Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1950-01-28
PORTRAIT OF JERRY
by Jack Overton

were lettering their condition
financially at the time.
Tricks were played against
Audrey continually but her viz
tue and God protected her. Au-
drey saw that her only hope Of
saving Jerty's good qualities
were continual prayers that he
would wake up before it was too
late. Perhaps the only thing that
would actually awaken him was
a loss of all worldly possessions
and Of all false friends.
AS he stood, he could be no
help to his race. When he found
that he did not straighten out his
domestic difficulties, he tried to
get the big job without Audrey
and Hailed Then he blamed Au-
drey when he should have blamed
NAMED himself and his false
friends. AS long as he was easily
led, he could be NO real help to
the world. Iudrey saw that she
had created Frankenstein to do
stroy the beauty in the world.
And she was afraid.
When she had first met him
her high ideals had changed his
attitudes. At that poinnt he had
been on the verge of suicide Her
faith, beauty Of mind and high
morals had inspired him to hei-
ghts...
Now his ego. which she had
always recognized as destructive
was pushing him toward a drive
Tor power that was DESTROYING
him, without her level headed in
fluence. He needed her. But she
had been nursemaid too long anc
had grown tired. If God mean
for Jerry to be destcyed, this
would happen. She must save
othes. Like Lot, who left his wife
when she turned back toward
Sodom and Gomorrah, she mus
leave Jerry, unless he saved him.
self before it was too late. Ant
the only way Jerry could say,
himself was to humble himself
to pray, to admit his lies, to al
low his better self to becom
uppermost. She could not do thai
fer him. 1t would bring decei
and hpyocricy.
1t seemed that his ego was 81
strong that he would listen to n,
body And if he went on like Hit
Ter, Mussolini of other unscrupu
lous dictators, he would ultimat,
~ perish.
She made one last effort t
save him. She humbled herself
sacrificed all pride and went tc
| him for one last time. But in his
arrogance and pride, he boosted
to his false friends and double
crossed her. Only abject poverty
would bring him to his knJ,s.
And it had to come. But Audrey
was afraid that he couldn't take
it that he would commit suicide
if he lost everything. He didn't
possess her spiritual strength, and
SO she prayed for him,
The main thing she worried
about was the fact that, after
building him into a person Oh
power, he wars selling out his
race. To many people were to 4
hurt.
He was in with all the rich
crooks and III the town where he
lived; this was a protection. Law
lessness reigned supreme there
He and his stcoges boosted of
their political power. They thou
ght they could do anything and
get away with it.
Pretending to be an atheist in
this "dog eat dog" world, Jerry
felt that when life ended, every
thing ended, SO why worry here
on earth, especially when you
could repent and get forgiveness
at anytime.
Jerry was also a coward; And
because he was a coward he coy
cred it over with braggadocia.
But that political power went
just 50 far. One look at the evi.
dence and the jury decided the
case in favor Of Audrey.
You'd be better of without
the. little scoundrel," sand her
lawyer and he friends
In order tc get sympathy, Jerry
SAID ne has had frienged illness
He walked into court pretending
to have ulcers, walking in like he
was walking Oh stills. His brown
face was ashen, and he kept Civ
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