Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-06-24
Explanation.
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the greeting was commonplace
enough. For months Alice had hoped
,or this meeting. for years she had
despaired of it-and now she and
David stood face to face again, and
free.
And once again the force OF So
ella custom came to her rescue. She
held out her hand, as though greet
ing an old friend, and they shook
hands-indeed, much as they had
when she met him under such differ
emit circumstances in the tearoom
near the college.
Then they had felt nervous. now
they still felt somewhat constrained.
Bercnice came half shyly into the
ROOF from the lawn regarding David
curiously with her dark, bright eyes.
so his is the little B~erenice?"
David said. and shook hands very
gravely with the small girl. He knew
the story of the adoption-Alice had
told him last winter. Alice felt a
little thrill of pleasure when she
saw Berenice smile at him; 1t
pleased her that he made such a
good impression on the child.
And then there was the expected
talk about Mrs. Fairbanks recovery.
Under his cordially. the hostility
Of her mothers attitude began to
disappear, and this too, pleased
Alice. And presently Mrs. Fair
banks took Berenice for a visit to a
netghbor.
At last they were alone. in the
little living room with the windows
open and the warm rose laden June
air blowing through.
1T Is so good to see you again."
Alice exclaimed, holding her hand
out to him impulsively.
David caught h hand and held
Il, and Alice, not knowing what h
should do under the circumstances,
finally followed the dictates of her
own heart-and let him hold it.
And now, tell me-all about
everything" she said. And she de-
hberately chose the chair to sit in.
rather than the couch-she was
afraid to let David come too close
TO her yet. 1t was so wonderful
lust to see him.
sfaA holding her hand. for h chair,
tier all, was not 50 far away from
the couch.
There's not so much to tell, n
I'm interested more In the present
than the past. How splendid you
look-you are nor beautiful every
time I see you'll"
Alice blushed with pleasure at the
compliment. She wanted to say
something equally f1attering in re-
turn. Perhaps her eyes spoke her
admiration more plainly than her
lips could have done. David wa
tanned from his trip. but the tan was
becoming-it suited his type. she
thought. His gray eyes were bright
and glowing with happiness-gray
eyes can express pleasure so we'll
much better than any other color.
And his brown hair vas rumpled
where he had pulled off the soft
travelling cap. Alice had the eter-
nally feminine impulse to smooth 1t
down.
4 was saying. after Lois died,
Z turned her apartment over to an
agent to sublet, closed up my place
and started off. / had no idea where
I was going. but a man I knew-a
likeable chap that you'll know some
time-wrote and asked me out to
Montana. He's an engineer and he
was interested in some copper mines
out there. He saw l was broken
UP by everything, so he suggested
we rough it a bit, and go through
the northern part of the state.
You see. he thought 1 was all
broken up ABOUT LOIS dying, ana ne
wondered about it. because he knew
we weren't living together. I told
aim-about us, one night when we
we're camping out together"
"But-why did you go out there"
Alice could not help but ask it.
II thought. when o disappeared
from college, that vol were going
back home to marry Marlowe. There
was nothing else TO think" David
answered. :And soon after you LETT
your little room mate practically told
me 3d."
THAT was before / wrote her say
ing / had broken off with Lawrence"
Alice explained.
THAT interesting fact she omitted
to MENTION" David said. But OF
course it was natural enough. J
never hunted her up, except % find