Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-06
GREAT PLANS.
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=, took Ruth a week 10 get over the
o,rer little sick feeling that came with
NIyr,, : letter For some time she had al
most thought that she WAS oil over her
love with Tim, and that she had buiit
up her life again, n.
tb,n how could she he, when money
uas so hard to make, when her outlook
was narrowed by the little town she live
in. when her progress, her career rs
she sometimes called It, was made SLOW
because she had never had chance
And too. there WAS the worry over her
fathers failing health--and between her
and her mother there was gradually grow
ing a spirit Of antagonism.
One bv one her old schoolmates were
marrying Though she was only 2O, she
had not oven one devoted admlrcr TO
her credit as the other girls would express
IL. Ruth. they said. WAS gong To he an
''old maid n,
But the girl did not care for tins,
though she was conscious OF the com
mont She went on about her work and
built nm her plars and decided that men
and love would have no part IN her hie,
She had almost persuaded herSei'
that she WAS happy this way when Nyla
letter brought home to her the reaiiLa-
tlon thet she would give everything she
owned. or hoped to own, to change pia'es
with her former chum
After n week. she was abe to answer
.b,, iottor Her own answer seemed tame
enough when she read II over
Il s,pposr your mother has written
ahout our new Fairgrounds and our
hand conerts" part OF her letter ran.
And of course YOU would like the club .
Wo'ye becomc so bg we have rival club
now which q friend of mime SAYS IS true
greatness.
"Then tho Civic Committee IS dong
,,,,at things I'm secretary of that, anu
4 and my work for the club and TINS
httIe real estate office keep me busy nc
club has taken an old farmhouse IS
country club. We have tuT1 ishcd Il from
,ast-ofi thlrgs begged from members
and rext wear we are gong to nave y
J,rc N 6uc style hv All interior decorator
I'm t,Nirg To develop those helds
aver the river do YOU remember, the
H,t bar,en stretch beyond the old Budge'
| want model houses and model conf
r,urity there hut its Ing thing. and
MAY not get II.
Tint this cant interest you ION nave
much moor things to think about. ! sup
nnse ,ou have charming apartment,
ard lots Of nice dresses
She tried to say something about 'he
exp.cte,i baby. hut somehow she could not
And then her most coveted plan ne
r,p to go through. Vt several mecuh ks
Ruth had gore over her IDEAS WITH the
Committee. and Largely had ohtalhed
plars and approximate costs ana mao
ryon made some rough hlue-prnts
-bo cot her COMMITTEE 50 interested
tnat they began winuirg over the town
politiciare. Largely sent out tentative
'ffc.s 10 maj ufactuli centres, hQmi Y
l.e.s1,sde some factories TO build there
The city granted corcessons
But the plans dragged all that sum
mer and fall
started II was scarcely felt III 50 quiet anc
- far away a place as Aarketo"n-'lhh
suddenly foreign governments bega
wanting things made They seemed t.
want everything chemicals, explosives
even shoe iaces and leather belts.
And thsn. that winter. the i'oom
began.
7And now, Langley said orc eyenl,nR
4 he sst at the living room table m Ruth 5
home-"now YOU II sec things start hap
rc.ipQ Today | had letter from New
York offering me the position Of purchas-
no agent for some big French concern
that has become part Of the Government
Put Id rather Stay here and put through
this plap Of ours. But my child, We must
now watch out for graft This mad scheme
which the town has laughed 81. Is at last
being taken seriously In few days every
ono Will try to buy those lands and then
you II see the prices 60. up.
But. If We get the MAYOR and the
rest of the town officials to put out oity
hoads. evervode CA share Ii the prosper
iv-provided there Is any prosperity.
And so the idea went through The
?ctual land to he used for factories was
tu he offered free as Al nducemeat 70
draw manufacturing there Inc one rall-
road and the river afforded transportation
good enouph to start with Enough ground
10 build the addition to the town was
bought bv the city on bonds tioated
among the city people aud offered on
time payments.
The bonds were sold Langley bought
y number. Ruth managed to purchase
Two on the instalhnent plan.
If | had money, Id BUY the farm,
for two miles each side OF the new ad
dtion. she said once.
I've bought some ground, Langley
confessed. An abandoned farm, th6
ouner refused to believe it would be
worth anything. I've got all my money
tied up IN this.
Then. when things got IN shape, the
Committee voted Ruth small percentage
OF the possible profits because II was hel
zeal and her idea that had started the
whole thing. She was working now with
the wealthiest men of her little town
and with even a few of the big landowners
who formed the aristocracy of that sec
tlon-people owning big estates to which
they came only in summer, people whose
real life depended not on Marketown
but on New York or Pittsburg, or Phlla-
delphia.
And if our ideas do go through
Ruth said one night
Langley looked UP from his work
you'll make several thousand dollars
he answered.
Tomorrow Boom