Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1922-11-30
The
Scarlet Woman
20. 1922. Western Newspaper Union.)
b. MYRA c. LANE

1 appeared. and gone back to her fathers
cottage to keep house for him. What
did he think7 What did Joe Norris
think-Joe, now representing his frm
on a business trip West; Joe, who was
engaged to herr
"Why. IT'S this here way explained
old Calender, a mild, lean. elderly
man, who suffered from rheumatlsm
THAT amt Mays baby She adopted
1t from the Home for Fresh Air for
Kids for the summer, SOS to give it
chance like because it's kinder
peaked"
"Oh, Mr. Calender, how can man
Of the world like yourself be taken In
by such nonsense?' demanded Mrs
Rhomb, the deacon's wife. Cant you
see for yourself? What would a girl
like May be wanting with baby, when
she's going 20 be married to Joe when
he comes back?p
Il guess there'll be one wedding put
Off" sneered Hy Pannick, the life in-
surance agent.
1t was certainly seeadalous. May
should have put the infant in home
and hidden her shame in the city, all
agreed, instead OF polluting Hillside
with her presence. Why. there were
young folks in Hillside who knew May,
and four churches.
And then, what made it worse than
| anything, May was so brazen See her
walk into Mr.. Pinnick's shop, as bold
as brass, and ordering yes. ordering
groceries, instead Of creeping in and
paying her money over the counter
humbly. And the child on her arm
That beat creationl
The Reverend Hotfoot stopped her
in the street ore day. "Ahem, Miss
Calender
He slurred the word Miss as IL It
were a little irregular.
"oh, Mr.. Ho1tfootl Yes, that's the
kid i adopted for the summer. Pretty
boy, isn't hep
"Oh, Miss Calender, Is 1t wise, is 1t
right 10 appeal In public carrying the
child?n cir. Hotfoot pleaded. "All
things are lawful but MI things are
not expedient you understand? There
are young people in Hillside"
This is the child | adopted, Mr.. Hot
foot" said May Calender, emphasizing
the adopted"
"0h, yes, 70 BIZ sure said Mr.. Hot
foot, beating a retreat. He told HIS
congregation after that she had flown
at him Ike wildcat.
But what would Joe Norris say--Joe,
now on his homeward trip2 Joe was
pretty hot.tempered It was the
brazenness Of the hussy coming back
with It'll
And then-there was that hot SUM
mer night when 1t was taken so Ill,
and May was raging like mad thing,
Doctor Hollis said, for fear one Of
those commissions would carry 1t off.
oh, yes, Hillside wasn't composed of
fools.
Old AIR. Calender, under Mays
thumb, meekly submitted to her rule
Privately he believed what the world
! believed, but he didn't dare express
himself, and May certainly was some
housekeeper
Katie Jackson, whom Joe had once
gone with, was especially vindictive
She was at the head of the organiza-
ton which ignored Nay in the street
for the sake Of decency, and Mr.. Hot
foot's sermon that first sunday after
Mays return was really Katie jack
sons working, katie was the Reverend
Hotfoot's niece.
But what would Joe say9 Joe was
in Chicago; he was In Detroit; he was
in New York he was expected on Mon
day evening-here he Is at the station,
six feet high, nearly as broad, sun
burned, happy, carrying a grip with a
practiced hand.
"Oh, Mr.. Norris, 1t is sad news that
1 have 10 tell YOU" Mr. Hotfoot led
Joe aside. You must not take any
impetuous action. my dear Mr. Norris
There are loving hearts in Hillside
that will do their best to heal this
wound"
| Joe had at first burst out laughing,
then he became bewildered. then am
| cry
May knew what train he was com
ing on, but it was too hot to leave
/ eoaHef etu AC htCUSA N0uHtlHl dttCAl@
ton Sc she just sat beside his cot
and waited foT zoe.
joe strobe along at his tiye-mile gait,
perplexed wondering. of course he
didn't doubt. But
Say, May" he said as he kissed her,
whats all this internal trouble about
you in town? That old humbug Hot
foot was on my trail as soon as made
the depot. That the kidq Mighty
fine kid. only--why. say May, we can't
afford to start CTR family so darned
quick, can we?"
ats only for the summer, Joe,H an.
swered May. 'Tve got to return him
to the Home for Fresh Air for Kids in
| September"
'But what's the idea?"
''Why, Joe, darling, I--you know I
wanted to find out whether ! really
had the grit to get married when it