Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-01
THE GIRL WHO
SMILED THROUGH
BY Marion Rubicam.
Copyright. George Matthew ADAMS
THE UNEXPECTED.
Chapter LxII.

Chapter IxII.
The two girls were so tired from .hel.
SATURDAY outing that both oversiept
Sunday morning breakfast. Alice awoke
at n o'clock with guilty feeling. She nad ~
never in the course of her energetic me
slept SO late. h,. ;,
Christine said, stretching herself AMY
in bed. Gracious, | do long tor cup Oh
coffee. Alice, let $ hunt up one oi those "h,te
enamel restaurants that look lRe the
insides OF bathtubs, and nave fohs anu
coffee. :, ,,. ;a
SHINING into her blue negleee, Il 'wouid
make YOU smoking hot popovers ana .iie
best coffee YOU ever had.
1sSho looks like a Fifth Avenue heircss
and She talks like cook, Christine muir
INJURED drowsily. Are you going to make
popovers for Your fairy prince?
tIm afraid not" Alice answered;
"Nv fairy price has lot OF money, and
he'll have servants to make him coffee ana
breakfast goodies.
You speak as though that were nus
fortune" Christine commented, begih-
Alice laughed. but while her roommate
had cone for her bath, she sat thinking
over her words. She used to feel that III
vouJd be quite lovely to keep house Tor
David. She wanted to help him on with
his oyercoat, and bury her nose IN It's
collar when he kissed her goodbye IN
the morning. She wanted to make hlm
nod cakes-shc was On adept at that.
and delicious bread and desserts run OF
frothy whipped cream. She wanted 10
keep house for him, to watch tor nim "hen
he would come home IN the evening
vision of the Model Farm near her nome
came back to her, and she stopped dressing
staring moodily out Of the window.
That was all over-Dav1d was gone
she did not know where; he might oe
b this very city, he might DO a thousaho
v,;Ies awav. She had none OF these do
cast;c ideas about marriage with Law
,cnce. When she thought about life with
hin, Il was a vision OF country clubs, OF
I.eTninp 10 dance, to run his car, OF being
frivolo,ss-end when she pictured herself
doing the work she WIS now studying
f1. "a WAS rather as relief from the TIRE
soneness of having a good time.
you do look gloomy, Christine
rrmarked, coming IN. Her green kimono
vas wrapped tightly around her, her SNORT,
r,d-poId hair WAS wet-she had decided
anon q shampoo as well as bath-and she
was vigorously rubbing her head dry
With q huge bath towel. =,
Alice was quiet most of the day. she
spsnt, half the afternoon and all oi the
evening studying for the next days eS-
after ALL" she remarked to Christine,
"I came TO this college TO study, ana L
must do It. couldn't afford the money 1t
costs. and took it because | expected to
learn enough to pay it back, someday
"Why work when you have fairy
nriuce as devoted as yours2 the other
rirl answered. Farewell, I'm going TO
tea with the only good looking student
In the place.
Alice passed her test easily. and went
into the newly formed class OF advanced
biology. She had several advantages over
the other students, which helped make
ID for the many disadvantages sne SUI
rered from. She was Older, consequently
more mature, and she was. mo earnest
han most OF the younger gris-a most
valuable asset. She worked very hard 10
overcome the handicap OF poor prepara-
tion wears before.
So she smiled IN rather superior
manner as she listened to the younger
gir,s specializing about the new proiessot,
81 91 wears one might be quite excited
hncause the teacher was young and re-
,,,,,ed IN he handsomel But at %, what
Inference did that malxe? Besides, Ahce
Was enpaped-her interest IN all men but
I aurence was a very impersonal one.
She felt much older and wiser than
these girls as she listened. There was
laughing rivalry for the front seats, and
much buzzing about this new man. Allee
deliberately went to the very last row
and sat down. smiling at the interest the
other girls displayed
Hes probably married and wears
rlssses," she said teaslngiy to one Glass
mate.
The buzsing stopped as the door opened
N sJr,;t the new teacher. Ahces heart
stopped for SD instant
II was David Thorne who walked INTO
The room
around her. She was conscious OF tns
.esn~cfful silence of the other girls and |
The few hovs in the class, and OF the Old |
professors deep voice Introducing
s'Mr. David Thorne, who Is TO Lecture
NICE 8 week to this class
She had one great desire, to get out OF
he room. But she had chosen seat on
he last row. and to leave meant that
David and EVERYONE In the room would
zee her. Besides, she felt she must HOOK
verv queer, she felt so odd.
But David must not see her: Ihere
vere 40 new faces In the room Perhaps
he thought, if she kept her face down. he
rouid not recognize her She bent over
,er notebook. glad she had learned TO
rave her hair and dress ii fashionably, so
ven the contour of her head was different
oavid's familiar voice began talking, IN
,uiet, even tones, giving an outline OF
he work proposed for the term.
Monday-Discovery.