South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-02-23

Linked With Hnmon.
At II my life became linked with
Jake l. lannon's. He had persisted
In his attentions during the two
years following my school days He
pressed his attentions upon me on
every occasion. lie told me l was
beautiful. No one had ever told
me that before. He did everything
that would turn the head Of a girl
OF that age.
was a small town girl. Remem-
Der. L had never been outside of
oklahoma l could conceive Of no
adventure more wonderful than a
trip to Kansas City or Fort Worth.
They seemed as far away and as
inaccessible as the north pole to my
simple mind. But despite my ig-
norance and inexperience, 1 was not
an easy victim TO this man old
enough to be my father. He had
to persist to win me, for rooted in
me was the ideal held before the
average girl-that the goal for
every woman IS marriage. And that
her love and virtue are to be sur
rendered only TO the man God has
destined for her 10 wed.
Full of Romance.
Like most girls Of seventeen, I
was full of romance. had a dream
man, young and splendid, who some
day would come a 'wooing and
carry me far away to love and be
loved always ana always.
Both my father and mother were
orphans from childhood. Ny moth
er had had a lonely existence until
my father came into her life. He
was her first and only sweetheart.
She waited for him five years Ny
romance was to be as sweet as
theirs, but Of course, not without
its flaws. Without these, il was the
most beautiful in the world.
And when my sweetheart came,
he was not young and splendid like
my dream man. But love waves
magic wand and the eyes behold
the image the heart desires.
Lacked Judgment.
A girl Of II has not the judgment 1
of a woman. How was I 10 know /
that the wooing OF this man who f.
pressed his attentions on me. who I
pursued me for two years, was Moth |
ing more than a campaign carefully
planned to work on the susceptible !
ity of an inexperienced small-town !
girl with all the conventional ira /
ditions? / laughed when he told /
me I was beautiful. but it did I'LL !
me with pride. His gifts dazzled my /
simple eyes. They were inexpensive /
gifts, but they were as wonderful /
as pearls and diamonds. Re told I
me of his am billions and how neces-
sary I was 10 his future.
An enticing picture he painted for /
me, the u&sOphisticated small-town
girl Of II. He would send me TO
business college and then take me
into his Office as 4 stenographer and .
by helping and inspiring him 1
would have a real part in his career
as he rose TO power.
Horribly Old.
At first he seemed so horribly old.
After had yielded TO him. he seem
I'd old no longer but every bit as
young and splendid as the hero OF
my dreams. For love had waved a
magic wand before the eyes Of Il.
7 had given him the first love of II.
7 had not then the Judgment Of a
woman. ] had not woman's eX-
nerience 70 show me the folly Of my
acts. I simply had yielded for ~
could no longer resist.
He sent me 10 business college in I
Oklahoma City and later 20 a school .
m Fort Worth When 7 finished my
business courses. I entered his Office
as a stenographer. He was not a
rish man when I went 70 him. He
wanted wealth and he saw his op-
nortunity in oil. I went with him
into the oil fields I stayed with
him night and day. as he waited
for his first oil well 70 bring him
fortune or failure. Many nights we
went without sisep, many times
without food.
Slept in Car.
We slept sometimes IN our auto
mobile far out in the fields. There
are no comforts or conveniences in
an oil field. Any woman who has
stayed in the fields day in and day
out knows the hardships I endured.
But I was with the man who taught
me 10 love him. He wanted me
there and nothing else mqte~ed. F.
Those days in the oil field were The .
sweetest. happiest in my life IL was
so glorious 20 feel that he needed .
me and that was helIing him
achieve his dreams.