The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-05-07
ANOTHER HEART.
CHAPTER so.

Now tell me all about why you are
going away, and where, and what
you're to do Ruth said to Langley
Williams as they started off on the
long Sunday afternoon tramp that had
become almost habit with them.
Langley outlined his new work brief
ly. He was going ON to Ohio. where
two large factories in one city had
sent for him to go over their plants
and "re-organize." There were meth
eds OF eliminating costs, Of adding new
machines. Of putting certain types of
labor on certain types Of work. that
made production easier, quicker and
cheaper. and profits a little higher
81 can see how the efficiency prin-
ciple works out at home" Ruth said
after short silence. IT'S a pleasure
10 watch mother work. for instance.
She never makes a false motion or
an unnecessary step. She does an
enormous amount Of homework with
very little effort. When father is
given any manual work he does it
clumsily and badly, though he is the
most intelligent member of the fam
lily"
1T often works out that way.
think you have a good combination Of
what in my work, call both mental
and physical intelligence. Keep up
the thing you are doing now. Get your
Fairgrounds in the town and put
through your present ideas for clubs
and concerts, and think in the end
you'll find organizing social work your
career"
THAT needs training, too, which
can't afford"
Some social workers are trained.
I think you have a talent for it, and
can overcome the lack of technical
training by reading, and by pracEs-
ing your ideas here in Marketown. BY
the way. I've gotten the factory here
to promise you 500 for the work you
did in getting up the playground and
gymnasium. It's not much. but bust
ness is bad just now; otherwise I
would have gotten more for you"
I'm grateful for that" Ruth an
swered. ITS needed at home
And you can't put it aside toward
this business training course you
want"
Ruth shook her head.
They followed a road that lead up a
steep hill, and went through a spare
bare bit of woods. On the other side
was a broad fiat rock, sheltered from
the wind, with the sun pouring full
upon it. In this warm place they sat
down awhile to talk. Miles Of winter
landscape spread out before them; the
collection Of houses that made up
Marketown, the river, the railway and
beyond, fiat meadows that went into a
gray mist Of distance.
I'm a way your work supplements
mine. I wish you were coming along
TO investigate home conditions among
the factory people could get you a
we'll paid position doing that"
II can't leave mother-not with
father as ill as he is
There was q little silence again,
which the girl broke.
I'll miss you, and III miss our long
walks"
I'll miss you. You can believe that.
I've never found quite your combiIa-
ton of courage and ambition and
hardship. You simply look very
seriously at the job to be done-and
do it. didn't know there was a
type Of girl like you"
Ruth looked at him curiously. He
had neved spoken quite like this.
II don't know why I haven't fallen
in love with YOU" he went on. but his
tone was SO matter of fact that there
was no sentimer' in it at all
Il admire you and like you more
than any girl I've ever known. And
vet the thing I've liked best is your
cvn freedom from sentimentality."
I'm free from sentiment, as you
call it, because I'm in love with an
other man." Ruth said simply.
Il know that I knew it the afte-
noon you came to my office ard ask"
me to take you on a tenmile waIs
before dinner"
"1he-the man isn't in love with me
That is. he was. but he liked anothe,
girl better and married her.
Does he live here"
NO"
Ruth gave him no further clue, and