Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-12
THE GIRL WHO
SMILED THROUGH
by Marion Rublcam.
Copyright. George Matthew Adams.
SHE TRIES AGAIN.

AliCc felt THAT the tnTee lettefe from
home would give her resolve new strength
And the resolve was this--to try to be
merely good friends with David, and i in
a month or so she found this not possible,
to leave and go home.
''If it's cowar,ily TO run," she told
Christine, "it's better than to stay and
yield It's better to be cowardly than
to be wrong"
what gift for making brilliant
speeches you are developingP' Christine
said by way of answer.
"Don't be sarcastic" Alice told her
Grossly.
'T'm sorry, Christine was all contrition.
II didn't mean that as sarcasm Mt all,
dear. rejoice every day when ] see the
Improvement this new life of yours is
making. IL simply makes me furious to
have you talk OF giving it up TO retire to o
. little town, before your education rs
| finished"
"You haven't given me any solution. :"
Alice reminded her, picking UP q large
| volume on botany and going over TO
her chair by the window
There's only one solution Christine
said "To stay and fight it out. You are
staying, but you are not lighting. For u
woman who is usually strong, you are
! showing MNhh b''' sss''' Nsi'N'
| And for a woman who Is usually so m
! dependent. YOU are being as utterly silly
| AZ any little college freshmen.
| at makes me feel better TO be scolded,
| Alice remarked, her tone all misery.
| "Wen. YOU deserve il" Christine
| also with q class book, throw herself
| on the bed, her usual place for study
| ing. "As long as you love this man, every
| thing is wrong. You're unhappy because
vou can't have him, he's unhappy because
! he can't have you, and Lawrence is un-
| happy because he can have you. hec-
ognize David's limitations, get over your
| illusions, and you'll go back and marry
| Lawrence. make him happy and be happy
yourself That's the solutionl Running
away from here and hanging tight 70 your
| old illusions about the man won't DO
| YOU any good. !,
"If | did what you wanted, even II
| il were possible, Alice contended'
David would still be unhappy"
"Serve him right Christine remarked
tWhy did he allow the little vampire TO
| lure him away and marry him2 ] presume
she didn't tic his hands and bhndiolo
! him and elope with him. :,
but YOU should have seen me then.
| Alice flew at Davids defence. II did
| nv hair in a bun on top of my head
| and most of IL was falling around my lace
| / looked like kitchen girl. wore
/ corsets that cost so cents and that made
me lumpy and bulgy and destroyed what
ever nice lines nature may have gwen
me. Most of my finger nails We're cracked
open and all of them were stained, and
| in the summer | was one huge ireckis
/ from sunhurn. ! was a fright. Ana
didn't know anything 20 talk about,
We'll he did fall in love with you wher
YOU looked like that" Christine answered
"But no one loving beauty and daIntines'
| as David did, could have stayed IN ioS'
with me long Alice went on with he
self-condcnnation "No one could have
resisted the contrast Lois made, Will
her fair skin and her lovely hair, he
| beautifully kept hands, her wonderful
clothes She was exquisite looked
like a servant girl.
al exnect YOU looked like that wheI
Lawrence saw you, and he had friends
that were quite as dainty by contras
as Lois was, Christine said but ~
recognized your real worth. and he didn
fall in love with anyone else. lie Is q res
FAIRY Prince she went on. lie lovet
Cinderella even when he saw her IN rags.
Alice smiled little at the compari
son Christine maze
"If you'll just adopt An independen
attitude like that the girl went on
shaking her rcd hair vigorously, you
see the flaws and weakness IN yon
one-timc idol. and then you won I b
in love any more Love cannot survir
disillusion.
Alice stared IT the pages Of her book
without seeing any Of the words printe
there.
Could love survive disillusion, sh
yondered2 Wash { love that was buti
on illusion all false? Aud If disilluslo
: killed H. was if ever really love IN th
beginning?
She thought about this for long time
. Christine. having delivered her seoidme
; found herself some chocolate creams an
: began to study The room was quiet 70
q long time, but Alice was stIlI ont
staring st her book.
] Much that was said about Dayl
! was true. She had had illusions abou
him He was weak. she had though
him strong But didn she love hIm q
fhe more because OF his weaknesses
/ All the motherlv instincts In her Tos
10 his defence She did not want Il pei
E feet man She wanted someone wit
human weaknesses could love sue
q person all the more.
And didu I the fact that she cared s
! in spite Of her dlsillusionment, prov
the strength Of her love-
, She decided she would see David agar
; and honestly Try 10 find out all has fault
Perhaps Christine vas right