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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1933.

For the LOVE of EVE by Lucy Welling

CHAPTER XXXII

business career? Did he merely | Once such a search caused no pole when she had taken out a corner of the office. Eve was along tolernts them because her beauty much delay that a small but im-small roll of bills to pay her in the office at the time. The fascinated him? If she should portant advertisement missed the luncheon check. She telephoned telephone rang while she was dry- lose that beauty would the lose his home edition of the evening nows the restaurant but no one had re-

ported Anding the money. love?

The next loss was a smaller one.

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Dick had refused to let Eve pay the housekeeping bills, even though ho was not working. Privately she was glad of this because she still, awed her mother and sister

Once sho questioned him--about and her pay envelops nover con- tained the fall amount of her this. salary because of deductions to ep-

"Dick," she said, "suppose my ply on her charge account.

face should be marred by an illness The seasons changed rapidly and or an accident of some kind. Evo felt it necessary for her, to Would you still love me?? keep one step ahead of the average "Of course I would," he assured woman in fashions. She washer. rather hard on. her clothes. With "It's easy to any that. Perhaps more care they would have lasted you believe it now but I'm not go longer but Eve preferred to buy sure! If we should become dread- new things and folt she had no time fully poor I don't think I'd be to spend mending old wearing ap- patient and cheerful about it. It parel.

wouldn't make me sweet and self- sacrificing like my mother or Mrs. Penney, I don't seem to be like them at all. I guess I'm rather

summer,"

papers.

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To make matters worse Barnes

ing her hands and she went to take the call. It was Earlo Barnes, who asked her to go to the receiving merchandise that had just come in. room to take notes on some new

Eve snatched up a writing pad

appeared while the search was in Eve suspected Mona but had no progress. Mona, pretending a de-proof of her guilt. And of course airo to be helpful, appealed to him there was the possibility that the "Oh, Mr. Barnes, la there some money might have been taken by and pencil and hurried to the re- copy on your desk to go to The any one of a dozen persons who eclving room. She did not, think 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 noon. After that Evs locked the turning to the offlee 20 minutes for it and can't find it! The Times drawer of her desk in which the later, just called and said they could only kept her purse. hold the forms 15 minutes longer.

for it,"

"Whatever is the matter?" cried Arlene when Eve, palo and breath- less, burst into the office and dashed to the washstand. She "My ringwalled Eve. "It's

gone!"

(To Be Continued)..

A few days later her diamond "That dress copy? Why I give ring-the ring Dick had given her to you an hour ago," Barnes said, at Christmas-disappeared. turning to Eve. "There wasn't a bad removed it while she washed thing for you to do but put it into her hands at the washstand in n an envelope addressed to The Times and give it to the boy."

"I did put it in an envelope, cor- rectly addressed, and left it on my desk where I always leave the copy. Some one must have mis laid it when I was out of the office."

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"A half hour?” Barnes stormed.

Still aho complained to Dick. "We'll never get ahead like this!" "Like what?" he demanded. "Well, you seem to be content | hard!" not to be earning anything this "Hard as nails, aren't you?" grinned Dlek. "Say, do you think Dick lost his patience then all I see in you is powder and though he made an effort to con-rouge and miniosa perfume and a trol his temper. "Listen!" he slick marcel? No, Mrs. Rader, I "How long were you away from said, "I don't like this any better see 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

tlon crisply. can do about IL. There isn't any hurd luck as well as your mother "About half an hour," Eve an- building going on now. When the or Mrs. Penney, though it would swered. "Perhaps a trifle longer," firm has another contract for me. probably be in a different way." to work on I'll be notified!"

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

long?" But she told herself it was for-to remember the kind of perfume had been shopping in the morning " was shopping," Eve said. She tunate that she was working. As I use and that's a good deal for a hour set apart by Bixby's for em it was, Dick's temporary uhemploy-man like Dick!" ment enused her no privation. She Perhaps it was the certainty of ployees to do their buying and was did not even bave to give up the her husband's trust in her that. entirely within her rights. She re- luxuries she had come to take for helped Eve through that trying granted frequent visits to the summer. Enger for the promotion beauty shop, expensive cosmetics, fragile lingerie. Such things no longer seemed luxuries to Eve but necessities.

that now seemed within sight, she willingly undertook each new task that Barnes gave her, though the She could never, she felt sure, be the vexation of numberless petty extra work taxed her strength and content to live as simply and eco-annoyances frayed her nerves. nomically as Mrs. Penncy, yet she Mona Allen was responsible for could not fail to respect the artist most of these annoyances, Eve was for her gentic dignity that rose sure, though it was always impos- superior to auch details as a suitable 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 ler a wire desk basket, on a hook Dick really thought of her down used for filing memoranda, or per- in his heart. Of couse she knew 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 a boy arrived for it.

sented Barnes' question but man- "ged to control her temper.

"We'll find it," put in Mona. "Maybe you dropped it somewhere, else this time, Mrs. Rader. You

are and how often you misloy are forgetful sometimes, you know. I've noticed lately how nervous you things. You ought to take your vacation soon. You need a rest." Eve and Arlene felt the sharp Under the sweetly solicitous tones malice of the thrust.

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

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

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

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