Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-12-08
THE ARRIE AL.
Chapter XNXlN

And now. after months Of passionate
longing, Ruth beheld at last the Promised
Citv But certainly no pilgrim ever greet
ed his journevs desire with such mixture
az both dread and anticipation. Ruth was
a. last in New York.
Two davs before she and her aunt
had arrived in Philadelphia, the first
hIg city the girl had ever seen. 4 day had
been spent in sightseeing. and the second
morning sarah had telephoned an old
school friend. and taken Ruth 70 have
luncheon with her
The girl : ewes were round with amaze
ment at everything she saw. She thought
the little two-story West Philadelphia
house the last word in elegance, with its
shining silverwarc and cut glass and It's
many pillows and pictures But somehow
the overstuffed rooms made her head ache,
and when she left, she decided that the
house she preferred would have large,
restful bare spaces and not SO many cush-
ions and colors.
Then there was the comparatively
short journey over 10 New York. The
first bit was shock, for their train pulled
INTO huge and dirty shed by the river
"Is this il? Ruth asked, looking about
st worn boards and old painted signs.
"No. We have 10 take the ferry
hULil iitu liENEE DFC4A OAA 4 D4t AAENA
before She went up 10 the front OF the
boat-alnost empty of passengers at this
hour. since the human tide was turning
out OF the city 10 the suburbs. She and
Sarah stood looking into the gathering
dusk
a ferrv boat so crowded with people
that il looked like swarmlng hive OF
bees slid UP to them and INTO the next
dock There WIS a shrek OF a whistle that
made the glrl Jump. a mighty chumng OF
bad smelling water In the ferry sLp-and
the boat n0sed INTO the river.
No experience could ever be comparable
70 this first view Of the enormous city
II Law along both banks Of what seemed
70 the girl TO be vast wide river 10 her
right she could family see a BODY Of water
SO large that she thought II must be the
ocean, but her aunt laughingly told her
II was the harb0r. and pointed out the
Satute Of Llberty-Its outlines barely
visible the flaming torch held high above
Il. Ruth thrilled TO the tips Of her toes
at this sight as she had when she first
saw Independence Hal ese two were
symbols OF everythIne b rad read IN
her American history.
There's the WoOlw0.a. building and
the Singer Tower, do y,u see?' and her
aunt pointed out vari0 buildings that
had merely been names o the glrl before.
From out o{ the vat pile Of build
ings lights were begl nj 10 twinkle.
As they went slowly up tie river, the
gigantic mass Of roofs Al q towers changed
form and color with The { ding light the
irregular line of roofs seeming u tower
higher and higher, a. the passed BY.
81 feel like a spe, k nth sighed,
looking far up al the bl TX them g
She felt. indeed. very sentiment
about this enormous city feeling lie
was never TO lose. even when, wears after.
it was familiar enough to her And she
never lost the thrill that comes from the
first sight Of this lower end Of the ISLAND,
an enormous amount Of masonry. rather
beautifully fashioned, and crowding into
q tight space between two rivers
Her aunt already had written ahead
70 a boarding house she knew of to Ruth
the woman seemed amazingly travelled
and reliant. To this place they went a
small house on side street not as clean
as il might have been. but good enough
for a few days Aunt Sarah said
Fer three days they went sight see
j. <, from early morning until late in
the evening.
No you kno your way around
the center part Of the city. don't vou?'
Sarah asked
Ruth dded She had an excellent
sense Of direction, aud she had been study
ing map of tine streets and felt sure Of
herself now when lone.
On the fourth day, they shopped
Sarah had planned CAREFUL how the
money should be spent, and she made