Indianapolis Times, Volume 37, Number 2, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 May 1925 — Page 16

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CHICKIE

Chickie (Helena), only daughter of •Jonathan and Jennie Bryce, loves Barry Dunne, a young lawyer with Tulls & Lennon, but she is interested in wealthy Jake Munson. He sends her a costly pin with a love note. Upon her request, Jake aria usres so her lather does not lose on his oil investment. Jake tells Chickie ho considers Barry's feeling only a boy’s love and that he will be wattUPt when Barry has lilted her. Onickie fears the fate that beiell Stella Wilson because of her lengthy engagement and subtly tries to urge Barry to think of their marriage as a present possibility, even though lie believes he cannot afford it. He is hopeful when 11a Moore's father expects to engage him to represent locally the Gulf Steamship Company of San Francisco, and wires for him. Chickie knows 11a loves Barry, aim *he thought of her seeing him again chills Chickie with fear, although Barry, when he leaves, promises constant love. When she returns from Wawasee. Mary's brother. Jim Blake, pays renewed attention to Chickie. She shuddeVs at his faith in her. At the case she and Janina Knowles discuss the ways of sophisticated Amy Heaton. GO ON WITH THE STORY

By El inure Melierin “Not many girls are like that.” “No—Amy comes high—an expensive one " “You don't think there’s anything terrible in it?” "You bore me to extinction with your hand-me-down platitudes! Why Is it terrible for a woman and not worth noting in a man? Can you tell me that? No, pink and pure, you can't! I'll tell you—it’s Just that the minds of people are educated to accepting it in the Lords of Creation. They may stray as they will, but, let uc budge off the chalk line, and they'll run the scarlet flash down our back! "At least they used to, but times are changed. Look at the novels of the last century—look at poor Hester Prynne and Hetty Sorrel. But today we have ‘Lillian,’ ‘Ann Veronica’ and The Pretty Lady.’ That shows it —all In the way you look at it. No worse for us than for a man. We’ve found it out!” Chickie drank this as though it were a life daught. She wanted more of this drug. Put her spirit to sleep; hush ito tormenting voice. Oh, why not? The world is free— CHAPTER LXII Barry’s Return rriHIfKIR was like one with a ICi raw gash on her arm. It hurt her so, she was impelled to stop now this one, now that, seeking some anodyn to kill its pain. When she spoke to Jimmy, all unaware he struck his hand across the wound. Now Janina dropped ointment. She took it with a. pitiful eagerness—asking more. Janina, sitting opposite, cool and handsome, insisted calmly that she did the things Jimmy considered so "terrible." Yet Janina puffed a clcaret, blowing the smoke with delicious satisfaction, exulting in every breath life gave her. She was not crushed. Indeed not! Chickie said with elaborate indifference: "Makes it nice for pretty ladies, doesn’t it? Only why do they need to do it?" "What do you mean, need?” Pretending to smile at the youngsters who were now clapping their hands as an immense birthday cake was brought to their table: "Well, there's still such a thing as marriage, isn't there? They could wait for that, couldn’t they?” A mocking laugh: “Yes, like dear old Stella did! Marriage, my dear, is a luxury the gods do not give | to all. Not enough men to go around and 1 not enough of what there are. inclined to the holy itate." Janina's lips curled with sardonic humor: "One way you look at it, isn't convention a vicious thing? It’s a matter of actual statistics that women far outnumber men. So some of the best ! get left. Take Stella, for example, j Now she’d make a peach of a mother, and you know how wild she is for kids. Along comes some pretty nonenity and grabs off the man Stella had staked out as her own. "Now, I ask you—is it anything but vicious to shove poor old Stella Into the frigid zone and shout at her: Stay there! You get left.’ And would anyone but a boob like this same Stella heed such an order?" Chickie’s own problem was too sore and too pressing. She was not Interested in Stella. She said: "But when two people each love Janina, there’s not much reason why they shouldn't wait for marriage, is there?" "Might be a .thousand reasons why they’d be fools to wait. Love doesn’t always wait on circumstances, you know. But why ask me? I’m beyond the pale! Marriage hasn't been anything in my young life.” “Has love, Janina? You’ve never really told me. You mean now that you loved and you thought you had the right?" ' • • mANINA'S strong, brilliant face paled as it did when she was suddenly and deeply moved. After a pause she said bitingly: "Being rather primitive, ole dear, I didn’t wait to ponder the right and the wrong." Excitement rose swift and hot to Chickie's throat. She said eagerly: "Oh, it swept you!” "I’ll say it did!” "Afterwards were you sorry?” "I'm not sorry now and I wasn’t then.” "Not at all? Not even in the very beginning?” Unoonsoiously Chickie leaned forward, her eyes glittered. Janina regarded her with hard amusement: "Why so interested in ’his recital of crudeness and wrong, little one?” Chickie stammered, flushing painfully: “It wasn’t crude at all, then. And when you love a person I suppose it makes a difference, doesn’t it?” “Esually happens that way. All young and trustful once, you know." “Do you mean that you were to he married and then something happened? Ob. that must be dreadful!” "Maybe I had a nnedking hope of that, though marriage didn’t enter much into the consideration. Well—t was quite some time ago—” An odd softness crept into the lear. incisive voice: "Know why I'm telling this to you. angel face? Well, I’m fond of you. And I hate -cmtempt. Even though it gives me ' ache and I can see the fool hypocrisy of It.” “Oh, I don't feel contempt for you. Janina." >

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—Posed by Edythe Elliott and Robert St. Clair of the Berkell Players. Chickie and Barrie Came (hit, of the Union Station Together.

"You have.” "No —but Just the same I can't understand how you could do It and not feel sorry, even now." Janina’s shoulder raised scornfully: “Leave it to the good people to burn with remorse. My kind of love doesn't measure its giving. It doesn’t come creeping afterward and try to snatch it back. What I did I wanted to do. That’s all there was to It!" "Wren’t you afraid the man might, think less of you afterward?" "Oh, that mid-Victorian stuff! What is a man, anyway, that he should soorn us because we have the same feelings he considered so imperious and right in himself? But that’s the meanness of women—petty things dependent on the attitude of others. If a fellow thinks less of a girl when he knows she loves hint, he’s a cad and It’s a darn sight better to find him out than to marry him— ’’ "But it must have hurt terribly, Janina, when It was over?" "And I suppose it hurts a woman who is married when she looks out the window some dreamy morning and sees love flashing out of sight. Marriage can't give any guarantee that the emotion will last. It only agrees to perpetuate the blunder in case there has been a mistake. What's the odds? As for iio, I'll say Its worth the hurt—any hurt!" A thrill of admiration ran up from Chickie’s heart. Big to feel like that—fearless. Oh, Janina wouldn't shame a thing with regrets. She wouldn’t look back and want to snatch it to herself again. Give freely, gladly—proudly—that was the way. • • • mHAT evening she grabbed up his letters from the hall rack. With the first impulse of happiness she had felt since his going she hurried into her room and read them. Like the others—full of impulsive youth. He missed her so. She dwelt lrj his thoughts—drew them with longing. He kept seeing her eyes, so sad that day. Don’t have them so! Why—and they loved each other. They would be together soon. She raised her head—smiled. Well But the day he was coming—and sent a wire that she was to meet him—a wild nervousness possessed her. His train was due at 1 o'clock at the Union Station. Lewis gave her the afternoon off. Janina dropped, a note on her desk: “Is your wandering boy coming home, baby? Don’t worry, angel faoe; you look a dream. For the love of heaven, don’t do any more fussing with that phiz of yours! Give him my love—lt's free.” She reached the station twenty minutes before his arrival. Yet she kept rushing up to the time-table, scanning it. Suddenly she saw him. First one to oome through the gates. He glanced about with feverish intensity —up and down —not seeing her. A look of blank, incredulous disappointment like a powdering of chalk overspread his face. Then she raised her hand—took a fa* h arried steps. And he saw. Her heart opened with Joy. He laughed—he ran up and caught her In his arms—kissed her—and again, not caring (hat others might see—were looking. He said: “Chickie—miss me?” She looked before her—eyes filled. “You got my letters?” She nodded.

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Barry returns from his business trip still protesting his love.

”Oh, look up and smile, won't you!" She did. She laughed full in his face and she stole her hand under his. They came out of the station together and took a street car home. She found him watching her with eager, seeking eyes. He said pressing her fingers: “Chickie. happy?” “Yes—l am now." "And you will be—from now on.” CHAPTER LXIII. Entanglements. “I ■* r haven’t changed. Barry?" I I I " t ' h,ckie —” I * I She glanced upward, and finding his eyes reaching down to hers it seemed so glorious that they should have that warm look for her, she wondered how she had been sad. The weight In her heart lightened. It melted. She was carried along In a song. Only that he was here—only that he looked at her and was glad. They went to lunch. For & long while she only wanted to hear him ay he’d missed her: it was awful being so far away; he’d not go again unless she came along. Then to have his face flush as he whispered how pretty she was. She would have listened to this for hours. Almost grudgingly she asked, "What happened, Barry?" "Well, a free trip. That’s about all." "Oh! Nothing else? Then you um SEED GARDEN TOOLS BHERWIN nnsfjiTQ WILLIAMS r Mill I 0 VONNEGUUS 120-124 E. WASH. ST. For Furniture—

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didn’t get It? It’s not settled? But, why— ’’ "It will be. Now don’t get panic stricken. Listen—they can’t stall the thing forever. It was all cooked when Moore wired. They were to run anew line of steamers. That would have made It great for me. I’d get a salary and a fee for every case that came up. But the backers got cold feet because the shipping has taken a slump. That can’t last very long, you know. Things are picking up right now. I’ll get the Job, all right, but there’ll be nothing In It till they open the line—” He dashed into It breathless, a white, anxious look on his mouth. She clasped her hands tightly, lowered her eyes. She said nothing. He leaned toward her dubiously: "Chickie. listen—there are other things. Lord, you don’t suppose I’ll have to grub along like this very much longer, do you?" When she couldn’t answer because of a parched ache in her throat, he said resentfully: "You think I don’t care, Chickie? You think It’s my fault?” "No—oh, no—but how long may it be, Barry?" He reached across the table, and. touching her hand suddenly, forced her eyes to his. Their fervor startled her. "Chickie —how long—as—well ’’ "You mean—?’’ She began to smile. "Yes! I’ve said It enough. You ought to know by this time!" And because his forehead reddened. a flush that was pain and rapture went stealing softly through her thought. She laughed: "Perhaps he loves me?" "Perhaps he does!” (To Re Continued) (Copyright. Kinr FVaturo Syndicatel

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