time. The portant, advertisement missed the luncheon check. She telephoned telephone rang while she was dry- home edition of the evening news the restaurant but no one had re-ing her hands and she went to take

ported finding the money.

papers,

To make matters worse Barnes

the call. It was Barle Barhcs, who asked her to go to the receiving room to také notes on some new

Once she questioned tum about appeared while the search was in Eve suspected Mona but had no merchandise that had just come in.

The next loss was a smaller one. progress. Mona, pretending a de-proof of her guilt. And of course salary because of deductions to ap- "Dick," she said, "suppose mysire to be helpful, appealed to him. there was the possibility that the

Eve snatched up a writing pad ply on her charge account.

face should be marred by an illness "Oh, Mr. Barnes, is there some The seasons changed rapidly and or an accident of some kind. copy on your desk to go to The money might have been taken by and pencil and hurried to the re- any one of a dozen persons who ceiving room. She did not think Eve felt it necessary for her to Would you still love me?"

Times That dinner dress ad, you had entered the office that after- of the ring again until she was re- know. We've looked, everywhere

later. drawer of her desk in which she

koop one step ahead of the average-"Of course I would," he assured for it and can't find it! The Tininoon. After that Eve looked the turning to the offico 20 minutes

Still she complained to Dick, "We'll never get ahead like this I "Like what?" he demanded. "Well, you seem to be content not to be earning anything this Bummer."

just called and said they could only kept her purec. hold the forms 15 minutes longer for it."

She

woman. In fashions. She was hier. rather hard on her clothes. With "It's easy to say that. Perhaps more care they would liave. lasted you believe it now but I'm not so longer but Eve preferred to buy sure! If we should becamo drend-

A few days later har diamond new things and felt she had no time fully poor I don't think I'd be "That dress copy? Why I gave [ring the ring. Dick had given hor to spend mending old, wearing ap-patient and cheerful about it. It to you an hour ago," Barnes said,nt Christmas-disappeared. parel.

wouldn't make me sweet and self-turning to Eve. "There wasn't a had removed it while she washed ancrificing like my mother or Mra, thing for you to do but put it into her hands at the washstand in à Penney. I don't seem to be like envelope. addressed to. Tho them at all. I guess I'm rather Times and give it to the boy." hard!"

"I did put it in an envelope, cor- "Hard as nails, aren't you?"rectly addressed, and left it on any grinned Dick. "Say, do you think desk where I always leave the Dick lost his patience then all I see in you is powder and copy. Some one must have min- though he made an effort to con- rouge and mimosa porfume and laid it when I was out of the office.". trol his temper. "Listen!" he slick mareel? No, Mrs. Rader, I "How long were you away from said, "I don't like this any better so your mother's daughter. I the office?" Barnes put the ques- than you do but there's nothing I guess if you had to you'd meet tion crisply. can do about it. There isn't any hard luck as well as your mother

"About half an hour,Eve an building going on now. When the or Mrs. Penney, though it wouldwered. "Perhaps a trifle longer." firm has another contract for probably be in a different way."

"A half hour" Barnes stormed. to work on I'll be notifled 1" -

Eve was not so certain of this. "Anything could happen in a half Eve saw that her Jusinuations "Any way," she exulted to herself, hour. What kept you away so had hurt him and she was penitent. "he's still enough in love with me,

long 7" But she told herself it was for to remember the kind of perfume tunate that she was working. As I use and that's a good deal for a it was, Disk's temporary unemploy-man like Dick!" ment caused her no privation. She Perhaps it was the certainty of did not even have to give up the her husband's trust in her that luxuries she had come to take for helped Eva through that trying granted-frequent visits to the summer. Eager for the promotion beauty shop, expensive cosmetics, that now seemed within sight, she fragile lingerie, Such things no willingly undertook each new task longer geomed luxuries to Eve but that Barnes gave her, though the necessitles.

extra work, taxed her strength and She could never, she felt sure, be the vexation of numberless petty content to live as simply and eco-annoyances frayed her nerves. nomically as Mrs. Penney, yet sho Mona Allen was responsible for could not fall to respect the artist most of these annoyances, Eve was for her gentle dignity that rose sure, though it was always impos superior to such details as a suitsible to fasten the responsibility on or blouse two years behind the the other girl. Important bits fashions and fingers roughed by of copy would disappear, only to housework.

be found after much searching un- Eve sometimes wondered, what der a wire desk basket, on a hook Dick really thought of her down used for filing memoranda, or par- in his heart. Of couse she know haps even in the wastebasket. Ad- he adored her youth and beauty vertising copy, properly addressed and that her little affections usual- and dropped in the correct basket. ly amused him. But what about would be gone when the messenger her ideals and ambition for alboy arrived for it.

had been shopping in the morning "I was shopping." Eve said. She

hour set apart by Bixby's for em ployees to do their buying and was entirely within her rights. She re- sented Barnes' question but man;

red to control her temper.

"We'll find it," put in Mont. "Maybe you dropped it somewhere else this time, Mrs. Rader. You are forgetful sometimes, you know, I've noticed Intely how nervous you are and how often you mislay- things. You ought to take your Under the sweetly solicitous tones vacation soon. You need a rest.” Eve and Arlene felt the sharp.

malice of the thrust.

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Later the envelope was found under Arlene's deak where she and had tossed it. Evo were quite certain Mona

"I can't think she has the nerve to consider herself in line for well enough. I wonder what her Barnes' job. She doesn't like work

game is!" speculated Arlene.

But Monu kept her own counsel. Then Eve began to miss small amounts of money from her puran. The first time she thought the loss must be due to carelessness. Per- haps she had dropped the $5 bank

"Whatever is the matter?" erled Arlene when Eve, pale and brenth- less, burst into the office and dushed to the washatand.

"My ring!" walled Eve. "It's gone?

(To Be Continued).

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