Salt Lake Telegram | 1926-08-02 | Page 13 | Her Own Way by a Girl of Today

HER HEll OWN o WAY AY 0 cA 4 GIRL of 0 PITY IS AKIN TO LOVE LOYE Jerry said this this almost in a breath as as he stood on the public public- street holding my hands I. I street I 1 I lo looked l ed up Into his face and a warm contented feeling came ov over r me me as I at him with admiration admi admi- ration This upstanding person Is Ismy Ismy Ismy my man I 1 said to myself f He llIe lov loves byes s me me He lIe w wants to to marry me I I. I think if I had not pr promised ed to meet Joan I would have gone with Jerry Hathaway to I luncheon But such was was m my fe feeling Ung at at the V time that I knew I would have told him that I would marry him as soon as he wished me to Sometimes I have wondered wh what t would have happened if I did V S I I As it wa was I I caught sight of Mr Robinson coming down dawn the the- street and arid I was so afraid that he would see me with Jerry or or- Joan that I rushed bac back I into to the drug store where I had been telephoning and out on a a- aside side street V I never said goodbye to Jerry at all In Il fact all aU the way to the Congress in the taxi which I 1 fortunately fortunately tor for for- found standing vacant at atthe atthe I the door I kept asking myself If I had done the done the right thing I 1 was sure Jerry saw Mr Rob Rob- inson He would put two and two together and Jump at conclusion conclusion con con- on- on elusion which was sas that I was tryIng tryIng try- try Ing to avoid him i I knew that notwithstanding the fact that Jerry said he be would trust me th there re was still a little doubt lingering In his mind For some reason he was he-was was jealous of Mr 1 Robinson Rob Rob- inson J JI S I told myself that I would never be jealous of f anyone as as- asit it wa was a asure asure asure sure sure sign of of an Inferiority Interiority complex com Corn plex Smilingly I went vent into the Congress Congress Congress' Congress Con Con- gress gress' gress hotel lobby I Is I's saw w Joan roan roan-Im- Im Immediately mediately and I I- I forgot everything v but her and the wife of Barry C Corn Corn- wall I Poor Joans Joan's face was so white and azid d drawn dawn awn that that I J I p pitied h her her r tr from the bottom of my heart but before I had time to tell teU her she came forward with tears rolling down her cheeks S Judy Is it true I Yes dear and you should be forever forever forever for for- ever grateful But Judy she whispered V I loved him Surely not after the way he treated you I 1 said Yes I did One cannot tell why one loves or why one does not love Barry could have made a splendid man If the fates had not been against him You know he went to France when he was 17 years old and was gassed at Chateau Chateau Chateau Cha Cha- Thierry When he- he came back he couldn't do any hard work and he didn't have much education There was one thing he could do dohe dohe dohe do- do he could dance S Copyright 1926 NEA EA Service Inc Tomorrow Tomorrow Only Only a Dancer