The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-10-03
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we can't tell for certain what will hapben," he answered.
 T see. I'll bring you a check" Eve promised.
 She felt she had no alternative, even though she might be violating trust. Dix had deposited $500 in a joint account before leaving Lake City. He had impressed upon her the importance of having such an emergency fund.
 of anything should happen you could draw on 1t, Eve, he had said. "You might be taken sick and there would be no one to take care of you. I'd want you to go to hospital and have the best or care Instead of lying here alone.
 Now Eve drew $4O0 from that fund. The balance she left in the bank to ease her conscience.
 If she had been disappointed by the calm appearance of the brok- craze office in normal times the impression was forever erased from her mind by the picture which greeted her that autumn day in 1929. Pandemonium reigned The Sloan and Sanford clientele had lost it's air fof reserve. Excite ment increased as dozens elbowed each other to watch the ticker re- turns being chalked on the board. Telephone bells rang constantly and uniformed messenger boys dashed in and out of the offices.
 Eve was not the only one who had been margining. she could see plainly. In the confused frenzy Of that noon hour many persons were making out checks to prevent their holding from being swept away. The customary privacy granted client was absent and no one seemed to mind. Eve parted With her $400 without ceremony. So hastily was it swept from her that she felt a physical sense of shock.
 She returned to the office, utterly unable to concentrate on her work. Fortunately Barnes was away most of the afternoon and the newspa- pers had been supplied with cor rected copy for the next day. The stock edition showed that Atlas Coupler had closed 15 points below yesterdays final. Eve was agitated and slept very little that night. The morning newspaper featured the activities of the stock market and Eve digested every word. She | felt at loss to know what to do had no idea where to seek advice.
 Barnes was extremely irritable that morning. Arlene, with note- book and pencil. came from his office, scowling fiercely. '"The old grouch!" she said. "You'd think he'd lost 0 million and a quarter on the stock exchange yesterday
 Maybe he did lose," nodded Eve. T feel panicky myself. Not only Atlas Coupler but everything else has taken such Q toboggan slide don't know what to make of 1t! I couldn't stand 1t to lose all the money I've invested. Why--I don't know what I'd dol
 But Eve had to stand 1t. Later in the day she received another telephone call from Sloan and San. ford for more money to cover her holdings She told them 1t was im- possible for her to raise more. They she went limp.
 "Arlene,' she gasped. "Pm wiped out! Completely. All my money and all I borrowed from my mo- ther and Esther and nearly all that Dick left in our emergency fund.-"
 Don't take 1t so hard" com forted Arlene. q know how you feel She was thinking of the lit- tie flyer she had taken into the financial world some months be- fore.
 There was of course, no upward reaction at all. Eve was to come out of the stock crash of 1929 dry eyed and white-lipped but much wiser than she had been before.
 There were others, she knew, whose losses were far more serious l than her own. Eve felt a great compassion for her fellow suffer CTS as she puzzled over the frailty of the investors position in the na- tion's financial structure.
 She resolved to begin repaylng her mother and Esther for their loans. She could send little money each pay day. And some- how she would have to save $400 to return to Dicks emergency fund. For weeks she was nervous after the market crash.
 On the following Saturday Mona Allen asked Eve to take dinner with her. Mrs Ball is an excellent cook" she said. land there is ar interesting group of people at the boarding house."
 Eve thought rapidly. Mona would be likely to take q refusal as an affront. And Mona. offended was altogether to skilful at find ing means of retaliation. There were many opportunities for the younger girl to cause unpleasant. | ,aaa vaat otuoI harr Eyo working together as they did.
 So Eve accepted the invitation and was surprised to find that more than once in the intervening days she actually looked forward to the approaching Saturday even- ing. She missed Dick more than she dared admit to herself. Some times she thought she had made q mistake in keeping the apart ment after he left and wondered il 1t would not be preferable to live in boarding house. But the fa- miliar rooms seemed to bring Dick nearer and so Eve stayed on. Often she sat in the big chair that was his favorite and sobbed herself to sleep.
 Since her loss on. the market Eve had been overwhelmed by a sense of failure. There's just one thing my remaining pride hangs on," she told herself. That's my job! must make good at Bixby's And making good means only one thing 10 me--getting the manag-
 Thus it seemed imperative to keep the good will of Mona Allen ership when Barnes leaves!"
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