Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-02-17
JEALOUSY.

paper eynd,csie. New York City.
JEALOUSY.
Chapter G.
Langley Williams-yes, tnass hn',
Tim said. $50 he looked you up' 10 i' III
tcwnG;'
No he's at home"
What. his card doing here thenr'
"Ve sent the flowers" Ruth answered
simply
There was n silcnce-
How did he get them!
- s,,,,nsc he sent an order to n city
aors, ~ Ruth answered with great un-
,,,,.orr secretly thinking how the same
,.,ost,on had agitated her until she learn
cd how IAngley's floMerscamc TO be on
INV I re,nenberp' Great light dawn
al on Tim Hes the guy the fellow
,,,,, talked about the other night tho
INC that been working on this new buld-
INC operation with you
y IS he's the one
l,c YOU in love with himY'
I'm Ruth stood up, the color
.nun,p to her checks. That's the sec
vi t,mc YOU We asked that sort of ques-
r,u pld YOU come back here to talk
hike thus =.
y ou are IN love with him." Tim, re-
I.,cd slo,lched again once more against
tho table He stared at the floor moment
You sad something about aapologiz-
i, Ruth said You're already done
so Don you think 8
No ! IN not going yet. lie wa
growing arc!y too lie came ana stooo
:, her char. looking down at her: :,
did come 10 apologiEe-only wei,
,,,os pn.ntioned and IL inter
Nm almost laughsd outright at this
NbI 9, on, Tim?" she asked. II
.r,v thc whole story. You didn't mean
rct INTO real love affair with Myra'
,h,. was sweet and pretty and pleasant
mi tho first thing you knew you were IN
nv, Why not? ] was at home, doing
.tbirc irtc,csting, only worrying Nyra
,os rrar YOU where YOU could see hcr,
h., was ,iall all sorts of interesting
IN * .h;nrs
You were putting up = fight 70 make
n,rcv tar = sick father and family.
NJ. vs. living of her parents and dong
,ofh,rc III deserve what they gave her.
Nm ,nurr wrong i almost fell III love,
M. didn't really. But | guess | must
ave ,ad something, maybe l. did ask
o. 10 marry me. IN some sentimental
mood You ought 70 sec that living room
- .n..rr had soft lights cushions,
.eaurful hings sittirC around-every,,
httr to Yilt a man IN sentlmental MOOD
worder lost my hcad!'
N. stared at her a for moment. Ruth
~ tr,lr Z 10 keep her lgnity. but the
III .u tie rpom was electric She was get
rrrcrvous ard she felt when she grew
rr, Us ar fngsteDed that she would
i, con,rl " the situation.
Rut was IN love with YOU all the
ur H. sand suddenly. Il never for
..t ,1, though, ! felt mighty rncomd-
,rtahlc about the way acted. And
,lcY Nvra said you were falling IN love
Vfh someone else-she never mentioned
,ancs shr pretended YOU didn't want her
II sav who il was-well, ! got furiously
,ealoils. wanted TO come home and punch
MS head-then | remembered l WAS en-
raeed 20 another girl and had Just as
good as jilted you. And when you came
rothe city, YOU remember-for that visit?
Ruth nodded.
Than | knew / loved you, and not
Niyra. But after YOU eft-weh, she
la. A way OF not making me care. She
ake- things 50 easily herself, she makes
,ne feel that way to-sort Of lettingthem
slide Maybe Il : good thing
The girl wanted 20 protest that Il
vasn I, but held her peace.
But Mvra was wrong when she thought
she'd make me stop caring by pretending
YOU were in love with another man. That
,,nly made me want YOU more. The night
took YOU 10 a show-do YOU remember
she told me something ike that and
wanted 10 ask YOU about i all evening
and didn't dare Then we got to your
boarding house. and stood in the little
vcstihule while ] unlocked the door for
,1u do YOU Ruth, ! kissed
sori- ! was 80 Jealous. Ruth
The e1rl started. she tried TO push
her chalr back. bit il was heavy and she
COULD rot move IL She tried 70 rise to
e. away. and she found herself suddenly
iu re mans arms.
Ir.tlnctivelv she fought 70 get away,
arlv % have his arms come more tight
Is around her Every emotion went
through her. anger that ne should dare
fo touch her and that she could not
hight free. H. her head was the thought
af the ight IN the vestibule when he had
kissed her before and Of her mad Joy IL
his kisses
One arm was around her, in some
way he had caught her hanging hair
md pulled her head back so her face was
turned up towards his. They stood look
lug AT each other an instant so, wide
eyed both q httle frghteued.
suddenly Tim laughed-the little low
laugh she used 70 like 50 much in the old
DAYS when they spent long happy even
Ings by the FIRE IN her living room At home
Let me 60. ste said weakly
Tomorrow 4 lie