The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-04-04
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Synopsis Of Preceding Chapters
Ruth .o'Niel and Myra Weed have
been chums from childhood When
they graduate from the high school at
Markektown they plan to go to the city
together. Myra to study, If she feels
like it, and Ruth to take a business
course, since she must help support
her family. But Ruth's father is taken
sick and the money to send Ruth must
be used to send him South: The girl
feels that her one chance to amount
to anything IS lost
Tim Turner, who is in love with
Ruth, asks her to marry him, but she
wisely refuses as they are both SO
poor. Tim goes to the city to make
enough money to marry her, and of
course sees much of Myra, who is
staying with a well-to-do cousin. Ruth,
al first, is glad that her two best
friends can see each other. but grad
ually learns to distrust Myra- who is
becoming a ruthless little fiirt Myra
tries to make Tim fall in love with
her.
Chapter 81
In this state of uncertainty Ruth
spent most of the winter. She did not
know whether Tim was lost to her, she
had no way of telling. He wrote once
that he had received a small raise,
again that he was doing very we'll and
expected still more money. Neither
time did he mention any amount. He
said several times that the cost Of liv-
ing in the city was very high, that he
had not been able to save. and &C.
caeionally he mentioned owing small
bills.
Ruth was doing very well financial
ly. That is, she had enough people in
her house to cover the expenses OF it,
she sent money several times to her
mother and father. and was glad to
know that it went for clothes they had
to have. She was Obliged to buy her
seh few inexpensive things, and she
was still hoping TO be able to pay their
fare home and save enough over the
summer to go to the city in the fall.
So matters stood when the first
warm breezes came, when the snow
melted and the sun came warmly
through the windows. The world was
going through the generally mussy
muddy period that always precedes
the great burst of sun and green grass
and flowers. and that means spring.
In the city spring never comes sc
prettily. Snow is cleared away, washed
out of sight down sewers, before it has
had time to do more than grow dirty
and Myra said it fell dirty from the
air Emily broke down early in Marcel
and went away to a sanatarlum.
81 always manage to get Ill at Lent.
she observed as she lay among pillow:
in her fussy little French bedroom
There's nothing to do then but &c
sick and live on orange juice. Oh
Myra, this is an awful sanatarium In
going to. I've been there before. they
give you hard tack and call it health
food, and save electric bills by sendins
yos to bed at shutdown. and call i
good for you. Oh. the crimes done il
the name of cures!"
Mvra laughed, and offered to do he
hair"
Emily left finally, rolled up in he
fur coat. and attended by the most de
voted Of her many admirers. Sh'
looked 40. and her hair showed gra,
latches-"They won't give me a henn:
treatment, either. Bob she walled a!
she put on her hat to leave. "Wh.
cant sanatariulns be frivolous?
Poor Fmmv.' he laughed, putin,
her coat round her You look SO pa
thetic, 7 think I'll marry you on tn
wav to the train"
81 think you'll do nothing OF tn
sort" she answered with spirit. II