Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-20
THE GIRL WHO
HAD NO CHANCE
~ Marian Rubtncam.
Protected bv o~oru~ Matthew Adams.
FEAR.
Chapter XXIV.


well, il you're goin' to make your
fortune, herr, good luck TO you, MrS.
Ruth laughed again. Wait and see,
she answered.
Driven by the idea that she must Ind
someone 90 ill up her great empty house,
she began again looking about her,
She had followed out Mrs. Weeds
suggestion of asking the four teachers
II they wanted to make an apartment
out of the top floor-the same rooms that
the old couple from the South had oc-
cunied Her mother had let the rooms
then for $40 "A month, since they were
idla and the money WAS at least that much
again.
But Mrs. Weed shook her head at that.
Too little, even for this small place,
shc said And II you give them kitch-
en- privileges YOU CAR expect more. III thcy
wnnt you To give them meals, d say slZ
week
"Each9" Ruth asked. II seemed IN
those DAYS like a large sum And II seem
ed larger tho more she thought about H.
How was IL that her mother had rented
the place for so little, when her mother
was All efficient woman and when MIS-"
Weed WAS notY
Aftcr /. tune the answer TO this occurred,
IN her too. Mrs Weed WAS used to spend
o., f,ir s,,ms of money for everything
she bought; she, therefore, expected
fair sum for everything she sold. Whereas
iMrs O'Niel had dealt IN pennies Tor So
.msny years, that her Judgment as To
values had been warped. She was able 10
give but a trifc, she expected but ttiiie'
Think Id split the difference, Mrs.
in,ldng advised. And huth 'hough' 'ha'
good idea.
- m the end tho four teachers agreed
90 cssne ard paw $40 a month Tor their
,floor and the u,s OF the kitchen, and they
,,sr,~sl ON a sum To cover the cost OF the
.rosl th Nv would consume, the gas and the
,.ul stoves to keep the rooms warm.
Rnth felt that at last she was on the
u,,v 10 make her fortune. The teachers
w,nild STAY until school closed at least,
she rMt Was \ gain of that much money
MI she had Tn do WAS To keep their place
sls-,n ard in order, and Add lhtie nlore
,inen to her laundry
R,,h worked while Mvra danced. The
arrival ~ the four women took the seilse
of v.st spare and vast loneliness iron the
housc. their laughter and tho sound OF
thrr voices from above chcered her .
errst deal. and shc found three ct them
plrax>n, 10 talk "a Besidea IT was nico
~ ere lchts in the top Of the houac when
.ho unlkod back to il in the evenings,
Md an tho tinc Tim was IN the city,
working hard for her.
- ihc month Of November ran aors
Apa Dv~~-rnier began. Even 50, there Was
MT enough work Ia keep Ruth busy Al
,ie tirn, She found many hours day to
wai. nssi she hsi periodicals and hooks
from tir Frce Library TO draw on.
Turr, n week she wrote 10 Tim shy
lhir s,ttsrs that tried 10 express her
>N,~Ssnn hut that wr,rn always afraid
II ~xpraSinE too much And twice 3
v.~-A or oftenar, abe got from Tim brief
-pss. saving he lowed her more than any
su~ ~lsr, and telling her how hard ne was
vorAinx. Ruth kept these in a quaint
sd <>ahsncd tortoise shell box which she
vr~i b, enN her treasure chest
Nr FRA w~r& in December brought
~ h-tsrs at An, eight day, passed before
DC had vc~d from him Meantime there
vN. = kt..r frocn Myr>, part OF which
ssAyvxi In hc~ mind:
I'm - G,ad Tim finally came 70 the
~stv," Il Ah 81 like having Cousin
RxnAy'. fr,cnds TO run shout with, but
es,ry'rr At ~ much older than | am, es-'
r.~,vIly the men. They re very nice TO
me h,lt they think I'm a kid and treat
me- In sort Of understanding manner
But IN show them Still, II y rice TO hsVe
a,rpronr ,rrund who Is specially Tor me,
IL vuu know what ! mean by that. Well,
I mran Tim
Tins made great hit with Cousin
rr,lv Generally she likes only older men
shes 36 really. though YOU wouidn I
thlnk H. and a friend OF hers said o1ce
vbcn I WA around, If ! looked IS young
=. vou DO. I'd pick out only Young men
~ 50 around with
FmIly laughed and answered, he
srsy hairs make my vouthful"eSs Slo"
~ IA coutrust-' glless there's Samcthi0 Z
m that. Only don't want gray haired
e--~nrts "a make me look younger. ! look
voung enough
ANYWAY Il was uicc 10 hSve I'm
Emily hsd hun up here most every DAY
W We been home Tor tea, which = 'bout
three tunes a week, and to some ot the
rartlr~ where we danccd Tim dld- I Ike
eo,ae about and lot paving his share, he
aid hut Emily fixed II up 80 nc thru
,hrrr was o4lV one host, instead oi, ss
usual. all the meu splitting up the check-
The letter ran along IL this fashion Tor
a-othrr mage or 80 TheF in contrast TO
n came letter from Tim
4 think about YOU lot It's pretty
h. c@ome spTnetlmes. We scen Myra, OF
eourse and that red-headed COUSIN OF
hers should sav Il Myra wants TO initiate
snvone as she seems 10. she might pick
ous sosncone with more brains lou
newer know Myra. don't see much oi
them though.
In spite of her common sense. IN spite
of her generosity Of mind, little cold,
G awiua fear crept INTO Ruth : heart, and
settlcd tneT, like the November frost out
slde.
Monday Glitter.