Evening star., 1933-02-21

- should understand you, !
chaperoned your vaccination
/ L and your teeth being filled,
all that"
And then, for a moment, Carroll
couldn't seem to go on, and Michael
added, and it didn't help. DO you
remember how you screamed the nrst
time 1 dragged you to the dentist?"
Theresa told me 1t would hurt, she
explained.
well, YOU sounded like the zoo at
feeding time" Michael admitted. Il
was at the conscious age and wanted
to murder you"
And then" said Carroll, 81 only had
to have them cleaned, but what ]
wanted to say, Mike, is that never
knew the least thing about love when
I knew Arch, although, of course, ]
thought I did"
I'VE all CO." said Michael, who looked
immensely happy, land, Carroll, are
YOU really over that?"
Over it?" she questioned almost
scornfuily why, Mike, never had 1t,
and 1 am perfectly certain that lots
of people really never know the mean
ing OF love. I think of Arch as !
those pale bugs you find under stones.
for as soon as had his letter realized
he wasn't worthy of my hate"
"Whoopee!" said Michael enthusias-
tically. HE was married last week
Carroll, and I was afraid to tell you" "
Then they seemed to have to talk OF
Arch and Cordelia Van Dusen, who
could, they agreed, manage him, though
he wasn't worth that trouble. Carrou
watched the clock nervously. Miss Cas-
sandra might, at any moment, she rea-
soned, come down.
At length she saw the way, and smll-
ing a little uncertainty. Carroll rose
Mike" she asked. as he too struggled
to his feet, 'has Miss Cas.andra copy
of Alice in Wonderland"
eyes" he said moving toward the
wall of books to the right Of the fire.
place. "It's the copy that was read
aloud to me when I came here to visit,
a very little hoy-here 1t isl"
Carroll took it. worn volume WIFI
the old Tenniel illustrations. She
cpened it to the illustration OF Alice
who had grown tall because she had
eaten cake marked ''eat me-"
eco sit down, Nike Carroll ordered
aren't you going to sit down too?'
he asked.
"I will when I want TO-" she said
"and you 60 sit down; and right away. ;.
Michael sat down rather uncertainty
being unused to this, with skirts in the
same room increased by bent knees.
Carroll sided over to stand beside
him.
do YOU remember?" she asked
"Well, yes," he admitted, 81 have, tr
some ways, a pretty good memory" He
had never forgotten anything about her
he realized, and he never would.
go on, If you do remember" she
ordered and he slipped an arm around
her and felt her pressing closely to him
What shall we do?" he asked, voice
shaken; then he raised his eyes to hers
eyes that said, Don't, If you don't
mean to 60 on with this, Carroll, and
| where we've never been before; sup
pose I'm pretty weak, but can't stanc
| pretending-here."
Then his eyes narrowed as they
searched her face for mercy, for hel
eyes brimmed with tears although she
smiled down on him. He sank back
| and she settled on his knees. She was
| still little enough to be right for the
place. He put a suddenly weak arm
around her and he drew her back and
against his shoulder, and she opened
| the book to the page where Alice is pic
tured grown tall, which was a fortunate
| choice, for even extremely little people
grow really very tall when they love
completely.
"'Then Pool Of Tears" Michael read
he paused to draw deep breath
'Curiouser and curiouser! cried Alice
| She was so much surprised that fol