Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-15
THE GIRL WHO
HAD NO CHANCE
Ry Marian Rubineam.
,.r,,,u.,c., nv C.,,rg, Matthew Adams.
THE, BEGINNING.

eity and hive together, Ruth to attend
nusinrss school, since she must earn money,
Nvra to study. If she feels like It.
However. the delightful plans are
,rnken up because Ruths father IS taken
II. and then, Is no money to send ncr'
Nvra guos. however. and stays with her
'c,,slr Emily Ruth sends her parents
south - visit some relatives, and races
winter alone. and the need Of making
,,orc, Tim Turner. with whom she
"a slnsvs l,,cn IN love- asks her To marry
nm, hut she wlscly saws mo-. Tim decides
- yn to the cltN 10 max" hiS iortune-ln
order to marry her csl'r.
CHAPTER NIX.
I, seemed 10 Ruth, when she looked
,a,k nn that part of her life years later
ina, a sudden break happened then. IL
sa, A. though she had shut one door
hUhtly upon All the past and opened an
o,ber one. icarfullv. INTO the future.
Sh, had. indeed. thought il was like
that when she graduated This Idea WAS
helrsed ON hV the commencement lpaN
nratorC. which runs 20 such metaphors
But the commencement Day WAS not y
break with her old. rat her happy school
hfe She had expected Ia 60 to the cltN,
and Il wa, only little hy httlc over the
summer that she realized the quite mn
poyerishcd condition of the family
Tim had been her malustay. Tim,
with his quick frank laugh, his bright
dark ewes that squlnted up with amusf-
msnt. his easy. happy go-lucky WAY "i
seeing things took all the tragedy out
of hfc for the girl and ma de her regard II
less seriously.
Now Tim. also. WAS gong away.
Ruth wondered how she would get
along without hlm \ little Of her splendid
courage left her AT the idea the long
winter evenings with no one special to
talk o.. the dragging DAYS
THIS Is silly she said aloud TO nc r
self And the sound OF her voice brought
hack her resolution. Tim had not gone
vet. snyway
She finished her houscwork. and with
an air of determination and great SINK
ing II the heart. she went outdoors on q
series of errands.
Il am beginning my business career,
she told herself to brace UP her courage.
Her first stop was at Mrs. Markham
large. old-fa.hioned frame house with 3
neat placard IN the window that sand
"Bosrders Taken.
Mrs Markham WAS washing parloT
ornaments She greeted Ruth with sur
PRISE. for she was not intimate with the
ONIels
Il want YOU to tell me how to ran q
boarding house. If YOU don t mind Ruth
ssid and sat down feeling that all her
strength had gone into this impe.tnmcni
Blr Nrs. Markham only laughed
Lands she exclaimed Ruth. you
don't think of running a boarding house,
d. YOU Its = lot of work and poo pay
People leave without tiNing up thcl, bulls
and vou have 10 hold their trunks, and
they're always complaining about The
tood. and They fight with each other and
blame v"I # they don't get along They
spatter ink on the walls and yell for hot
water as washes Al all some
don't
The tale Of woe hsd reached tho ridicn-
lo,ls stage. and Ruth laughed in spite Of
herself Mrs Markham joined IN the
laugh. and eventually gave the glTi an
insight INTO The management n small
town boarding house that made Ruth feel
shc had acquired lots of knowledge
You've grand placc ior q board
ing house She sand tuallN with ali
those rooms and thar blg table your mother
haS in the dining room But land, Ruth.
Il YOU can do hat why dl IN yoll family
do II long ago II YOU don I mind my ask
ing
oh. il was different then Father cant
have strangers about him but | don {
mind And ANYWAY the house Is too big
for me. and I'd ike the cNerpence
Part az this was true and part false and
Ruth escaped A. soon as she could, teei-
ing she knew more about the boarding
house business but that i was much more
difficult than studying irregular French
verbs
ucr next stop was the largest real
estate office in town.
II YOU have any people VINO want
furnished houses. please send them 10
me she said. and told abpIt the CON
meeting rooms on either the Qourd OF
the second floor and the large kitchen
that would permit several people 70 work
independently.
1T would be like 3 separate house
or an apartment. only We would all share
the kitchen and laundry, she ended
But the real estate man looked dis
couragng
IN make q note OF all YOU say. he
told her But this IS d small city and
though We hope 10 boom It, we haven I
done il vet We more houses vacant than
j can rent nov. but I anyone comes vino
wants 8 temporary home, Il send them
20 YOU
Ruth smiled up at him. and lett
Her next errand was 10 the employ
nent managerS Of two OF the factories II
tine town. Again she explained her houses
and lts advantages
IN make most any arrangement,
she said Il thought that some Of IN,
people might want temporary quarters
already furnished ] can rent the whole
thlrd floor OF our hnuse. or s. everal looIn.