The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-20
SYNOPSIS


 EVE BAYLESS, pretty assist Using manager of Bixby's dee pertinent store, naarrtes DICK RAIDER, Q construction euperin- tendent temporarily working In Lake City. Dick wants Eve to give up working but she refuses
 SAM HOLERIDGE, an adver. tising man employed by another store, becomes infatuated with ARLENE SMITH, stenographer at Bixby's, but she fancies her. self in love with GEORGE BLISS Handsome THERON REECE has been forcing attentions on Eve.
 Unknown to Dick, Eve has been playing the stock market with borrowed money. She Is certain that MONA ALLEN.
 blond copy writer, is trying to
 make trouble for her at the of. Ace. One night advertising copy fails to reach a newspaper of. flee and Eve barely manages to ret it there before the deadline.
 She suspects that Mona Is to
 blame for this and also . series of minor mishaps but lacks
 proof of her suspicious.
 CHAPTER XXvI
 It was Charles, the office boy, who had entered the room. He brought several copies of the home edition of the evening news- paper which he laid on Eyes desk.
 She spread the pages open, hop ing fervently that Mona had made no mistakes In sending out the copy. First she turned to Bixby's advertisement, studying 1t to see that each cut accompanied the copy 1t was to illustrate. Then, with more care. she read the advertise ment to make sure she had not overlooked any typographical er- TOTS when she read the proof.
 The next day was Saturday and the merchandise featured was a group of 100 winter coats marked down to $59.50 each. This lot in- cluded many coats that had been much higher priced originally. Barnes had written the copy him self after consultation with MT Bixby and Miss Gordon, the coat buyer.
 Fortunately. Eve thought, It would have been practically impos- sibie for an error to occur. 1t was just then that Miss Gordon burst into the office with copy of the newspaper in her hand, demanding to know why the proof of the coat advertisement had not been sent to her for an o. k,
 Look at that!" the buyer almost shouted, pointing to the advertise ment.
 why. what's wrong with 1t ?" Eve asked in dismay.
 What's wrong with it? Moth. ing-except a mistake of $20 In the pricel Tho price on the copy was S50.50 as plain as anything, Look at the carbon of Mir Barnes copy and you'll see. And here it's $3s.50. IL means a loss of S2,000 on 100 coats. Just wait until Mir Blxby hears of this! Why wasn't the proof sent to mo for my o. K.?'
 ''Dut I did send 1t to you!' Eve protested. "t sent 1t by Charles, the office boy"
 well. ho didn't come to nc, Look up the copy and you'll see l didn't o. k. it."
 Ar Bixhy entered the office at that moment. He, too, carried n copy of the same newspaper, open at the offending advertisement His face was grim. Eve clutched at her vanishing courage. No mat ter who was to blame for this error she would be held responsible be- cause Barnes was absent.
 The store owner opened the door of Barnes office. Eve and Miss Gordon obeyed his unspoken com Ynand to enter. He followed and closed tho door. for which Eve blessed him. She could not bear that Mona Allen should witness her humiliation. Mona must be at the bottom of this, of course. Eve had corrected the proofs that morn ing and then sent Charles to take them to the buyers whose depart ments were represented. Before Charles return Eve had been call- cd to Mir Bixby's office--a sum mons she felt she must obey at once.
 She had given Mona explicit di. rections about returning the proofs to the newspaper office. Mona had blundered in some way. Blundered purposeiy and maliciously,. Eve was sure.
 When Mir Blxby asked for m ex- planation Eve gave the details, briefly and frankly, making no effort to evade the responsibility.
 Charles was called in then and explained that he had been unable to find Miss Gordon though he had returned several times to the do. partment. He had asked Miss Allen, he said, if he should take the advertisement to Mir Bixby for an 0. K. and she had replied that she would attend to the matter herself as she had another errand on the fifth floor and 1t would be no trouble to take the proofs.
 Charles was dismissed then and Mona summoned. She came, as Eve knew she would, looking very y0ung and innocent.
 "oh, did do something wrong?"