Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-09
THE GIRL WHO
HAD NO CHANCE
By Marian Rubincam.
Protected 10y George Matthew Adams.
pUNCAN'S DREAMS.


Chapter NV.
Ruth was not 10 he blamed il, for the
next few days. she went about halt IN
dream Ruth had her fathers quality oi
he,ns allie "a live IN a land of her own
imasininp but with this important dit
Terrence that Ruth knew It was dream
and Duncan did not always draw dis
,inetion between the real and the unreal.
Tim loved her and It wasn't dream.
But n WAS thing to dream about. I'm
had told her he loved her, he had held her
rlose m ms arms when he said It, he had
L,ss.d her-she could feel his hot lips
against her face. She blushed with de
hyht and n new shvncsS whenever she
,houcht ~ this. He wanted her TO marry
him he talked of one of the new iittle,
houses ON CARLYLE Street he wanted to
live with her IN one of those. :.
They were tvpically bride and groom
houses Ruth knew woman who lived
in one They ran to lowered wall paper
and to much wedding cake decoration
in the wav of white plaster trimmings on
the ceilings, and To fancy oak-stalned
woodwork NiarketOwn thought them quite
handsome and the couples who took them
delighted in their freshness and the modern
convculcnces.
Ruth tried TO picture herself rs ms
trrss of one Of these houses. l}ut some
how. IN spite ot her vivid Imagination,
she could not do So. When she trcd, u
vas to fit her mother gigantic walnut
Spdeboard INTO the tiny how-Wind"W'9
dtnlug room. or the enormous sofa ana
chars of the library into the wee front
room oi the little house md inc '""
would no. mix. even IN her mind
She trrd 10 furnish one OF the houses
then. with molcru things from the Main
Street lmrorum { ertanlv the shiIN OAK
.,parlor suiteS in the windows there were
M, made fnr the CARLYLE street houses.
The, were ,oId on the installmCnt plan. as
further lure "a brides and Crooms but
somehow Ruth rrhcllcd against he gaudY
cheaprrsS of thr tables and chairs, IN"
brocqded grrcn velvet coverings, the
large PATTERNED lace curtains.
Ruth gave Il up She decided there
would to time enough to think about
tha' hon She had her father and mother
safely of on their visit.
She Ncu, in 10 her father $ room e
k,>,n linn company while she mcnded
son., frr> hI, Numbered shirts.
Mrs " ,rd was over this afternoon
she ~tld ~hr wants INC ~ come and hve
with III, NJ whllc YOU are away She saId /
might have, Nivra' 5 room But refused
Il, does put oro under obligation
Nr. 4. \rll answered, his book lying face
down ia h~ lap rs he watched her work
l}u, NIr, Need Is very nice q YOU, and
perhaps
81. Ruth answered. I'D rather stay
hcrr Mrs Rrdirg will stay with me-
and II. D IN, half the cost Of the table,
TOO hreati,, IN give her her room free
lu mofnrr offered - take me-, 100
,te,anc has hcen lovely but | d
rather i,c here I've lot Of inc plaLs --
Winch ! wont tcll un,ll ! see how ! can
woIA ttcm ont
IN Wurrl about YOU after all, my
urar. W. arr running away and leaving
vou here with no money nothing but
bIg house
ve the income We three have lived
on. Ruth said simply We managed
on that and I'm only one. There's some
coal IN the cellar, and plenty Of fire Wood.
and Mother and | have canned enough
garden stuff TO last
ou talk as though you were plan
ming - stand siege. Duncan inter
rupted smiling.
III this trip builds me mp, | can get $
some tutoring 70 do, perhaps. There's
college near YOUR Aunt :. and often 8 de-
maj & for men who can coach backward
pupils
went Ell. sitter pause Ruth threaded
her needle again. and glanced up IS she
Ted The Atot II that oll investment OF
mime had gone right. We would have had
AZ income 81 several thousands q wear
Il wanted 70 take YOU abroad 70 have
Won educated III France and IN Switzer-
land far q few wears - YOU could grow mp
knowing rh, larC4agc there. / wanted 70
bEuC yau hack to college here
Ru'h fastened button securely and
folded and Isil aside the shirt ~he picked
u F., ltler noting viii dI-nav that
IS. a-r wash The part a. the collar
t.ai a4l gwen wav That meant = patch
ANA patch 'ncre il front meant OBJ
VOC poverty
should ike % sead you to a New
rcisaa college for two wears. then
Is 5 Western college for a year. Dun
caa went oa getting closer and closer
etp iI~ dream and uuc1u-ciolsIr chang
IS ( 100 form el nI- sentences. Then 81 the
cua 81 nat 'inc, take yol abroad again
~ ,he' oar colleges areOt the best IN
49,, world. hut s,uplv because j ; d good
rhHtg - ge' 'hc point uf view 81 different
lse.4l4.le. au could study a. the SoTboune
ia par.e al there city 70 live II,
H. dear
Nr-. do YOU remember Little Tour
lr rance, Ruth a.swered. abscntlv
I arr4na'elv 81, decided . herself, this
vas 5 witt, ~lir- aud there wa sorne
material r. match She would JUS stitch
oa q whole rev bosom -lt would be as
good + i ucw shirt
~ must - abroad. Ruth her father
answered Viii he athletic get some tutor
rig 'heu vel ~rN 'tl- barn of & house,
md ras three ui rs viii 20 ! can work
nor. sou' heru ] france would make
ucw mun 81 M
Ruth gave little tired sigh. Il was
r.Io. to hear her father talk the new
bosom would 'alo the rc~t u the after