Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-05
THE GIRL WHO
HAD NO CHANCE
Nv Marian Rubincnm.
Protected by George Matthew Adams.
RUTH DECIDES.
Nv Marian Rubincam.
Chapter Nj.

napier M
Ruth went up the path 10 the house
IN that complicated emotional state
which only vvry Young girl can aohieVe
This is a statement that needs 10 be ainpii-
ird There are many girls of Is who have
.Npcrienced every emotion they are cap
able of having, TO whom nothing more
can come Ms surprise. These are not
necessarily the sophisticated type of the
ing CITY They are found as frequently,
and some say more frequently IN. the small
town.
But Ruth was not this sort lrstinc
lively she kept away from the fast
set IN her town and she had not enough
monry To know the fashionable crowd
who lived on country estates in the neigh
borhood. who rode and danced together
and flirtcd IN the moonlight.
So almost automatically she fell IN
with crowd of sweet and harmless chil-
ircn hs she grew up her studies took more
and more Of her time. Her father had
msde her read an unusual number of good
books which had maturcd her mind so
that Irritation for firtations sake seemed
10 her foolish waste of time. Myra might
i, by the hour talking the most absurd
nonsense while oUe of the boys htld her
hand bur Ruth had better uses for her
tims
Up 10 Is. then, she had not appar-
entity fallen ~ love. She liked Tim better
than any oth'r hoy she had met lie
frequently read the same books she did,
hr was Interested in his work, he was
capahle ~ carving on n far more m
ttlhgcnt conversation than the other -
ycar-old men 81 her acquaintance She
liked being with him. she looked up 10 him
as beng extremely brilliant, she was sure
be would be n great man Beyond that she
had not analyzcd her feelings
But this was a new emotion, and she
lav awake hours thinking about II. Tim
had not gone to the city because she had
10 stav home I'm. then. must like very
much 10 be win her: and, thinking this,
che fell happily asleep.
Next morning she had little time TO
think Of ANYTHING The woman who
NTH her husband, had taken the top
soor Of the house, received q telegram
that hei SISTER was dead So she ga h
cred up her few possessions and lett
Tor hel old home in the South that day,
hrr husband who had left his Job a week
before gong with her. They he'd already
paid the rent 10 the first Of the month,
bur Mrs ONeil was concerned about los
ipg them
The money paid for your fathers
nedlcInes and came in for lots Of things,
she sand ~aS gong 10 take the next
month rent and give it 10 DR.. Lane Oh
acCount
Il gave hlm SIS on account. And he
ays hcs coming again this morning,
Ruth answered, looking up from her silver
cleaning. Never mind, mother, we'll
get IN new tenants.
But she wasn't so sure Her mother
,hapEaI hqr f,,r r,ay-lpC tho hill
Though | cant take your money,
you NAV still get to New ork with 1t,
II can manage TO iind some 70 put to
u. she answered III can get some more /
people for rooms, now
Ruth went 10 the top floor and began |
cleaning the empty roons--In case the /
vague new tenants should materiaize. /
Tim STAYED home from New York I
because she couldn't go-he liked to be |
wItn her enough To sacrifice great OPP |
portunity, How many other men would !
do thing like thst-for mere girl I
II was very romantic-TiIn was romantic /
though she hadn't thought Of it before. /,
Ruth stopped 70 look out the window |
~ the wlnd-blown world beyond the |
garden. What q nice name Tim was, |
too. What a nice boy. She put her hand |
10 her heart, which was beating so hard |
she could feel II. Suppose she was IN love-
Ruth come down when you re through !
DR.. Lanes here, her mother called.
All right, | will Ruth came back
70 earth and her task.
But OF course she wasn't IN love. She
pas only ls-oh. YES, st is many girls
had fallen ia love and many had married /
Mvra had been IN love half 6 dozen times
But not she There were too many things
10 be done first her father must be
better, her mother more comfortably /
fixed.
It would De nice and consoling TO
have Tim around. SIC decided, rubbing
1he furniture with a dust cloth. She
would not have thought 10 stay home
Tim had.
Tim, then, was in love with her
And this sudden thought, bursting in
upon her mind, made Ruth completely
forget her work. She sat II the middle
OF the floor, dust rag in hand, and thought
over this delicious idea for a lorg time
INDIE d, II was Dr. Lanes voice that
brough, her back. She went downstairs.
+. DOctOrs always order a change OF
scene h'r mother was saying, rather
Grossly
Il N not ordering II know how things
ar ti~- physician SAID greeting Ruth
with a smiling nod Only he frcts here,
and J., : getting cold weather. he worries
1T lsr good for nm New scenes, new
face lew associations
Why don YOU and Father 90 10
vlsft Aun, sara Ruth SAID 10 her mother.
Gu-vou know why.
We have So We can spare. the girl
said calmly hat enough for the rail
road fare. Father would ike 10 see his
sister again, hes often SAID SO And il
south. Il would be warm
~ Ruth decided And the re-t Of the
lundrcd-dollar bIIl was spcnt
tomorrow Love story