The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-29
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SYNOPSIS


 EVE BAYLESS, pretty assist
 ant fo EARLE BARNES, adver-
 fising manager of Bixby's depart
 ment store. marries DICK RA- DER, construction superintend- ent. Dick wants Eve to stop work ing but she refuses.
 Unknown to Dick, Eve plays the stock market. ARLENE SMITH, stenographer at Bixby's buys stock on Eve's advice but loses all her money. SAM HOL- BRIDGE, an advertising man employed by another store, Is infatuated with Arlene.
 MONA ALLEN, copy writer, Siisllkes Eve and Is responsible for several errors at the office for which Eve is blamed. Several sfnnIi thcfts occur in the office. Then Eyc's diamond ring disap- pears. Eve suspects Mona and demands that she return the ring. Mona gives 1t to her.
 The building on which Dick has been working Is completed and his employers tell him they will have no more work for him for at least two months. He and Eve spend brief vacation visit ing Evc's parents. The day after their return Eve Is amazed when a policeman enters the office and asks for Miss Bayless."
 CHAPTER xXxIv
 Eve stared at the policeman. What could he possibly want of her? 'T'm Miss Bayless," she said. sWhat is it?"
 Headquarters wants to talk to you about that accident last Thurs day night. The man who was hit has internal injuries and there's some question about your bail"
 Eve insisted that she had been out of the state for two weeks and had returned only the day before. She turned to Arlene and Mrs Penney to substantiate her state- ment but this did not satisfy the officer.
 "Td call MT Barnes the adver- tising manager, to tell you what I'm saying is the truth but he's out of town to-day" Eve explained. And Mir Bixby is away tool"
 "Well. you'd better come along and tell it to the sergeant" the officer told her.
 Eve went with him, her eyes blazing. Why couldn't they have sent plain clothes man instead of an officer in uniform? She in- sisted upon telephoning Dick who met her at the police station. Dick demanded to see the officer who had made the arrest the week be- fore. When he arrived he con- firmed the name but assured them Eve was not the girl.
 "Who do you suppose could have used my name?" Eve asked Dick. He called for a description of the girl and immediately they guessed 1t must have been Mona Allen.
 Back to the store went Eve, ac- companied by the officer who had made the arrest. She was deeply humiliated by the stares of the other employees as they passed.
 Mona was at her desk when Eve and the policeman reached the advertising office. The girls face blanched and n frightened look came into her eyes.
 There's the grill" the officer said, pointing to Mona. Thought you said your name was Eve Bay less! Well, you'd better come along with me. The sergeant wants to see you"
 And Mona. without word, obeyed.
 She'd rather see the sergeant than see me right now!" Eve told Arlene and Mrs Penney. "She and some man were riding In 0 rented coupe last Thursday night and they crashed into another car on University Circle. Of course was out of town and she thought she would get away with giving them my name!"
 Next morning Eve followed BaSnes to his private office as soon as he arrived. It was high time, she had decided, that he learned something of Mona Aliens indiscre- tions. Eve told him of the inci- dent. He agreed with her that 1t was serious and then rang for Mona. He dismissed Eve, how ever, who had hoped to be present for the interview.
 Mona did not reappear for at least half an hour. Then she came from Barnes office, dabbing her eyes with q handkerchief. and passed through the room into the corridor.
 "Tears!" sniffed Arlene. "she cried and I suppose he fell for 1t. Pretty soon she'll be back to tell you she's sorry. As though saying that will undo all the trouble she has caused. The little sneak!"
 And that Is exactly what Mona did. I'm awfully sorry!" she told Eve in a contrite voice. Twill you forgive me?"
 Eve felt obliged to say she would, though the humiliation of that trip to police court still ranked.
 1T suppose Barnes would fire her If she didn't have so much imagi- nation. Her value does lie in her original ideas" Eve admitted.
 "Yeah," drawled Arlene. "Too bad so many of them are misdi- rected!"
 Eve longed for, yet dreaded the arrival of the time when Dick would go to work on a new con- struction job. It made her uneasy to see his savings disappearing for their living expenses. At the same time she was afraid his new job would take him away from Lake City. In more prosperous times his employers might have given ET ADDER FANNY SAYc.