The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-10-14
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SYNOPSIS


 EVE BAYLESS, pretty assist. ant to EARLE BARNES, advcr. Using manager of Bixby's de. pertinent store, inarries DICK RAIDER, construction super. intcndent. Dick is sent to take charge of a construction job in the Adirondacks. It will require at least . year to complete but Eve refuses to go with him.
 MONA ALLEN, copy writer, dislikes Eve and Is constantly causing trouble at the ofiicc. She fe responsible for several mis. takes for which Eve Is blamed.
 Unknown to Dick, Eve has been playing the stock market, borrowing money from her mo. ther and sister. She looses this, as well as all her own savings and S4OO Dick left in the bank.
 Following . misunderstand. ing at Christmas, weeks pass In which Eve does not hear from Dick. She Is too stubborn to ad. init that she was in the wrong and apologize. Eve works harder at the office, trying to forget her troubles. Her mother comes to visit her and tries to persuade her to give up her job. Then Eve learns that Barnes, the nd. vcrtising manager, Is resigning and that she has been selected to take his place.
 On q doctor'sandvicc she takes her vacation early and decides to TO to Pine Forest to sec Dick. Eve feels they must arrive nt some understanding about their future.
 Dick welcomes her but not so eagerly as Eve had hoped. He takes her to visit his Aunt Sophronia, 90 years old. Return. ing, Eve Is sure shc has lost his love.
 CHAPTER xLvII
 Eve occupied the time while Dick was at work in idle. pleas ant ways. She would drive with him to the camp in the morning return with the roadster and later drive back again for him at the close of tho day. When she was alone she usually spent the time exploring the village or following Inviting country roads.
 Mrs Williams accompanied hei on q short drive occasionally but for the most part Eve went alone She preferred to be alone because there was so much to think about Lake City and Bixby's department store seemed for away and reln' lively unimportant in this new Here in Pine For. est many things Eve had regard cd as trivial took on a new sig nificance the wind whispering in the pine trees, arbutus nestling under rusty leaves on hill slop' ing to the afternoon sun, quaint leading into honey white cottages.
 There was one cottage in par ticular that attracted Eve. Per- haps 1t was because the cottage was vacant and there was "FoI Rent" sign in the window. Elm. boldened by this, Eve opened the gate one day and went inside te explore. Through the windows
  of the interior of the house witt charming stairway and beautifully paneled doors. IT her imagination she began tc plan just how she would like tc furnish the rooms. It would be ( delightful place, she thought. tt spend year - or lifetime There was garden in the real with fashioned perennials push ing up though the dead growth oi the year before. There was ar ancient apple tree or two and ( lilac bush.
 Eve wondered if Dick, too. had been attracted by the cottage She directed their steps past Il one evening when they were oul for a stroll but he made no com. ment. Indeed, he did not so mucf as glance toward the little house
 Well, if he no longer cared about home there was no reason why Eve should care either. Per. haps he would have grown indif. ferent. even if she had given UT her work at Bixby's when they married. Now she at least hat to turn to if Dick failed her. She had been right after all. A woman should build up a place in the world for her. self. Then if her marriage doei not come out satisfactorily shi can so on alone.
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 Eve decided not to think of thu white cottage any more, witf the apple tree lifting a branch oi pink and white blossoms to th' gable window and the frlendl, lilac by the garden gate. Sh' would try to forget that 1t mighl bei n lot more fun to hang crisp ruefled. curtains at cottage win