Indianapolis Times, Volume 45, Number 118, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 September 1933 — Page 17

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CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR < Continued > "Now, tomorrow night we won’t go to a show or anywhere. I’ll have a good hot supper ready the minute you get home. You’ll like that and you’ll realize how Dick *’ould like that. too. and after supJ>t you’ll sit down ana write him a nice long letter ar.d tell him that you're giving up your work at Bixby's.” Eve did net promise, nor did she *Tite the letter. The next evening she came home as swiftly as a taxi could bring her with the news that Earle Barnes was to leave Bixby’s June 1 t general manager of a much larger department store in Chicago and that Mr. Bixbv had asked her to take his place when he was gone. CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE "t T PITH new energy Eve plunged W into her work after she learned that she was to take charge of the department when Barnes left for Chicago, She put more enthu lasm into ill her tasks, driving herselft relentlessly. F -rrr Sunday arrived and Eve had Mrs. Penney as her guest for the day. She found the little widow's companionship restful. They attended church together, dined at an attractive restaurant and then strolled alone the avenue In the afternoon sunshine. They watched the Easter promenade and it was to them more than a popular diversion. They looked at the smartly dressed men and women not because ti. and their attractive costumes but because this parade of new finfcry was a measure of the success of Bixby's advertising campaign as well as the advertising of other stores. At last it was twilight and they were having tea in Eve’s apartment. The telephone bell rang and the voice of Marya’s mother came over the wire to Eve. She turned to Mrs. Penney with the announcement, "Marya has a baby! Marya is the lovely little artist who was at the store before you came. How like her to have a baby girl on Easter Sunday! Somehow I believe Madonna lilies would always make me think of Marya even if she had not been an Easter bride.’’ a tt a MARYA’S friends at Bixby’s were delighted with the news. One of the girls exclaimed, "Now she has everything!” And so it seemed to Arlene and Eve when they went to see Marya and her little daughter. The baby's name was to be Carol. Marya regarded the tiny Infant with pride and tenderness and then smiled serenely at her old friends. "Yes, Marya does seem to have everything now!" Arlene said on the way home. “But she is so sweet and unselfish that you want her to have all of the good things in life—a lovely home, a devoted husband and a beautiful child. And she still keeps up her interest in art. She managed to accomplish quit 3 a lot last year. You consider a career very important, don't you Eve?” “Yes.’’ answered Eve simply. “Wt II,” Arlene came back unexpectedly, "I don't. Not for a woman after marriage. I mean. Before that, yes. Heaven help a girl if the monotony sets in too soon! I figure it's good for all of us to learn how the almighty dollar is earned. Then it seems to me that a girl who has worked several years before marriage is inclined to take things in their natural order. “I mean she’s not so likely to make a fool of herself trying to do the teen age things in her thirties. I know that when I marry I'm going to enjoy my home. Jars of jam on the cellar shelves and little boys to eat it!” That was a long speech for Arlene. but she had not yet finished. “No, Eve,” she went on. “when I am married Bixby's can just call up some business school and give another beginner a chance. That’s how they found me, you know. Barnes said he preferred a beginner he could train to someone with more experience who might have difficulty adjusting herself to his methods. They had reached the transfer point and Eve rose to leave the car. "Good-by” called Arlene gayly. "See you in the morning.” BUM SPRING was once more working her magic on a dreary world, but Eve failed to respond to the new season. Tired when she awakened in the morning, she dragged herself through each day until, at an early hour, she went wearily to bed. But even long nights of rest failed to refresh her and at last, after constant urging, she permitted Arlene to take her to consult Dr. Sharpe. The doctor, after lengthy questioning, gave Eve a light tonic and a heavy dose of advjce. "You are pining away for that husband of yours." he told her. “The sacrifice you are making is scarcely worth while. Long after you are gone Bixby's store will still be in existence, for no one person is ever indispensable to a business. "If you really care for your future health and happiness I think should make a trip to Pine now. That's a most attractive place at any time of the year, but in the spring it should be nothing short of paradise." That day Eve asked to have her vacation the last week of April instead of late in the summer. Barnes, whose capable mind adjusted itself quickly to emergencies, gave his consent. His decision made, he notified Mr. B.xby that Eve would be ready to take charge of the advertising department June 1 with no break in the summer’s program. This plan seemed to please Mr. Bixby who was secretly a little worried over Barnes' impending departure. But later when Eve was alone in her apartment away from those who were trying to influence her

. to go to Dick she lost her courage. Almost four months had elapsed since she had received a letter from him. If she wrote now, might he not ignore it? There was no other place she wanted to go for her vacation. She felt also that before she took charge of the department she would have some definite undertanding with Dick about the future. She decided at last to tell no one but her mother and Arlene where she was going. If she changed her mmd before she arrived at Pine Forest no one would be the wiser. a a a ARLENE and Sam took Eve to the train Saturday evening and Sam congratulated her on her promotion. "To become advertising manager of Bixby’s would be quite a feather in any one's cap," he de- ; clared. Eve felt the importance of her promotion, too, but just then she was nerve-sick and weary. Two weeks at Pine Forest with Dick should set her up and give her fresh enthusiasm with which to undertake the responsibilities ahead. .ally she rested well in a Pull--1 man. but that night Eve tossed and turned for hours. Finally, toward morning, she dropped off into sleep. In the meantime the car in which i she rode was detached from the ! eastbound train and coupled to the mail train going north. Eve awak- ; ened suddenly as hastily-applied 1 airbrakes brought the train to an abrupt and groaning halt. "Hey! What's the matter?” yelled a fellow passenger. “Nothin’ at all, suh. nothin’ at all,” answered the porter. "Jes’ a tree that fell across the track and ; the engineer had to stop kinda sudden-like.” * "Sudden is right!” growled the ’ man across the aisle. “Thought i the whole danged train had stumbled and fallen down.” After that Eve remained awake and watched the day break in the mountains. She had noticed immediately the invigorating air which filtered through the windowopening. There was little to indicate that 1 thev were approaching the village :of Pine Forest. Seemingly endless woods w-ere broken only by clear 1 lakes. Here and there Eve caught a glimpse of summer cottages with windows and doors boarded up. Almost without warning the conductor was calling out "Pine Forest," and Eve found herself being helped down into a little frame station. There w-ere five or six men loitering about. Eve waited for the ancient stationmaster to * finish exchanging gossip and dis- ; pose of the Sunday papers. Then I she asked for a taxi to take her to I Mrs. Williams’ boarding house. Sitting in the quivering old touring car. Eve grew more nervous w’ith every moment that brought her nearer her destination. How would Dick greet her? CHAPTER FORTY-SIX DICK was not at the boarding house when Eve arrived there. A servant answered the bell and j invited Eve into the living room to wait for him. A moment later Mrs. Williams entered. Her blue ! eyes looked kindly and she settled | herself for a chat but Eve neither I disclosed the purpose of her visit nor asked questions about Dick. Presently Mrs. Williams excused herself and returned to the kitchen. Eve grew nervous and restless. Then she saw Dick’s yellow roadster coming around the bend of the road. She sat stockstill. Dick stopped the car before the door and his companion—an attractive girl—stepped out. entered the house and passed down the center hall. Dick drove on but soon reappeared. A moment later he stood in the great arched doorway of the hall, staring at Eve. "Why, Eve!” he cried. Plainly he was embarrassed and Eve immediately thought of the girl who had been with him. "Well, this is a surprise!” Dick was saying. Eve’s composure left her. She began to cry and this only increased Dick’s embarrassment. "Not here,” he said. “Come up to my room.” He led the way to a large upstairs bedroom. "You don’t seem very pleased to see me.” she said in a trembling voice. “I’m surprised, that’s all.” “Well, you may as well know I saw you with your girl friend,” she said accusingly. “I'm sorry now that I came.” Dick laughed. “You needn’t be,” he said easily. “I was out at the job this morning and picked her up on the way back. She's one of the teachers who live here and she was walking home from church. It wouldn’t have been very polite to pass her by. would it?” It looked odd to me.” "See here!" Dick said hotly. “I'll not be put on the defensive just for giving a person a lift ” "Oh. Dick—we re quarreling again and I didn't want to." Dick.” Eve began timidly. He half-turned. "Dick. I was so lonely!” i she added wistfully. He turned and she was in his arms. EVE found the little town of Pine Forest enchanting. It had been settled by enterprising sons and daughters of New England pioneers, hence its architecture was strictly colonial. All of the houses were i painted white. Some had green blinds. Grouped at the Four Corners were the important buildings—the town hall, one story high and quaintly formed of cobblestones, a little cobblestone church, another church of wide white clapboards with a tall steeple, and a truly modern school house of red brick ' trimmed in white. In the afternoon Dick took Eve for a drive into the woodland. The unpaved road wound in and out among the trees, downhill and up, until they came to a clearing high above a lake. Below them the water, blue-black from the dense shadows, resembled a huge mirror, banked by foliage. Eve stood entranced and Dick's arm gently slipped about her. (To Be Continued)

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TARZAN THE APE MAN

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She advanced, in a thoroughly friendly spirit, to join in the morning's greetings. Misinterpreting the she-ape’s act, Jean shrank back. Tarzan realized the girl was afraid of the mother-* ape. He screamed at her, sending her away. Reluctantly the mother-ape descended.

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—By Edgar Rice Burroughs

“No, me—” corrected Jean, pointing to herself. Tarzan imitated the gesture, pointing at her but still saying, ‘ Me.” In spite of herself Jean iaughed, it was so absurd. “No! No!” she exclaimed and then very patiently, rather like a school teacher, she tried to explain.

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