Indianapolis Times, Volume 37, Number 26, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 June 1925 — Page 12

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CHICKIE

Chickte (Helena), only daughter oi Jonathan and Jennie Bryce, loves Barry Dunny. a young lawyer with Tufts * Lennox. Wealthy Jake Munson, friend of Janina Knowles and Amy Heaton, sends Chiekle a costly pin with a love note and arranges so her father does not lose on his oil investment. Jake tells Chiekle he considers Barry's feeling only a boy s love, and that he will be waiting when Barry has jilted her. Chiekle urges Barry to think of their marriage as a present possibility, even though he believes he cannot afford It. He is hopeful when Ila Moore's father expects to engage him to represent locally the Gulf Steamship Company of San Francisco, and writes for him. Barry returns with the deal unsettled, and Ila Invites him to tour the world with her party. When Chiekle accuses him of loving Ila. a quarrel follows and he leaves on the trip. In desperation she telegraphs him when she realizes she must endure the consequences of her love. Her parentt. ignorant of her plight, favor Jake as a suitor for Chiekle. To get the opinion of kind Mrs. Blake, Chiekie tells a false story of a girl it her own predicament. In Barry’s absence J; .ie Blake renews his attentions. * en Barry tells Chiekie he has been .carried to Ila for two weeks. Ohickie tries to drown herself, but is rescued. She refuses financial help from Barry, takes the name of Mrs. John Clayton, buys herself a wedding ring; and goes to the country home of a widow, Mrs. Agnes Bobbins, for a month's vacation. GO ON WITH THE STORY By Kiln ore Mehor in Her speech was out of harmony. She said with a note of warmth, almost ingratiating: “Mrs. Clayton? Come in, dearie. Did you have a nice trip? Too hot, isn’t it? Now you Just come right donw to lunch. You can dress afterwards. You'll excuse me, dearie? This is my busy time. Your room is ready. At the top of the stairs. It’s the only one. You'll like It ” She gazed at Chickie’s face and at her dress. She patted Chickie’s hand and seemed flushed with triumph as she said: "I'm so glad you decided to come. Gets lonesome here. Chiekie was pleased hut disconcerted. She had pictured Agnes Robbins as a plump, motherly sort, with a large, ruddy face and blond hair turning gray—a woman who had reached the calm of life; not one with fires smouldering. Now she was a little afraid. She wondered if this was the place— If she might really rest here, secure. * * * Cp*! HE room at the top of the I stairs was long and narrow ■i with many little windows, and these were hung with a flowered dimity. The roof was peaked, irregular, roughly beamed. There was a cool brightness, like a peace, in the place. . There were but two men on the farm now. Chickle's place was set at the end of the table. The two pien ate and didn’t speak. Once the wiry fellow, who had driven her out and whose name was Billy, said confidently: “Guess you’ll like It here, Miss, if you don’t get too lonesome. City folks like the noise.” She answered: “I like the quiet." But she felt so strange and so quiet within herself—like a person *b e didn’t at all know —that she couldn’t eat. She wanted to get back to that room, eit at the little window and lock out to the nearby hills. Plan and think. She did this. She sat there all the afternoon, her hands folded in her lap. Agnes Robbins brought her a glass of lemonade. She said to her: “Do you mean to stay long, Mrs. Clayton?” “Perhaps a month —maybe two or three —I'm not quite sure” — Then Chiekle told the story she had prepared. her husband was a mining engineer. He was In South America now and would be there for quite a while. She had. come up here to rest. “You look a little tired.” Chiekie stared. But she couldn’t bring herself to go on—wait a while —tomorrw —some other time would do. “But I’m not so sure that I’ll be here myself three months from now. We have the place up for sale. You see, my husband and I were not farmers by calling. We came here five years ago. I never lived in the country before. It drove me half crazy In the beginlng. I rather like It now.” Agnes Robbins told In a vivid sketchy way of her early life. She had been on the stage as a girl. She had traveled all over the country. Other little Incidents pierced her. There was that trifle about Bertie Groom. This was a thin, whitefaced hoy of seven or eight and he was always hanging around the farm. Agnes Robbins gave him cookies; she nagged at him and petted him. One day he got under her feet somehow as she was reach ing over the stove. She brought herself erect with a Jerk. She reached down and grabbed the boy and struck him violently in the face. Chiekle saw that from the porch. She turned away sickened. A few momenta later the little fellow was going down the road. Chiekle followed. She reached down and put her arm on his shoulder, ready to cry that such a mite should suffer so. She .said: “Don't you care, Bertie.” He shook off her arm: “Shucks— Don’t hurt me none! I like her ” He kept gulping. “She don’t mean nothing. She’s good to me most times. She just gave me these.” He showed Chiekle a bag of nuts and raisins. And Agne© was overcome with remorse. She justified herself: ”Oh—

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Posed by Kdythe Elliott of the Berkeli Players. Cliiekie had a letter from Jennie

How Much Do You Like the Story of Chiekie? Would You Like to Read the Sequel ? SHE story of Chiekie will come to an end soon. You have followed the romance of this girl who is like so many girls you know —you have seen how she gave her heart freely to the man she loved, how he took advantage of that love and finally how she was driven to try to end her life and the life she was to bring into the world. Is Chiekie to be blamed for lack of courage to face the world as a mother unmarried? Doesn’t she deserve a chance lo forget the past! The Times would like to know whether YOU are interested enough in “Chiekie” to WANT to read the sequel. If a sufficient number of readers are interested the sequel will appear in The Times. It is not available in any other form and copies can not he mailed to readers. If you want the sequel to be printed in The Times, write and tell us. Just a postal will do. Address Eiction Editor, Indianapolis Times, 214 W. Maryland St.

the brat! Why doesn't Molly Groom keep him home! They kick him enough there—the poor, miserable little fellow—l’m sorry for him ” She told Chiekie then of Bertie Groom—and that Molly was lucky enough to be let stay on at home the way she was. Old Man Groom, her father, was a lazy, drunken sort, but he had a heart. He had taken the girl and her child in and let them stay. Chiekle said suddenly: “I'm tired, I think I’ll go to bed.” CHAPTER XCVTI Subterfuge SHE stream ran through a narrow gorge. High above its flowing was a grassy bank, cloistered with oak trees, sun-dap-pled like silver coin through the branches. Here Chiekie sat—long hours. Sometimes Wildie lay at her feet—other times he was bounding off through the thickets after a rabbit. Chiekie watched the wild, frightened thing flying across bare stretches, the dog leaping after it. She shuddered: she was the rabbit. Yet she was more at peace here than she had been in many, many weeks. She had a letter now from Jennie. Jennie was so glad she was enjoying herself. Os course, let her stay the month—they nissed hc—but she was more happy— why—did they ask more than that — Chiekie knew— Her mail had been a great problem. In the first week when she wrote she sent no address, pretending to have forgotten. She couldn’t have letters coming out to Miss Helena Bryce. She brooded over this; considering

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There are seven trees on the University campus. The trustees desire to build a number of straight drives which will separate the trees, forming seven distinct lots. What Is the fewest number of roads that can be built, and where will they be placed? lat puzzle answer: The second shot was 100 yards; third shot 15 per cent less or 85 per cent of 100 yards equals 85 yards; first drive was 85 plus 100 plus 100 equals 285 yards. 285 plus 85 plus 100 equals 470 yards.

She takes steps to keep her parents from knowing her secret.

one plan, then another. She could rent a box In the poutoffice of the little town five miles distant, giving: her real name. And she could call here for her mail. £he dismissed this. In a small towr she would soon' be known they would And out where she was staying—a dozen explanations necessary. Finally she made a trip to Lancaster, registering at the hotel in the name of Helena Bry<*e. It was so that Jonathan and Jennie, Janina and Mary would address her. So she made friends with the clerks, but especially with the telephone operator. This was a young girl, Miss Wreden—quiet, serious and enormously flattered with Chickie’s attention. Chickie remained at the hotel several days. She took Miss Wreden to lunch—went shopping and helped the girl select a drees. She had found a staunch admirer. She decided to trust the girl. It was the only chance she saw. One day she said laughing, and in a very off-hand manner; “Can you keep a secret, Dorothy?” The girl answered with a flush of pleasure: “Yes.” “Then I'm going to tell you what only you and two or three others know. I happen to be married. My name,ls Mrs. John Clayton but I'm keeping it dark. "There are reasons why I can’t have my folks know. But, of course, I want my letters and now that I'm off on a farm I can’t come these many miles every day to get them.” "And you want me to watch out for them and send them to you?” “Yes—but I want them in envelopes addressed to Mrs. Clayton.” "I’ll be glad to do it.” Chickie wrote home then and ordered her mall sent to the hotel. It was a l'nl- —perhaps a faulty one —but she nav. forge it between her old life and the new one. * • * ETTERS came almost every I I day. She answered them i±U glowingly. Oh, the freedom of this open life; the Joy of living; and the interesting things about animals that she learned—why, even a pig was not to be despised; the little fellows were so cute and clean. Folding these bright, sparkling deceptions Into their envelopes she had a spent, exhausted feeling. She would gaze out to the far hills, wondering how long she could keep this up; wondering what new subterfuge she must Invent —and If in the end they would fail. Whenever this fear seized her, she walked. She wore hemelf out with these walkings. Onoe she stopped suddenly and said aloud. "Christmas —I’ll be away from them Christmas —” She could hardly breathe. Often now she sat dully near the stream. She tried not to think. She held herself in a stony apathy, but tears went scalding along her throat. They burned her heart. And ha said: "What will I do then—l wonder what I’ll do then—”

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By that she meant when it was over and the child was bom. She bit her lips together, her eyes on Are. She prayed with a low, frantic leading, “Oh, Lord God —” She would fancy that she was to die and the child would die, too. She hoped for this. She looked into the water steadfastly and murmured brokenly: "Oh, oh—” In coiner moments she was certain taat this escape would not be hers. No—lt would be relentless. She must face it to the bitterest fullness. She lay awake at night and went through imaginary conversations with Mrs. Robbins Perhaps she could leave it here ana come up every week end. But she was never certain of Agner Robbins. The woman petted her, followed her about—hungry for companionship. When Chiekle had been there three weeks they sat on the porch one evening. A crimson glow set the pale beauty of the hills In flame. “This Is the best time of the twenty-four hours. We should sleep In the day and live by night,” Agnes Robbins began. Then she told of experiences In her theatrical career —one night stands —hotels that were but cardbCStrd boxes, and the comedies and tragedies that went on and were overheard behind these paper walls. She talked—she had a rich, tumultuous past. Suddenly she said: (Copyrlrht. Klnr Vesture Syndicate! (To Be Continued)

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JVSAXOLINE PAINLESS METHOD Put* the Tooth to B!eep, Not the Patient I had 10 teeth extracted by the M*xt> line Method t wan in the chair only about four minute* and out they came I was ready to fro back to my duty tnd I’m here to a.v 1 and recommend It to uriy one as absolutely painless. C. C, BATLET, Greonoastle. InJ . It It. 7, No pain whatever. Just had 15 ripper teeth extracted by-the Mainline Method. All during the operation l felt oo pain. J. H. NICHOLS, aid Woodlawn.