Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-26
THE GIRL WHO
SMILED THROUGH
BY Marion RubicaHi-
Copyright. George Matthew Adams
LAWRENCE AGAIN.
Chapter LCIII.

IN haNS III Il fhfSrtptt tt t1itiA NiAN
hero and heroine together--or separate
them forever as the case may ana
ring down the curtain. The story is finish
I'd. MS far as the characters go. As far as
the audience is concerned, the people
partraved live happilyor unhappiiy-
over after In any case, there IS no anti
climax
hut real life is a succession of anti
clumaXes. Alice found that so. The parting
\mlth David had been a climax of the most
dramatic sort The parting with Lawrence
had been another climax But meeting
Lawrence again, as she did. was decidedly
a ridiculous let-down in the situation.
Il happened n little while after the
ntNs of Ions dcath-ahont which, ct
course. he know nothing Alice had not
seen Lawrence at MI, but Clara had.
The friendship, begun III the fall when
Ahcc first went away. had been kept
IN intcrmittcutly since her return, hut
Clara had always met Lawrence outside
the house.
II am awfu,ly glad Of Il. Alice told
her chum once Its the best thing Ter
Lawrence. The more girls he runs about
with. the better lie will fall in love with
one III them and bc perfectly happy
'ilc> not likely 10 81 easily, or 50
soon Clara answered She was dress
Ing ~ 20 20 dance with Lawrence tint
evening and Mice vas PLAYING ladv.s
maid Clara had turned her newly ac-
Ualrcd skill into making dresses for
herself and she had made herself very
attractive indeed
Shc was the short type, inclined T.
look anrCmic in spite ot her pretty haT
and regular features, and the cheaper
spu of readv-mude clothes she once
bought at the little department store
made hcr rather nundcscript IN appear
aurr Recently. however, she had taken
III dressing herself in pale yclloWs and
gray hhlcs. or soft rose colors, always
with ~omr one startling color introduced
n contrast Tonight II was palc
yellow crepe dc chime dress, with great
cluster Of crochcicd wool roses n the
vast N blues and rose anil vIoiet shades
Narc looked AT her admirngly
y ou r, 50 perfectly stunning, he might
ca~ily iail IN lovc with vnI, She suggested
With me Clara echoed in the greatest
establishment Imagine man like Law
lru,r seeing anything in me
\tce -rnilod nj hcc.
III, does take vou around. YOU know.
sh, reminded her
Ilc does because hc ran hc rude
now. aIter having been nice ali winter.
AnI he docs mostly YOU silly goose, bc
cause he knows | know all about the
affair between YOU. and that ~ SYM
pathetic Don't vou know how mon crave
sympathy? Il makes him feel better to be
With me on that account Any other glrl.
NOT understanding. would think YOU
ultcd him. and would not lc 80 uce
thcc picked nh onc q her college
books Suddenly she felt She could study
arliu. that she wanted ~ study She would
have q wonderful evening alone. and
would do a lot Of work
This in itself was proof that she fel,
much better mentally tho fact that sh
could keep her mind on her studies For
She fclt that surely. NOW David was free,
he woitsl come 10 her Not right awav
that might not look we'll 50 soon after his
wlicS dcath-but certainly some time
some time soon now.
She was studying a treatise ON plant
lie. and next day, full of ambition. she
I'M her class at the Settlement House
carly and came home before dark The
fru~t was out of tho ground and Il was soft
from recent rains She would have large
garden plowed up tomorrow, she thought
and tonight she would dig up a patch and
put IN some early seeds.
She put on ono Of her old ill-titting
house dresses smiling n the awkward
figure she made IN Il, and then added
q wreck Of 4 hat several wears old Il had
faded green ribbon around it,. aud il did
make her look funny She added pair Of
uciy shoes and went forth with a sn.l
pick and a shovel and trowol
i was great fun 70 get her hands into
the moist earth again. She bcnt over
working valiantly. and when her hair came
loose. She smiled and showed il carclesslv
up under her hat lara came out 70 her
with several packages under her arm.
OF course its iCday Won 20 homo,
Alice said. i d forgotten il WAS 50 soon.
When do your father and mot her gct IN
Tonight. I had telegram his morn
ing that 5 why I'm rushing off, Clara
SAID III bc sorry to leave. Ne had such
good times this winter, In spite of your
hluc feelings, and your mother has been
So NICE to nc.
Il Il miss you awfully, Alice answered
'Even if viii sec you every day, It wont
ic tho same
Clara went in again and Alice turned
% hcr work. Presently she heard the
carriage drive up to take away Clara
trunk, 50 she dropped her tools and went
around TO see her off. Her hands were
stained with mud. She really looked
rather ridiculous.
And then. in front Of the house, she
met acknowledgements with an old
straw hat on one side Of his head suit
case Of Claras in ono hand and several
packages in the other, his face snudged
from work. and Berenice clinging to his
coat and shrieking with Joy al bis APP
pearance. The two stood and looked at
each other.
Then they laughed
And some Of the tragedy Of their present
relationship disappeared
Tomorrow-N ork and Smiles.