The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-10-10

wishes and comfort and imperiled her health, that she had risked q break in her marriage all for no thing. It was, indeed, high time to begin thinking about what she should do in that event.
 Of course she could go on work ing as an assistant but that dio not satisfy her ambition. She could go elsewhere and begin over again to work her way up in an. other office. But she felt too tired and nervous to face such pros pect.
 Another possibility would be te resign from BiXby's and join hei husband. Eve thought, with a It, tie rush of happiness, what Q re. lief 1t would be to leave behind all the hard work, the irritation' and anxieties of Bixby's advertise ing office and let Dick take care of her. But her pride stood In the way of this solution of her prop lem, She was no longer certain that Dick loved her and wanted her to go to him.
 It was with difficulty that she schooled herself to await the a1- nouncement of Barnes success And Eve knew that Arlenes warn ing was based on sound sense. MI Bixby was old-fashioned. He would, no doubt, prefer Q man a' advertising manager. Perhaps h' had never for one moment consid' cred Eve for the place.
 So tense did the strain become that Eve had to force herself t' eat. She left the office one even ing, too weary to remain dowf town for dinner too weary even tc stop at the delicatessen for some thing already cooked. It was to' ward the end of February-a blus' tering night following Q gray win ter day. The sort of night, Eve unused, when one should go home to q lighted house and hot, say ory dinner, with books and music afterwards before an open. hre And with the one you loved bes' to share the peace and comfort She had read once this brief dehni' ton of happiness -- "Four rect or the fender" And 1t was true. Sht knew, now that 1t was perhaps toe late, that 1t was true.
 The wind whipped sharpl! around the corner as she climbed the steps to the porch. Tears O. self pity misted her eyes as sh' fumbled for her latchkey. Sh' winked them back. If she per mitted herself to cry she would b' certain to meet Dorothy McElhin ney in the entrance hall and sh' was determined that no one should guess her unhappiness.
 There was light shining Iron the crack under the door openint into her apartment. Mrs Brook must have lighted a fire on th' hearth and perhaps put the tea ket tic on to boil. The kindly woman sometimes made these thoughtfu preparations for Eyes return oi particularly disagreeablc nights But before Eyes numbed finger could find the right key the, doc was flung open and she found her self in her mothers arms.
 Eve laughed and cried in blessed relief and Kate Bayless laughe' and cried with her, meanwhile taking off Eyes hat ond coat ant pushing her gently into Dicks arm chair by the ilreside. ,..p.
 But when did you come an' why didn't you let me know? An' how--?" Eve caught herself just II time. She had been going to say "How did you know l needed yo' sol"
 "Well, we hadn't heard from vol for more than week and tha worried me. l thought you migh be sick. So I just packed up an came. No, youp sit right where vol are! Supper IS all ready t dish up"
 Eve leaned back in dellciou comfort and watched her mothe moving swiftly back and forth be tween the kitchen and the gateleI table which she had set between