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Show Iathleel1 Kathleen ( Norris Says : School Love Affa Afaiis 1 1S S Can Be Dangel Dangerous DangerousBell OIlS ( Ben Bell Syndlcate-WNU Syndlcate WNU Syndicate--WNU Syndicate - - - Service ) t n tn , sor f fii ii iir ; ; r r ra a if 1 ly . , _ ,3 3 6 - _ tK a sa a \ - _ s sii ii/ ii iii iiF iij7 / , j7\ j7 j7Alatt \ i F JIlatl Alatt ua.s uas teas . qu te to cl clanged anged angedwhen when he returned lIe gripped grippedmy my hands handsand and andsad andsaid sad said , to w wme tome me I Icould could kIll 141 you now There s no moment when I couIdn couldn f t kU hiU , you But I belet beliet , e a you II 11 IIcome 11come come back fo to me By KATHLEEN NORRISTHIS NORRISTHIS NORRIS / HIS is the story of Angela An Angela THIS | gela , who is now 23 , , and andwants andwants ancwants wants to be married marned thispring tills this tillssprmg thisspring ! sprmg spring to the man who has haswon haswon ha ; won her heart heart-and heart and - and not onl onlher only onlyher onlyher her heart , , but her mind mmd and andsoul ancsoul andsoul soul He is nine mne years older olderthan olderthan olde : than she an army doctor stationed sta staboned stationed boned tioned at one of our mldwest midwest mldwestern midwestern midwestern ern posts It would be a fin finmarriage fine finemarnage finemarriage < marriage marnage for Angela for he hecould hecould hicould could give her a great deal m in incomfort u comfort and posItIOn that her earlier earl1er life Me has not hadBut hadBut had hadBut But there s a cloud The cloud isan i ian IS ISan an old friend named Matt who wasAngela was wasAngela wa ' Angela s boy friend when she was wasIn wasin wa ' in high school schoolWhen schoolWhen schoolWhen When I . was v.as vas 17 and Matt two twoyears twoyears tw twyears ' years older I thought there was no- no nobody nobody - - body I 1 ke h m her letter says We Wewere Wewere were really crazy about each othel other otherMatt otherMatt Matt is a b g powerful fellow whoseemed who whoseemed wh 3 seemed much older than he was wasand wasand and there was not a girl in m schoc school schoolwho schoolwho who would not have been thrilled tohave to tohave have him hum in m love w th herHe her herHe He talked then about gettm gettIng gettIngmarrIed getting gettingmarried married but my mother told me methat methat that at our ages no affair could be besenous beserious senousWent seriousWent serious senous . Went to Matt s CottageMatt Cottage Matt and h s brother had a 1 ttle ttletO ttletwo two t\\O t O \ room cottage on the college collegegrounds collegegrounds grounds and when his brother wasaway was wasaway w : away I used to go there sometzmes sometimes sometzmeswe sometimeswe we would buy provisions at theCash the theCash th thCash Cash and Carry cook ourselves littie lIt- lIt lIttle - - " tie tle dinners dmners and have great tun fun I Iwas Iwas was living IIvmg part of the time at home homeIn homein in a town seven miles a away way and part partof partof I of the time with my aunt m in town townso townso ' so that I could manage a good deal dealof dealof de ; II of spare t me without being bemg ques questoned quest quo ; ! toned t t oned tonedEventually onedEventually Eventually on perhaps sue SIX orseven or orseven seven occasions I stayed overn ghtthere ght ghtthere there I was never happy about thIS thISI thi ; ' I knew it was not right and I was wasalv.ays wasalways always alv.ays alvays . atra afra d his lus brother would re return return n turn unexpectedly and lose his re respect respect n nspect spect tor for meThat meThat me meThat That June Matt left college in m rus his hisjun rusJun hj hjjun s jun or year and went to a lumbermill lumber lumbermill mill to make enough money to get getmarr getmarr g ( marr ed ea Our correspondence langUIshed langUIshedMatt languishedMatt Matt was sent to Central Amenc Amenca America Americayears Amencyears Amencayears years went by I got my teacher ' sdegree sdegree s degree and enjoyed my work and andthen andthen then last year I met Jack We haveall have haveall all our plans made for a spring sprmg wed wedding wedding w < ding I love Jack romantically Jdl idi JdlotIcally idiotically " otically but I hope sensibly too I Ican Ican - can imagine zmagme no life more glonously gloriously glonouslysatIsfymg gloriouslysatisfying y satisfying satIsfymg than that of being bemg myCaptain my myCaptam Captain Captam s wife wifeBut WIfeBut wifeBut But the problem is that Matthas Matt Matthas M ; has returned to town and whether whetherhis whetherhis , his feeling feelmg for me died out or notIt not notIt it is at the blazing blazmg point now He HeInsIsts Heinsists Insists that I am promised to himand him himand hi ; and that we never ended that engagement en engagement < gagement and that I cannot in honol bono ; ' marry Jack JackA A Violent TyJIe Type TyJIe'ThIS TypeThis ' This 'ThIS would be merely silly if ifwere It Itwere itwere . , . I were not that he is an angry and andI andviolent andviolent violent type His IDs brother told me meonce meonce . . . once that their father killed himself himselfand himselfand ' and Matt s mother in m a jealous rage rageI , Q I sent tor for Matt and we had a ter terrlble terrible ' , ' nble rlble rible Interview Intervzew He threatened todisclose to todIsclose disclose everything everythmg to Jai-k Jai k JaLt Jack ! - . , , who has hasreturned hasreturned returned to his post I could tell tellhim t thim tellhim him truly that Jack knew of It it , , , and andhad andhad had said that my foolishness foollsh11ess as abttle alttle a little lttle bttle ! girl would not affect his love loveand lo loveand and respect for me todayThen todayThen today Then Matt swore that I wouldnever would wouldnever ; d never live Bye to be Jack s wife that ' , Ihad I Ibad I had bad given myself to him and be belonged belonged longed to him body and soul and andthat andthat that if of he could not have roe me here herehe he hehe herehe he would " , ould have me in eternity . A REAL PROBLEM PROBLEMIt It is sometimes somehmes consIdered consIderedold consideredold consideredold old fashioned to talk tall taIb taIbo . o of f pro protechng protecteng protecting techng tecteng a a tvoman's tvomans woman's womans ' ' 'honor honor ' honor"but honorbut , " but the fact remains that the thewoman theWoman thewoman woman nho tho uho ( , sacrifices sacrzfices herhonor her herhonor herhonor honor or whatever whafever you choose chooseto chooseto to laterbe callIt call it mil utll 72111 utllsooner 72111sooner sooner or later laterbe laterbe be facedtufh facedufth faced tufha uftha iuth tufh ufth a problem she shecannot shecannot shecannot cannot so easily dismiss Forinstance ror For rorInstance Forinstance Instance there fhere is Angela a agzrl agirl agirl gzrl girl girlo gzrlof of o f 23tho 23uho 23 it-fco it fco tho uho ( , - uant uantt uants ! to marrya marry a doctor in his Ius early thlrfles thirties thirtiesAngela thlrflesAngela thirtiesAngela Angela is ISjomg / going /jomg jomg ahead aheaduzth aheadulth uithher uzth ulth uzthher ulthher her plans for a spring sprtn/j sprtn j / nedding ted tied tedding tiedding ( , ding but bllt she ts IS afraid afraidof afraId-of afraId of afraIdofa afraIdofman - - of a aman man who has returned to toclaIm toclaim claim her They Theywere were highschool ! high ugh ughschool schoolsueefhearfs schoolsueetiearts school siteethearts sueefhearfs sueet/iearts sueet iearts / New Now Mattfeels Mattfeels Matt Mattfeels feels that Angela has no right rz/ht rz ht rightto rzhtto / ! , to marry anyone else KT rT fl hat hatshould hatshould hatshould should shouldshe she do do9 ? ' My father is dead and I I dare darenot darenot dar ' not frighten fnghten my mother with thIS thISbut thisbut but I am sick with terror for fearhe fear fearhe he will uIll keep his word What can canI canI ca : I I do7 do ? ' I am going gomg ahead with wed weddIng wedding ding plans and bridesmaids bndesmalds dresses dressesbut dressesbut but I am in m a cold sweat when I Iwake Iwake . wake up it 'It ' it n ght and any htti httisound lzttle little lzttlesound littlesound , sound makes my heart stop Do you youthmk youthink yo ' ] think thmk he will dare do It it7 ? ' I cannot cannotwarn cannotwarn warn the police because then there therewould therewould , would be publicity and if he knew knewhe knewhe , he was being bemg watched or was waswarned waswarned wa wawarned warned he might grow desperatee desperateHe desperate He is quite changed from what whathe whathe he was or not so much changed as asworse asworse a worse than he was angrier angner and andharder andharder harder He gripped gnpped my hands and andsaId andsaid an said to me I v . would ould kill you nowThere nowThere now There s no moment when I I couldn tkin t tkIll kill kin you But I believe you 11 II coIro coir con ' " ' . back to roe me and I 111 II U wait walt watt until I msure m msure r rsure sure you are double crossing crossmg me meThe meThe The letter ends with a wild ai ap appeal appeal aipeal peal shall she run away away7 ? ' Shall Shallshe Shallshe Sha : she hide7 hIde ? ' Shall she tell Jack c cher of ofher ofher her danger7 danger ? ' What shall shalI she do do7 do7Advised ? ' Advised to MoveMy Move MoveMy MoveMy My answer went to her by aIrmail aIrmaildays airma airmaildays : days ago and today she writes me megratefully megratefully gratefully that she is following followmg my myadvice myadvice m : advice and that she hears that Matt I has left townI town I advised her to move with hermother her hermother I mother to the aunt s home whereher wher where whereher her mother was going gomg to move any anyway anyway yay way after the wedding weddmg and by all allmeans allmeans ] means to notify the police The Thechances Thechances chances are that Matt Matts s threat threats threatswere threatswere were only threats only the lastdespairing last lastdespalrmg lasdespairing despairing despalrmg gesture of a man who whosees whosees whi sees his girl won by a better man manBut manBut But even so it is just as well notto not notto no noto to risk anythmg anything anythmgThe anythingThe The aunt s family consists besIde beside be side herself of two bachelor sons sonsa sonsa a much harder group to scare thanare than thanare thaiare are two lone women And more thanthat than thanthat tha : that the police pol1ce instantly mstantly checked on onMatt onMatt o : Matt and temporarily temporanly placed a aguard aguard iguard guard mconsp inconsp cuously m the nClgh neigh neighborhood nClghborhood borhood of the apartment houseSo houseSo house So the probability probablllty is that Angela In Ina Ina ii a few weeks will feel herself safe safeIn safein sat . in her new home with a husband to toprotect toprotect ti protect her herBut herBut But when it has involved Intima Intimacles intimadies cies cles dies the exchanging exchangmg of passIonate passIonatenotes passionatenotes notes signed your adoring adormg hus bus busband husband lOVIngWIfe band your crazy little lOVIng lovingwile wife wile the buying of groceries and andcookmg andcooking cooking cookmg them m In a tiny tmy cabin cabm and andespecIally andespecially an < especially when the g rl has gIven gIventhe the man the supreme proof of her herlove herlove he : love and trust then there is a bon bond bondthat bondthat < that isn t easily brokenWe brokenWe broken We hear a good deal in these days daysabout daysabout about the unimportance ununportance of a wom worn woman wornan an s a honor She doesn doem t harm any anyone anyone one but herself the stria grI5 girls ! argueand argue argueand argueand and it s nobody a s business ' ' |