Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-24
THE GIRL WHO
HAD NO CHANCE
~ Marian Rublncam.
Irpte~,sd hy GcorS Matthew Adams.
GROWING FEAR.
- AFkFtf
hnptcr \NNII.

hoe December had come, and almost
gone Ruth paused in her work 10 glance
out the window NJ the flying snow ilakes;
IL was one OF the first SHOWS She wondered
vaguely whether there would be enough 10
mako the ground white.
She hated the wiuter-probahly be
cause m the past, the ing house had been
ipSuiiicicu,ly heated. And there was less
activity in Mnrkctowu IN cold weather.
IN the summer there were picmcs, and
long evenings when crowds of young folks
gathered On each other's porches, 10 sing
~ play gaines or make fudge.
Its cold out. Mrs Bedding remark
ed, taking nfl her shabby hat and coat as
she came INTO the kitchen
You are back early, Ruth said with
surprise HIiavc YOU had lunch III get
YOU some. We Just baked. and the tea Is
still fresh
Thank YOU kindly. I'll get myself
snmethinr Mrs RclArgs gentle little
xniea euntAircd both gratitude aud pro
test Nhllc the girl finished her work,
she fixed hcrself a meal on one end oi the
kitchen GhIc
Mrs Gcrhardt got sick so ! had TO
stop work thr,c early Guess she gnin
~ have ~ baby got df7N staudli :
up 10 ht. httcd and she hCcn SOFT OF ili
iur wccks now
She reflected over this situation hcr
Tea cnp hrld aloft IN orc hand. tn arm
~ which rested comfortably on the table
Always huldirR tho c'ip ~ the ar. she took
ocrasloual sips. and Ictailed the gossip
ahc hnd mckcd up durirg the day Mrs
Erliing was as good as I've local newspaper;
~ fact. much better. tor she repeated N
her FrutlC. pcssltuiStlc tones, items nt
enssip and scendnl hat no paper would
have dared to PRINT
She Vaa 4 c,ilous lttlc person Amelia
Velding She had hcen born ~ Buffalo,
and at a,mc extremely early pRft Cf Ter
career ahc had ,lopcd from that town with
a travein" salesmau She had como about
the cuut'V with mm. usually - a wagon
for in thnsc dim dal 81 lcsmarRhiF was
,liHep NJ thing from what u : now and
she hal thoroughly culnvcd tie rowing
gypsv li . they ~
t'ottrery to m rIlos II convention
Nh holding did not desert hcr N some
distant citi. nor did II tuu ont that
b. already losscsscd tcW wives rs tTlcnds
+, Waalactccrfulh predicted Ntci many
Years they settled down, too many hahlCs
having arrived e. mako travelling easy
Mr. RcldinF too sck and Nrv B"lArng
began uvng Tho little talcut fnr sewing she
had shown when Young girl
aomo ~ the Children grew M But
hv this timo they had dlrd. and SO hRd
ito handsome ~ 49, han ,mc Mr. Peld-
nR The woman was lott s'nno, 81 many
,earn ant ~ touch with her tamil, IN
Bunaln she lad almost forgotten thcm,
,l,nr With n meagrc income and an in
,hForcnf ability - cut and ~ and taFte>
clone tho product ~ another EoneTation,
.rucvh upticrd hv this
THIS n hs Nru Gcrharlt'a ffth IN slv
,eas shr reflected There If hnN
hahN hnrn ~ tho Perkins tnn. | hoar
oh YES and the Galnsl, are going t.
move out ~ town - Philadelphia. !
fbrk ord remember that place Must
ht lots hlg9rr now Is there more tea.
Ruth Rv the way had ~ stop of It Mrs.
Nocd IN m, vnv back she's some
-lA samples m 20 make into patch
work Qul
"H.A sho heard from Mvra7' Ruth
asked fangirg up aneVlv Scoun"d pan
'Ycs that's VIII, ! started 90 toll Nou
Size hat : letter thus morning did vou'
~. Ruth answered. Il haven't
heard for weeks
Well nclthcr had hcr ma guess
Nvras faihu is love agaln. thls letter
sns ful ot taIk about hcauS and men
and parties !.
An her Letters arr Dii vou rcad this
aYos NJ. Wet gave it ~ ns fp
r,aA Ihr ltfte v~uklcd dricl-up face
ta,k an concentrated oppression, ~
Mrs Roldlng triri % remember de tails
Ihls made her 'ok even moro curious.
Nith hor taird parted haiT, and her fade j
nalo EpN Cvrs
Shc sad shr as ECttlu very popu-
Isr and that t-srr was man Who Wa'
s. wLo rane 11i taaN no to theatres
md alrh places liut She SAID she felt she
WAS aWtullv Young - be ruuuin' nrounC
u4tha man 50 much older Her mother az
moved of that Won can believe Myra
uulv writing the things her ma gong e
Wha, else did she sayo" Ruth askco
,tfing down at tho table foI q moment
Hr1
SAID her mother wasn't ~ worry about
~ falling N love with anv OF the CITY men
rause the Mark,tovn bows were just q
.pni as ever M her ewes Saws she likes I'm
lrnrr hotter AL the rost OF her cousin
.urnds and goes out with hlm mostly
"Shc saws Tim didn't scem very lIveiy
and she thought he was overworkIng. hu
Chat her cousin Emily, isn't that he
name she trasrd Tim and said nc was u
owe And Tim said finally tc was, an
mills SAID when she was ~ love she wa
aappt sltr didn't know II made peopt
lule And then Myra asked her mothe
about ilm being N love. ( an YOU gues
Vhoe Oi course she meant herself anC
that was to make her mother icei easy
because she knows I'm.
" hat else dad she say Ruths volc
camr siraine q and unnaturai to her as sh
heard it
"Nnthin much SAID Tim &c me arouD
every evening and they went 70 places c
partie, and when there were psrtie
,le wusn asked 10. why they stay ed hon
y her e uusu place Always knew she WI
,ragv abo It hlm Mrs Beldlng fuishe
acr ten and her talk at the same time
she put the cup Al last back on ITS saucer
Iom0rruw-lIttle Details.