Nogales international., 1930-08-26
Ninth Installnent
WHAT HAS GONE BEFORE

are both stopping He takes her to the hot
where they find that she had registered
French as "Miss Eve Nobody of Nowhere
Hamilton volunteers to call in his frier
Dr. Darlington, a specialist in nervo,
troubles. Eve, terrified, eludes the doctt
and through a French porter in the hotel, WI
Says he once saw her IN France but doe
remember her name, she hnds a chea
apartment in an obscure part of town.
In the next apartment lives Ivy Daver
port, a cabaret dancer with weak hear
She is friendly, and persuades Eve. to go
flakes" and take her place until she
better Her job at Jake's is to entertal
men at the tables and to dance with then
HE M other % girls there are crude but kindl
and Eve finds the work not as difficult a
she had expected. She is known there a
Miss Berson. She meets young mai
hamed Hunt, who frankly tells her that sh
doesn't belong there.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
He asked the question with twin
Ezle, in tacit admission that he had nc
right to put it, and she smiled for
Eivingly.
"I've told you. I'm substituting for
another girl. She's sick"
"A1l right" he said, accepting the
rebuff. We'll let it go at that. Shall
we dance again?"
When they returned to their table,
Queenie rose.
"The best of friends gotta part"
bhe announced.
Hold on. What's the idea?"
1t was the grinning youth who
spoke-Jackson, his name had proved
to be-his grin wiped from his face
by the abrupt decision. Hunt looked
equally serious, and Queenie regarded
them with approving eyes.
"The idea is that you two amt the
only boys in the place." she explained.
f'and Jake has give me the high sign
to move on"
But, see here" Jackson protested.
"Now, Wil1ie!" Miss Morris was
almost materially reproachful. "You
don't wanta get my girl friend in
bad with the boss the very first night
she's on the job, do your"
"Of course not" Hunt rose and
bowed formally, and Queenie led Eve
away.
Better get out while the gettin's
good" she said, and added another
helpful hint for the novice: "It's wise
to leave guys before they want us
to. That brings 'em back again"
She took Eve to another table on !
the short list Jake had sent her. Two |
men of different type sat there, but |
they responded to Queenie's initial
advance as readily as the first pair
had done. They were middle-aged
Canadian cattlemen, out for a good
time, and they had it with Oueenie,
while Eve took such mild share as she
could in the bantering dialogue and
danced several times with each of
them. Apparently this encounter was
as successful as the first, for both men
showed fattering regret when it
was over. Before that, moreover, they
had unconscious1y helped Eve through
he little matter of the first half of
he special program. While this was
n progress she remained with them,
and Jake seemed content with the
The long night wore on. At the
nd of it Jake sent for Eve.
You're awri'," he impersonal1y an
bounced when she again confronted
lin IN his Office. 1t was half-past
hree and his staff was perceptib1y :
willing. So were his remaining g
-uestS, but Jake himself showed no q
ign of the nights strain. His linen
vas as faultless and his hair as pastily :
at as they had been at eleven. +
Electromagnetic" he added. e
That's good of you," Eve said. :
lore and more she liked what she had .
card of cake" ''But I won't take =
ne work just now, thank you." g
"Why not?"
1T really isn't in my line" .
"More-money? Nothin-doin'. Fixed !.
ate." l. l.
1T isn't that" Eve hastened to ex- "
lain. The money side is quite all .
ght." 1t was. She had earned eight =;
ollars and some odd cents by her
rst nights work. d"
"Ihen-What'S- 'S-eatin' '-yeh?" -
Il want to do something else" h
WHAT" IL IL
Il don't know, yeti" Il
"Awrl'." Jake moved the remote n
res from her face as if this ended the
after, but when she walked to the s6
Dor he asked a question: "How- W
w
Eve stopped and turned back. s[
Why :. she'll be all right tomor- +
wv night, won't she?"
Nope. Observation-Disclosures de
pS-more: eep-er-job-a-week-let-
rest. Might-fx'e er-up."
There seemed nothing else to do.
We agreed to the temporary job, and cc
on the vast gratitude of Ivy, to
hom she reported when she reached w
me at four o'clock. '"
Eve left her comfortable, and went
ck to her own quarters, tired but III
lifted, She had put over what she Ia
d undertaken; she had made eight w
liars; she had been offered a lob; yc