Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-02-23
THE GIRL WHO
HAD NO CHANCE.
nv Marian Rub bincan.

Copyright. 1919. by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate. Now YORK Iiy.
THE REAL MYRA.
Chapter CIV.
rhcre WA. sudden silence in the room,
. silence 40 intense that Ruth telt the
bIood rushing To her face and tancied shs
heard IL heating IN her cars. She wonuoreu
vhether she had heard correctly.
~ came 10 say she needn't have iicd
10 mo over the phone last night
Thoso were Nyras words-she hau
,o, m,s,,derstnod She looked Mt Myra,
,h,,r-faced suddenly afraid, AFRAID as
,hnuvh she had indeed done something
wrong =,
I@V-whatd did YOU say? Ruth manag-
rd AZ last 80
Nvra hav ing delivered her blow, ettled
bach INTO the corner of the couch To watch
IT'S effect Her gray eyes had suddenly
los, their shallow pleasant look, theN
were concentrated. intent. Strange To say
Nvras face had more expression IN TINS
nasty mood than IN her usual compiaoen
one \ little smile n smirk. Gaby called
II later PLAYED around her lips
You heard what SAID. she answered,
impudently an
Ruth was left perfectly helpless. All
her instinct was To Justify herself, to come
to her own defence. .
How did Nyra know Tim was there
Had Tim told hcr-but that was unbcllcv-
able Uadfhc hcard1his voice while Ruth
had tho phnnc opcn-hut he had not
spoken. he merely shook his head violent
II when he knew Myra was asking about
him
or was Myra blufIing? md was she
,,mnlv saving this 20 watch Its effect on
Ruth In that case. she had continuation
of her suspicious. for Ruth was too honest
20 disg,lis, her feelings, or To dIsscmble,
and she knew II II Nlyra had sald that
merely 30 find out something she wanted
to know. shc possessed her answer from
Ruth face and the girl knew 1t
Cahv took hold of the situation sud
denny Not flicker ot expression had
gone over her face when Mvra spoke
She leaned back too. her hand under
her chm. watching Myrn
oh s.sv. she said putting slight
lv coutcmptuous drawl into her VOICE,
he - rather "A strong word, my dear
rirl lust what do you mean hy what You
,aid
All right I'll tell you what mean,
N.ra threw her head back and looked
dchantlv M I;abv Last night II had
a message for Tim So called HIM UP here
How did vou know he was here
Gabv nut IN
Never mind. know Ruth answered
her voicc was awful funny. knew night
enough hc Ma here from the way she
spoke And asked her wanted 70 call
ANYWAY about something else and she
-ald hc wasn't | knew II Was 2 he. hut
thought Ia come down and see her to
ia, and Jls' toll her So
That's the Sccofd or thlri time Won VI
u~ed 4 word rot ordinarily accepted IN
nolttr sncictv Gahv SAID, assuming
very magnificent Ar
! he : q liz
Reallv' How verv oddly YOU put
things Gelv VAS in her element now
She had ,l~t enough draw IN her voice
~ make her manner t. Myra quite N'i-
rc-or vet not enough ~ sccm too art'
hcfs
10 ]" Nvra was growing angry
aud WHOM she grew angry. she was ant
T. become = l,ttlc loud
II < seemed e. he what GahN na
Ruth saw her Cvos sparkle She
IN her luplsh mood aud she was otsi
GONG - tallnt this other girl untII ,hC
ma t. lc- cnnplctclv lose her temper and
- had her completely weakened.
You do vou know You ALWAYS
havc Oal, vo,i u-ni q keep Nour temper
r.tsc- better whom ! knew Won some
tta,s aeo Rut aftor ALL my dear girl
ve,. beng tttlc shall We say tacilcSs
tn vour hostess
las needn't pu' on airs with nc.
Nyra sad ~hrilllue having lost hoT self
control cutIrclv j don { care II you arc
making couple ~ hundred a week and
Tlms only making forty. You wcrCn
a. thing hut chouIS girl when ! know
YOU and vou couldn't have held loh
cve- 't vou hadn't good looking
VI, dear child ] never hoaStod ot
nv intellectual attaInmcnts Gabv had
her draWl quite perfect by tins tune
I d-aw a fair salary because ] look well
N atTociouslv short skirts and have
fairly decent voice That seems beside the
question Rat why did YOU como here I
n insult your oldest friend particularly
after the Wav YOU treated that friend some /
wears ago.
never treated her any way. / couldnt /
help IL If Tim fell in love with me He /
never was IN love with her anyway He /
told me SO
To Ruth the silence that followed this
fairly throbbed probably because she F,
could still hear the blood beating through /
her ears. II made her little dizzy
But Gsby still had the situation In
her hands Ruth was quite incapable I
of handling it And Gaby did the best
thing possible She sat perfectly still. I
letting the silence go on and on Ruth
her tea forgotten sat in her chair, Mvra
leaned back dehnstly in the corner of the
rouch And the third, the little actress.
never lost her impersonal attitude She
too leaned back against the couch, her
hin IN her hand. looking az Myra rs
though she were a curious and strange
little being. something 10 be studied
The silence drew out Even Nvra felt
& for the red ran into her cheeks and she
dropped her eyes.
TomoTow-Gaby Takes Hand