Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-07-15
A SWEETHEART AT THIRTY
The Story cin Moman's Transformation
ny MARION RUBINCAM.
frossvtc,. Nv t,sorgc matthew Adams.
Nsnnr vrNsvn anVENTJrRES
MORE rIMID ADVENTURES.
Ch.pfcr XVIII

Chapter NNNlli.
~That afternoon we unpacked ana huhe
up or put away ms many of our things
as were in the various bundle with us.
Then, having nothing to do, we decided
To leave the ugly room and wander out.
"Well see the city, Violet remarke d
Suppose We get LOST" was in sud-
den terror. For the city seemed limit
less.
"We WON'T Violet assured me sooth-
ingly. Suddenly she assumed the grown
up protective air. | was the old aunt
who feared To go about in strange places.
''lf we do," she said. well ask. You
remember how kind that woman was,
that directed us up here. You know,
she took on new tone, rs though the
idea had lust occurred to her, II don t
believe the city Is n great terrible dragon
ready To grab and devour every weak
little person that comes To lt. | believe
it's Just as kind as ilcnly Falls and as
obhping. Only II has much more TO talk
about"
IL was the first Of Niolet's philosophy
about the citv. She had keen insight,
which developed rs she went along. |
rarely found her Judgment wrong.
Cur first walk was a bit timld, though.
We carefully wrote down the names OF
the streets as We passed them, and when
We had walked an hour. we came back
over the same streets. following the list
We had made II was late afternoon when
We got M again Some of the other people
who roomed m the house were sitting on
the steps leading from the front door To
the pavement long flight of steps,
for this place had been built IN the dav
when New York and Brooklyn were del
ueed with tall "brownstonc fronts.
They looked at us frankly and curiously
ns We passcd. aud one girl, who seemed
"a mo to look vcrv smart turned her head
aside and laughed IN her handkerchief.
W. went up the inside steps passing
our hudlAdy
"Sa, Ma ruppcr. who are tho rUbCs
youNc nut ir2 We heard the girl ask
'lcah. whcrr did You get the hicks
q man s voice chimed m
N,olct turned e. me ~ our room, white
faced
~ We look as bad AS that, Aunt
Enid'' she asked
Don't mind them. thcv vcrc jrst rude
peoplr | tried e. make my own voicr
casual, 50 she wouldn think minded
A don mind tlpcm, Violet answered
calml,. Oi course u was rude hut We
,an [ prevent prpplC from thinking And
Il thcy think a. uIhes and hicks We must
lnok Ike Il
She went over 70 the glass studying
hpr@elt carefully
Thought my unit was vcr, styllsh, 4
,hr snld lut L must look funny be
,alp that rul | lct - funny, passing
tae-t 81 range lcuplc didn { dare look
lut viii most truv. and So what the
difference q
And that hccamc the KEYNOTE of our
Whaip pnmt u view Ia the clty What
Wr dld not know we promptly lnvcsti-
rttnd and tive WnumcTahlc details Nc
lnund were amazing
However. that afternoon ~ rather
,arlv that evening we ate for our sup
pr thc lunch III ~andwich"~ and Jam
pAckcd tuI u= Us uur friends in Hart
inrd The cNpre-~mau brought the trunk.
rud bud cau,e 'or his first real visit lie
brought an evening paper and lmanaR-
"A y, sitting ~ "a one Side and reading
tl.. a. lcnvr the two u tl,m rs much
rfan, - po--ihlc The rapyr itself was a
t.velntion aud dcipht e. me J rarely
taW thc country journal that Jun sub
truhcd for
IanA "a this VI ! said after time
/ passcd the papor O. her IL was "a little
world condensed into PRINT IL told of =
marriage ~ multl-unlhonslrc daughter
ii described how a woman had kulcd her
reil Ia the smms because her husband left
hsr II told how S}0n, 900 worth of jewels
had hrcn stolen from wealthy Yachts
man wife and il had an articlC on how
4 family at slN could lvc on S25 a week.
n gave columns o. a tanglo in ntcr-
natinnal poltps IL had story writ-
IN hv a man who flow an airplane from
san Francisco o. II loul~ t. fc,'Vcr
owe iettrr lrom his friend 90 l.is friend !
hance who was al m a hospital II had IN Il
war dplomacy the past, the future, the
ever wonderful and amazing prrscnt Il
had all lifc from the social events oi tho
WraithV o. the police record of the crimes
81 the poor II told ut a hoy OF nine who
had passed all his cotcge entrance CNamina
taus and the record OF man of so
Arrested a. murderer whose mird had
irvcr developed hcyond the age Of u
never Knew there was so much II
ic. ! vcntircd.
oh wait til you sec II All happen
with vuur c,es Bud laughed
And the money everyone seems t.
have. I went On
Money hc SAID with a little con
tcnpt loulinp at the tory ot the S3C0.
um theft Money JU>t like 50 much
henns whom You see lot ot it Why, / We
carried S30O.0O0 With me many a day"
We looked oar surprise
In a leather case, strapped 70 my
eais, be- explained Bonds and Sc
ruritles from my firm 20 other firms OF
banks and trust companies
'bh IA AFRAID ioJ You q go about
Nith ~ much money. VI said. SudCc
terror M her ewes suppose somcthn
should happen
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