Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-26


4 cousin, Lois Kennedy, takes David
away from her. Alice hears they are mar
ried. She is heartbroken. Some tune
afterwards she adopts baby, deserted by
its family, and through 1T comes to Know
Lawrence Marlowe, to whom she hnaily
becomes engaged. She feels she cannot
marry him until she has completed some
college work she always wanted TO DO, SO
she comes TO college III New hork Nity'
Chapter LXVll.
The dav after Alice arrived ut the col
laon was The busiest one she had known.
After the proper formalities OF registering
and having over some of the precious
money She had brought with her, she Iln-
hacked her few clothes and as many OF her
hooks rs she knew she would need, and
then walked about exploring the college
grounds. IN :,t,
The place was set high ON hill, with
the city sloping away on all sides Oh IT.
IL was an immense place, crowded with
buildings. but with the little bic OF lawn
left. most beautifully planted with trees
and shrnbberv. Alice sat down TO rest on {,
little bench under thick tree, whose cooi
shade was refreshing on this not gay
Then she remembered the luncheon noun
and ran to her dormltory.
The maid who had charge OF the noof
met her and handed her box
This came for YOU an hour ago, she M
explained. She followed Alice INTO 'he
room. -,
II expect You'll have this room real
pretty when YOU get it fixed up, she said'
II hadn't thought about 1t, Alice
answered. busy With string and paper
IAN the girls bring pillows and hang
inrs and pictures. and have their rooms
done IN elegant. the girl went on, looking
curiollslv al the box Alice was undomg.
Nice stopped moment. OF course, II
would bc nice to have the room fixed W
charminglv- glanced about IT.. II
,,.is bare. Of course Ii had two small beds
tvn chairs and a. small bureau, but the
raprr was n PLAIN, pretty gray and there
were no pictures at all. The girl, iindlng
out that She wasn't to sec the contents o.
the box, went out
The box was Alicc's second charming
surprise. Lawrence had written to city
florist and had flowers sent out to her-
thev filled pitcher on the hureau-but TINS
box came from Mrs, Marlowc. she pulleC
out some cxQulsitcly dalnty underthngs
several hlouscs and Z dress oi the soites
black satin with touches Of her iaVorlt'
shade Of blue. st the bottom was negii
goc-and such a negligee! Alice looked a
it rapturously. J,
IL was heavy drapv blue satin with
omitted lining of rose color, and 1t has
hands az gray fox around the arms and th'
neck Tucked in it was a note:
NV dear" it said. These are SOM
Of the things | was getting ready Tor YOU
trousseau. You Will remember them o'
might as well have them now and emo,
them this winter; when the wedding dat
i decided. there will he time enough t
make new things The slippers are III
separate box. Lovingly yours,
Berenice AIarlowe.
"How sweet she is, Alice said aloud t
herself. Then, promptly forgetting TN
note. she pulled out the little box wher
slippers to match the neghgee lay, wrapPe'
in tissue paper These too, were blu
satin. lined with rose and edged with
tiny band of fur.
ii was little wonder that Alice kept he
mind. with difficulty on the examination
she had to take that afternoon! tor sh
was. after all, q very normal girl. And sh
had never had any pretty things unit
She became engaged 20 Lawrence, an
now-evervthing she had with hcr va
artistic and expensive enough to satlSl
the most faStidiOus.
1t was new life she was entering, an
she was entering 1t under the mos
a.spicious circumstances! she looke
about II the few students already arrive
with timid but friendly smiles. They 8
looked 50 happy and care free, the girls |
Irht smocks and white skirts, the boys
summer fiannels Some Of Them kne'
each other. An animated couple spent To
entire afternoon on the bench she ha
liked. their heads close together, the q
all smiles and coquettish looks.
.Alice suddenly felt an outsider: WoTs
than that. she felt older, much older, tina
anv of these. She thought about lt-st
was -. old enough TO be thought an ol
maid in the little circle Of people on Dextt
street. And here she was IN college-sh
took her afternoon examination slttln
by girl who did not look day over le.
She wanted TO explore this marveliou
CITY, but she had not the courage TO go OF
alone in the evening. She. stood on u
steps OF the big central library, where s1
could see the twilight settling over IN
houses and the lights twInkllng out. he
We're - enormous, these houses, large
than the college dormitbries; they held
hundred or more families apiece--eac
orc little village IN itset.
W nat an tAoCE AAAlo
was, She knew not a soul In it--she woui
in time. but tonight she was lonely agan
Suddenly she remembered-Loi ha
lived here, Lois had come back here
David had followed her here
New York had been TO her only name
II was a gigantic place from which cam
many things. Magazines were printe
here, books bore the name on the iron
page, new fashions came from IT, play
were produced here, regulations made
and unmade-here. But it had been dr
tant and impersonal-a name.
Now, as she looked over the expanse {
shadowy buildings and twinkling light
she realized she was part of this-an
that. perhaps in some part of this vas
ness, David was living-David and III
girl who had stolen him away from he
1t made him, suddenly, very near TO be
She hurried to her room IN the dorm
tory. There was a Light burning inside {
she pushed open the door.
Tomorrow-New Experiences.