The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-05-02
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Ruth O'Niel and Myra Weed have
been chums from childhood. Myra has
money. but Ruth finds when she grad
yates, that she must help support her
family. The girls plan to go to New
York, Ruth to study in a business
school in order to make q good salary
later. Myra to study anything she fan
cies. But the money to send Ruth
must be used to take her sick father
south.
Myra goes, Ruth, deprived Of her
chance. stays at home. Tim Turner,
who had always been in love with her,
asks her to marry him. She refuses,
as they have no money, and he goes
TO the city to earn a living for her.
There he falls in love with Myra. a
natural result of his loneliness in a
strange town and her prettiness. Ruth
is heartbroken-deprv first OF q
chance to earn, now OF her chance to
love and be happy. Langley Williams,
from the city, takes up his home in
her town, and she meets him
Chapter SIS.
So it happened that when the dance
came off, Ruth went with Langley
Williams. For the occasion, she wore
the cast-off evening dress. once Emil
ly's, then worn by both Myra and Gaby
Carter, and now her own possession.
She. felt, when she slipped into It.
that she looked very citified and
charming. She combed her hair as
Myra had shown her. and except Tor
the fact that her low shoes were black
and rather shabby, she felt herself
very we'll dressed. She had altered
the frock little, so it was not so very
low in the neck.
The dress created an enormous SEN
sation at the dance-and so did her
partner
Il couldn't land him." one. girl re-
Marked rather vulgar little woman
whom Ruth never quite liked.
He doesn't care much for girls,
another one said "Margery Drew
makes them all fall in love with her.
and he wouldn't look at her. He's the
most unromantic man ever met. He'll
sit for hours in a shady porch or in
the moonlight. and talk about nothing.
but how he makes factories pay bet
ter, or where he's travelled"
Ruth laughed. She liked that ''un-
romantic" quality in this new friend,
Well you're the sweet and sensible
sort. He'll fall for you" another girl
remarked, after having studied Ruth $
dress from all sides. "Ruthie, dear,
! adore that gown. Did you get it in
New York;"
Yes" Ruth answered, glad she
could tell the truth-yet not be obliged
TO tell all the truth. She hated to have
it known that she was wearing some.
ones CASTOR dress.
Williams, it appeared danced beau
tifully. His height and his thin ath-
letic build made him an ideal partner,
and he had natural rhythm and a
Iightness that was quite different
from the dancing of the average boy
in Markctown. And he seemed to
like the dance immensely.
You do look different from the
other times I've seen you" he said to
Ruth once, as they sat down to rest.
You never looked at me before"
Ruth answered, yielding to a sudden
temptation. But she was afraid this
remark was bold and firtatious, so she
dropped her eyes. and little embar-
raised pink spread over her cheeks.
She did not realize how charming
his made her.
Yes, have. I've looked more at
YOU than at any other girls in the
town" Langley said. but the manner
in which he said it made of 1t a casual
fact. not a compliment.
But l don't quite know whether