The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-18

ing, does lt( she asked QdlFely.
1t doesn't usually, but Of course
We can't tell for certain what will
happen" he answered.
L see. I'll bring you a check"
Eve promised.
She felt she had no alternative,
even though she might be violating
a trust. Dick had deposited $500 in
a Joint account before leaving Lake
City. He had impressed upon her
the importance Of having such an
emergency fund.
IF anything should happen you
could draw on it, 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 60 TO a hospital and
have the best of care instead Of
lying her alone. And hospitals cost
money!
Now Eve drew $500 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 broker
age Office in normal times the i'm
preston was forever erased from
her mind by the picture whic.-
greeted her that autumn day in
1929. Pandemonium reigned. The
Sloan and Sanford clientele had lost
its air of reserve. Excitement in
creased as dozens elbowed each
other to watch the ticker returns
being chalked on the board.
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
holdings from being swept away.
r r
CHE returned to the Office, utterly
- unable to concentrate on her
work. Fortunately Barnes was away
most of the afternoon and the
newspapers had been supplied with
corrected copy for the next day.
The stock edition showed that
Atlas Coupler had closed IS 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
fetl at a 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 f1ercely. "The old
grouchP' she said. You'd think
he'd lost a million and a quarter on
the stock exchange yesterday"
Maybe he did lose." nodded Eve
II feel panicky myself. Not only
Atlas Coupler but everything else
has taken such a toboggan slide
don't know what to make Of itl
couldn't stand it 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 it was i'm
possible for her 70 raise more. Then
she went limp.
Arlene" she gaSped. "I'm wiped
out! Completely. All my money
and all I borrowed from my mother
and Esther and nearly all that Dick
left in our emergency fund.-"
Don't take it so hard" conf
forted Arlene. st know how you
feel" She was thinking of the
little flyer she had taken into the
financial world some months before
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
than her own.
She resolved to begin repaying he1
mother and Esther for their loans
She could send a little money each
pay day. And somehow she would
have to save $500 to return tc
Dicks emergency fund.
n
lON the following Saturday Mona
~ Allen asked Eve to take dinner
with her. Mrs. Ball Is an excellent
cook" she said, land there is an
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 too Skillful at finding
means of retaliation.
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 evening. She
missed Dick more than she
dared admit to herself. Sometimes
she thought she had made a mis-
take in keeping the apartment after
ha loft and numbered if IL would