Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-08-06

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looking straight into
Carol Bakers eyes. Il
wonder if You could help me-"
Carol was a very wise woman. she
did not come over to Jean and take
her hands and ask for any. conf
and said calmly, Help you how,
when I came away" Jean went
on, Il came away for good. thought
til I got my bearings, and then !
would get work Of some kind. II
you could help me to get something
to do, l should be so grateful"
Had you anything in mind "
Jean shook her head mo, but
there must be something l coulo
do. SO many women work for a llv-
thing"
Does your husband know about
this idea of yours?'
Jean flushed scarlet and her SEN
sitive lips quivered. of course not
He sends me money, and, of course,
he doesn't realize that it hurts me
to have to accept it. 1 want to play
fair, 1 don't want to take every
thing and give nothing, that's why
1 simply must get something to DO
You see that, don't you"
81 think [ understand. You want
to get work, anything SO long as 1t
brings you money, SO that you can
return his check to him some day
and tell him not to send any more.
"Oh," jeans eyes were miserable
Carol had but to look into them to
know that what she said was true.
II don't want to interfere in the
slightest with your private affairs,
my dear, but you have given me your
confidence to certain extent, and
must tell you what L think. Why
don't you have talk with your nus
band?"
understand. I couldn't do that.
don't want to talk with him. [ feel
all my ideas slipping away from me
when I am near him. He is so big
and overpowering and 1 feel 50 small
ing wildly, but 1 didn't want to
marry him. At first I thought /
couldn't, but 1 was so afraid to be
poor and father died and l was all
alone. I've never told any one abou(
so wildly now. But I just had to
tell some one, I had to-"
"And so you married him because
you were afraid of being poor" Carol
said slowly.
Again Jean flushed, but it was
true; she deserved to near the tfuth;
"And so you married this man and
found out afterward that you would
rather face poverty than live with
him. is that it"'
yes" the word came in a whis-
per.
But you came to New York with
his consent"
Yes"
He has been rather fine about it,
hasn't he? 1 think he deserves a
square deal. Have you ever given
a thought to his side of the question,
or to the fact that you are consider
ing only yourself?"
Jean was silent. Had she? Wasn't
it true that she had been so busy
plying herself that there had been
no room in her thoughts for Mark
excepting to revile him mentally!
Then with a sudden trembling of her
whole being it seemed she remem-
bered that time when he had kissed
her Her terrible hatred of him had
dated from that time. She had never
been able to recall it without shud-
dering. but now somehow as she
looked back she remembered Mark
differently. Her experiences in the
city, her unconscious comparisons,
had gone deeper than she had lmag-
ined. Until Carol Baker had spoken
to her. Jean had never given herself
the luxury of thinking. so how could
she dream that certain preconceived
notions she had formed might have
undergone a process of change?
ITO Be continued.)