Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1922-04-07
JEANS VICTORY
BY HAZEL L. WILLIAMS.
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Of the first ships from England. Ii
was sn0bbish little town.. and from
the first everyone said Toms marriage
would be failure. For he had COM
United the objectionable sin of over
looking the marriageable girls in his
own set and marrying a rank outsider
And that wasn't all. Tom had found
her doing song and dance act In a
cabaret. To the people In IA small
town, where everyone has always
known everyone else, an outsider OF
whom they know nothing always re-
mains more or less an outsider. But
TO be an actress into the bargain
placed Jean entirely outside the pale
That the song and dance had been
very good one, as well as innocent anu
clean. made no difference.
The young people opened up the big
house and In due time people called.
However, they were obliged to ad-
init that the house was clean, and that
Tom seemed to be very well cared for
indeed. Instead of helping Jeans case
this only seYed to antagonize them
the more. for everyone hates to be
proved In the wrong. No one ever
called twice, for there seemed to be
an unspOken agreement among the
town ladies to slight Jean as much as
possible.
Tom was a 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 a splendid dancer.
She was pretty, too. and 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 chance. At first she thought
she 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 ones began
TO show the influence of mothers and
sisters. OF course II made Tom very
unhappy, for this was his home town."
and he intended to spend good many
years there. He spoke of II to Jean
just once, for when he saw the hurt
look In her eyes he realized that after
all II was hardest on her.
In the end Jean found that she real
ly didn't care whether they approved
OF her or not, for deep In her heart she
knew them for what they were. This
is how II came about:
1t was fearfully hot night In Au-
"a IN la
when she and Tom arrived at the
club rather late. Jean walked into
the dressing room, to find II crowd
ed with women. There was nothing
strange In that, for It was usually a
! favorite resort between dances. But
= there was something strange In the
/ way they were standing around whis-
suggested panic. As Jean entered she
heard whisper.
"She's been sick for week and no
one has been near her but the doctor,
and he can't even get a nurse to take
the case. My dear. she's got"
The speaker saw Jean and turned
her back quickly. so the last word was
lost. Jean walked into the room and
saw girl sitting in huge chair. Her
pretty face was CHASTITY and she was
talking Historically to the women
near her.
/ II rode out from town with her the
day she was taken H." she was saying
"My God. II get 1t my face will be
marked"
Her voice rose In n trembling cres
cendo and broke. Jean stared at her.
look OF horror slowly dawning In
her eyes. She turned and walked
quietly from the room and stood for
a moment on the veranda, contemplate
ing search for Tom. She decided
against II because she knew he would
try to prevent what she intended to
do. She hurried home and changed
quickly into more serviceable clothes.
She packed a bag and. leaving a note
on the table for Tom, she stole out a
side door and across the field TO the
doctors. She found him preparing to
go out and his face was white and
tired.
am gong out On uH Important
case" he said. $50 II you're not ter
ribly Ill can't stop now
Jean explained her errand and over.
came the Doctors resistance. He ex-
pected the crisis that night and he was
greatly In need of help. even as mex
perienced as Jeans would be.
So the one-time cabaret performer
did what none OF the "virtuous wives
had the courage to do. There Is no
need TO tell of the terrible battle Jean
and the doctor waged against death.
They conquered and Jean stayed with
the woman until she was able to care
for herself again. OF course, Tom
had tried to get Jean home again. but
she was In quarantine. so his efforts
were useless even II she herself would
have consented to 20.
When she finally did go back home
there was look about her that fright
ened Tom. Her old ready smile sell
dom lit up her face and there was a
serenity In her bearing that nothing
could disturb. After seeing what that