Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-08-13
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BY H4ZEE iDEYO BATCHEZOR
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CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XVIII
Jean Prepares to Leave
v Fan knew that hsr visit With
Cicely could not stretch out in
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" Fan knew that her visit with
Cicely could not stretch out in
! definitely. She knew, too, that
~ her presence in the house great
ly aggravated the situation between
Cicely and Jack. Cicely kept compar-
ing her own financial affairs with
jeans, and this fact kept her in a
continual state of turmoil. Jean
thought often in these days of how
little money mattered. Cicely did
not know that she was thrice blessed
in the love that existed between her
self and Jack, and that she was
hurting that love by constant bicker-
/ ings over money matters, 1t wasn't
that Jean. approved. Of, Jacks idea.
Cicely should, Of course, have an al
1oWance. But it didn't seem to Jean
| that she went about handling Jack
as she should have. She antagonized
way Of thinking, she deceived him.
'Well, what would you do?" Cice1y
asked once. So. ..
"Have the whole thing out with
him, simply and directly. Make it an
important issue, put it up to him in
a business way and have yourself
we'll fortified with arguments. Above
all, don't get angry and don't cry.
Men hate tears; very. often they
judge a woman's mentality by hys-
terical outbursts."
tits all very we'll to talk" Cicely
returned. "But it wouldn't be so easy
if you had to do it yourself"
How we'll Jean recognized the truth
Of that. She couldn't settle her own
affairs, but it seemed easy enough
to settle those of another person
through a lot Of advice.
A few days later Jean announced
that she must leave at the end of the
week and Cicely made no strenuous
objections. Perhaps she realized that
there is such a thing as overstaying
she had no definite plans, heaved a
sigh of relief when things were final
ly settled.
She had plenty Of money, at least
there would be no worry about that
for some time to come, and she de-
cided to write Mark that she was
leaving New York and would go to
Chicago for a time. There no one
knew her, and perhaps she could
get something to do.
There were times when nothing In
the world kept Jean from going to
Mark with the truth but the susp1-
cion that he had ceased to care.
Something told her that ne had, that
he must despise her. 1t was strange
herself so much in the wrong when
at the time she had thought her
course the only one open to her. Now
she saw herself as petty and igno-
BILE, womanish in the extreme and
not worth the love that Mark had
given her. He had trusted her, too,
trusted her with his honor. That
thought comforted her, for at least
she had guarded his hoEor sacredly.
There was nothing on that score
that she need feel ashamed Of.
Jean went to say good-by to Carol
Baker firmly resolved to keep away
from personalities, but almost the
first thing that Carol said was, "And
are you going homer"
Jean flushed. mo"
Carol evinced no surprise, it was
not her way of doing things, and
after a few minutes she saw that
Jean had no intention Of making fur
Their condolences and she changed the
subject.
"Oh, by the way" she said finally
and her tone was very casual. 'Tf
you still have the idea that you
would like to stay in New York and
do something, think, can give you
a Job"