Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-12-31
NEW WORK AND PLAY.

II II a TIA AsE<Ns
When Ruth arrived home, heI fathe,
vfs sitting by the living room tahle
,eadlf =. her mother had already Cor to
lcd Langley SIMPLY SAID they had dc
cided on q la'g tramp and had gsre over
rs Newton and dir ed there Att SOON
after wards hc icfl
You weren't worrled2 Ruth asked
I've sent word
.'Oh. that rart was an 1qht Of confse.
my dear. Know vhN 1.u weut
Il asked langlt, u - WITH nc
was so tired slttu all day in the 81 e
and 80 Tcrvous
4 krow. used to ps,e 1lp and down
the room When I was N -, ~ the days
when / could valk II, glanced down
81 himself ard the AlIt, iailuvi K las iCok.
could SEE h.w he legs h:.d grown SO TIM
he trousers hu, . il foldS upon hem, and
how he seemed . have slrUl side his
slli, Dl2. can q Mel picked up TIC eve
ing paper. Nsrkefovu.s S d jour- ai
There "a loi e account q i lcrc.
be said 4 voGldf bother io read 4.
though 0f course. when ! saw tins The
story 81 AiyTa - q IN marriage
kew uhz YOU had tlas sGddcH II q
nerves. ard hsd corc q for 'e--inilo
walk when most folks c.n e home t. dire
Nou know
My dear, vc scc9 bow dltfere'
you've heen this lsst wear ! thought
II might have been u love affair with
Tim. but vow seemed totakc hl> &C.
neut 80 calmly ! decided | was 0ro &
Then well o. . little tim < ard another
happc. ed ard toi Ight vfra saw tins
anrour cement. II helTcd re strIg lot
~ lntlc clrGms 81 cc5 togCihc.. a,d So
now know YOU ve becn N love all ala,
An alorg. echced Ruth. al 9 @slc@
Does mother ksoW
Air O'Niel shock his head
''I'm glad Of that ne girl sand The
fewer who know, the better | II feel
There was a long silence while father
and daughter sat staring at the 6rc.
ri course thcre's no use telling YOU
that youll get OVER his aud forget it.
Their 10 Use saving YOU re only 20
wears old and q mere baby and that Al
real love could not happen to YOU when
YOU are so Dung YOU wouldn't believe
II who could expect YOU to-
1c shd down a little more in his big
chair ,tlch tiny man lac seemed with
"a, large head and the eyes too big for
hi4 thn lscc Onc very thin nervous hand
supported h,> chm he did not look AT
Ruth and while he spoke II seemed more
a. though he were talking aloud to him
self.
He talked long time and Ruth listen
ed. interested Ia spite Of the fact that she
iclt 50 thoroughly unhappy and mis-
rrable. And after q time she reacted
physically 10 he fatigue Of the long tramp
in cold AR. TO the warmth Of the FIRE and
tho pleasant monotony Of her father s
voice. When hc stopped talking and She
went up 10 bed, she was less nervous than
she had been for days
But the rest Of the week she l0oke
nearly as badly as she felt And thar
inner little sick feeling did not leave Ter
for DAYS.
She wondered though what u was
that LangleN Williams was going 10 tel /
her and how be- had uessed the reason
for her sudden nervous restlessness. And
thus quiet sympathy drew her to him
She felt q little comfort whenever She
thought OF hIm
And as the DAYS passed, she felt the
quiet, sympathetic force Of her father as
well lie would ask about the club, he
would suggest some plan FOR it. 1t as
never any one thing he said OF did it was,
somehow, his perfect faith that Ruth was
going 10 make q success of anything
she undertook
live got some good ideas, she
said ono evening "If the factory made
their vacant lot into q playground for
the children OF that part why doesn
the town use one of the vacant places in
the middle OF the city for the same thing?