The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-10-06
SYNOPSIS

ant to EARLE BARNES, adver-
 Using manager of Bixby's de-
 partment store, marries DICK
 RAIDER, construction superin-
 fendent. Dick is sent to take
 charge of q construction job in
 the Adirondacks. It will require
 at least a year to complete but
 Eve refuses to give up her work
 and 20 with him.
 MONA ALLEN, copy writer,
 dislikes Eve and is constantly
 causing trouble at the office. She
 is responsible for several mis-
 takes for which Eve is blamed.
 Mona is friendly with THERON
 REECE who continues to force
 unwelcome attentions on Eve.
 Unknown to Dick, Eve has
 been playing the stock market,
 borrowing money from her mo-
 ther and sister. She loses this, as
 well as her own savings and $4OO
 Dick left in the bank.
 Mona invites Eve to dinner
 and then contrives to take her
 to a roadhouse where Theron
 Reece appears. Eve dislikes
 Reece. She leaves the others,
 becomes lost and spends the
 night at q farm house. Next day
 Reece telephones and frightens
 Eve by declaring he is in love with her nd insinuating that Dick
 has been carrying on flirtations.
 Eve Is lonely and misses Dick. She begins to wonder if she should not give up her work and go to him.
 CHAPTER XL
 The night before Thanksgiving day Eve ate dinner in down town restaurant and then went to the library where she selected two of the newest books to read over the holiday. 1t was one of the even ings when she missed Dick dread- fully and wanted to put off going home, But when she finally arrived at the apartment she found a let ter from Dick waiting for her on the hall table.
 He wrote that he and some of the others had driven to Old Forge for the Thanksgiving turkeys for Mrs Williams who kept the board- ing house. They had attended a movie, the first Dick had seen since he left Lake City. He added that there would be 20 at the boarding house for Thanksgiving dinner the men from the construction camp and a number of school teachers who took their meals there.
 Was it jealousy that Eve felt when she read that sentence? She had pictured Dick was living in a mans world entirely. This was his first reference to the sohcol teachers. Eve hoped fervently that all of them were middle-aged and unattractive, and not in any way like Dorothy McElhinney.
 Eve spent Thanksgiving day with Mrs Penney. They attended services at the Little stone church together and then boarded q trol- ley which took them to the at- ist's home. Mrs Penney had rented the second floor of two- family house near the college her daughter attended. Eve could not refrain from complimenting her on the attractiveness of the rooms.
 "Jean made those hooked rugs" Mrs Penney said proudly. And she made the draperies for the windows, too. Those pictures are some of my work, done before my marriage"
 "Jean has a great deal of artis- tic talent" Eve commented.
 "Yes," answered Mrs Penney. 'Her father was an artist, too. but he died when Jean was baby"
 Eve refrained from asking ques- tions and busied herself pre- pairing salad for the dinner. Jean and young man who was class mate joined them after the football game and Mrs Penney set the boy to work mashing the potatoes. Am other girl and boy soon arrived and Mrs Penney assigned them tasks. It was merry dinner and the young people were so amusing that not once did Eve feel a pang of homesickness.
 The boys washed the dishes. they were quite at home in Mrs Penny's flat.
 "They are all from out of town" she explained to Eve. And I mother them a bit. But they un- derstand I must give most of my
  to play here they must help with the work"
 Jean and her friends left late in the afternoon to attend tea dance. Mrs Penney invited Eve to curl up on the davenport while she pulled a small Windsor rocker clos CT to the fireplace.
 1t must be a great satisfaction for you to have Jean!" began Eve.
 "I don't know what would have done without her" Nodded Mrs Penney. "She is all have lived for these last 17 years. And she 1ooks~so much like her father. That Is my greatest joy. l believe she has inherited his ability too. If he had lived I am sure he would have became ono of our finest art fists. His work at the time of his