Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-05-18
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DAVID

CHATTER 10
You'd better be five minutes late
lit looks WELL" Christine remarked
as she fixed Alice's hair. So she
fingered ver her task, combing and
recombing the thick brown mass, and
arranging 1t most fashionably and
becomingly.
Il wish it were you, not me. going
TO tea" Alice said. with a goodbye
kiss.
Christine watched her hurry down
the dormftory corridor. unconscious
~ rubbing OFF the caress with her
hand. Fond as she was of Alice. she
had never kissed her. Unlike most
college girls. Christine was quite un-
demonstrating.
she looks we'll" she thought
proudly.
her more courage for the meeting
than any amount of iecturing could.
She glanced at herself in the shop
windows as she hurried along. me
skirt chung about her ankles in the
manner fashionable that winter; her
shoes were very pretty, while the tur
coat and hat Mrs. Marlowe had given
her. not My made her look modish
but were most becoming.
Her cheeks were scarlet from ex-
element. The fur set off the Won
derful clearness Of her skin. and its
grayness brought out her eyes with
their long, dark ashes Yes, she did
look very pretty-and very different
from the shy girl in gingham house
dresses. whose hair was constantly
falling in wisps. that David mad nrst
met.
4 little feeling of pride vent
through her. And, ~curiously. a little
feeling of resentment. David adored
PRETTY dressed women-that was
Lois great hold over him. Would he
ever have left her If she had looked
then as she looked now?
And given composure n courage
by these ideas, she entered the tea
room.
David was there, at a table far in
the corner. When she entered he
Jumped up and came toward her. He
held out his hand, Alice held out
hers. And so. after more than two
years, their hands met again, almost
casually. politely. -,
In SO glad you came DaVla
And Alice answered mechanical
I'm so glad &c see you"
David led the way to the corner
table ana seated Alice so her back
was to the little restaurant, now
minutes they sat looking at each
other while Madame Nardolt brought
a tray with tea things on IL, ana
toast. and set it before Alice.
Did YOU think ] wouldn't know
Won, in clasp David said, breaking
the silence. II didn't for a long time;
There were so man. new races,
I've not had much practice as a col
lege lecturer. You kept your head
down and sat so still 1t attracted my
eve frst. Then / thought 1t was you,
but / hardly believed 1t"
81 look so different" Alice
INJURED. noam
ed YOU would be there!"
.Of course / never imagined you
would be the new professor.
Didn't you notice me stop, anu
then repeat, and stop again and act
as though I'd lost my wits Tor a
minute 2" David asked.
mo- Alice said, beginning to 8
herself with the tea things. She ara
not want to confess that she nau
been far too agitated to notice any
thing unusual in anyone else ina
morning.
II know you went out as thougn
Won didn't want me to
- David went on. But didn't
Won know that I had on my desk q
list with the typewriter names OF
iii INV class ON it? After h lecture
I found Alice Fairbanks there
Alice wished desperately for LOIS
craca in pouring tea. She felt sud
66enIv awkward. But she remember
ed Mrs. Narlowe and tried to initiate
her and really did it very Wei.
Shough. for that matter. David was
aot likely just now TO notice the way
sea was poured, or even that a