Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-12-24
BOB ADVISES SALLIE
TO co TO WORK

/ | suffered a mental crucifixior
through the next few weeks. Life
ahead meant nothing but series OF
dark and heavy-laden days, a time
to be gotten through somehow, sc
that at night, would feel that
another twenty-four hours had gone
The experience cured me of being
uncharitable. No girl will ever have
to endure the misery and heartache
that | suffered by any gossipine
words of mine,
| seemed to grope on and or
through terrifying woods. Each way
| tried to turn, black barriers barred
my retreat | had lost the keen JOY
of living and as far as any enthusiasm
or ambition went, | was without emo:
ton of any sort.
The only three friends who stood
by were Ellie, Marjorie and Bob
Father thought l was i'll and sug-
gested rest but it was impossible for
me to remain in bed.
One day when things were too
puzzling and could find no solution
for the problems that crowded my
brain, / went to have dinner with
! Marjorie and Bob.
ki T'm going on up to bed after din
. ner," Marjorie announced, Bob
wants to talk to you Sallie. Do
whatever he suggests because he al
ways peps me up when l mout OF
sorts. / tell you I've lived on his OPP
timism to these many years.
Bob was just the person | needed
in all the world. We sat in the di
mstillness of the open porch, there
followed half hour that gave me a
new viewpoint.
go to work, Sallie," he said. at
will give you back, first, your cour-
age, then enthusiasm and new faith
in your fellowmen."
ooh, Bobw | sobbed.
~ know it sounds drab and unin.
/ teresting but it's exactly what you
need"
"But if it hadn't been for that
awful mistake, | could have gone or
and on being light-hearted and happy
and | would have had the love of Cur
tiss Wright"
Never mind, Riddle, he'll learr
that mistakes are just line or two
in the book of life. Yours had tt
come to your, Callie, sooner or later
but remember that Fate doesn't worl
with poor material. You're out O.
the ordinary and you've been singled
out. There are lots of other girl
who have done much worse and have
escaped. But it's because you have
big soul possibilities that these hare
experiences have fallen to your lot
The mistakes you've made are thu
htings that go into the melting pot il
which the dross is scared away ant
the real qualities that are substantial
and unbreakable are crystallized init
the thing we call character or SOUL"
"Bob, why should l go to work?
don't know how to do anything.
haven't been trained"
"Never mind, we'll find something
It's necessary, Sale, dear, for onl!
by doing something for other people
will you chisel out the sweetness ant
| charity that are part of your lnnel
self. Marriage to the right man would
have done it," he continued, "ant
| children. You need responsibility tt
! give your spiritual faculties strength.
/ wept copiously. Bob let ms
alone, knowing it was an outlet fol
my burdened mind.
"But Bob, Curtiss will NEVER
understand"
eyes he will, Sallie, in time. With
Curtiss it's just a question of youth
and psychology. AS | told you once
before, every man feels the same way
! about the women he loves and the
more sincere he is, the more intense,
ly he's going to feel that way. He
| can't accept the equal standard basis
no matter how hard he tries. In his
overwhelming love for you, Curtiss
has forgotten that you are just one
of Gods human beings, created as he
! himself, whose impulses and emotions
are fundamentally the same"
eff he knew you as we do, he
would realize that any mistakes that
you could have made would noe nee
essarily mean that your soul was
stained
"Yes, | see what you mean, Bob,
but feel so different about him that
it's hard to understand. If he were
in prison with blood on his hands OF
if he had taken some woman into his
life for week or even month, that
would make no difference in my be-
lief in him. I'd still know he was
fine. I'd consider his mistakes were
only pitfalls in the road over which
he had been led and behind it all, Ia
know the Curtiss who mi loved was
all right and that he was eternally
mine. l might be unhappy and
might suffer but would suffer with
him, not apart. / can't conceive Of
anybody putting the one person the!
love out of their lives for anything
God! you've grown" Bob ex
claimed, "already you talk like {
woman instead of a girl"
"No, it's just that you're helping
me to see mentally. Brushing ava!
the Clouds" -.l,.
Silence.
The tip of Bob's cigarette pierced
the still summers gloom.
Sallie Learns of an Engagement
/ took an hour from my work dur
ing the week to fill my regular en-
gagement at the beauty-shop-m.
one concession to m yformer life. Oh
the afternoon of day that had beer
very hard, asked Collette for facia
pack. 1t always refreshes me, tn,
sweet-scented cream, thhe hot towels
the massage and the pungent witch
hazel, followed by ice.
Everyone went to Collette's. In
deed it was more like a salon with it
buzz of small talk. Each operate
had her own little room but it wa
quite customary for anyone recogniz
ing a voice to scream the latest bit o