The evening world. Newspaper, January 3, 1922, Page 23

Al. | rd i ’ Boor TARKINGTON TRE STORY of “ GIRL WHO LOVED- 6x? LOST Prsei- ee BELEK SYNDICATE - Ihe. SYNOPSIS OF Ltalteldepald lated lake | Adams, tor ‘an employeo of bat, Noget was setented ty the continua! Shan e ath ‘alee in ‘entity aided sate ‘of returning “that ol st. be ed acd ‘ber father Bere. Her brother, Walter. two years younger, & sallow o Of fais owe Jase tals conn 26 & gomume for Alloy to weet at @ dance glen by Mildred Paluies, a mos intimate releta ina park to as - CHAPTER IL (Continued. ) 6 HAT'S what makes {t seem so funny you haven't heard anything about this Ruseell, because every- body says even if sho isn’t engaged to him right now, she most Mkely witli be before very long. ‘This Rus- sell is some kind of cousin of the Palmer family, I understand.” “He is?” “Yes—second or third, or some- thing, the girls say. Well, Kila says @ lot of the girls have been talking about Mildred and this Arthur Rus- sell for quite a while back, you see, They were all wonJering what he was going to look like, you see; be- cause he only got here yesterday, and she must have been talking to some of ‘em, or else how’— Alice interrupted again. “Oh, let's find something better to talk about.” “Well, I'm willing,” Mr. Dowling assented, ruefully, But this liberal offer found her un- responsive. Alice had just been surprised by am odd exporience. At first signt of this Mr. Arthur Ri Il she had said to herself instantly: “There! That's exactly the kind of looking man I'd ike to marry In Alice's eyes, Mildred had been something ought to (oe left over, by this time, for another The final touch was that this Arthur Russell, good-looking, kind-looking, graceful, the perfect flance, should also be “very well off.” Of course! These rich always married one another. And the best an outsider could do for herself was to sit with Frank Dowling. “Well, what do you want to talk about?” he inquired. “Nothing,” she said. juppose we just sit, Frank.’ But a moment lator, with sudden animation, she began to prattle. She pointed to the musicians down the corridor. ‘Oh, look at them! look at the leader! Aren't they funny? Some one told me they're «alled ‘Jaza Louie and his half-breed bunch.’ Isn't that just crazy? Don't you love it? Do watch them, Frank.” “You certainly aro a funny gir Dowling remarked. “You say you don't want to talk atout anything at «ll, and all of a sudden you break out and talk a blue streak; and just about the time I begin to get inter- ested in what you're saying you shut What's the matter with girls, when they do things like Well, what'll we do Just sit?” “Suppose we just sit some more.” “Anything to oblige,” he assented. “Vm willing to sit as long as you “T think your mother wants to speak to you, Frank," Alice said, irs. Dowling nodded to her, “Good evening, Miss Adems,” sho said, “f just thought weren't dancing you wouldn't mind my disturbing you"— “Not at all,” Alice murmured. Mr, Dowling seemed of a different mind, “Well, what do you want?" he inquired, ‘whereupon his mother struck him roguishly with her fan, “Bad fellow!” She turned to Alice. ‘I'm sure you won't mind excusing him to let him do something for his nd mother, Miss Adam “What do you want peated, “Two very nice things,” Mra. Dow- mg Informed him. “Everyb.dy is so anxious for Henrietta Lamb to have Pleasant evening, because it's the very first time she's been aaywhere since her father's death, and 0% cou) her dear grandfather's an olf friend | ours, and” “Well, well!’ her son interrupted. Miss Adams isn’t interested in all ‘his, mother.” Henrietta said she had most of het dances taken, but she'd give you one f you asked ‘her before they Were all gone, So I thought you'd better see ler as soon as possible." Dowling’s face had become rosy. “I refuse to do anything of the kind. “Bad fellow!” said his mother, sayly. ‘I thought this would be the ‘beat time for you to see Henrietta, hecause you've promised on your word to dance the next with Ella and you mightn't have a chance to do it then. i'm sure Miss Adams won't mind if you"—. t at all,” Alice said. ‘Well, I mind!" he said, “I wish vox could understand that } really m more than six years old!” He spoke with too much vehemence, and Mrs. Dowling at once saw how to have her way. She permitted a trem- ulousness to become audible in her voice. ‘It Isn't very—very pleasant— to be talked to like that by your own son—before strangers.” "Oh, my! Look bere!" the stricken | Dowllbg protested, “I didn't say any- thing, mother, I was just joking about how you never get over th.ak- ing I'm a little boy. I only"—— Mrs. Dowling continued: “I just thought I was doing you a little favor {didn’t think it would make you so anes Be ‘Mo.her, for goodness’ sake! Adame'll think"—— “I suppose," Mrs, yupted, piteously, * amatter what | “Oh, graciou: Al'ce interfered: she perceived that the mithless Mrs. Dowling meant to nave ner way. “I chink you'd tetter #9, Frank. ly." “Phere! his mother eried. “Miss Adams says so herself! What more the son re- Miss “Oh, gracious!” he lamented again, | and, with a sick look over his shoulder at Alice, perm Lis arm and pr Alice went in swithout much ‘When the musicians again |iwered their instruments tor an interval she had returned, alone, to her former seat within the partial shelter of the box trees. ‘Stuer people desired to sit in arch of Walter, but hope of finding ‘him. ‘companions and amusements wore unknown to the faintly abe leamed that a handsome stranger was Mr. a'distant "Gta ant reported Planes of "Mildred ¢—_— as you and Frank! 4 ADAMS" je convalesatn, ho wisn after «serious tinea, him to embark Aloe Purnia hereelf with, boslourta. and Instead of the belle abe hoped rank Dowling, who danced with ber Antbur | Alice's nook, but discovered ber in occupancy. nved the vacant chair closer to her own, and she s:t with her arm extended so that her hand, holding her lace kerchief regi- ed upon the back of this second chai claiming it. For additional evidenco, sitting with her knees crossed, sbé kept one foot continuously moving a little, im cadence with the other, which tapped the floor, Moreover, she added a fine detail: her haiz- smile, with the under lip caught, seemed to struggle ugainst repres- ston, as if she found the service en- gaging her absent companion amus- ing. There was jovial intrigue of some sort afoot, evidently, Her ey beaming with secret fun, were ave ed from intruders, and though one or two girls looked at her sceptically, their escorts merely wondered what | importantly funny affair Alice Adams | Was engaged in, She had learned to do it perfect'y during the last two years, When she Was sixteen “all the b town," ss her moth the Adamses’ sinc steps, and at eighte Placed the boys with CHAPTER Ty. a girl who has been a Delle, is harder to live through bad the older men, OTe Ee THE EVENING WORLD, TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1922. January te rer gitl preoccupied with her elders, n she found her friend Mild: od manning before her, presenting Mr, Arthur Russell, who asked her :0 dance with him Alice was not grateful to her host~ ess for this alms, What a young hostess does with a fiance, Alice thought, is to make him dance with the unpopular girls, Smiling never more brightly, she found nothing to say to Mr, Russell When the music stopped Russell added his applause to the hand-clap- ping that encouraged the uproarious ontinue, and said “That's splendid!” When the encore was over, spoke to him for the first time, Lildred will be looking for you," “L think you'd better take Alice He looked sury . “Oh, if you"— “Um sure Mildred will be needing you,” Alice said, then, “Oh, I wonder she began. he said, quickly. fou don't know my brother, Wal- ter Adams,” she said, “But he's some- Where—I think possibly he's in a smoking-room or some place where girls aren't expected, and if you Wouldn't think it too much trouble"— “I'll find him,” Russell said, prompt- uk you so much for that dance. I'll bring your brother in a moment.” It was to bo a long moment, Alice decided, presently, Mrs. Dresser went |to slt next to Mildred’s mother, so, Alice was left very much against the Wall, with short stretches of vacant chairs on each side of her, And then she saw Russell coming across the room toward her, with Walter beside him, She jumped up gayl “Oh, thank you!" she cried. “Mi- |ared'll never forgive me! I've put | you to so mu “Not at #21," ho, said, amiably, and let's dance just once Alice sald, touching his arm tively “I thought—well, per- 2 might go home then,” he sald. “We've stayed this I'm goin’ to wait and see what And you look here!” ngrily. “T'll bet a few iron men you wouldn't send anybody to hunt for me again if you knew where he found aa long, they got tu eat. He turned upon her times than it js for one who has never known anything better. | Hating tko fatuous young men fn| the doorwoys more bitterly for every ke instant that she had to maintain ber | tableau, the smiling Alice knew flerce | t tmpulses te spring to her fect and} shout at them, “You Idlo “Waiting for somebody, Lady, All- elag” It was Mr. Harvey Malone, trying to marry Henrietta Lamb, and sauntering over to speak to Alice, as! @ time-killer before his next datice | with Henrietta, He dropped lazily chair, Into the vacant | “IT might as well use his chair | ¥ou don’t mind, do you, | “Oh, no," matter one way or the oth don’t call me that,” “So that's how yor feel? lone laughed indulgeatly. meaning to come to see you fora long Alice said. “It doesn't . Ma- » been time—honestly I have. I know you think it was funny, after the way | used to come to your house two or three times a week—well, I don’t blame you for being hurt. The trut is I just happened to have a lot o Important things to do and couldn't | find the time. But Iam going to cai! | on you some evening—honestly I am. | I don't wonder you think"— “You're mistaken,” Alice sa ver thought anything abop “Well, well!" he sald. “Seems t me you're getting awful tetchy! Don you like your old friends any more “Not ail of tlic “Who's the now one?” he asked “Come on and tell us Who is it you were holdin alr for?” ‘Never mind.” Malone rose, “They're (uning and I've got this dance. around to see Ou Honestly, I am Alice had held her tableau as as she could, and she stepped forth frowning, walked quickly down the broad corridor, turned into the broader hi and hurriedly entered | the dressing where she had left} her wraps, | Sho pretended to arrange hair, | then fidgeted with one of her but the Intellig uP, Tam coming some evening. long ip) nt woman in| n indefinite Porhaps 1 with that buckle ested. * “Has ito loos renched desperat then It was loose, ‘The competent woman, producing needle and thread, deftly ‘made the buckle fast; and} Allce went to the door of the cloak- | | of the room mad impracticable. you sojourn could” Miss,” help she room opposite, where a colored man stood watchfully In the doorw “1 wonder if you know which of the 1s my brother, Mr. Walter | : | know him. Could you tell me where he is?” ; I couldnt ss if you see him, please tell him that his Adams, is very would you sister, M anxious to speak 1 es'm. Sho'ly, sho'ly!"* As sho went away he sudde tired within the room, xs strangulated laughter. Behind a sereen of coats ant at Walter was knevling on the floor, "| gaged tn game of chance with i | Second colored attendant. Alice ha | ed for ani solute moment in a a r way, Across a cluster o1 fy matrons sat ch one ney and Allce dodged through ik| couples, seated herself on the outskirts of this In this fashio move dances, w) lng presented 4 1 no prete to seck tt m for repairs aft t Dowlng waited for her, az | when she came out he explained ¢» the fifth time how the acchdent had| j happened was entirely | "s tnult, | ther neople just jen Nody on your dresa on | k and made such at mind,’ Al said ina tir mld fixed tt so that she orb | turned. "You vould re'd been any thing t Vhere do you waut to 50” Mother's b tJ affairs some more he next taken.” Alice returned to her plcture-mal ng. so-that ynce more, while two numbers passed, whoever cared to look were—olfered a sketch of a jolly, interferi and I've 33 ice with those coons In the n."" “And he saw you? | “Unless he said Walter. | ome on this one more dance wi.h 3 upper comes after hat, and th il go home." Mrs. Adams hurried down the 5 Alice. ’ ‘Did you get wet coming in, dar- ling?" She vsked. “Did you have good time? “Just lov Alice said, cheer iy! d her and follow mother ups’ humming ince tune on the wa’ “Oh, I so glad you had a 1 a Adams said. “You de served ‘and it's lovely to | think— But at this, without warning, Alice throw hers lr into her mother’s arms, loudly that in his room, r father started to full ukefulness, yeek after this collapse of festal Alice, housecleaning, called to mother: hese old letters you had in the bottom drawer, that papa wrote you before you were married—do you mind if 1 read one, mamma?” Mrs, Adams laughed. “You can if you want to, Lexpect they're pretty | funny!” Alice chose the topmost letter. “My dear, bevutiful girl,” it began. She stared at these singular words. Dear, Beautiful Girl: iis. time terday IT had a mighty bad of blues because I had not had a word from you in it Is let siden T have eve you , as L do. It is ry. L had sort of a sus ad of the firm kind pit the he of took a faney to me from tie first when I went in there, and | liked t I attended my work when he took me on this by strip with him T felt pretty sure of it and now itt about rig In_re out Twas 1 th t about th ii this world und Tt yon will. thinks #0 too. Yea, swent- heart, after the talk T have just had with him if J. A, Lamb asked me to cut my hand off for him I guess T would come pretty near doin cause what he says me end of our waiting to on he is going tp put me in entir hy f the sundries dopt. and 1 think Is gleven_ hundres yenr ($1,100.00) cool eleven hun be per Well, T guess will your mother . er Lean take care of you or not, And oh how I would Ike to see your dear, beautiful, loving when yon get this news | Oh my darling, now that your no excuse for putting any longer we might he In » home before Xmas, Would you he glad? Well. darling, this settles ey- thine and ma our future just about as smonth for ws ae unybody could nak. 1 can hardly trouhles aver for y | naw ao ecuntiful th Tam not an way I think about you is enie be tht m. Write mo what vou think of the news, T know but write me any- he I) wet tt before wo start home and bean he reading it over N the tlme on the tratn. Your always loving virort, The aound of her mot ubbine in the halt i Alice had no con on that there was a universe bo. had al velegronnd her prettier on as at would ¥ had pro A well a rh to permit the de rture of Mice P and Adama su: te a Wee ha alr “Don't eo. denrie.” he sald “Corac sit with the old man a little while She brourht a chair near his. “t thoaveht you were napping.” Do Not Miss To-Morrow's interesting Ste instalment, Month of Exceptionally —— These Items on Sale Dresses Values up to $1.98 J8c Hundreds of stunning tunic and surplice mod- els, in exquisite floral and other designs, in beautiful color combina- tions, with ruffles, col- lars and cuffs of white or self color mate! trimmed in the daintiest and most becoming man- ner. L. A. PRICE, Pres. Satisfaction Guaranteed or Moncy Promptly Refunded Telephone Chelsea 4100 = West 14th St. -—Between oth and6t 6th pea i HENBER-: 100 Per Cent. Pure Silk Floss 100 Per Cent. 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