The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1921-05-05
JEANS VICTORY
BY HAZEL |. WILLIAMS.

4 INSTRUMENTATION NORTHUMBERLAND
CG. 1921. BY Mcclure Newspaper syndlcatsJ
Tom brought his bride 20 the little
suburban town where the Millions hal
lived ever since they came over gu one
Of the FIRST ships from England. II
was a snobbish little town, and from
the first everyone said Toms marriage
would be failure. For he bad com.
mitted the objectionable sin OF over
looking the marriagesble girls In bis
own set and marrying rank outsider.
And that wasn't all. Tom had found
her doing q song and dance act In q
cabaret. TO the people In q smsil
town, where everyone has always
known everyone else. al outsider u
whom they know nothing always re-
mains more or less an outsider. But
TO be an actress into the bargain
placed Jean entirely outside tire pale.
That the song and dance had been n
very good one, as well MS innocent aud
clean, made no difference.
The young people Opened up the big
house and In due tine people called.
However, they were Obliged to ad-
nit that the house was clean. and that
| Tom seemed 10 be very well cared for
indeed. Instead OF helping Jeans case
| this only served TO antagonIze them
the more, for everyone hates to he
proved IN the wrong. No one ever
called twice, for there seemed TO he
an unSpuken agreement among the
town ladies to slight Jean as much as
possible.
Tom was member Of the country
club, so he took his bride TO several
Of the Saturday night dances, where
she WAS rather popular with the men.
Naturally she was splendid dancer.
She was pretty, too, AMI men found
her the best Of company. She would
have been Just as friendly and anus
ing with the women, but they never
| gave her q chance. At first she Thought
size could get along very nicely with.
out the approval Of the women, but
| she soon found that the married men
no longer asked her for dances, and
even some Of the Younger cnvs began
10 show the influence NJ mothers and
sisters. OF course u made ToIs very
unhappy, for this was his home town."
and he Intended TO spend q good many
years there. He spoke Of 1t to Jean
JUST once ror When he saw the hurt
1908 W her eyes he realized that after
al u Was hardest an her.
IN the end jean found that she real
~ didn't care whether they approved
af her az not, for deep 10 her heart sh,
hhew 'hem Tor What they were. This
- how II came about:
! II WAS q fesrfuily hot night In Au-
gust, almost TOO hot TO dane. anyhow
when she and Tom arrived at the
club rather late. Jean walked into
the dressing room, TO 6nd II crowd
ed With women. There was noihlng
strange III mat, for 10 was usually n
faNorfte resort between dances. But
'hcre was something strange in the
way they We're standing aroEnd wills
"rihg. Something In the atmosphere
, suggested panic. As Jean entered She
heard whisper.
shes been sick for a week and no
one has heeh near her bur the doctor
and he can't even get u nurse 10 take
/ the ease. My dear. shes got"
, The speaker saw lem and turned
! her back uuiclly so ia. last ,,orJ y.os
lost. Jean walked into tie room and
/ saw a girl sitting IN huge chair. Her
pretty face was CHASTITY ana she was
talking Historically to the women
near her.
u rode out from town with her the
day she was taken H." she WAS saving
MY God, II ! get II my face will he
| marked"
Her voice rose IN trembling cres.
cepdo aud broke. Jean stared nj her,
look Of horror slowly dawnlng IN
| her eyes. She turned and walked
quietly from the room and stood for
. moment on The yeranda, contemplst-
Ing o search for Tam. She decided
SgaiDst II because she knew he would
try 10 prevent what she Intended to