Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-10
THE Girl. WHO
SMILED THROUGH
BY Marion Rubicam
Copyright. George Matthew Adams
EXPLANATIONS.
Cllanter CNI.

Chapter CNl.
Yet the grcetln was commonplace
enough For months Alice had hoped
for this meeting, for Years she had de-
SPARED of it-and now she and David
stood face to face again, and freel
And once again the force Of ocial
custom came to her rescue. She held
out her hand, rs though greeting an
old friend and they shook ha nds--in
deed much rs they had when she met
him under such different circumstances
in the tcaroom near the college,
Then they had felt nerl Gus, now they
still felt somewhat constrained Berenice
came half shyly INTO the room from the
lawn, rega riding David curlously with her
dark, bright eyes
so this is the little Berenice?" David
SAID. and shook hands very gravely with
the small girl. He knew the story of the
adontion-Alice had told HIM last winter
Allcc felt a little thrill of pleasure when
She saw Bercnicc smile at him, il pleased
her that ne made such a good impression
on the child.
And then there was the expected talk
about Mrs Fairbanks recovery. Tn
der his cordia!itv. the hostility Of her
mothers attitude began to disappear,
and this too. pleased Alice And pres
emily Mrs Fairbanks took BcTenlce for a
visit 10 Il ncighbnr.
At last they were alone in the little
living room with the windows open and
the warm. rosc-ladcu June air blowing
through
1T is 50 good to see YOU again, Alice
exclaimed, holding her hand out to him
impulsiv ely.
David caught the hand and held it,
and Alice. not knowing what she should
90 under the circumstances. finally fol-
lowed the dictates Of her own heart
and let HIM hold IT,
"tnd now, tell me all about every
thing. she sand And she deliberately
chose the chair to sit in. rather than
the couch-shc was afraid t. let Da-
M come too close to her vet II was 50
wonderful Just 10 see him.
- David sat ON the couch, hut still
holding her hand, for the chair after
all. VAS not 50 far away from the couch.
There's not 50 much to tell, and
I'm interested moro III the present than
the past. How splendid you look You
AZ mere beautiful every time See YOU
Alice hlushcd with pleasure At tho
commitment She wanted to say some
thing equally ilatterlng in return Per
maps her ewes spoke her admiration more
plainly than her lips could have done
David was tanned from his trip, hut the
tan was becoming It suited his type
shcthdught His gray eyes were bright and
glowing with happiness gray eyes can
express pleasure 80 we'll. much better
than any other color And his brown hair
was rumpcd where he had pulled of the
-pft travelling rap ticc had the ctcr-
n4lv feminine impulse to smooth il down.
There's not much to tell David
NJ, saving After Lois died, | turned
hcr apartment over 10 nh agent to Suhlct
closed up my place and started of | had
no i,lca where ! vas gamg Int man !
knew i lkcahlc char that YOU i know
sometime wrote ard asked me ont t.
Montana lie an engineer and hc was
rterc~tcd i'll some copper mines out there
lle >aw | was broken up rs everything,
- lie suggested we rough il q hlt AMI 90
through the northern part q the state
You sec. he thought ! was all broken
II about LOIS dying and hc wondered
about il. because he knew NC weren't
together | told him about rs, one night
when we were camping ont together
But Why did YOU % out thcre2
Alice could not help but ask Ill
/ thought, when YOU disappeared
rom college, that YOU were going back
aamc to marry Marlowc. There Was
nothing else to think David answered
And soon after You left your little
-oom mate practically told me 80
That wa before | wrote her saving
had broken Of with Lawrence, Alice
explained
That interesting fact Size omitted
TO mention David said But ii course /
il was natural enough. / never hunted her
Ip. except to find out why You had left
% UNEXPECTEDLY Tie other meetings
were casual enough there was no reason /
why she should e out Of her way TO
tell me YOU had broken of your engage 4
mcnt
80 I thought. Of course. YOU had |
-arried out your original intention 81 /.
marrying You said often YOU might /
forget me if you dld-and after Lois /
died, / heard nothing dlfferenp
Il couldn write YOU then, when YOU 4
we're free. and tell YOU was too-could /
1? Alice asked
No. | suppose not-anyWay, lei |
bless Lawrence AlarloWe for thinking 4
out the whole tangle and writing me,
to get it straight
Yes. LEI bless him For ! was 50 /
miserable-when | never heard -af,cr
! knew YOU We're free again
David stood up, dropping her hand. 4
"Alice-AGcc dear he said, plead /
ingly. And he held out his arms 10 her,
Tomorrow Happy Plans