Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-06
THE GIRL WHO
HAD NO ChANOE
LOVE STORY
nv Marian Rubineam.
Protected hy George Matthew AaA"'s


4, .a,', TAX, YOUR money like thus,
hid Mrs o'Nlcl protested. II ish
"a, coursr its fair. Ruth answered
A,arnlv She had % bc sharp, because
n shc allowed herself I" iaii in'o nr
,n, th.r's sentimental mood she Ahe"
that she would start to cry m
"Nou were - IIse II {" study w '''
prove yourself Father
p,,b ansv,red SIMPLY. Heavens,
.No,h,r sll | ever wanted tn do with tnat
was to get a start 90 earn money "
the first things | wanted to 90 WIN inl
salary. when finally got one, WAS " Nellu
Father ~ scc his ~Is'cr 20 !, 90 y "u~
IN find pusitlon here m NalNe.."m, H.
too, and earn money ''iiE VIZ"
so much r,,o
,han, ,,,,,bt Ruth went out OF the room,
Ag,er an n was a little hard 20 give up
a.d g,,-, nm everything 10 give up
L", ,n, ,hanr, to better herself, at least.
Aud finally a. settle the matter tor
Mrs ~ Mel was lnclncd 10 argue hutr
,ocL her SIS to the station agent, ana
ho,,gh, ,wn tickets The agent and her-
sslf with a tow wards of timetables hlai-
IN arranged the trip
.'you so from here 20 Pittshurg. Ruth
.sid FROM there YOU get thr"ueh
tram. with "A sleeper ou have an upPet
.nJ lower thad 81 ~ extra. but on that
tram Won get there faster ana aoh INV
A. h,,V meals Nou can take a lunch to ea'; ;
sc,ns ~ Prttshurg get supper there. and
80 ,oo,nina you reach your station
around ~ ~ YOU neednt buy hreakiaN'
on tho tram YOU can take some irun.
Ann, sara viii meet YOU IA the new car !:
Y vou write ahead whom You re coming
But needn go ,
Father couldn't 80 that diStance
,You certainly hsvo Il all arranged
ION. gues- YOU ~ my daughter. after
.n more than vour fathers lou We I'll
nv decision at character
Ruth d,d not answer Somehow she
lo,,pd l.ss plnasIre IN the idaa oi reeein-
hlne her mother than IN helng toId she
uas her father over again rs hatle'
N fa., she knew she WAS unlike boti.
Sometimes she thought she "as change
ins an ambitious infant sllpped INV"
happy go lucky family
thrive from the announcement ~ the
,nn And Al that afternoon. Ruth sat
s,,h him and read hlm PcPys Diary
with an hnglish history open beside
he, 90 look up the many great hgllres
th., d.hshtful old chronlcier talked
>bout
And TIM eanlc IN the evening
put this time they SAT indoors and
Ruth built q fira or small logs IN the hre-
nlsre of the library fad ~ her father $
who would not tolerate a coal stove IN ms
spe~iAl library
II uss her money and she admitted II
hnslly. -, ~.
your money
Il oh | never Thought OF gong
Ruth said furrlei little Mother
really should ~ she has not oeeh away
for year
"~h, knows Aunt sara 50 we'll ou
- shc us~i TO 1--we down that WAY
,oo and knows lots of people there. She
AND father spent their honeymoon near
th.Te--
Ana vou gave up = trlp 70 the CITY
for u Al east you Weren spending
,he money ~ this you might >tlll nave
chance oi gong
No Ruth said IL would have
,akan several hundred "a send snd Keel
mo in the CITY long enough e take
thorough business ruurse. We "efe no'
likely - have that
/, lcas, YOU nigh have had The
wn 81 1 'rip and rest ~ = vacation
"a NIGH, have gone with your lathe.
Rest vacatIon Ruth exclaimed
~th pssr.nn When the thing Il
,onsing for j. work I'm YOU don
uRdrrstand
No. | don rv,cpr that you Az the
most unselhsh gIl / AnoW You maxi
me ashamed - mvseli mos oi the time
Bs-ids.. Ruth said. hel ever bright
snlng up IL little, whlmslcaI smile
YOU sa.d you staved back because
didn't so 70 NeV York Nee treatment
su,ldn't il l., for me - run oti then ans
lesve you without
Ruth Tim jumped % hls feet sud
dnely and stood over her char a.
that the real res.on why YOU didn
No u wssn 4 Just SAID that Rutf
answered frightened 3, his change O
manner
oh. I have some IDEAS ] want 20 carr1
nut II | must stay home ! must make
money a. home Mr. BeldIns Is coming q
lv. with me sho i help
Ruth Tim interrupted again. nm
usually laughing eves now bent upon he
with al the ntenslil - htS SPIRIT Ruth
dear please say vou gave up the trip be
cause vou didn want % ieave me
Pleas ne went on STOPPING an'
catching her two hands IN ms Please
pe,auss love YOU
Ruth looked up ~ nm unable 70 speak
= Pleading