Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-10-27
THE GIRL WHO
HAD NO CHANCE
THEIR PLANS.
haY,f~ Ill
BY Marian RubinrsT.
prcNsrsAn hy George Ma the~ ADAMS

IN ccmmenrrDcnt went OH A. All
surh adAip do. II wns . matter OF proud
lntrrest tc the family and friends OF the
graduating class and matter d intc1ge
excitement Ia the grrk and boys who took
part in tho cxrrciaes and who rc,cIvcd th:iF
diplomas. To the rcst { tho audscOcc TIC
whole thing was probably rathcr C bore
To Ruth ONstl however, the whoic
dey was an AL too bricf pcr,cd od W.
auoyed Joy. for Ruth vas the vlnncT OF
the graf rrizc of the schooi-a hundred
dollar hall which wns given TO the onc boy
q, nh who~s scholarship showed the
greatest promise. There we've other and
ienrr rrlscs, but this orc had irsprred
pup,L of the Marketcwn High School TO
huru up ary amount of midnight oil. 1t
was suprS,ard to help dcfray the winner s
expensrs st oollcGc. but actually 1t had no
string, attached 10 ii. 1t wae simply given
and no one know exactly until the grad
nation day itself who wac to receive 1t.
40 there il was in Ruthis hand-thc
ereot~st honor that had ever COMO 10
hex. the largest amount OF money she had
ever a~sn. Myra. whosc conscience stiii
hun h<r a little because OF the incident
With Tim. wae the first 10 congratulate
Ruth when the ceremonies were over.
I'm 20 glad you got 1t. she said, II
kn<W ycn would. for no one else in the
claas deserved il ne much AZ YOU.
Ruth said nothing. but kissed her
chum ahectionotcly-nn admired her
even more for what she considered Myra' S
great unsclhshness.
Then after the "exerciscs were over.
there wss a general scattering for din
rcr--and a meeting again iu The school
ASSEMBLY, room. where the Graduation
Dance was 70 take place. This large room
h,rc as little resemblance to the hall
where the pupils had gathered for many
wears Ar the hands OF willing workers could
MAKE IT, Red. white and blue bunting
war everywhere, faes had been borrowed
from every home aud great jars of June
flowers made the whole place IS gay and
festive ns anyone could wish. To Ruth and
Myrn, charnineiy unsophisticated prod
uctA Of the small town, no hall had ever
been 90 magnificent.
If IL weren Z for YOU | shouldn't have
any partner tonight" Myra said. as the
two girls met once more in the dressing
room-for ordinary occasions, the French
teachers classroom.
Aiyra by this time was feeling quite
virtuous for having released Tim
Il shouldn't think you'd mind, since
you have such lovely dress" Ruth an
swered, thinking she was consoling. SIZE
never glanced at her own frock-ths
graduation dress which was TO do duty as
best" for long time-but instead, took
in all the details of Myra's expensive blue
aatin.
Myra fluffed out her golden hair, ad-
miring its lustef as brought out by the
color Of her dress. She turned and twisted
before the mirror, a rather adorable little
peacock Of girl. Ruth's eyes shown with
honest appreciation as she watched her.
"You can buy heaps of clothes with
your prize money" Myra suggested.
You ought 10 wear blue, it would bring
out your eyes so.
Myra" Ruth cried at this. Do YOU
know what we re going to do with that
hundred dollars It's supposed to go to-
ward college expenses if the person who
wins IL goes 10 college"
"They always have. came from Myra-
"Well, ] can't. Beside, I'll have to
work.
RUTH" The exclamation came from
Myra before she could stop it.
Life had been so very easy for her,
and for Ruth the future had been alb
ways indefinite She knew they were
poor. but she had not guessed yet how
poor.
yes" she answered, serenely. "I'Il
have 70 work. But, of course, there's
no chance 10 do much in small town
like this and there's no chance anywhere
unless you are trained"
You can teach"
"Not at any salary or in any good school
without . college education"