Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-05-14
The Unexpected

CHAPTER ~.
The two girls were so tired from
their Saturday outing that both over
slept Sunday morning breakfast. Alice
awoke at IL o'clock with q guilty
feeling. She had never in h course
Of her energetic life slept so late.
Il always sleep till 10 or IL at
home" Christine said, stretching her
self lazily In bed. Gracious, / do
long for a cup of coffee. Alice. lets
hunt up one of those white enamel
Restaurants that look like the insides
Of bathtubs, and nave rolls and cof-
fee"
IF we were at my place." Alice
said, slipping into her blue negli-
gee, II would make you smoking hot
popovers and the best coffee you ever
had"
"She looks like a Fifth Avenue
heiress and she talks like a cook"
Christine murmured drowsily. Are
you going to make popovers for your
fairy ~prfnce7"
I'm afraid not" Alice answered.
'Nfy fairy prince has a lot of money.
and he'll have servants to make HIN
coffee and breakfast goodies"
You speak as though that were
q misfortune" Christine commented,
beginning to get up.
Alice laughed, but while her room
mate had gon for her bath. she sat
thinking over her words. h used to
feel hat 1t would be quite lovely to
keep house for David. She wanted to
help him on with his overeoat, and
bury her nose In its collar when he
kissed her goodbye In the morning.
Che wanted to make him good cakes
she was an adept at that. and de-
lcious bread and desserts full Of
frothy whipped cream She wanted
- 10, haa.az FA~ htN. - match fnp
him when he would come home In
The evening" vision Of the Model
Far near her home came back to
her, and she stopped dressing, star
ing modify out the window.
That was all overheard was gone
-she did not know where. He might
be In this very city, he might be a
thousand miles away. She had none
of these domestic ideas about mar
riage with Lawrence. When n
thought about life with him, It was a
vision of country clubs, OF learning
TO dance, to run his ear of being friv-
Qlous-and when h pictured herself
doing the work she was now studying
for. 1t was rather as a relief from
the tiresomeness of having a good
time.
you do look gloomy" Christine re-
marked, coming in. Her green hmono
was wrapped tightly around her, her
short. red-gold hair was wet-she had
decided upon a shampoo as we'll as a
bath-and she was vigorously rubbing
her head dry with q huge bath towel.
Alice was quiet most of the day.
She spent half tho afternoon and
all OF the evening studying for the
NEXT days examination.
'After ALL" she remarked to Chris
tho, II came 10 this college to study.
and | must do It. / couldn't afford
the money It costs. n I took It
because / expected to learn enough
to pay IL back. someday."
why work when you have a fairy
prince as devoted as yours" the other
girl answered. Farewell. I'm going
10 tea with the only good looking
student in the place"
Alice passed hor test easily, and
went into the newly formed class OF
advanced biology. She had several ad-
yantages over the other students,
which helped make up for the many
disadvantages she suffered from. She
was older. consequently more mature.
and she was more earnest than most
OF the younger girls-a most valuable
asset. She worked very hard to over
come the handicap of poor prepare |
zion years before.
So she smiled in rather a NJ
perior as she listened to the