Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 294, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 April 1925 — Page 12

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"LTT J/' TXT' Her old friend and neighbor Jimmy Blake calls on her.

SYNOPSIS Chickie (Helena! beloved and only daughter of an old-fashioned couple, Jonathan and Jennie Bryce, feels a bit lonesome since Mary her chum has married Edward MoPike and she refuses Jimmy Blake's marriage proposal only because he is poor. Chickie attends a party given especially for her by wealthy Jake Munson, He begs her to accept, the luxury he can give and though she and Barry Dunne now love each other,' she is interested In Munson and calls on sophisticated Janlna "Knowles, her coworker tftid friend of Munson’s, to learn more about him. He sends her a costly pin with a. love note. Chickie lies to Barry about the pin. At a house party given by Bess Abbott Chickie meets. Ila Moore, an old friend of Barry's. Upon Chiekie's request Jake arranges so her father does not lose on his oil investment. Although Barry has said nothing of marriage he does not approved of Cliiekie seeing Jake. Reluctantly she attends the theater with Jake and her parents. They do not know of her feeling toward Barry. Jake pleads with Chickie for other dates GO ON WITH THE STORY Ry Elenorc Meherin His Angers drove against her flesh. Phe looked up at him astonished, found his eyes flaming: "No, Chickie, I can’t let you do that. You're making a terrible mistake. You don’t see it.” "It’s you that don’t see, Jake.” "I've looked a long while, Chickie —and I’ve seen—l see, I've seen girls that start as you’re starting. I’ve seen all their charms dim because they thought it fine and honorable to neglect them. Th£y went into seclusion and waited for their man. They grew colorless—tiresome —flat. When the man was ready ne looked for fresh flowers. I tell you you've got to keep tjie garden watered or it will cease to bloom. Let me carry the watering pot, Chickie.” ”1 don’t need it.” “So you’ll make me trust to surprises, then?” "Oh, you won’t do this again, Jake? Why, you won't be so lucky the next time.” “You wouldn’t cTose me out like that, Chickie? An old, old friend like me? If you do, this, Chickie; If you shut the door on every gaiety, I'm telling you you'll regret it.” "You’ll find yourself a sorry prophet, Jake! Regret, indeed!” That night, when Anally Jennie, flushed as a girl, gathered the gray satin dress and went out of Chiekie’s room—Chickie took the orchids Jake brought her, put them in a glass on her bureau. She put them under a iinapshot she had of Barry Dunne. "Well, my own!” she whispered, ■With gay flippance. “Am I to regret it? Speak—yes, or no?” She laughed. CHAPTER XXXVI JIMMY’S PROMISE CjHICKIE was in the hack garden, snipping ruthlessly l—J through Jennie's bushes. She had half filled a great basket with corn flowers and baby chrysanthemums. Her mother sat at the screen window of the kitchen looking down at her, smiling. "That’s enough now, my dear. It’s getting cold. Come in,” Jennie pulled down the dotted curtains, walking about the kitchen, putting a pan of baked apples in the cooler, hanging the saucepan on a rack near the stove. Her plump face had a quiet, satisfied air. That fine Mr. Munson was away. Chickie was staying home —home every night for a week. Jennie took this fact into her thought and fondled it. Jennie had her own dreams. She saw her beautiful Chickie radiant as a young queen, robed in furs, going up the stone steps of a white palace ■—her home. She saw a big limousine calling at the little yellow cottage, carrying herself and Jonathan off to dinner at their daughter's. She fancied the neighbors watching behind the curtains of their little parlors. Tnose dreams were not Chiekie’s. For more titan the week she had indeed been home—not because Jake was away. Because Barry was working. The evenings were long, pale—but happy. Chickie was young enough to thrill with joy at the thought of sacrifice. She could have gone to theaters —to dinners and dancing. She swept pleasure aside, accepting martyrdom gaily like a rose in her hair. She said to herself, flushing at the boldness; "Fqr you, my own!” Regret the lost gaieties—not she. Jake kept his word, surprised her twice, coming right out to the house so that she had to go with him to dinner and a show. Then she refused him, because he had Insisted on kissing her. Now he was away. She was immensely relieved.

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Sometimes at night as she was dropping off to sleep his warnings shot through her ears. Grow stale and colorless? Lose all her charm — tven her looks? A few hot, stifling breaths would catch her. Then she would flip these echoes from her.' Why, she felt her mind flooded with lights; her spirit kindled to a manifold vitality. She even felt kindly to the tart, grouchy Stella Wilson, whose desk was just behind her own. She even bubbled with laughter now when Stella said with her biting insinuation: “Well, of course! If I wanted to do what some girls do!” Indicat ing, of course, that Stella's virtue was the one and only bar to her popularity. Chickie answered her now: "You’d knock 'em all dead, Stella, only you're just too fine and noble for the men of today!” Stella liked that. She believed it. • • • SHE days went softly, stepping on flowers. Chickie had no thought of years and years passing so. Her fancy sped the time away, letting her vision rest as it when she was hut sixteen, in a long immortal moment—she and Barry telling each other "I love you.” The basket ran over with a flutter of blue, orange, crimson. She picked it up, saying half aloud: "You gaudy, brilliant things! You look like I feel—perky as the very old Nick.” The alleyway gate creaked — someone coming in softly—Jimmy. Jimmy swept off his hat, grinning: “Perky, is it? Good for you, kid! Say, if you feel perky—come on, then, give us a little, will you? Gosh, I'd like anything to have the works up and sing tonight. Come to a show with your brother, Chickie?” She said, hesitant: "It's too late to go down town." "Anywhere you say. Chickie?” "Can I go like this? Just put on my coat?” "Take off your shoes if you like! I'll carry you.” "Feeling strong tonight, Jimmy, darling?” His eyes tightened; he shoved the black hair away from his forehead. "As say. Chickie —well, gee whiz, get a move on, will you? Shall I get your coat?” He took the basket from her. rushing her into the house. Jimmy was taller and bulkier than Barry. He always held her arm hard, keeping her hack with him as he had the night Mary was married. He swung along happily now: "Gosh, Chickie—darri nice in you to come on a minute’s notice. Say, funny, lsn-’t it, but you look to me like the same little kid you did six years ago.” ‘ Jimmy—you bruje! T thought I’d grown so perfectly gorgeous.” "You were always that. Say, remember the first time you wore a shirt waist with a blue and white check skirt? Gosh, didn't you think you were the whole city then?” “What makes you so reminiscent, Jimmy, old love? You'll have me weeping in another moment.” He grinned: "Haven’t been steping out so much lately, have you? Tired of the gay life?” His fingers drove against her flesh. She tossed her chni flippantly: "And I so young and fair, Jimmy! Now, honestly, you wouldn't want me to be weary so soon, ( would you?” “Wouldn’t I! Gosh, I'd roll along the street from one end to the other on my head! If you’re not sick of it, you seem to he sticking pretty close to the family fireside.”

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1 om-e w a troupe of clowns at the circus and each clown had a letter on his chest. When they made their first appearance they formed n cross as In the picture. But before the act was over they had arranged themselves Into four different straight lines forming four different words. What were the words? Last puzzle answer: The first son had charge of 4 cows; the second 3 times 4 or 12 horses: the third 3 times 12 or 36 pigs, and the fourth 3 times 36 or 108 chickens. 4 plus 12 plus 36 plus U<B ep u.'tls 160 anin-.als.

, —Posed by Edytho Elliott and Robert Kay ot the Berkell Plaeyrs. Chickie and Jimmie stopped in front of a theater

“I take it, Mr. Jimmy Blake, you're keeping tabs on me?” “Darn right 1 ain, Chickie! Glad you've quit the black one.” “Jake? You've heard a few things about him? Well —most of them aren't true. I know it, Jimmy. Jake’s really a peach." "You said it! He's a peach on too darn many trees!” • • • El HEY stopped outside the movie house to read the anJ nouncernents, glace over the ads. Jimmy dallied along with her, amiable as a girl. “Awfully nice in you to let me size up the bargains, Jimmy.” Chfckie pointed out hats In the innumerable millnery shops. “Go in and try 'em on, If you like.” The night was warm. Young girls, their arms laced about each other, went prancing in groups of three and four. Married couples, complacent, prosy, gazed about, not talking, absently pushing go-carts. Mothers, with three or four children at their heels, made frantic darts among the automobiles. “Say, Chickie, this is a nice, homely street, isn't it?” “Oh, my. yes! Look at that kid there all but crushed to death by that machine.” “Anyway, it has a friendly feeling. Let's not bother with a show. How about a waffle or a sandwich?” "Or ice cream? I want both—everything.” “And 1 want to tell you something pretty good. Chickie. Maybe I’ve got a gall—lt’s about myself.” When they were seated at a booth at the candy store, Chickie said: “Well, hop to it! Don't keep me in suspense. Are you going to be married?” He stared at her gloomily. "You’d be glad about it if I were. Chickie?” “Oh. Jimmy—of course I'd he glad if you were going to be awfully happy.” He said quietly. “I'm not going to be married. I asked you something a little while ago Chickie. You're not going out as much as you were.” “Oh, I'm giving my seventy nine suitors a week ofT! And myself a chance to grab off some beauty sleep.” “You’ve narrowed the seventynine down to two, haven't you? And now it looks as though there's only cne. Chickie—can't you tell your old Jimmy about it? I’d tell you. Are you engaged yet?” “No.” She said it so softly, with her head lowered and the blood dashing into her cheeks. Jimmy spread butter on the was fles, has dark eyes hard on her face. A ou’re in love, Chickie, aren't you? You love the Redhead?” She forced her glance upward, her chin trembling, and said with an attempt at flippance: “What is love, Jimmy—you know, don't you?" His face grew suddenly white, the boy’s mouth, tender for all Its •strength, snapped: “'niat’s not the kind of love for you to know, Chickie. Say—what do you think, 1 can go to Honolulu and take charge of a plant there if I want. If I stay here I’ll be assistant superintendent. 11l have S3OO a month, Chickie. That s not bad, is it? Going to buy a machine for mother. Aw, gee. Chickie, come through and tell me—why have you been home for this last week and more? Say—l thought —oh well—” She clasped and unclasped her hands uneasily, fear for what he might see darting into her eyes.

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He saw it and pushed the waffles from him. ‘iJon’t be afraid, little kid; I'm not going to wish Jimmy on you.” He laughed and slid over on the bench close to her, saying: “Chickie, does he love you as much as I do? Does that Redhead know how to love you enough?” She answered, tears in her eyes: "Jimmy, you're an old angel!” "And I live just down the block from another angel, and if she ever wants to know what love is, tell her to ’ blow oround, will you, Chickie? She'll find It waiting for her- -sure as God lives.” (To Re Connmied) (Copyright Kmr Featur e Syndicate)

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