Indianapolis Times, Volume 37, Number 62, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 July 1925 — Page 20

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CHICKIE

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Chickie (Helena) is the only daughter of Jonathan and Jennie Bryce of Indianapolis. To start life anew after her child dies and Barry Dunne, her sweetheart, jilts her to marry wealthy I!a Moore, Chickie goes to Chicago for employment. Sarah Dillon, the Abbott sisters, Amy Heaton. Stella Wilson. Mary Blake McPike, Janina Knowles and wealthy Jake Munson are Chickie's home-town friends. Jimmie Blake, a childhood sweetheart. who still loves Chickie, accepts a position in Honolulu. Chickie goes to the home of her employer. Norp Willman. as companion for his daughter. Barbara. Lee, his son, loves Chickie. Their sister. Edith (Mrs. Dirks Potter), secretly loves Timmy, an actor. Chickie is asked to be a bridesmaid at the wedding of Barbara and Paul Scott At the rehearsal, Myra King recognizes Chickie and tells Edith of her past life. Edith orders Chickie to leave Lee attempts suicide when Chickie 'onhrms the story. She accepts a position in the office of Geoige Ecgeman. where Luis Lamarck, irient' of the Willmans. has a studio. While Edgeman is away Lamarck tells Chickie that her past means nothin* to him. The climax comes when .10 insinuates that because of him she is receiving more salary than the work is worth. She tears up her check and leaves. The case of Elena Castanady, youthful unmarried mother, impresses Chickie. , ... , Chickie returns home with her parents. Janina helps Chickie pack for her departure to train for nursing. GC OX WITH THE STORY By Elinors Meherin Janina shrugged. After a long while she said: “I suffered enough on your account, old dear! Do you believe that? I had the conceit to suppose that it might have been things I said that were to blame —” “No—myself—only—” “That’s one reason why I envy you.” She stacked the dainty underwear between long pads ol’ sachet. “Your mother is a sweet soul, Isn’t she? She made all these? Chickie —” The tone was so sharp Chickie turned pale. Janina’s voice lowered. “You know they’re in the city now?” "No—l didn’t.” “They are. I just thought you might as well know. You’re not likely to meet them —you never can tell, though.” Chickie tried to say: “ I wouldn’t care! I never think of them, never!” But her tongue was dry as dust in her mouth. Janina went on: “Well —I happened to be at Bess Abbott’s when they dropped in to return some books—” Suddenly Chickie said: “Oh—never mind, Janina. No, I don’t want to hear it.” “You might as well. You can't help but think it.’ Chickie went over to the closet and stared at the clothes still hanging there. Suddenly she said: “Does every one think they krow who it was? How can they?” “They know you, Chickie. Yes — it was prettty well rumored about.” A thing that had been sticking like a blade far down in Chickie’s heart she now pulleld out. She faced Janina quietly, but her lips drawn down. "You know I even hoped, Janina, that they wouldn’t. Oh —I mean her —I just didn’t want her to know —” y Janina said: “I imagine she knows. She’s no fool. But, of course, no one can kid herself along as a wife can who is still wildly infatuated with her husband. He looks like the very devil. I gave him a few looks that I hope to heaven let him see \Tiat I couldn’t say—” Chickie walked over and sat on the edge of the trunk. She said: “That bridge is burned, Janina, more completely than any of the others. Oh, yes, it is. You don’t know—” There were times when memories of Barry Dunne came even in dreams to Chickie's mind. There were moments when her thought was suspended and all through her went a glow. There were moments of flashing brevity. They ended always in the one scene. It was the night when she had met him in the restaurant: when he had put her off; when he had not told her that he was married. But, instead, he had rushed her to the taxi and, when 6he had raised her face appealingly, letting him see how terribly and with what utter completeness her heart was his —when she had made that pitiful revelation, he had Btoope'd and brushed his lips on hers. To appease her! To quiet her. Her love had gone to death then—oh, completely. She smiled now at Janina. She said: “It seems like a part of another life—even of someone else’s life. Now —especially—l want to throw myself into this. I can hardly wait.” Monday when Chickie entered the hospital, when Jonathan drove her over so proudly, she found waiting for her in the nurses’ home an enormous basket of chrysanthemums. She knew, of course, they were from Jake. The note said: “Dear Angel of Mercy, here’s to you—May the way be as bright for yourself as you’ll make it for the lucky devils who fall by your wayside. I’ll be one of them —never doubt it! Jake.” CHAPTER XL New Beginning Martha Blake said to her when She came to bid her goodby; “So you’re going to lose yourself for a while, Chickie? And you’re going to bring us back a nobler, bigger self?” Chickie answered with a laugh; “Ho—you preach at me—” Yet leaving Jonathan at the steps of the hospital; going back to her room in the Nurses’ Home, Chickie felt within her this stirring uplift of renunciation. Oh—glorious to cut loose like this; plunge with all her heart Into, anew life —different from anything she had ever known —utterly different. She stood now in her blue and white uniform filled with a sense of exaltation; of beginning again, yet this time thrilling. She looked about the room, nervous yet eager. There were two white Iron beds, two wardrobes and two great chests of drawers. Chickie’s roommate had arrived the previous week. A gray sweater was flung on the bed and on the dresser was a box of powder half open. Chickie wondered what this girl might be like; if they would become friends. In other rooms she heard voices. She felt alone yet with a deep astonishment of peace. And as she stood there, Myrtle Downs entered—a girl about twentysix with large eyes and a narrow, intent face. Her apron was crumpled; her checks, pale with a kind of sullen excitement. She gave Chickie a swift, curlout, glance: “You’re Bryce, I suppose!” Chickie laughed: “I suppose I am—” Myrtle gave a toss with her ht|.d, ■ U> les

angrily powdered her cheeks. As she did this she talked explosively “Made a bed yet?” Chickie stared. “Made a bed? Hun dreds of them.” “Humph. So you just arrived? I’m thinking of quitting. ’ Myrtle’s eyes blinked. “They treat you like a worm. I don’t have to stand for this. I’ll tell them so. I’d like to know what difference it makes to a patient whether the corners cf a sheet are squared or plain.” Suddenly Myrtle shrugged. “Oh, well —all in a life.” Then Chickie said: “You and I are roommates, aren’t we?” “Sure thing! Do you think I just blew in here by accident?” Now she turned around and surveyed Chickie with a leisurely cor pleteness, saying: “Why have you come into training?” “I thought I’d like it —you meet so many people and you can do a lot of good fdr them. Why did you?” “Excitement and other reasons. But I know I’m not going to like it. I wasn’t born for this. There’s a class —did you know that. We’ll just be In time.” Myrtle pulled open drawers, rifled their contents, left the drawers open. “Got an extra handkerchief? Mine are all in the laundry.” She came over to Chickie’s dresser. “Thanks — say, you’re neat, aren’t you? Always keep things like that?” “Yes”— : <Come on, then—l’ll let you arrange mine—some day.” Chickie was a little disconcerted, even a bit miffed with this sharp, familiar treatment, but her nerves were now too finely strung to be daunted. And when she sat in the lecture room with twenty other beginners, the majority of them eager and flushed as herself, she listened to the nurse in a dream. Oh—they were starting on a career of magnificent service. The demands were great; the discipline severe. They must be willing to forget themselves for the good of others and the harmony of the*group. Yes—the instructress ended with a quotation—the words of it rang like an inspiration into Chickie’s thought: “You have found your purpose. Fling your life out into it; and the loftier your purpose is the more sure you will be to make the world richer with every enrichment of yourself.” Chickie thought that beautiful. The whole of that first day she was keyed to an abnormal excitement. She was allowed to go into one of the wards. And as she looked at the long row of white beds; at the forms of women, some of them flat on their backs, others sitting half upright, each one seemed to her mysterious, tremendously Important. One asked for a drink of water —she could have run to get it and when it came to the passing of the trays she would have liked to sit at each bed a moment and chat. There was a young girl who had heart failure. When Chickie set down her tray she whispered; "Wipe off my face, nurse, will you?” Chiekie felt as though an honor were hers. “Evening Care” they called this when she went from bed to bed, straightening out sheets, washing hands and faces; cleaning cups, bringing fresh ice water. One woman looked to her like Jennie —a genJe face with such young girl eyes though she must have been at least fifty. Chickie combed her hair. The woman said; “You’re very gentle—” Chickie’s eyes shone. That seemed a benediction to her She went back to her room, elated. Every day would be warm with these rich contacts. She thought of the woman with the sweet eyes—wondered if there had been great joys in her life and now that she was dying were there many left to grieve. Or was she all alone?^Had she always done without and without? Chickie looked from the window, picking out the patch of sky that should be just above the cottage on Thirtieth St. They were wondering how she got along—they were talking of her —she promised Jonathan she would phone. As she was about to go downstairs, Myrtle came in; “How did you get by? Did they run you ragged? I had one patient my first day and I had to bring her water every two minutes and another one who made me wash her cup nineteen times, I declare.” “I had it easy, then —” Myrtle was standing again before her mirror. Her eyes were very bright. She gave Chickie a smile; “Been down in the reception hall within the last minute? Weeeee!! It’s wonderful!” The phone bell rang. Myrtle answered, looked at Chickie with a vast interest; “It’s for you! I’ll be darned —” When Chickie didn’t understand, she repeated: “What’s in the hall Is waiting for you. You better, gallop down or he’ll be grabbed!”

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Chickie Is Accepted for Training and Begins Her Career as a Nurse

mitted to have a man come here?” “Os course! You’re off duty. Bring him into the writing room. If you’re worried I’ll take him off your hands.” Chickie went downstairs slowly. In the beautiful, square hall—spacious yet simple and homey, girls, some of them in uniform, some in street clothes, were walking back and forth. Standing at the door was Jake. He came over with a rollicky light in his eyes. He took Chickie's hands and surveyed her from head to foot. He said, hunching his head in his cosy way: “Helena! Blue and white!” And he seemed immensely tickled as though this were a picnic or a capricious whim of hers. “Now git your hat, will ye, and we’ll off for a canter and see what all this may be about.” Chickie was aware of intent eyes from the rooms adjoining and from the stairs where girls were passing. Jake, too, was aware of this—the handsome face had a gay, challenging look. Chickie said: “I shouldn’t go out the first night. I’m to study, you know.” “Begin tomorrow. I’ll take you for a run out to your darling Jonathan. How's that?” She rar. back to her room. Myrtle was sitting there waiting. She said: “He doesn’t happen to be your brother, does he, Bryce?” “No.” “Going out?” “Just around the block.” “Give him my love, will you?” Chickie only put on her coat, not stopping to change, her uniform. This was the first thing Jake noted when they were sitting in the car. He said: “Are you that proud of it, Helena, my dear?” “Oh, I am, Jake. I feel happy today—it’s glorious.”

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“How long do you intend to stay at it?” % “Three years.# That’s the course.” “Do you mean to tell me that you’re going to make a prisoner of yourself for the next three years?” “I don’t look at it that way—” •“Why, my dear, I'd as lief send you into a nunnery. Liefer! There you’d only have to pray. Here you’ll scrub and what not. “You don’t know anything about it, Mr. Jake!” “Nor'do you. Do you think this is what you want from life, my dear?” “Oh Jake —what we want from life! I tried that, didn’t I?” He had been laughing. Suddenly his face sobered. He slowed the car and looked at her searchlngly. She smiled and touched his hand: “Yes—l tried that, Jake. You see what happened. So now—well—oh, this seems quite glorious to me—” Jake’s eyes were warm and glowing, but the red mouth was white. He took his hand from hers and then he put It back and pressed hers hard between the two of his. CHAPTER XLI Jake’s Offer "So you mean to bury yourself, Helena?” % “Ho —they tell me I’m to find myself.” “What are you to find? Do you even know what you want?” They had driven for out into the country north of the city. It was a blue, still night. Chickie sat a little forward, her hands clasped in her lap. Jake made a place for her with his arm She mused at the ease of this; the quiet way their old relationship revived. “How far away from everything we seem—” Jake watched her intently. He repeated: “Do you even know what you want, Chickie?” For moments she pondered, her

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profile turned toward him. And touched as It was with the white, wistful eagerness; with this new, pathetic fervor, awakened in Jake a piercing tenderness, an immense and challenging desire. She talked softly afid her eyes shone. “Are you trying to make me think of things that are finished, Jake?” “What can be finished at 22?” “Almost 23. I’ll tell you what Is finished. It’s this: The time when I can say what I want or even think about it, For now I have to take what I can get, and it doesn’t at all matter whether this turns out to be what I might like —just that I can be of use—” “Who told you that?” “I know it.” “You do, do you? So you mean to put Helena Bryce into a hunnery and cut her off without a penny’s pleasure? For why, my dear?” She gave a low, uncertain laugh glancing at Him shyly. "I thought you’d be quite thrilled about it, Jake. Why, I thought you’d say I was a very noble being!” He looked down with a kind, ironic smile. “How did you misjudge me like that, Helena dear, and Life and I such chums? You mean to climb on a martyr’s tyre and you think I’ll bring the torch to light it? I love Life far too much to see the beauty of denial.” “Then you don’t believe in service’ Not at all?” “I do, indeed. You can serve best by taking your due of ail the fine and happy things. I’ve told you that. It’s little short of suicide 'or you to kill the youth that shou and be yours.” She was vaguely disappointed, imagining all the world should share this new, high fervor of hers. Instinctively she stiffened. Jake perceived it and hunched his shouMn.*. looking in her face: “Indeed, Miss Bryce! So we’re bound to be r;. martyr, are we? All right! Then we’ll hop to it. But listen to me, Helena, you're not to turn up your nose at life. Do you understand? You're not to imagine things are finished for you. That's a fatal error. Because they’re not! I’m telling you!” She drew a long, sighing breath and closed her eyes.

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Then he took her hands. His mood sobered. "Do you think you must kill your heart to let your spirit live, Chickie? Must you boas grim as this about It?” "It's not that I’m grim. Jake. But I haven’t the dreams I used to have. They’re all gone. So I’ve got to have some purpose to take their place. I don’t want to keep thinking of myself. I mean to let the future sneak on unconsidered. If I’m Just plunged in work things won’t seem so barren. . . .” She opened her heart thus to Jake, not knowing that she left him see Its hunger, its young worship of love And that love to her was even yet and would always be the beauty of life and Its fulfillment. A future robbed of this was a future meaningless and barren. To Jake then, she was infinitely more desirable than she had ever been. F6r she was farther from his path—and he felt it. He had known the stainless purity of her girlhood would one day reveal Its neart of flame. And he had waited for the flame to kindle. (To Bo Continued) (CoDvricht. Kiner Feature Syndicate)

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