Indianapolis Times, Volume 37, Number 71, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 August 1925 — Page 12

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The Sequel to

CHICKIE

Chickie (Helena) is the only daughter of Jonathan and Jennie Bryce or Indianapolis. To start life anew after her child dies and Barry Dunne, her sweetheart, jilts her to marry wealthy Ila Moore. Chickie g-oes to Chicago for \ employment. Sarah Dillon, the Abbott sisters, Amy Heaton. Stella Wilson, Mary Blake McPike, Janina Knowles ana wealthy Jake Munson are Chickie a home-town friends. . Jimmie Blake, a childhood sweetheart, who still loves Chickie, ac* cepts a position in Honolulu. Chickie goes to the home of her employer, Korp Willman, as companion for his daughter. Barbara. Dee, his son. loves Chickie. Their sister, Edith (Mrs. Dirks Potter), secretly loves Timmy, an actor. „ j . 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 ot her past life. Edith orders Chickie to leave. Lee attempts suicide when Chickie confirms the story. She accepts a position in the office of George Edgeman. where Luis Lamarck. friend of the Willmans, has a studio. While Edgeman is away Lamarck tells Chickie that her past means nothing to him. The climax comes when he insinuates that because of him she is receiving more salary than the work is worth. She tears up her check and leaves. Chickie returns home with her parents and begins training as a nurse, Jake gives Chickie time to consider his proposal of marriage. Dr David Hamm and Kenneth Harmon are interested in Chickie. Involuntarily Chickie excites trio in* terest of Dr. David Ramm. At tennis Kenneth Harmon, discards his fiancee. Irene Underwood, for a game with Chickie. GO ON WITH THE STORY By Elinore Meherln Now in his easy-going way—'very quiet, yet very capable—he had her try out different twists, different serves. It was all new to her —all very exciting. Especially if she succeeded and he said amiably. “Great —a little more practice and you’ll be all right.” Finally he said: "Why don’t you come out more often, Miss Erj'ce—come out tomorrow?” Without thinking, Chickie answered: “I'd love that! Do you think your patience will last?” “It’s the longest suit I have.” Exercise brought into play all her stirring love of life. Going Into her room, she laughed seeing the color race In her pale face, her eyes vivid. She was getting Into her uniform when Irene opened the door. She was in a kimono, her hair down. She sat on Chickie’s bed and began to file her nails. “Have a good game, Bryce?” "Well —you know how clever I am with the racket.” “Ken’s a good teacher. He’s been playing a lopg while. We were in grammar school when he gave me my first lessons.” “Oh —have you known him that long?” “I should say I have- That’s why I came into training—thought I might as well fill in the time till he finished his course—” Chickie said in surprise: “Oh —I didn’t know that —” Irene drawled: "Well, it’s not exactly been published.” She reached over and took a book from Chickie’s table. It was a history of medicine that David Ramm had loaned her. Irene said casually: “Yes—we’re old friends. Say, I saw this book here the other night. I’d like to read it. You don’t mind?” "It doesn’t belong to me—” Irene then looked at the fly leaf, caw the book plate. She said: “Oh, our friend David —you’re getting along pretty well, Bryce, with that?” He plays tennis. Why don’t you invite him out? Ken and I will match you.” In the mirror Chickie saw Irene’s sharp face with its small, resolute mouth, its very alert eyes. She had the book opened and was now running her finger under the lines. Her cheek bones glistened as if they had been polished. Chickie thought with surprise: “She’s wild because I played with him. She’s really Jealous.” 'The next afternoon she didn’t go to the tennis court. Prom a window she saw Kenneth Harmon waiting. She wondered If he and Irene were engaged. 'The incident seemed petty. Toward the ei and of the week she and Phyllis were playing. Harmon came along. He said with a laugh, “I’ll play the loser.” Phyllis watched for a while. Then she had to go on duty. Chickie became so uncomfortable that she said after one set: “I have an engagement. I’ll have to stop now. A “You’ve improved. Why didn't you come out? You haven’t been

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around for quite a while. You need the practice. It’s a great game when you get into it —” “Or even when you’re only or. the edge. I love it—l’ve only been playing lately . M "Well —you come out tomorrow.” “I can’t—l don’t know what my hours will be—” "But you’re not on nights now, are you?” Chickie glanced up and found the blonde, amiable face with a shrewd, understanding look about it. She said, hastily, “No —” “We might go to a show—” “I have several nights taken —” “Well—so have I,” but he smiled. "I’ll speak to Irene about it —suppose we make it a party of sou She blushed: “I seldom go out. Dr. Harmon. "You see, my folks live near. I usually go home when I’m free.” He laughed: “I guess they’ll spare you for one night, won't they? I’ll fixe it up with Irene. You’ll come, won’t you?” “Well —all right—” She was already on edge and as she went through the corridor kept reproaching herself: “Why didn’t I say no. Well, why didn’t you!” • And she met Irene on the stairs as she was going up to her room. Irene said softly: “Enjoy yourself, Bryce?’’ Chickie said hastily: “Hello!” Irene's sharp eyes narrowed: “Come out in the morning, Bryce— I’ll give you a few pointers, too!” Tuesday night Chickie was coming back from an early dinner with Jonathan and Jennie. As she went up the steps of the hospital saw Irene and Norma Talbot ..urrying out. Irene wore Sophie Gates’ fur coat and a smart new hat. Norma had on anew black silk cape. They seemed excited. Neither of them was aware of Chickie. But as she watched them a subtle, warning flush crept into her thoughts. She smiled to herself. The next morning she met Kenneth Harmon as she was going to her ward. He bowed rather stiffly. Then as if on a second thought he paused: "I saw you coming into the hospital last night, Miss Bryce.” She gave him a surprised glance: "Now did you!” “You missed a great show —” “What do you mean?” “Just that. Do you usually break engagements at the last moment?” “I don’t understand—why, I don’t understand —” “You agreed on the date with Irene, didn’t you?” Color shot into her face. She looked at her hands, no ready answer coming. “Didn’t you know It was Tuesday night wo webe going to the show?” “Oh —Oh, I believe something was said about it now —I didn’t know it was definite. Well, you see I haven’t been around much except when I’ve been on duty.” His face had grown white: “You weren’t around Saturday or Sunday or Monday?” She laughed: “Well —I'm sure I don’t know. I’m very sorry!” He said abruptly: "So am I. Perhaps I had better make my own arrangements in the future.” That night she and Irene passed each other on their way to the dining room. Irene looked as though she had been crying. When Chickie spoke she gave her a venomous look and didn’t answer.

CHAPTER LV Accusation Chickie walked down the block and young Kenneth Harmon walked with her. She was very uncomfortable, answering his questions in a rambling, absent manner. She was thinking: “Why is he here? He knows Irene never told me of the theater party. Tney quarreled over it—” She was on her way home. Suddenly she said: “Wouldn’t it be an odd world if, instead of talking, we read each other’s thought and there was never a chance to lie?” He answered quietly: "I think we read each other’s thought considerably at the present time.” “Oh —do you?” “Yes —well —” he switched the subject abruptly to a discussion of an operation David Ramm had performed that morning. He watched Chickie’s face as he spoke. She became interested and forgot her stif. formality. When they reached Thirtieth St., Harmon said: “What day is this? Thursday? Bean soup and pot roast.” “No, sir! Fat lamb stew and sago pudding. That’s why I’m on my way home.” “Lucky you. Let’s gq along here and eat —” “Ah, no. My friend Jennie will have ff-bone steak for her darling child.” “Any chance of friend Jennie having two T-Bones?” ‘Well—l don’t know about that.” He kept on walking with her. She wished with increasing annoyance

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An Interne Teaches Chickie How to Play Tennis and Jealousy Enters the Plot

that he would leave. Finally they reached the cottage. Jennie was in the garden. She had her apron filled with early roses. Seeing Chickie, her soft, faded eyes lighted. She blushed when Harmon swept off his hat. Then she said quaintly, “Wjll the young man stay to dinner?” Harmon laughed: “The young man will!” It tock Chickie off guard. She colored painfully, saying: “Oh, really, Dr. Harmon?” but added swiftly, “Then let us go in—” Chickie’s home comings were events. Flowers on the table; Jennie’s bits of silver and pretty dishes gathered through many years. And Tennie was an artist in the cooking line. Even the bread and butter, after the routine of the hospital, had an exquisite flavor. When Jonathan saw company, his eyes warmed —genial, old fellow, loving the mellow things of life. He brought out all his company talk — oil stocks; early days in the city, his recent trip to Chicago. Then he told his flat company jokes, enjoying them hugely. He said naively: "Well, doctor, and what do you think of my girl? Will she make a good nurse?” Chickie burst out laughing. Harmon’s blonde face grew red: "I think a great deal of her and also of your wife and of your dinner and of this most excellent pie!” Jennie’s ceaseless effort was rewarded. It was a homey, simple hour, but all through It Chickie was disturbed. She kept seeing Irene standing at Harmon's chair, an accusing, venomous look on her face. When he asked her to go to a lecture, she refused abruptly and to his apparent astonishment. “I thought vou’d be Interested. Miss Bryce,” then he added swiftly: “By the way, did you refuse to go to the theater last Tuesday after promising that you would?” “I didn’t know anything about It, Dr. Harmon, if you must know! No invitation was extended to me. But it is such a trifle.” He shoved his hair from his forehead lr. a measured way, saying: “Os course, I understood that, Miss Bryce.” But he was suddenly impatient and In a hurry to leave. When he was gone Chickie went into the sun room. She sat in the dark, feeling herself impersonal, remote from life as a shadow. What a pitiful thing it is that one person wishes to possess another! That one should want this absolute claim on another’s spirit! But thoughts can never be chained. They exist only when free. Men and women have compelled physical loyalty, hut no one of them has ever stayed the winging of a thought nor bound for long a mind that sought tq go. Chickie knew it well. Suddenly she remembered a noontime when one with gold hair and blue eyes drove up in an automobile and he that then seemed god-like to her came from the building and sat at Ila's side. She remembered another tithe when the poem fell from his pocket. A pity for Irene Underwood gave her pause. But when Irene followed her down the hall and into her room a few evenings later; when Irene gave her a sharp, withering look and said: “I shouldn’t think you’d be starting things around here, Bryce!” When Irene said that Chickie’s anger leaped white hot. "I wonder what you mean?" "Just that! I don’t butt in on, your affairs. I let you have the best of it in surgery. Now you keep your face out of mine!” “If you’re alluding to Dr. Harmon, Irene —don’t worry about me. I’m not interested! I haven’t any intention of butting in between you and him.” “As if you could! You haven’t any intentions! Oh, no! I happen to know what you did Wednesday night. Don’t do it again!” “Well, you better speak to him about it, Irene. I can’t prevent people from walking on the sidewalk just because I happen to be there.” “I suppose you can’t prevent them from going into your house for dinner either!” Chickie winced: “No—l couldn’t prevent it. My mother was In the garden. She asked him. He stayed because the food sounded good to him —not because of me!” She became suddenly indignant at the shabby interview and the rising shrillness of Irene’s accusation. She said, hotly: "Why should you blame me for this, Irene? I don’t want Dr. Harmon nor any other man, If you must know It!”

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Chickie took a book from her table, turned the pages. Irene came up and snatched it from her hands: “You think you’ll pass It off like this, Bryce? See how far you get!” She walked out of the room. From then on she refused to speak to Chickie. Norma Talbot also Ignored her. One night, when Chickie came off duty at 12, Myrtle was sprawled on the bed, a magazine before her, a box of fudge Jennie had sent, open on a chair. She propped a pillow unher her head, and, with a great air of relish, tossed the magazine aside: “So you’re giving Woody a bad time of it, Bryce? I hear the engagement is off, thanks to you!” “Was the engagement ever on?” Myrtle had a high, wheezy laugh. She kept it up so long now Chickie wondered if she was choking. “Say. now—that's mean. Those engagements that maybe are and maybe ain't are the most dangerous kind to bust up. Too bad for Woody! She’ll never get another chance.” Jn two or three days every one knewf that Irene Underwood and Kenneth Harmon no longer played tennis together. Several times dhickie passed a group of girls. They stopped abruptly as she approached. She felt this coldness as she felt the suspicion when Miss Alberta accused her of making the infamous drawing—more keenly because several of the girls who had been friendly with her were now vaguely resentful as though she had done them a personal wrong. The night of the election for the staff of the Senior Journal an ominous thing happened It was generally conceded that Chickie would be made editor. Several papers she had written in her classes had been read aloud because of their vivid yet simple expression. She was supposed to have a gift for writing. The sixteen girls In the class, many of them in uniform, gathered In the lecture room. Groups were whispering—now and then a taut exclamation went vibrating from wall to wall. The chairman rapped for order. Then Phyllis got up quickly and nominated Chickie for the edtorship. She mentioned Chickie's long business training; her ability to type. She said: “We want our annual to be the best ever. "Bryce has experience and she has ideas. We’ve heard some of them. She has the flash of genius to make the edition a howling success. I move that the nomination he made unanimous.” (To Bo Continued) (Copyright. King Feature Syndicate)

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