The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-31
SYNOPSIS

ant Co EARLE BARNES, a0vef-
 fisfng manager Of Bixby's de- parfnent store, secretly marries
 DICK RAIDER, Q construction
 engineer. Dick wants Eve to
 give up working but she refuses.
 The same day Eve learns that
 sfe is to go to New York for
 tho store and must leave that
 night. Dick takes her tO the sta-
 ton but throughout the week fin New York she has no word from
 him. The days there are busy.
 8l1o meets THERON REECE
 who fs much attracted by her
 and she visits IRENE PREM
 HISS, c former schOolnlatc who ts playing the stock market and
 advises Eve to do the same.
 Back at the OfIlce Q week later Eve finds Q new copy writer, MONA ALLEN, who appears to
 ylzAD, fashion artist, and AR IENE SMITH, stcnographer, are
 Eye'si friends.
 Eve and Dick move into an apartment in an OId-fashiOned house. Dick seems happy but Eve is dfscontcnted. They quarrel one night when she comes home and finds him wearing his working
 clothes.
 CHAPTER x.
 Matters were smoothed over for the time but the sight of Dick in . flannel shirt at the din- ner table-though 1t was less com mon after Eyes outburst-con- tinued to irritate her and she could not always conceal this irritation. Once she found herself, to her dis gust, comparing Dicks appearance with Theron Reece's careful grooming.
 In spite of its shabby setting in the down-at-heel house, Eve could not help but feel pride in her home. Often she found herself dreaming about Improvements that could be made in .it.-ways to rearrange tho furniture, an added touch of color here and there - when going through the stores various departments In search of ideas for her column.
 Late in the afternoon she some times became nervous and worried and could not do her best work because she was almost certain she would be askedito remain after the stores closing hour to help get out the next days copy.
 Mir Bixby did not know of this, she was sure. Prompt and efficient himself, he tried to exact prompt ness and efficiency from his de- partment heads, and, through them. from every employe.
 But Mir Bixby interfered very little with Barnes management of the advertising department. In the first months during which Barnes had worked for him, MT Bixby had often tried to restrain the young CT mans enthusiasm and had re- quired' much persuasion to in- crease the advertising budget to the amount Barnes asked. Gradual ly, however, as Barnes produced results to justify the increased ex- penditure, he was allowed to pro- ceed without interference.
 Nevertheless Mir Bixby was op- rare occasions when it could not be avoided. There were such tim0s, Eve knew. The days and evenings preceding the semi-annual remnapt-day sales were examples. Then, Eve. thought, the great de- partment store resembled nothing so much as a madhouse. And now that the rush of Christmas selling was on and the volume of adver- tising increased accordingly. there was seldom an evening that Eve arrived home on time.
 She regretted this. She felt that 1t was not fair to expect Dick to prepare the dinner every even ing. as had become the usual rou- tine. His job had its delays and vexations. too.
 He worked hard. He worked in all kinds of weather. Eve was be- ginning to understand that some- times he came home more ex- hausted than the men whose man. ual labor he directed. She was beginning to understand that Dick would always give more than was required or expected of him to any contract to which he bound himself.
 !, She was thinking of this one December evening after a gray. siushy day gave way to darkness outside the office windows and she typed away, turning the little sheaf of penciled notes with par donable pride. She was wishing that this once she could arrive home before Dick and surprise him with delicious dinner, pip ing hot. But of course she could not. Not tonight.
 Arlene had had to stay over time, too, and was transcribing pages of notes that Barnes had dictated late that afternoon. Ar lene did not seem to mind par ticularly. Indeed, Eve suspected that Arlene welcomed this extra work. although she received no remuneration for 1t.
 Eve wondered if Arlene were interested in some man in the store. Its strange" she thought "how most men overlook girl of Arlene's straightforwardness and then let themselves become