Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-03-02
AWAKENING.
Chapter ILL.,

Finally she decided to tell tho entire
truth.
Listen one moment. Tim" she he
gan stiu standing rigidly by tho table
and looking at the man sitting despond-
entity in the chair. This afternoon L
told Nryra that 1 couldn't possibly have
any interest in you because l was en-
gagged 10 be married. l didn't say to |
whom. But Gaby was overtoyed ana |
she cried out Langley and came over
and kissed me TO congratulate me.
'Then you aren't" Tim jumped TO
his feet.
Watt ait down. she paused un-
I'll Tim sank again into the chair
Somehow standing UP there by the
table. she felt all tho advantage was
hers.
Langley Williams wants 10 marry
me. But ! haven't yet said would
think we would be very happy-we are
interested in the same things. we are
both ambitious, our combined incomes
would make US fairly rich. l don't
mean that money counts in making
happiness. only IT would give US
lovely home. leisure 70 read and TO
travel. and at the same time. we would
both so on with this work of building
good homes and artistic homes for
working people Langley is. think. in
love with me-
II think he would be-" Tim broke I'm.
should your Ruth smiled a little
as she looked at him. You weren't
And | was miserable about 1t. This 10
the last time I'll ever see you. so don't
mind telling YOU the whole truth.
thought everything IN the world had
been taken from me. who needed st.
and given 70 Myra. who didn't. First
money! had 10 make It, she only had
IL spend i'll Then my One chance 10
earn rnoney-to make something Of my
self-which was in coming to tho city
70 study, 10 learn how-that was taken
away. There wasn't enough money 70
send me. But Myra came. and all she
wanted was to have good time.
Then YOU left. And | was happy
| because you seemed in love with me
! didn't mind poverty. because ! could
| think about you. Then out Of clear
/ sxy. almost, came the news that you
/ and NIyra were engaged. X happened 50
/ suddenly. Thought / couldn't stand
4 things then We had no money, I had
/ no training. you had fallen IN love with
! the gtrl to whom everything in life
\ came 50 easily. / went 70 a factory
4 took any lob they gave me- worked as
/ an unsknlcd laborer for very little
/ money.
/ Then out Of that. which was moth
/ ing, I began building UP again. I'm
4 not conceited. but I know what I've
done with my little town AT home
/ They're writing articles about Il as one
/ Of the livest places n the United States,
/ and as q model for other cities TO copy.
4 They're writing articles about me as
having started = We've done things in
! the way 81 parks and housing that
/ other cities haven't touched yet. We've
cleared u3 our politics SO most OF the
# chances for graft have been done away
+! with we have as much social life as
IS possible in a more or less isolated
community. Next year we re going 70
have New York shows and concerts by
guaranteeing a certain amount for each
performance.
And ait the time this was building
up and ! was building H. and incident
ally making money. YOU sat of 70 one
side and pretended that after all the
+ chances TO be anything. 70 do anything
were in the big city. What has the
h!c city brought you? Nothing you
couldn't have had from our little town
in the olds days and lot less than our
. town could give YOU now.
"Afyra doesn't like TO 90 about much. .
"RiArle il on some woman-nOw
you're blaming Myra Ruth went on
1t isn't Nyra. rs you. You're not
seeing chances around you. They
do exist here IN greater quantity than
ir rlv small town. but you simply aren {
going out after them. Don't blame any
one but yourself
she paused. all the urne looking at
him.
Langley IS very much in love with
ne. I think. But I don't know quite
whether I am very much fl love with
him or not 7 don't know because
stiu seem 70 have-some of the old
feeling"
Tim vas on his feet again. he came
over Il her. and put his hands on her
shoulders
DO Won mean you still love me?"
The lirl stood looking straight al
h.u. Her cheeks We're burning. but heE
glance never wavered. And she did not
,Iy 10 get away. but stood there quietly
while his hands gr&2ped her shoulders
u don't know. / DON'T think so" she
said quite calmly
Tirn let her 90 unnledia tely and stooc
of staring at her IN surprise.
Eut YOU must know. What do yol
mean"
"Tin." She said, impulsirely. are yol
IL love with me? You're not"
I au" M cried and came over 4
her again. but this time she drew
arav ~ ~ did not come near her
Perhaps you are. IT doesn't matter
l.,.ase I1I 20 back home 10 my worl
+. q week. and you'n settle down win
1rvra otlitc happily. and forget me jas
Is vou have all these years. Myra he.
\ wav-you say so yourself--of makins
YOU cease 10 care for anythir g-fo
ne or for a career. for books"
r5,r stared 1T her for moment. TheI
~ ca,qe forward step.