Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-03-27
EYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHI
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pleasant Surprise

TIERS.
Alice Fairbanks is called the Happy
Lady" by the children of the little
town of Pennington, because-of her
bright smile and her sunny nature
Hes natural optimism has carried her
through such discouragfng circum-
stances as her fathers death, mother s
anyalid,sm and the fight to make Q
tiny income stretch in the face OF
rising living costs. But Alice Is happy
an spite OF all this. and when she meels
and falls In owe with and become
engaged to David Thorne, her cup OF
happiness almost runs over.
The death of an aunt brings them
Lois, pretty. 20, feminine, but YER
selfish. Alice cheerfnlly accepts my
extra burden her presence brings. put
when Lois artfuily takes Dav from
l.er. Alice Is ready to rebel She a
given David his freedom. fearing ne
WAS falling in love with Lois. and LOIS
6airly makes David propose to hef.
CHAPTER 81
Now as IT happened, something a
taken place the very afternoon upon
which Lois rode out TO see David, OF
which Lois herself was ignorant.
David had moved out to the Model
Farm about a week before-in fact
right after Alice had broken the en-
gagement. Most of his personal pc
~fongfngs he had taken with nm, puC
he had left a large box OF books pc
hdnd at his old boarding house IN tar-
mington. and the box was adureSseo u
Alice.
So. by chance, half IN hour after
Lois had ridden off to h n
a wagon drew UP at the door and the
box was carried UP to the little living
room. Alice was surprised, indeed;
she did not even know what the box
contained and she certainly had not
expected 1t. She found a hatchet n
opened 1t, and on top OF h pie 0.
books lay a note addressed to her' II
read:
Dearest girl: I'm moving out 10
tho farm today, and I'm sending you
my books because you once told me
YOU wanted to read them. rS-
member we were talking of agrlcul-
ture. and you said you wanted ~
take the college course in It. WEI All
my college books are here. you'll nave
no trouble knowing which mes were
studied first. because they're marked,
sFreshman year Soph, etc. II you want
10 do any independent studying, here
Is the material.
sI'm giving orders that these aren
10 be delivered until a week after !
move, because 1 think that by ina,
time you may change youf mlhu' anu
decide that, after all. / do love o
II won't try to convince you in TINS
letter-I told you all that the night
we parted. II you do change your
mind, my dear, let ME know IN inc
"As ever yours.
DAVID"
The quick tears Of happiness sprang
to her Y Alice dropped down on
the floor by the wooden box, and read
and re-read the note. Her eyes sought
out Little phrases eagerly do love
you" and dearest girl" Vet me-
know In the quickest way YOU can
Jmpulsiveiy she kissed his signature
then blushing at what h considered a
foolish act.
Then, holding the letter in her lap
she started pulling out the books.
For a long time h sat there, I'M
conscious of everything but the relief
and Joy at this expression of DaVids
love. and at the pleasure OF nav!ng
such a t~reasu as this box of books,
She pulled them out and read their
4itles blissfully-treatises on IT.
rigation, books on what to grow In
sandy soil, methods of pruning trees,
volumes on intensive market garden
ing. a slim one Of mushroom growing,
articles on how to cultivate the waste
spots OF a farm, a history of agricultlr-
al development, a book on berry grow
ing-titles that might seem prosy