Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-29
THE GIRL WHO
HAD NO CHANCE
~ Marian itubincnm.
Irot,ctcd by Gcorg Matthew Adams
sIttrss.

SUCCESS.
sySopsis or rpi cEDiNG CHAPTERS.
Ru,b O'Niel and Myrn Weed have
boa, ebums sircc childhood When they
graduate from tho high school at Maike-
town they plan TO go To the city together,
Nvra Ia study. il she feels like IT, and itlth
Ia take "A business course, stree she must
holm support her family fut knth
father is taken sick aud the money 7"
send Ruth must he used to send hum o"l'h.
,'he virI feels that her one chance Ia amount
to arythirg Is lost nu,
Tim Turt or. who IL IN love with ituth,
asks her To marry him, but she wisely te-
fuses NJ they are both 50 poor Inn goes
IN the city Ia make enough inoic cy 10
marry her. and of course sees h,uch ~
Nvra, who is staying with Wci'-'"-h"
cousin Ruth. at first, IL glad mat leI 'cW
best friends can see each other bui Rian""i-
" learrs 10 dietrust Myra, who Is becoming
a ruthless little flIrt NNfa trlcs 10 make
Tim fall in love with her
CHAPTER xxxi.
In Tins state of uncertainty Ruth spent
most Of the winter She dld not kn""
whether Tim was lost to her, she had no
voy of telling lie wrote once that ne h"'
received "A small raise, again tha' nc ""s
dolrg very we'll and expected stu i"l'
money Neither time did hc mention any
amount lie SAID several tunes INA, w
cost Of hviuR IN the city was very iilk"'
that hc had not been able to save NJ ,,''
cos,opellv he mrutIorcd owing small hills
Ruth was doug very we'll financially
Tha, ~ she Ind enough people ~ her
/ ho1sc to cover the cspcuscs ui ~. fie
! cont morcy several times to hcr mothcf
/ and father. and wna glad to know that
! = ,vert for clothes they had 10 have
! .ho was obliged to huv herself lew III
4 eSuprFlvc TIM u ard she WAS stiIl h"PihR
! 10 I've able To pay thcu fare HON" arc sitNe
enough over he summer 70 got fht t'tE
T IN the fall
- matters stood when the first warm
! brcczeS cnufc when the STOW m'ltrd
and the sun camc warmly through tht
windows hc world was gong thrnlRl
The Qcrcralv mussy muddy pen"d fhh'
olUeye preccdcs the great h'l'Rt ~ sun
ard green grass and flowers. and th"t
meats sprlt z
Iu the cltv sprng tcNcr comes =,
nrc,tily Snow IS cleared away. waahed
out OF slght down sewers before y mas ha'l
tttu, tn do murc than grow dirty aIi
Nyra sand Il fell dirty from tn" All tmhy
broke down early ~ March and went away
to q sapataruim
~ always manage IL get III At Lent
she observed ~ She lay among piit"U'
IN her f,issy little French heslruom here {
nothing to do then init get sick and NV
on ornI gc lulcc oh MNra this Is ~ y"
FIJI sanItarium NJ gong u ve h""r
therr before they give Won hard tack am
call il health food and save electro bur
\, sending you Ia bed ~ slndo VIZ an'
cali Il good for YOU Oh the crimes don'
III the uarEC Of cures
! Nlyra laughed and offered = do hr
. hair
fur coat ard attcrdcd hv the most &c
voted .oi her manN devoted admirer
Sh, locked 40 and her hair showed Rra
patches The, wont give me he1p
treatment. either Bob she welled a
she put on her hat "a leave ~ ny car
7 sanitarums be frivolous
Poor Emmy. ne laughed, putin
her coat around her You look - pa
thctlc. ! think | Il marry YOU on the va
70 the tram
Il think youn a. nothing q the sort
2 she answered with splrlt II you % |
7 e., a divorce while | N convacscing
Gabrielle had found another posltio
this time in the chorus of amlislcal coined
( and her salary had dropped 70 SO . weei
!. She was still stayIng With Emily, but sh
( nov bad thu one bedroom while Emil
I, was away. and She and Myra bought the
y meals wherever fancy suited them
!. on the TWO matinee DAYS. Mvrsl ha
e the apartment alore from noon - miC
? night and on these DAYS she asked II
G ~ come for tea which she made herscl
! Then they dred II some smaa ncArb
c restaurant. and either went g a NOW
show. or came back q sit lu tie lvtng room
You're really swfulIy nice. NJ sal
D once Il don't know why never notice
2 YOU much al home