Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-26
THE GIRL WHO
HAD NO CHANCE
LITTLE DETAILS.
" Marian fubincan.
Protected by GcorK Matthew Adams.
Chapter NNNIIl.


Christmas cve was Saturday that
yea. and Saturday was the day when
Ruth'S various "bparderS. as she called
them. paId thcIr bills BY this time. tho
sirl Lad almost a house full 4 foreman
from one Of the factories and taken a
room The man who was to be head OF
one o; cham 81 retail stores opening 8
branch in NIarketown had come with
his wife and rented the big parlor and the
httlr study back oi IL which Ruth ttted
up a. a bedroom.
Altogether She took IN enough 10 more
than make ends meet. She was setting
aside little sum each week in the bank,
10 pay the fare Of her father and mother
when they came back She even had enough
- send .hem n $40 hill as present and
- buy them thingS she knew they would
need shirts and collars FOR her father
and material for dress her mother should
have
And when thev come back she told
Mrs Relding. the teachers VIII nc gone
- wcIl live IN the third floor And Ill the
lall III not rent the bedrooms on tins
foor. - they csn have then old rooms
back
Bu, ], meant more work for Ruth.
The teachers were bu' little trouble
Iut the foreman and the manager and
t.s vie took Their breakfasts with Ruth.
That meant that Ruin had 10 he up very
early. and cook, and serve breakfast for
thls gruup Then there was the qulte
heavy housework. for 50 Inany people
and IN the evening dinner for herself and
Mrs BeldIng The other people dIned a.
a nearby boarding house then And by
night Ruth was usually too tned 70 want
~ & out She got INTO the habit Of gong
- bed a. ; o clock and lying there read
ing for al hour or 50 before she dropped
asleep
But SATURDAYS were her days of re-
ward for the nice new bills came then.
IS She began 10 sec her WAY ahead, she
began 70 plan on gong u the city next
Year for her business couTse
II Il have a chance yet shc old
-airs BeldIEg
She had not quite gotten over the
vague feeling of being hurt not At any
one merely al events hat had 50 shaped
themselves a - deprive her OF her CHARGE
a. get ahead 10 the world
For spending her days dong. mouse
v ork and cooking meals would get her
nowhere She vas TOO tired to plan much
g. read much she kueW little oi what was
gong on ~ the word Ihe four walls ot
the hig house Wcrr c.osng ii Oh hcr like
AZ rIson
Bu, il va, only Is Dc TINS winter Then
her parents would come home and ne
mother would rIn tie housc and they
would save enough noIcv for her 10 20
q the city IN the EalI
And 1n would br there they could
re each other often All the time she
vas studying q business course. he would
l., working hard getting ahead and they
would be married sometimes She could
md pOsItioa even i she Was married
and q on orking. Lots Of married women
did
Tim
The thought Of him was less comfort
ing lately lie had been gone Ii couple Of
months Or very nearly could il he pos
sible that he cared less for her III that
time Ills letters expressed vcry Little Of
I'm not much on writing, he told
her once
But always he ended his letters with
the three sacred words u love you"'
And Ruth treasured each letter. When
she was tired Or depressed She went
q the little box ard brought out the
last letter SIMPLY - look at that ono
httle sentence. Sometimes Tim was
moved 10 a real love letter but Of late
the simple i love YOU had been al
But II bad beea enough for Ruth asked
llftle u her love But now. between Mrsy
BcldH Y comment on Mvra letter,
and the letter her chum selt her Ruth
was beginning % beverv much afraid
Elnally she took the little old lady into
her confidence, ard told her about Tina
And he's p Ard whom lie was here
a. home, you were the fircst girl in the
town and y0u are. Ruth None Of the !.
others can hold D l.andle ~ NnlI