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6 IU .U S T K A T K D F R A T I RK S E C T IO N Septem ber 13. I » » 0 Summer School Brought Me a Beautiful Love WEEKEND TRUE STORY ! W o u ld S t ill be M o n o to n o u s!v M a r r ie d in a L ittle Southern I o>v n i f . Read this Frank Confession of an U nhappy W om an ♦ m y prrxiliam ent Hhe *u |gfs(rd tlm t+ ih m n m y conduct If it knew, bui it I take hrr two-room a|tar tment in | didn't know and couldn't know, and the rxchiMve Hark’ Uncoil) Apart - . even if It did 1 didn't caret Ho lung menu* Miue »he was gtnng to i'all- had I suppicased my youthful long ings and cravingi for true roman« * fom la on vacation It wan ii*rm ! while tied down to a brute fifteen and goon ! was U h uted years my senior, that ! ««mid do *•«» 1 knew practically no one In New j no longer They had to have aoin«* York and at find It wax pretty lone outlet, and . . . well, I promised m y some Then one Friday night a re self to be d jv rrrt ception wit* given for summer school Ala.- It wu* mi difficult to lx* dis student* at the LIMh Street ilranch 1 creet with Itamon! All «if the vol Library where several writers and canic fires of the world seemed to bo ports were scheduled to addrena ii.a ill Ills blnud He fairly dripped j»a» - I went juyoualv. eagerly, and there I j slon, the strong vibrant iwsslon *>f met the first man who ever realty a t the lands of perpetual sun I felt tracted me Itamon de Itendo He was so different from any man i ('onttntard on Page Seven I had cvri met that the comput I g»n was startling Tall, erect. »lender. I athletic, very dark wltii well-nuuilded b l o o d f W h a t • I ha c » u » r i* h il for » R P » boofclrl ; feature«. long. »lender. delicate o «(soul IH »• • «ta r » T i r a i n t m l n «w l • « « * « • • hands, long, curving rye I a shag.1 fu lly fo r " » « f t ffm t* lit l i t « »»«*•* o t r i * i gracefully curved eyebrows and flaah- w|.«t rh iu titc caaa* W n lr lu i* ■ ing wlUle. even teeth; he was the Hi C a n t«*. ITS rt W « « l l i a | U a *1 H I (If. « 1 very perfection of Negro manhood We danced ail evening together after introducing ourselves in that charm ingly Informal manner of New York ers. We ate Ice cream and drank «vhf .f au. ! lemonade while we told about our w a r»» <■«« O I ***** hue »•*-» I'*« ' » émt selves U * »W l* l l r b t t M l . *** •. M I He was the only son of a wealthy I j Brasilian exporter In Kio de Janeiro _____ ________ t 9mm w m r t r- .r. . . • i , ^ . § y .« l ^ W* finishing his senior year at Kordham University He spoke of himself j modestly and paid me the most gal lant compliments on my beauty and culture In delightful I f l f t l i , »lightly mellowed by his native laKin tongue It was a matter of love at first sight with me Itamon was the first j man I had ever met whom I deemed I j uiy equal I could not help but com- i pare him with my coarse, uncouth 1 brutal husband .tun HUm<- and \ »mile wryly at the tricks Kate plays | on us. Where Jim was Indifferent and inattentive. Itamon danced at- ' i tendance upon ine and catered to my every wish, and yet he was a l Ramon (on the extreme left) was very handsome ways live cultured gentleman, never the slave Where Jim spoke to me in IFE is queer! One goes along in an ordinary sort of not give his consent until the prtn- the language of the store ami livery way and then all of a sudden something very unusual 1 cipal urged him to do so I selected stable. Ramon addrrnsed me as a Columbia University I had always courtier speaking to a noble lady happens that may alter one’s whole existence. Life \ wanted to see New York City and Tluit first night as we came away is, after all, just a series of incidents like a row of wooden enjoy some of the pleasures of llar- from tlie library, lie breathed an *T I lein in mv car lfow it th rill soldiers; one only slightly agitated moves all of the rest. a tug of war to get away ed me! How It aroused dreams of W hat you do today or tomorrow may decide when, where but It I was finally made It. What a thrill ¿1 fairy castle atop a verdure-dad and with whom you w ill end your days. To fight against it to get on a train going away from knoll under the deep blue sklrs of is almost futile, since this merely starts another chain of Elverson. my husband and the hvpo- the tropics! I felt at last that I had \ critical goasips and bores of my met my ufflnlty I was in a Seventh incidents that may have a worse result. I home town! Three months’ vacation Heaven 1 i Itilfht I let R u m b k; Tak- me. for example Five J H IltM h n a l appointment at hflOM kept | In the great metropolis of the New me at my aimrtrnent door ; World! How thrilled I was at the I knew It was wrong; knew it wil -. ago I was successful In being ap- there, made me lonesome and If I had ! prospect! All night I stayed awake a violation of my marriage vows; pointed teacher of English in the easy prey for Jim Blaine ! thinking about It Greensboro, Dan knew I was deceiving my husband, colored high school in our little North gone to Chicago it would have been ville. Lynchburg passed, then Wash- knew that .«U Klvet *-n would con Carolina town I had been plan different. Anyway, he proved to be ! lngton. a change of trains and final- ning to go to Chicago and take up a coarse. Ill-mannered brute ex : ly the huge l*ennsylvanta .Station at social work but the appointment kept tremely Jealous and yet Incapable of 13rd Street, New York me at home. Elver on Is a staid, arousing love In my breast. Instead. As I said, life Is queer When 1 religious, highly moral, uninteresting I came gradually and reluctantly to arrived at the colored Y W C A on and bor. some place where the only loath him. I hated to have him put I 137th Street. I found there was no recreations are church socials, bridge his hands on me. and yet I had to room vacant— I had forgo! ten to S u ffe r e d I w o Y e n rs games and the radio. I had grown submit to his unwelcome caresses. . make reservation As luck would to detest it but I had to stay because I could n't quit There was little have It. however. I met In the lobby "For two years I suffered my widowed mother needed me and Jim to think of. and besides Elverson of the dormitory, Sybil Thornton, a with nervous breakdown at the money 1 was making, to keep up was the only place 1 knew So I I girl with whom I had gone to school the old home. stuck it out. teaching at school, pre | at Shaw and who was a school \ the Change of I ite. I had such Things happened pretty rapidly a f paring meal*, going to church, being teacher In New York Jury Spells I would nearly tail I explained and detest ter that appom'ment As one of the a dutiful wife and on «lie tl.Hir. A friend told me attractive and best-dressed colored ing my husband. Do You Want a Baby? aUnit the Vegetable Cairn girls In town I became the cause of Well, the situation remained the a bitier rivalry between the bache same, until this past summer pound. Since tal mg ir I do The ■rut irre-HHir to each family lors of the town They were largely principal of my school had hinted not have those spells and I can Regular SI. ihi Treatment an ordinary crew and I couldn’t be that it would la* a good idea for ine do my work whi> h is cooking, bo'hered with them. to go to summer school as I was the I *T v i i m a rried and l»n «# d fo r a baby I washing, and ironing. I feel It's an awful thing to be tied down only one <f .i the faculty that had e v e ry day. w ith all my h ea rt, hut * « t ' denied. w r ite * Mrs. I. fic h rlle r, In d ian a. 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