Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-04-06
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Alice did not keep her hopeless
frame of mind long.
she has a soul like a rubber ball.
Mrs. Riley remarked one September
afternoon after she had pulled a
couple of rockers to the porch, and
had settled herself to do some darn
ing.
story Mrs. James-Mrs. DIR. James
said, also settling herself and
opening her coat.
"Well. it's not much to tell" MIS-.
Riley bit a thread off and thrust her
darping egg into another stocking.
This young fellow turned up, and
he seemed awful smitten-I used to
see him walk around there every
evening. And hen we heard they
wereNto be married."
Yes. time she was married." Mrs.
James aid Every woman ought
to marry before h is twenty-one. 1
was nineteen myself"
Then his Louise-no, Lois, funny
name, isn't it?-she ZONES. She was
from the city, and she had city ways
and city clothes, n 1 must say
was pretty"
"Nice?" Mrs. DR.. James asked. In
her world there were only two classes,
those who were nice, and those who
weren't. She rather overdid the
word.
well. / don't know exactly" Mrs.
Riley was not sure what her guest
meant by mice" IT liked her a lot
ar first, She didn't put on airs, and
she was awful sweet-too sweet, of
course, we found out later that was
lust her manner she didn't mean 1t.
/ had her here for upper often. My
Jim thought she was a wonder
well, it appears she made eyes
at this young David without anyone
I.,1N l1rA man ne
didn't know 1t himself-thought she
was q sweet little thing, like we all
did. Then first thing you know, they
beein acting like they were in love-
and Alice goes and breaks the en-
Said she didn't want 10
tie David 2 her apron Strings IL ne
'%Shouldn't have lone that" Mrs.
DIR. James shook her head sadly.
Then next thing happens i, LOIS
rats him. I never could see myself
how a woman can get a man TO pro.
pose If he isn't in love, but some OF
them do it,"
.Mavbe he was In love-" Mrs.
James defended the absent man al
.No. somehow L don't believe it.
She was-well, a pretty little thing
but no brains. nor solid qualities a
man wants in a wife. But she sos
MN. lie sic SOOt 0~SAh
and by and by he follows her-sh
sent him a telegram to come. l heard
that from Bill Parsons who carried
1t out to the farm himself-and then
they were married. And that's all.
You'd heard of it If you were nome
this summer"
II spent the whole time at Rainier
Fails. It's a swell place. 1 stayed
in the biggest hotel, never less tha1
400 guests" Mrs. James answered
nromptly. forgetting Alice and the
recital of her unhappy love story as
soon as her own affairs were sug-
gested in the talk. H..
here comes Alice now" and Mrs.
Riley waved her hand cordially to a
figl1re passing on the other side OF
the street. Mrs. James gave what
she considered a kindly nod In greet
ing. She always felt kindly and SUI
perior when h visited the heap
section where she had once lVeu'
Mat was why she visited 1t so often.
whats Alice doing now?' MIS-
lanes asked, after she had
ed her descriptive powers concernlns
Rainier Falls n her summer Vaca1
tion-the most notable achieVehleh
of which seemed to nave peeh the
knitting of sweaters.
sWorking hard" Mrs. Riley saio'
Lord, j never knew a girl contd De
40 energetic. She's doing everything
When the garden work was oVer she
house-cleaned and she almost dlo
over that little me-
Shrubs and small trees from the
yuoods-it's lovely, looks ike real
landscape gardening, I'd say. Ahd
then the Woman's Club got hold or
her to heip IN establishing q settle,
ment house over at ShantytoWh' anu
she's there part of every day. Ahu