Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-02-19
THE GIRL WHO
HAD NO CHANCE.
ny Marian Hublncap.
Copyright 1919, by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate. New York city.

Chapter Gil.
The door closed, ard the lock clicked
rs it fell into place Ruth was alone.
| She dropped To the couch. her hard
pressed against her checks. starir nj
I the door She was only conscious of
| a tremendous silcI &c ard tie heath e Of
| her own heart
| Then she wondered whether il WINS
! late. so she got up ard went 20 the wiz do ".
| From there she could sec over the build
ings to the great clock IN Mndisoi Squire
| Tower. It's face outiirod IL light agnira
I the dark sky
/ II was only half pnst ter tic chimes
| began sounding MS she looked ont uvcl the
| city
So the whole second half of his visit
| had taken much less than half al hour
! She could not believe this nrd ri tarc q nj
the clock face again to make sure Then
she stood looking from the Nirdow the
city made an llup mated nap iolow her
From her high vil dow she could sec over
all the roofs of the rCRrcr buildings, far
down 20 the tip Of tho island where the
great mgss Of skyscrapers were, and on
each side the moving lights of hCnts going
up and down the two rivers
II was n gorgeous view which she never
tired of but tonight she did not take i I in
rs she stood ard stared from tho window
She was too busy goirg back over the
cvcuts Of the Inst hall hour
What mad idea was ~ Tins mind
And what madrcss IN hers. that she
should let him kiss her
Tim was married Tint mcnnt he WAS
absolutely the possession Of tho other
wnnan, and that There was not The slight
est excuse for even tho u nst casual cafoss
Md he had kissed her several tines
Il WAS truc she had fought aHniryt 4
but orcc. lust orcc. she had welded Down
IT. hcr uird She krcw that hphtilp dad
her TO good IL ONLY Wndo him hold lci
morc clnsclvs lut oven that did not excuse
her - herself
She etll stared ont tho window fnll
Of shaunc
She had yicldcd to one l,isa frcllng
all the tune that She was bnek ~ her
oli home and that sho and Tim wrrr
engaged agam And vci I'm had bcon
married aamC wears ard she had wrongcd
Aivra hy giving IN 10 that ono carcas
\ot even Tie knowledge that Mvra had
vrnrri her wears before made Ruth
cNctI~e herself row
Madame IS stlll up2
She jumped AZ the sound aud turned
Ia 81" Nauc standing III the doorway
hotwcou hcr little houdou Ard the living
Tunm
= raprcd hut thcrc was ~ arfvcr
The curtains ki thu sound Mare
said apologrDcaiN
How long have Won bccn hcrv
Another fear came tn her heart the |
guilty fear 81 hcng overheard and tina
understood
"Oulv ono instant, madame nm off |
duty SATURDAYS ! oulv pow came N |
Thought madame 4 s'ilt needed pressing
Never mad 1t. Ruth anFwrred
Ntt.e yould cntcr hp boulolr from the
door oa tho other carrior. Ruth rcmem
hcrci She wondered whether the little
French g,rl was telling Tito truth, or vhcth
cr shr had hccn "a the nc~t room and had
overheard
l}ut thc guls faoc gave no hint II
anything hui co0ccfo ~ Buth turncd
frhm 'hc vgidav aId ~ama ~ thr ccntfr
" tho rcom
but vnu Ard III She exclaimed
"N ou havc hocn crvigF
Ne inst fcr erred N gong -
l,cd
n Will bring you somo hat milk that
And Marie wnat away Ruth turncd
cut the lights a4i wcat to hcd Fiit dllcc
inorr She could not slecp She stared into
thr dark while hcr head ercu hotter and
hotter aad violent pam began over hcr
ir,chca3
Not even thc glass n lot milk Maro
brought m ~rtlrcd her After the nad /.
hal eu.c s..a >ftN Ay awake tryeg q /.
think uvcr ryevv thing Iu8 had >nd
How h4J IL happtatd that he has +
picked her 1T 81 siIi,fil and kifai her
Iho She remembered thn lntrrnp-
fio. wbrt - saw Ia gley NtlHams
carI 81 the ttl,lc. AID accused toe d.
scier iii lavc with him
WINS shouldn't sL, b. Wbat right
baI Inn 10 demand whether sao was
Ia love with another man Hadu lfu
gone away. practically deserted her
i her she WAS fcrlyug the wou', when
.he struggle WAS hardest 10 marry
pretty ittlc empty headed girl who airtci
,yI.h him
She never knew Tim was jealous
not lu an tho wears she had known him.
That was 8 hateful quality
But of course III the old days she never
Ind anything t. arouse ms Jealousy
Then another thought came into
mind ont Of the confusion ul ideas she
,vns strarElmC with
suppose I'm was in love with her
Had he said so 90. but he had acted IS
though he were Certainly he would not
dare 10 have kissed her without even that
as al excuse
suppose Tim was in iovc-shc was
II love too
That was much worse than before. I
For il made the struggle twice as hard q
hundred times rs hard. she thought sud
icnlv For Tim she knew, was not the sort /,
10 struggle against anything hard Tim /
would vIcld to every impulse and what /
could She do? What should she DO now? /
Monday -Struggle