Indianapolis Times, Volume 37, Number 5, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 May 1925 — Page 12
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Chiekie (Helena), only daughter of Jonathan and Jennie Bryce, loves Barry Dunne, a young lawyer with Tufts & Lennon. Wealthy Jake Munson sends Chiekie a costly pin with a love note, and arranges so her father does not lose; on his oil investment. Jake tells Chiekie he considers Barry’s feeling only a boy’s love, and that he will be waitinp when Barry has jilted , her. Chiekie fears the fate that befell Stella Wilson because of her lengthy engagement, and at Bess Abbott’s wedding subtly tries to urge Barry to think of their marriage as a present possibility, even though he believes he cannot afford it. He is hopeful when Ha Moore's father erpeets to engage him to represent locally the Gulf Steamship Company of San Francisco and wires for him. Ch'ckie knows Ila loves Barry and the thought of- her seeing him again chills Chiekie with fear. In Barry s absence Mary’s brother. Jimmie B’ake, renews his attentions. She shudders at his faith in her. Barry returns with the deal unsettled. At the Abbott’s house party, Chiekie and Nance Abbott discuss the love atfairs of her twin sister Marge, and their sophisticated friends, Janlna Knowles and Am.v Heaton. Chlckie’s look of silent accusation worries Barry. GO ON WITH THE STORY By Elinore Mclierin He laughed: "I think that’s be. cause the wimmin wish it on us. Don’t!” “Oh—l’m not going to! I’ve made up my mind for that Barry—l think I could fight the world tonight— ’’ “Tomorrow too?” “Any day—every day—” And she was sure of it. It Is ,so easy to meet the world and conquer it In these piercing moments of sublime strength: to fling it from us with a careless sweep of thought. But the world coming with its hosts of drab, hectoring monotonies is a different foe to vanquish. • * * COMING hobre early one afternoon the following week, v__J Chiekie not teed as soon as sue stepped Into her loom the faint, refreshing odor of lavender. In an excitement she dashed over to her bureau, opened the drawer where the treasured bridal set was hidden. Here, too, were all his letters. In the bottom of the drawer wak a thin pad of pale pink Rateen. It was filled with lavender. Jennie had done this. Yes —to surprise her, Jennie had seen the exquisite things tucked so zealously from the mild eyes. A letter lay open. It seemed to her glancing at It then, that the words stood out —blazoned—written In fire: “Chiekie, dear, don’t let it press you down. Don’t let the thoughts of others shame it. Remember that wave .flashing, magnificently sweeping over the rock? Think of It like that—” Had Jennie read that? Oh, no! Bhe wouldn’t. But then—why it may have stared at her as it did now— Chiekie knelt on the floor shaking—a hand of flame tightening on her heart.
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Someone pattering across the room—Jennie. Shy, uncertain, sitting on the edge of the bed, clasping the pldmp hands over the starched white apron. The mild blue eyes narrowed and anxious. Oh —that must mean that Jennie knew! Chiekie was afraid to turn—afraid to say the slightest word—afraid to' glance at her mother—little Jennie— And all her fears went now like mad things biting through her. CHAPTER LXVI. Security EHE moments passed with not leaden feet, Jennie knew what she had done. Oh, she was sure of it. She could feel her mother’s eyes—feel her own blood going in a red burn up to her temples. Then Jennie spoke. "You’re angry. Chiekie? Why, you love sweet lavender’’ l Chiekie burst out laughing, shrill, high. “Oh, you funny little thing, Jennie, darling! Angry—well" and she pulled up the pad and pressed it against her face, almost mad with relief. Knew? Why, Jennie hadn’t the remotest idea! Chiekie went over and ran her hand along the plump neck, took out the amber comb and tucked up Jennie’s stray locks. She pressed her soft cheek against her mother’s, whispering: “Mother, you love me, don’t you? Ever so much?” “Why, you foolish girl"—But the ready tears, were in Jennies eyes. As soon as Chiekie was alone she gathered all his letters, tied them, packed them in a box, writing in big letters on the covers: “Jennie- or Jonathan: Burn this, as is, please! "By order of your darling, “CHICKIE.” It occurred to her this was an odd thtng to do, but she couldn’t bring herself to part with them—not now. She called to Jennie that she was going for a walk. She went up to the top of the street. Blue clouds, shot with rose and emerald, drifted over the sky. A sense of loneliness possessed her. She was trembling. So foolish, all this—she Imagined things—let her imagination run crazy with her. Barry said that. She was always doing it. Suddenly Rhe remembered what he said the first night he came home: “Brave--we’ve gor to be. ptherwlso the thing will get us. It will be a wall of reproaches and resentments we’ll build between us—” was doing that; had been doing it; fastening on little things—fearing them —exaggerating them. She was a coward; not big; not free. Oh —she would wear him out with these petty irritations. Her cheeks grew hot. She leaned on a low fence anad stared at the changing sky. She longed for him —longed for the comfort of his voice, his arms. It would he soon; It would have to be. Then all this hysterical tension would soften. Well—she would bear It as he did. Hard for him, too. She would not be the one to whimper. No! , She went home, refreshed, strengthened. • * • HE didn’t Intend to tell hlin of the episode. But she did. Unfortunately Is came at a tilde when he was least in the mood to hear It. They were in his car. He said: “You look white, frail.” “I was scared white, and you would know.” She told him that Jennie had come upon his letters; that she had been in a panic still she was certain Jennie hadn’t read them. He sat mute, his hands on the wheel. After a long while he slumped back in the seat. He said: "I wish It had never been.” The flat of his hand swept against her face would not have crushed her so. Terrible sounds roared In her ears: louder than the gray boom of the sea. Time stopped, weighted In terror. Then his arm about her. He drew her to him. He rubbed his hands. After a long while: "Chiekie —I didn’t mean It that way. You know that—don’t hold It against me.” She -couldn’t speak. He kissed her: began to plead. It was Just
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that the everlasting concealment got him; just her fright and that she seemed unhappy Oh--it was that things went all wrong at the office and he got a letter from his mother saying she wasn’t well. It was everything hitting at once. “Don’t turn against me for a little thing like that, Chiekie. Oh. smile! Don’t look as though I’d killed you!” “But you said it. Oh, you’d want to wipe it all out?” No— ’ / “It makes me think you no longer want me—you’re tired of me—of everything—” ‘You don’t think that! You can’t. We'll forget all this, some day. Don’t spoil the whole evening." And he kept kissing her, murmuring to her, saying again and again: “You're beautiful, Chiekie. I love you. You know it.” She forgot: she was happy. But she would never let a scene like that come between them again. Oh, no! And this strain would pass—of course. They would forget the unpleasant things. • • • IUT the weeks passed. NothI D I inß ’ was r * lan f rerl - I I Once they went to a concert. John McCormack was the singer. He sang “Forgotten.” Barry’s hand sought her. The music flowed into their hearts; made them one. When the yearning in that voice of living passion was but an echo in their ears, they remained stilled. In a moment of emotion like this, it seemed to Chiekie that she no longer had any life of her own—none except through him. But there were other times when she lost this sense of absorbing nearness. Often, lying under a tree he would begin to argue, growing excited over some book; some pet Idea. But she wanted only to dream, fb let her fingers loiter over his forehead; to stoop down and kiss them. What matter If the world was wrong? One Sunday—the first spring day they had driven down along the road, he was in this mood. After lunch, he stretched himself out, resting against her arm. “Chiekie, the trees are climbing higher.” “Yes —and greener—” “What an easy thing to be a tree or a bird or anything but us!" “Why?” “Well—a tree is a tree —no dualism there. Whoever or whatever it was that planted them and us in thin grand blunder must have liked tree* and birds and other critters best. Spring comes soft and easy for a tree. Now who would think of b’sming this young tree for putting forth new leaves and blossoms and flirting so with life? I ask you frail. Isn’t a tree luckier than a man?” “Don't he silly!” "What do you mean, silly? That’s deep stuff I’m giving you. Listen—suppose the tree had a brain or a soul perched up on its top branches and every time the roota gave a quiver or a branch swayed or anew little leaf thrust itself forth—suppose when that happened the fool brain or soul yelled out ’Quit It now —stop throbbing down there. Don’t move! Wait fill next year!’ a fine f ree you’d have, wouldn’t you? That is what we and of us—l wonder if it’s right as we think? '’Wouldn’t it be better. Chiekie, if we let the poor old body stretch
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Itself now and then—not try to forfce it so—” She said, absently: “Men follow the trees a great deal In that, don’t they?” “But I mean this —wouldn’t it be better if the whole world would take a saner view ” And he went on, becoming so involved that she laughed and couldn’t follow. She stooped down and kissed him. He regarded her with amused, dubious eyes. "Look here, frail, you’re a mental laggard! Stretch your brain a little! Do you realize that every time I wish to pour forth wisdom you stop me?” “Ain’t It sweet the way I do It?” “Too sweet.” But <he laughed and closed his eyes with her fingers, feeling anew her power over him. CHAPTER LXVTT. Convention’s tasti S 1 ’"”””’! HE seldom dropped in on Mary these days. She was afraid of her questions. One night they bumped into each other as Mary was leaving her mother's. Mary said angrily, giving little Edward’s go-cart a vigorous push: “Walk a ways with me, Chiekie.” Then abruptly. ‘‘What’s this I hear about yojj?” Trifles like that filled her with alarm—a random look; a word. Now she was cold; shocked into silence. "Oh. it's true, is it? Pardon me for butting in.” Breathless, Chiekie snapped: “Have sense! What in the world are you talking about?” Mary flared about, stopping short: “You, Chiekie Bryce! Nobody else! Nice thing that your friend. Janina Knowles, can tell It to me. After all these years!” Relief like the soft evening breeze touched the hot burn in her mind. She tucked her arm in Mary's" Let's have it, old I don’t know what you can be ranting about.” "Oh, no! But I didn’t look for a slap in the face like this. Chiekie.
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That one going to stand up with you! Well—lt's your own business, but I'm here to say It’s pretty raw. I may be a dub and all that, but I guess I could scrape the wherewithal to' buy a decent got^n. “And if I’m not thin enough to walk before you I could starve before now and June. Well, laugh! Oh, awful funny, Isn't it? But it doesn’t strike me on the humorous toe. And don’t think I’ll get over it In a hurry, either. Perhaps that’s why you’ve given me the out for the last few months? Well, you don't get away with it, that’s all:" She was almost running now, her dark face crimson. Chiekie burst out laughing. When she tried to speak she laughed again, half with relief, half with hysteria. Finally she said: "Sweet Mary! Lovely Mary!" Mary bit her lips together.
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Chiekie said amiably: “I don't know what Janlna can have told you, but it’s not true.” “Well, I’m sorry I said anything. Chiekie. But of course I would! You know me. I suppose you’re privileged to do as you please.” "Well, that will be about enough from you, Mrs. James Edward MePike! Step off your perch. If Janlna gave you an earful she had her fun out of it. She made it all up." “Chiekie, do you mean to say you’re not engaged? You’re not going to be married in June?” “Unless I should elope or fall heiress, I’ll still be Chiekie Bryce, more s the pity." Mary glanced at her, unbelieving. At length she said: “You love this Barry Dunne, don’t you, Chiekie? You're wild about him? You’ve just shout given up everything for him?”
They had reached Mary's door. Chiekie stooped, pretending to button her pump. She said quietly: "Why have you "Audi a grudge against him, Mary? You always speak so furiously.” “Come in. We haven’t had half an hour to chat In ages.” Little Edward had fallen asleep. Mary laid him in his "crib. “He’s all right for a while. Well—l have no grudge, Chiekie. Only I did hope for something brilliant in you. “I thought you’d surely tire of him or he'd get tired of you. Then you’d have sense. But here it’s dragged on more than a year and you’ve cut out every one else. Now you say you’re not even engaged.
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Well, I hope you don’t intend to wait till all the flavor Is gone" Chickle's throat was suddenly alive with hot little pulsea that hammered; that made her voles tight. Mary went on ruthlessly: “And I suppose you’ve let yourself care so much that if anything should Come between you now, you'd be heart broken?" a Chiekie had a sudden wild pulse to say: “Yes—that’s true Mary Nothing dure come between us now. What do you think of that?” She fancied Mary’s fa e getting dead and white; Mary’a mouth dropping. Would Mary think It so monstrous? She wnnted io know. (To Be Continued) (Coprrlfht. Kill? Feature Syndicate)