she sneaks out of the house, goes to ironton because already some clubs there where people can dance. and at one of these clubs, ritzy ray's is the name of it, she meets a man, an exciting older man, 29 years old, his name is colonel scott. colonel is his given name, not a military rank. but the colonel doesn't mind letting the 15-year-old girl think he's a war hero. of course, he actually works in a factory, is married and has two children, that's the part he leaves out. not long later kathleen becomes pregnant. she's 15. and she tells colonel scott. the colonel announces that he's going to do the right thing for her, but he's just been called away by the army. he's going to come back in just a couple weeks, and they'll take care of everything. and so kathleen goes to her mother, says she's pregnant, the father is going to marry her. you can imagine her mother's reaction, but nancy really does love kathleen. and so she says she'll stick with her, they'll all get through this, it's not the child's fault. and colonel scott never comes back. and kathleen is furious. there's another fell