| Show II fi II Alicia Hammersly J II A W Woman o an Who W Wouldn Rem Remarry I By By Id Idah h McGlone Gibson I Alicia Hammersly neo neo Alicia lwell Atwell and commonly called Is Alix-Is Allx la tolling toiling lh his absorbing ab aL' story of her girlhood Sho I II engaged engaged en cn- en- en gaited to Hallet They TheP aro married mar mu- tied ried Th The months month roll roil by an and Hal hat Is 18 do- do voted and regretful by turns turn A child Is la coming to Alicia and hat Hal and sho goca goc home to be with her heir mother News New come that Hal l has lias ns be been n killed In a railroad wreck Alicia determines to win her own way In the world Sho trios short etor alar writing and la is delighted to h have her lier first attempt accepted by a big New York maBa- maBa alno The editor Roland Earl Early she ahe has great possibilities offers her a position po eltion She Bhe he accepts and goes roes to New eW where Roland Karly n is very Cr attentive to her hen At a roof G garden theatre a little little- dancers dancer's costume caught aught fire fife A panic vania en n sued Roland Boland Early fled fUd to safety safet Judge Turner an admirer of Alicia ABela rescued the girl out cut at fearful tearful cost being burned and almost blinded Alicia's ulster sister Bab and her husband Duane Duma Denton and a Mr lr Ir Henderson are with All Alicia l Judge Turner lurner wall was rushed to a n hospital The Tho newspapers print a a. bl big account of the tho fire Turners Turner's Injuries proved severe The rhe little dancer is 1 out of Or danger Roland Earl Early left lefi for tor Washington after announcing to the tho newspapers his injuries Alice Gordon calls with the thu news newe that tho the office Is all excitement excitement excitement excite excite- ment over the newspaper reports report of or tho the fire In the roof root garden During Durin tho the conversation con conversa tion Alice asks Alicia la wh whether lIh she I Intends ton 9 to m rry again Alix Allx without realizing it IL H. hurt Alice lIco Gordon b. b by asserting that one could lovo love more more than and that she Alice If It she lost her hr husband could lovo love another maJ This Idea contrary to Alice AUco Gordons Gordon's philosophy hurt Alice left Later Alice received ed from Cram her a 0 remarkable letter letter letter let let- ter the essence of which was that Move love Is eternal and the tho prime motive force torce of tho the world LARRY WHEATON'S GIRL I do not think I was ever more moro deeply moved than when I 1 read ad Alices Alice's letter on love 10 and realized that It was her great devotion to her husband that mado her I recognize love lovo In all lla us phases Great God of ot tho the universe send s such sucha ch chI I a alove love to me I pra prayed cd reverently from fromm m my heart for I felt that any man or orI woman who ho had experienced such an nn emotion had realized to tho fullest that I divinity which Is said to be born In every mortal I Rib Dab came in as I was reading the letter letter letter let let- ter over for the third time and found me I with tears rolling rol down my checks Why Vh what chat I Is tho the matter dear I II I dont don't know Bab Dab What do you OU mean Who Is your our letter letter let let- ter from I Read It flab Dab took the letter but before beCore she re read ll It she turned as most people do to se sc seth see seethe th the signature There Thero was none I dont don't understand understand- You will when you rou read It I turned I a away to tho the window v. In a few ew moments I I heard a choking sob and Bab Dab came camo and put her arms about mo me that I will willever willever I Allx Alix Allx Mix do you ou suppose ever lovo Duano Duane as Alice does docs Bill I 1 hope so HO lear dear sister because tIse only when you do will you ou understand how wonderful Is life liCe and living Did you ou love Hal like that I 1 do not know Alice lIco says that I did not hot live with him long enough to un under under- er- er stand Do you Imagine that you Ou could love lovo again I 1 do cIo not know I sincerely hope so Just now all aU m my life liCe Is centered In little Hal Bab Dah looked at mo mc rathor rather shrewdly and sal said sait As I came camo through tho the hallway I 1 found these letters on the table An And she handed mo two I recognized tho the Huper superscription on one ono Immediately It was from ironi Larry and read 1 Allx AU m my dear Allx AlIx I have e meant to write you ou for Cor weeks but hut since I arrived I home things have ha happened happen so fast I havo I Inot not had a moment to myself You w were ro right as you Ou always are I have havo met mel the tho real girl When ben I reached homo I found Cound that mother was bettor an and that evening Bart Dart and I went to see DOO a fraternity frater rater nit brother who lives JIves In the tho same street And there ther Alix AUx I found her An And do t you know that we ha have have- been boen s neighbors and and friends for or years and I dl did not know that th sho she was tho the real 10 girl until that nl night ht I 1 had not seen her for four years ears as sho she ha had i spent pent all alt her vacations traveling Allx Alix she Is the most beautiful thin thing I Ie e ever er r saw In my life Ufo and sho really has brains Occasionally sho she reminds me o of you ou I told her all aU about that day wo had wandered about town with a hurdy hurdy- Jur gurdy and she sho loved It I wish that sho might have havo been with us us for I feel now that ever every da day that I spent In such en enjoyment enjoyment en- en as wo we had hat that day would have ha been multiplied a t hundred times had she been boen with me Allx AlIx dear I Just wish you IU could see so how beautifully her hair hall curls down on I the nape napo of or her neck Every time I am with her I want to touch It It nd and yet 1 am afraid What will I 1 do 10 if H. having found her I should havo have to put lt her out of m my life lIro Bart Is absolutely n no good as a con lIe He Ju just t says MYS Dont get bughouse bug bug- bUg I house over a n. girl Larry It wont won't get you ou anywhere And so o I am writing to You vou kou the tho best pal I ever had bad be because I know now you 1 0 will understand I 1 know you ou will understand dear be because because be- be cause cause- you OU Just lust this thin thing And what do you OU suppose Natalie said eald to me metho metho tho oth other r day when I tol told her about oUt our days day's outing She asked If it yoU jou ou were not I too old to s spend lId a whole day In such strenuous exercise How I laughed In fact I laughed so much I think I annoyed her a little for sho she said Yell Well I know I that Mrs l Hammersly Is a widow and ant that sho she has a child and I have e read lutr wonderful stories I dl did no think ehe he ha could bo be as young oung as jou ou ou As she said this Mix Allx dear I understood for tho the first firstI time what you ou meant when lien you OU said that I did not realize the difference in our I I ages aGo I Natalie Is just I 19 She dances like 0 a Cai fair fairy sho she pla plays tennis like liko a whirlwind she sha swims like J Undine an and rides as I 1 I would think an Amazon might ride 1 never neVor thought I would find all 11 my Ideals bol bound n ui In on entrancing bit of oC feml feml- a and d now Allx Alix the best ot of all Is Js I corning coming I really think sho she likes me a little but she has not told me mc so yet so-yet yet But 1 I can call see that she prefers me mo to Bart not nol not that that answers the question for I I reaH really believe bellev Bart Dart Is Jealous not o of me but of ot hex her He doesn't want me to be beIn beIn bein in love with her Bart Dart has ideas of ot hl hIs hla I own you OU know He thinks a man should make mako a ft mark In the tho world before ho falls fall In love Says that If it I marry young oung I will probably find hid a Do dozen girls later that 1 I will like better And whom do you think he cited as an illustration of or this Your friend Sir Mr r Earl Early Bart Dart said gaill Remember ber how we saw him in iii Chicago flirting around with that girl and now I am sure sure- that ho hI thinks ho be is in love with Allx Alix I told Dart Bart that I was sure that Mr Darly's Darlys affection for you OU was purely purel platonic Just Justas as mine has been Oh Allx Mix write me rae a letter and wish mo me luck I shall shaH want you OU to meet Natalie very ery soon I am sure sura that you ou will love her and that she hc will love you ou because I am never going to stop until I make her say her say that she will be my wife Write me Allx Alix and tell mo me If It thI time time- It ItIs Is really love LARRY I That night I copied Alice Gordons Gordon's definition dett- dett of ot love lovo and sent It to him with Just the wor words 9 Is it like this Larry dear If It so tho the angels mo may envy you ou and mortals can do you OU no hurt The Thc world Is yours O ALIX ALLX Tragic Tomorrow Tomorrow Tragic News Copyright National Newspaper Service |
