Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-28
The GIRL WHO
SMILED THROUGH
By Marion Rubicam.
ronvricnt. George Matthew Adams
A BUDDING ROMANCE
Chapter NV.

A short time after MIR. and Mrs. Joyce
bad como hack from their Southern trip,
and after Clara had gone home, a niue
..welcone home party was planned
,lice and her mother were, OF course,
invited And since many OF the iriends
had small children and no nursenalds, u
room ON the third floor of the Joyce blg
house was fixed up as a temporary ntirs-
erv with an oblging hired giri IN
charge. There Berence was put TO sleep,
and Alice and her mother went downstairs
to the ''party" with free MINDS
Clara had told them to come early ;,
I've been so busy since mother ana
father came back hav n I had a chance
to see YOU and I've missed You aWinuy;
~ac said, kissing them both atectionateiy
when they arrived.
Il would never know you, Mrs. joyce
,c,,arked with her usual frankness when
40 saw Alice. Child, what have you
done to yourself.
{lire laughed TO her, this was the
Greatest possible compliment that ono
vbo had known her IN the old Gays,
would recognize the change IN her now
..Turn around her hostess commanded
and Alicc ohcdicntly turned round ana
round Tor inspection.
Cbeerfullv conscious Of her new salary
and the fact that some OF II cotIu ue
SHARED Alice had bought some soft hlue
,ltIeta the week before, and she and her
mother made it up after design tha'
Clara had made for them before she lei1
The soft blue suited Alice splcndldiy IL
made her eyes deep and dnisuaily eN7
presslvc. Mrs fairbanks had ioaha
among her possessions some coarse hcSh
tilet lace that had been hers when she was
- h,I catI his Ia
f,rn, an 9pron over the dress and lttie
,,as H. make n bib on the waist new
fashion Of the sprlnc, not Vet generaiY
,opn IN the little town OF Farmlngton
>nd \Icc was feminine enough 70 he very
pleased with herself III this odd new irock
Then. too she dressed her hair as
Christine taught her waving II slightly
and She had manicurcd her nails with
preat care removing almost all the stains
recently acquired hy gardening.
~ on certainly are stunning. | never
Lnoy YOU were pretty before, Mrs. Joyce
remarked. And Alice laughed at the
compliment and its frankncss.
"ihe dress is Clara idea, She hasten
ell t. give her friend some q the crcdlt.
nconsciotlsIv they turned 70 look Tor
Clara. But She had slipped ont.
Il wonder where she vent NlIee re-
marked idly.
.Oh. | guess she and Lawrence are hob
Tohbing somewhere in corner, Mr.
Javcc put III.
Mr.. Jovee always the moro tactful Of
.aa two. III spite If her occasional blunt
,.... turned to frown II her husband
Alice stared little - they called him
Lawrence, And they were scarcely settled
II homo from their trip. Was Lawrence
t5.af frqt4fr4aft, ~0 soon
She did mot know whether She was
pleased or not Although she was honestly
HIT III love with Lawrence. there was a
certain halo IL romance that gathered
!. so5.t lam, when considered her
dcspondent lover Lawrence already
Ting IN love with another Girl was
much less romantic
But after All, WASH She pleased at the
idea. She turned t. 70 into the room
There they were-the other guests had not
arrived yet alone and talking with
animated smiles.
Lawrence rose to greet Alice. He was
as handsome as ever lie always looked
well IN his dress sliit.
They shook hands cordially Alice felt
rewarded fer all the time she had spent
watching other people and listening to
ChrIstIaes kindly lectures. For She was
perfectly IT case II what might have been
al embarrassing situation.
Clara left them al1re Alice watched
her 90 10 greet some new guests, then