The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-01-20


Franz 'sS 0+ MALONE, who has been very at
HFNRTFTTA LAMB, breaks in upon her
loneliness unwelcomed and refers Dach ~
cid times when he called on her as nlucs I
as three times week. She h 49,, 49, hes,
ARTHUR RUSSELL. to dance viii, ,,,I her
Alice Is impressed with nus ~ nro17-
He thanks her for the dance anu p 5Giibl,
ises 10 locate her brother tOf he4' "A1'H
she has requested
Go on with the story.
TT was to be a long moment Alc9
decided. presently. Mrs. Dresser
had grown FESTIVE; and her mods
and vague responses to her young
dependent's gaieties were as meager as
t17av could well be. Evidently the ma
iron had no intention Of appearing TO
her world in the light Of a chaperone
for Alice Adams: and she finally made
this clear. With q word or two OF
excuse. breaking into something Ance
was saving. she rose and went TO SIT
next to AHIdred's mother, who had De
come the nucleus Of the cluster. 80
Alice was LETT very much against the
wall. with short stretches Of vacant
chairs on each side Of her. She had
come to the END on .-er picture-mak-
ing and could only pretend that there
was something amusing the matter
with the arm OF her chair.
She supposed that Mildreds Mr.
Russell had forgotten Walter by this
time. I'm not even an intimate
enough friend Of AIiIdred's for him to
have thought he ought TO bother to
tell me he couldn't find him." she
thought. And then she saw Russell
coming across the room toward her'
with Walter beside him. She jumped
up gaily.
"Oh. thank you!" she cried. 81
know this naughty boy must have
been terribly hard to find. Mildred Il
never forgive me. I've put you to
SO much"
Not at all" he said amiably, and
went away, leaving the brother and
sister together.
'walter. let's dance just once
more" Alice said. touching his arm
Dlacatively. 7 thOught-well, per
haps we might 90 home then"
But Walters expression was that
of a person upon whom an outrage
has lust been perpetrated. mo-" he
said. We've stayed this long, IN
gofn' to wait and see what they got
TO eat. And you look here He
turned upon her angrily. Don't you
ever do that again.
DO what?"
send somebody after me that
pokes his nose into every corner Of
the house till he finds me, Are you
Mr.. Walters Adams? he says. l
guess he must asked everybody in
the place If they were Mr.. Walter
Adamsl Well, III bet a few iron men
you wouldn't send anybody to hunt
for me again If you knew where he
found me"
Where was 81"
Walter decided that he fit punish
nent was to know. Il was shooin'
dice with those coons in the cloak
room"
And he saw your
Unless he was bHndr said Walter
Come on, III dance this one more
dance with you. Supper comes after
that, and then Wen 80 home
Mrs. Adams heard Alice's key turn
ing in the from door and hurried down
the stairs to meet her.
Did you get wet coming IN, dar-
ung?" she asked
Just lovely" Alice said, cheerily;
and after she had arranged the latch
TO- Walter. who had gone to return
We little car, she followed her mother
Upstairs and hummed a dance-tune on
the way.
"Oh, I'm so glad you had a nice
time" Mrs. Adams said, as they
reached the door Of her daughters
room together. You deserved to, and
It's lovely 10 think"
But at this, without warning,
AIce threw herself into her mothers
arms, sobbing so loudly that in his
room. close by, her father. half drows-
ing through the night, started TO fun
Wakefulness.