Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-12-01
THE GIRL WHO
HAD NO CHANCE
RUTH s BURDEN:
Ey Marian Rnbincam.
Protected by Gco~sr Mnsshsv AoarlS-
Chaptr XXXIIl-

Win. TIM thcn. was walking the
e1tv strerxs torn between his corsciehoe
and his new-fuund affection Ton AlyEa,
Ard While Mra was sereneiy running
about the town buyfngS wsrn peA'1ie, =
r4othrs snd thinking triumphsntg q
TTm-wf1ile all this WAS gong on hIitn
was foIlovirs her deadly, daily, unVsRS ID :
nohedule-
Ruth was tbtnnex The winter hsd Deem
b.,d ~, he~ Ser,ous though she was, she
.t;n liked fun and variety ruthcienuy 10
ms II during Tho long winter. put siie
v.s axe, r,restie1 a.HaD before der thih
ehseJs rnsde Ter eyes seem larger ana neT
nsror made their blue little more III
tense.
Hsr schedule was always the same
She got up at ), the loud po1z q IDe
sIarrn clock-E rece1t pUFchase II
ine her to wakefeizess With shock s,As1'
.ent an ache through every part q nef
head -
She sid jIsto bathTobe, Al COVE u
eriIar and fixed the furnace so the i1oI-ro
might be less etasfiy When hsr lodgers WAN
ensd- She shut up s6e kitchen range -
it would be hot 8, oarssl 80 bTeakias' We
she came down aee1H he1 7he
10 her roosc and dresse0 -.
csrne here h.. beldiag was awakened
N her room by the alarIE', ana "llie Isasn VI
WAS down TIE cellar she always got up
80 brhsad the oil heater IN the glrl
roorr So when Ruth caIne back, chlheo
and s1sU sleepy. II vas TO find room ai-
ready vnrr,i-,p and cheefed by the glow
ing FIRE - f.. .ho
Then the-e YVES !ne bTezAdast Tor the
.vo b1,nsry rnen AID herself and Mrs-
Reldipx- The teachers came down 70 pre-
mare their own meal about the time feuth
YVES 6nishlns hers, and the manager
rife invariably appeared iaSe, so that
Ruth had TO keep thinks hot Tor Her ana
table set
Then tSsere was the furnace, the ashes,
the kitchen sstove, the pilea of d1rty oIsi1es''
There were beds to mS-t-e and rooLs "
svoeo. m.fketlDg 10 be done, q nasty
lunch 70 stop for, SPECIAL cleaning 'IsiOo
70 shnus ior things about the house I1la'
would gst broken. There was heavy I'd
dry TO be done one DAY, heavy ironing
the L.ext.
THINK you'd better be sending these
sbe.sts outp' Mrs BeldILg varied ou re
wearing away life and soul ~ It Is ana
sas. a woman one DAY week Tor heavy
cleaning. It's 81 80, and worth II
81 need ali the dollars trls winter. u
do II later Rutsl world answer, gong
% with ber work
She had not vet learned that the way
u, make rnoney II 70 make others 90 the
hard part-that the directing BRAIN Is
sIwsvs the winneT, not the accomplishing
hADds.
II wish Tim would write, she con-
fessed once TO Mrs. Beld4-g. She had
long ago taken that sympatnetic little
lady into her confidence, and had told ner
the whole story
'Probably he's too busy Mrs. Belding
murrnured vaguely. Personally she did
not believe it; she guessed rather sitre"QIy
what was gong OF, but she wanted 70 make
the gir1 feel better.
Yes, he's 10 get another ralse, kutn
Frightened the least bit Il Thick II Will
be sI5 this time Caa people i've On that
Not these days. the answer came
saaroly. Not ii the city. You know your
self what your fathers income is, and how
hard it's been.
YES" the girl answered pliing more
dishes into the pan. she seemed to wash
thousands OF dishes every day now. But
we've beer doiug it all wrong. ] mean,
we have no right to have e. large house
a. this Look what it costs TO keep up.
Look at tie empty rooms. end the taxes
Il takesp
well, your folks viii be home N
a few woeks." Mrs. BeldiEg answered.
.fYes | sent them SlCo. / saved it
this winter" The girl spoke proudly Of
this achievement THAT il more than
enough for their fare, and father is so
much better that he viii bc able + , stand
havirg ? lot Of people around 3c coJidr t
brfore. The Jared o. his lcr,s8.
Ecxept for a haH audible snif, Mrs.
Eeldins made no comment. And Ruth