Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-02-08
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RUTH LEARNS MORE.
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siors Of the place. She was conscious
that the acute Gahv was watching hcF
closely wink, she talked -, o..
Are vou still IN love with lin!
sic ,Sled hluntly.
Hes married, Ruth's vclce was
protest
your feelings" Gaby answered. Iecoe-
uiziuc the protest but brushing II ASIDE.
"lf thc mere fact that the man YOU were
IN love with married another could make
You stop loving mm--weil, It wouid9 I
l,o s,Ich n complicated W orld, would 1t?
II suppose not. Ruth answered staring
INTO her untouched cup of tea. but at
tho same time | have no moral night TO
he n love with him. and | certainly can
ndmit it, even to myself
"A hats funny reasoning the othcr
girl rcma,kcd What did YOU tm'k
ol Tim? You haven't seen him for lorg
time
NO. haven't. And don't know what
! think Of him. Hes we'll, he dlilereht-
While we were working so hard on the
rev plans for the city, used TO Wish Tor
TIM. because he YVES always SO interest
ed. lie does rot seem to care now. VI
course Sic added quickly in his defe. Sc.
there's 10 reason why he should. NtcF
nll. il : not his town any more.
q by kept looking at her steadily
~ hat did YOU think of his iiat-tur-
uishlags. ell that sort Of thing. lou
can Judge a person by his home, you
know
Probably Nlyra furnished it" Ruth
was yc,v much on the defensive; so much
sa1It Gahv laughed.
II thought those gaudy curtains ara
all taat :tray of ornaments would Oh
fcnd vou with your very simple tastes.
Cab, s4G w hat did YOU talk about
last rossIp. But that was NlyTa
She ALWAYS wants 70 know all the pei
soual news. and adores scandal
INN 1tad the sporting page, you
mean Nou see, RG,hie dear | have
hceu NJ there myself ior dinner once,
rcvcs welt .git, because Nyra IS
deadly uIuteto> IT < 70 NE. | N F"e
lttellcru.. z. c,o,l',ss toWs, ana make
wv hvrg iy d., eng we'll and looking
rrctr, f. stage lvthcs-but Nyra bores
eve. me-
Rnth considered the mstter
iNt VS. Is. Sic sid * le g.
&C a. yeu IL gNca G-e nc kcy ~ slf
Whole ,iirC WIS bored, tlc whole
eye.;rg I was glad IF get away who
ny III emo fo- ME Ol course. though
j. V.s Alyra and ot I'm Who was tire
some. >le We Of almoe' rs though she
v,,c .si,G out loud - hefse. Inn
did ulcE.
.po ~. rjr + NTvra had q good
Ill, .r Gabv wet Of, reIcl-
'. lag Ito hat Thoughts to
f-1 f.u -. L -hc ~ s;. = cNlStc, here
.a.ts Eut faul AlN14s been
Lt-lmc free lDu u.l; me 70 SAY
sen,tILg sg..St h.
No. west vCu d. dnlt the truth
II u>clt le-.Ges. At-a haas bccn
t-rarl ~ Ntr ter sDne wears. che dc
t.r thrtti rta ~ III the tllst
place rec.Lse II. s companion didn
pay much atte tle-. - he o-ly eIouAA
10 he courteous Size wanted 70 snow then
that she could find ma and have Lm
al for herself. Emily klew that. she told
me and watched ard ! sew i Nas true
Ruth tasted Ter tea bat 2 WAs cole
~ tins tiu Sic begaa poul o'.'
,su-1 iecht c.yos-- and t-Lit rel
ID, this little act.on e hide
IN Is-or V4s-a c.s.Ill c-oW
II mary ways But I'm lacks p-7a lis
h~ S be with scu.rcve { y, uo j 4 TO. Sta.
j -n.rt5o,. DO YOU Il j Al7-a i an
No. Rath SAD suddenly i think
that Il tast tn aA9.e tala- lil
tas gone bae&va-. h. i l~ut alS ,t
IL q =
tIed around his aeck
"Of course Gabv answered cheer
fulIy Sac Keeps II. home clean bT
hing eooaEh hep = have the hard
wors do1e she cooS5 u. getting most
OF The 81 Z from tt ( se~ where al
you do bay TIC food 4..- heat i Up.
She docs t4ke good ca.e 81 tie baby and
does thst al ~ herself
Mvra 1T aatl-a..' lazy. She
Is to law - t4le DIc2 ey erclse and
to seasa i Z u .eD On eating every
thlrg i l. s1t All s4-s gong - .J5e
her vo8u- -l-- ll.d ae~ EoItaTui looks
IN ~ tl.s- BIZ she ST worrying, be-
cause = s.s wanted out Of life was q
houe All a.,3ala ald she 5 got hot-
now ~ae perfectly content Just Ike q
lat htt.e pig IA the sun She doesa
want u move
some day. she added a'tcr q palse.
"Tlrnyv va III. = tla q { that MIRA
ia II . par45.t Sen he'll see She lsn I
- pretty Is -he I-ei u be. Then he'll
see someone that IS
You could have had hin back if
YOU ha5 t.vcd j.. tie city another month.
sae we4t Oh j suspected Il. ! TAM
sa j so.aetl.ug u you about It one dag.
BIT l was sure oi L Afterwards. ou up-
81 Tim he WASH as much II love with
MIRA Tor = 4oug time. Bat size had d way
q llaarg lita 50 content -Idst lazy. Ike
l.r7lt taat lie ct over that too
r-4 was AFRAID you might come back
as ret hlm away from her. was awfu,ly
AFRAID vOu might and 4arry hun ]
would have 81 heartbrokeu II tIut
had happencd.
k4ta was looking II her earnestly
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