Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-10-11
a SWEETHEART AT THlRlf
The Story ofs Woman's Iransior n'a"oh'
ny MARION RUBINCAM.
THE NEWS FROM TOWN.

sxSorsIs or PRECEDING CHAPTERS.
81 35 Aunt Enid Haines looks 50, and rs
considered bv her family and the village
~ bo homeless old maid. The family
CONSISTS az critical sister-in-law, Esther,
Inn Ends brother, and three children,
Iaura Jamcs and Violet Enid is taken
from this homeless nut by Violet, who
wants 10 90 TO college Enid gives the girl
hcr own little legacy and they 60 to the
city together. ,,...
There they awake to the possibilities
~ hfe-Enid begins to make heISeh
Young again and pretty, VI natures iilto
4 charming Young woman. VI Is IN io1e
with Bud Pearsoll. Of whom the famliN
disapproves Enid falls in loye with hud
EMPLOYER Francis Meade wealthy.
o,,ltured bachelor Of As. Bud meantime
has qotten in with an INSCRIPTIONS crowd
of men and when he is robbed Of some
money he was carving for his firm, every
ono believes him guilty Enid and trancls
become engaged, Vi is heartbroken over
the suspicion about Bud. When the trlal
comes IN Bud is caught in q lie.
Enid goes back to her farm home
leaving her sister Esther IN the clty;;
She wants to get in touch with her Ola
life once more before she marrlcs. ana
give Esther chance in the CITY.
CHAPTER CHI.
NioIet's letter was unusually thlck-
II was dated Sunday. and ] Judged from
the length of it that she must have spent
All her Sunday afternoon writing IT,.
Dearest Aunt Enid, she began, i
wish Won would come back. ! know you
don't want to stay IN as poky q place as
Henlv Falls. and mothers actually get
ting tired OF the city ] don I beieVe she
ever really did like il she came from ctlrloS-
nv and now she wants TO 90 back.
Imagine,
III think I'd better tell vou the news
first. Uncle Francis he told me 10 call
him that. lsn I IT funny have to practlce
II again and again. and such LOOK as ne
rivcs mo when ! forget and call HIM Mr..
Meade anyway. % get back 10 Whal
v-as goinc 10 saw. ncle FrancIs sent the
college a check Tor my next term "iii'ii
hegins IN a week
oWasn't that lovely oi him. ] simply
huoeed him f0r u which mother thought
uasnt uuiie proper but he liked n. and
ufotonded a. think li WAS moro than re-
ward fnr the liilo money The college term
eost him fancl having so much MONEY
that you can sign checks 90 colleges an0
not think about % twice
Nfs lrfters were aiWuN. more lWfla-
t,,re than she wa. and always smlled
as ! read whni she had written m'
ttpte Inn,s,, wns ~ tht room waiting eager
I, ior news ol his sister went back and
started her letter again from the begin.
ming. reading d aloud 20 james 50 h'
could shano ~
~ ncle Francs Saws he WIo,c YOU about
what he had done, 10 necdn bother 10
Wasn't il really lovely Of him? / wish hc
knew how grateful ] was-and always
will be- OF course. 1t poor, ploddlnt
James. that should go and not scatter
brained me, but that's life. isn't lt?-th'
rewards 10 the undeservlng
That's q college girls idea Tor you,
murmured James IN derislon at this pee
Of I9-year-old philosophy.
Mother saws the city makes her ner
vous the letter went on. "At first sh
loved 10 turn the hot water faucet on ant
see the steamv water pour out, but that
lost its novelty for her and now she's ach
ing 10 get back to what she calls a nic
large kitchen where a body can NOV
about tried to tell her how inefficlen
a huge barn Of kitchen was, but yoi
can't tell Mother anything. ] don't meal
10 be disrespectful, but she Just won
let any new ideas percolate.
"And she wont go out. 30 evening
Bud comes and we sit around and tall
or play card games-I hate cards-or els
we calmly go out. | expect that isn't nice
since Mothers my guest but when Buc
is here. she's hateful 10 him, and she hate
TO bulge after dinner. Anyway, please
please come back miss you SO muchi
A little feeling of warmth and pleas
ure went through me again. | was goln
back-to my tiny circle Of friends, to IN
charming, snug little apartment, to IN
adored golden-haired niece who was IN
adopted daughter best of all, {
Francis.
''Unele Francis says wAep you come