Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-06-23
DAVID COMES.
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Chapter las.
h rest of the week passed in a
fever of excitement, as far as Alice
was concerned.
All n monotony was gone-the
days dragged, to be sure, but II
was only because they were so filed
with undesirable duties. when what
she wanted to be doing was sitting
aad thinking of David-who was
Coming,
shall I go to the train to meet
him ?" she asked her mother the
cay after the telegram arrived
Her mother affected ignorance.
What train?" she asked.
why the n David comes on"
Alice answered, as though there
could be no other train in all the
world. There only n train in
the afternoon. 1t gets in about 8
and 1t comes over from the juno
ton. Some big Chicago express
stops off at the junction."
You seem to know q lot about
the trains" Mrs. Fairbanks remark
ed.
Alice glanced over at her with a
sudden smile. This sarcasm was
new IN her very gentle little mother.
Il went down to the station and
asked about all the Sunday trains"
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you seem to have forgotten
there's another railroad runs into
this town"
"Oh yes. hat one!' Alice had for
gotten a small line that came across
from a town some nine miles dis
tant. an almost bankrupt road that
ran a train or so a day. "Well, /
might find out about the trains
there. Do you think he'd come on
that?"
IF you want to know what I
think" and Mrs. Fairbanks almost
bit off her words in her vexation,"
/ think you might stay at home like
a decent, modest woman n not go
racing off to meet him as soon as he
chooses to come after you"
Alice Sobered at the tone.
You don't like David. do you,
Mother" she asked gently.
Il don't think he had much
sense allowing Lois to run off with
him. in the first place. And in the
second, 1 don't think he could have
been much in owe with you to have
gotten under her influence. Be-
sides which. he couldn't appreciate
a fine girl when he saw one"
Alice turned to the window. 1t
was all true-David was really a lit
tie weak in character, otherwise
Lois would never have managed him
so cleverly. He had been dissatis-
fed with HEREWITH Alice-in those
old days. He did not appreciate her
love. her entire devotion as much
as he might since he allowed HIM
self to be Influenced by surface
qualities.
A vision OF herself that disas-
trous umm came to her. She
remembered how she had gone
about ca~relessly dressed in ugly,
wrapperlike house dresses that de-
stroyed the youthful lines and the
grace of her figure. She remem-
bered how she had let her nails
get broken and her hands Scared
and red from work. how she had
done up her hair in the quickest
way. how she had good-naturedly
refused TO learn to dance, how care
less and how self-satisied she had
been.
Another vision of Lois anne
the dainty, feminine, frilly, soft
voiced Lois. a delight to the eye, but
rs selfish as any woman could be.
This last vision sent Alice upstairs
10 her mirror, where she examined
herself very closely.
She was 81 but she didn't really
.ook it.. Many girls had been a
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lren, at her age. Yet-wasn't she
lust as glad she had waited this
long for love and all it meant. Ger
.ainly she did not look o as she
lid in those dayS-she patter her
!mooth, shining hair with its fash
ionable high knot. and examined
her complexion. In spite of the
work she was doing, she had man
aged to keep her skin soft and not
allow too much sunburn to spoil its
~prettinees. She decided she would
have her nails manicured before
Sunday. Then she went to the
closet and brought out the youth
full organdie that was a birthday
present-yes, she would wear that.
"You are the Happy Lady again."
Peppita told her Saturday. when
Alice's laugh rang through the Set
tlement House. Peppita was cu-
riously sensitive to other peoples
moods-indeed, it was she who had