Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-24
THE GIRL WHO
SMILED THROUGH
By Marion Rubicam.
Copyriaht. oeorue Matthew Adams.

AtCe II hiTphlks I1ts Woit tfti way tiph&'
life by her optimism. She has had the
wonderful ability to smile in the face OF
the most discouraging circumstances.
Her sunny disposition first attracts TO
her David Thorne, with whom she falls
in love. When pretty, silly little cousin
OF her takes him away from her and mar
ries him, she is heartbroken.
Later she meets and becomes engage
to Lawrence Marlowe, She feels her old
love for David has gone-then, while at
college in the city, she meets David and
knows she still cares. She runs away from
him and comes home. and breaks her en-
gagement to Lawrence.
CHAPTER xcI.
After little time, Alice was able
to &, on with the letter. But there was
very little more about the thing that most
interested her She went back to the begin
ming of it
Guess what? David Thorne's wife
died Yesterday He sent word he couldn t
lecture because she was seriously sick and
he had been sent for. Of course, there
WAS q lot of comment among the girls,
for your old-time friend was awfully popu-
lar-I don't suppose you knew that, but
Thorne was the youn gest lecturer IN tins
staid old institution, and he was good
looking in the bargain.
Alice frowned impatiently She wanted
more details of this sudden death She
wa sn t hit interested in whether the col
lege girls thought David good looking or
not hristine's habit of talking all around
subjects frequently annoyed her. She
read on
Lola Hunt said she thought Mrs.
Thorne must be in hospital If he had
been sent for. OF course | knew they
weren't living together you had told
me but was n nice child and dldn
lei on. Then Louise Hammond told all
about il lt appears she lives IN the same
apartment house with our young professors
wife, but as IL Is one Of those huge places
| with a hundred or more apartments she
had never seen her. But she asked some
| Of the servants and they told her.
| ''1'hey said the lady wns always go
| ing out to dances, usually with differ
| ent men evidently she created lots of
| scandal among the ignorant elevator
| bows and janitresscs she came
| in one night all tired out and soaking
| wet Ii appears the taxi she was in had
1 broken down about two or three blocks
| away. and Lois ism { that her name had
TO walk the rest Of the distance. There
\ was snow and sleet and she had on satin
slippers and q light cloak-you know how
| little fashionable women are wearing this
season anvway-and she caught cold.
she was cross and inclined 90 blame
/ the man she was with for the accident
now isn't that like some women, Alice,
| 20 blame q perfectly patient man for
trouble, with carburctor or a differcn-
tial or something Anyway, she said
! good-bve to him in tho hall and snapped
at the boy ~ the switchboard, Get my
husband on the wire at once YOU know
his number
well. don't know what she told
poor long-suffcring David whcp she
| talked 10 him on the phone, or even
| whether the boy got him for her, Any
way, she had been III and wasn't sup
posed to 20 out and she developed pncu-
monia and died yesterday So that :
Al! | know about Il
Now, whv couldn't all that have
happened a long time ago IL il had to
happen at all? | suppose now there :
no reason why vou shouldn't marry
David only please don't. Ahcc' He really
sn't worthy Of fine girl like vou. ! shant
speak Ia him mvself, except to tell him
/ the conventional words Of sympathy,
OF course We girls arc subscribing for a
gigantic bunch az roses 20 send to the
funeral Now | want TO tell YOU about
But Alice was not interested in col
legc gossip She only half read the rest Of
the letter And when she had finished she
sat for 2 long time staring ont the window
Clara had gone out Mrs Fairbanks
was busy at some one Of tho many tasks
she seemed to find about the house
Alice called 10 her and read her the letter
Poor LOIS. Mrs Fairbanks said and
gave the conventional sigh as she spoke.
Poor I.oisr Alice echoed. Poor
LOIS Why do YOU say that? Where
is there any need for plying her.
To die SO Young, Mrs. Fairbanks
began timidlv. "She was pretty.
"Soits he thing 10 pity her for cutting
short her career by DYING Alice ewes
flashed as she spoke Her mother rarely
saw her stirred to such a heat by anger
Il think she was lucky to die 50 soon. Sh'
had everything she ever wanted, she coulC
not have gone on as she was without find
inga time sooner or later when she couldn
g.t her way Good heavens, look at he
life-we know il.
She and her mother lived an empt.
ainlless existence on the little none'
they had, eked out by gifts from Mr
KennedYs rich relatives They wen
happy and comfortable enoUgh-w'
would have considered it, luxury, sucI
} life as theirs. That stopped when th
mother died, and Lois came here I'd / ~
with us You know what happened -sh
took away the man that loved me, ant
made him Dove her. Not content with tha
she did not even Try to love him in return
/ Ii she had made him happy ] might hav
forgiven her even that But she dIdn
because she was incapable Of king any
one happy but herself. She could no
even be satisfied with the admiration o
one man she had TO have 1t from other
too So she left him. stiil keeping him tie
! 70 her and still taking his money, an
+ lived by herself where she could go abou
{ with asmany sorts Of people as she chose
J Alice broke off suddenly. As q matte
Of fact; she was out OF breath, With ange
{ and with the swiftuess Of her speech. Sh
s turned and looked out the window.
: Gradually the anger died from he
eyes, though no pity for the silly dea
woman came into them. What woul
happen now? David was free freed b,
the tragedy Of death, If Lois death coui
be considered ii tragedy-but free al Least
[ And her mother. confused by her daugh
ters logic and her old-fashioned conven
! tionalism, sat in her chair trying TO thin
! il out Was she sorry for Lois? Or 70
, | David? On for her own daughter?
Tomorrow Patient Waiting,