Indianapolis Times, Volume 43, Number 128, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 October 1931 — Page 11

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„ BEGIN here today NORMA KENT. 20-yesr-old wcm*rrie Mark Traver*. mlUion*°.n' In spite of the opposition of rk. father, *. m. travfhs. opens in Marlboro, middlev.„:t, r , n metropolis. After an extrarnrfil. noneymoon at fashionable Blue th f couple return to Marlboro. i£fl.L®ey face Poverty and hard times, secures a Job. loses it, and then oecomes a floorwalker in a department T he young couple Just are beto master their problems when hi™ . father sends for film and offers flf 1 ?, * p !? ce .J n hls own business orfjanmakegood the #on wil * prove he can 8 *' r * t assignment involves a p y® in . e8 * trip to Prance. Norma must remain at home. , N° r ma-. rudely treated at her father-in-law a home after Mark is gone, slips •*y. leaving no trace of her whereabouts. CHRIS SAUNDERS. Norma’s former roommate, helps her find a Job. Mark s father employs detectives to trail tbe girl. They unearth records S.-j W l n,r that Norma three years before bad been convicted on a vice charge. in spite of evidence that the charge F B * framed. Travers sends hls lawyer J®. p rts to engineer a divorce Weeks Jater Nirma relatives a letter telling her the decree has been granted. In August Norma's son is born. When tne baby is fl months old Norma return* to her former Job. One Bundsv Mark s mother sees her with the baby. .7 d®vs later she is called home from the office The baby is gone. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY CHAPTER FORTY-TWO (Continued.) She had not been back in the office an hour when she answered the telephone to/near a hysterical feminine voice which she recognized as Mrs. Carey’s. “What’s happened?’’ Norma cried. “Oh, what is it?” Mrs. Carey tried to explain. No, she said Mark was not sick. Something was wrong, however. Her words turned into meaningless gibberish. Norma strained to hear, suddenly gave up the effort. “I’ve got to go home!” she cried, bursting into Stuart’s office. ’'Something’s wrong with the baby ’’ She was gone like a flash, downstairs and into a taxicab, urging the driver to go faster. After what seemed endless minutes of agony, they reached the apartment. Norma ran upstairs and flung back the door. Mrs. Carey met her, white-faced. “The baby’s gone!” she gaspeij. CHAPTER FORTY-THREE NORMA leaned helplessly against the door. “Gone?” she repeated as though she had not heard correctly. “Why, what do you mean? Mrs. Carey nodded. “The baby’s gone,” she said. “I couldn’t stop them. I did everything I could, but the woman came back with a policeman—” White, wild-eyed, Norma seemed suddenly to clutch at the ts other woman’s meaning. “Where’s he gone?" she shrieked. “Where is Mark? Oh, what’s happened?” She grasped Mrs. Carey’s arm and would have shaken her. The other woman stepped back. “Mercy, Mrs. Travers, you mustn't carry on like this! It’s terrible I know, but I couldn’t stop them. You’ve got to get hold of yourself. I’ll tell you just what happened if you’ll listen.” Norma ran to Mark’s bed. The little blanket was rumpled and thrown back, but the bed was empty. Norma whirled. “Where is he?” he cried. “Why don’t you tell me what’s happened? Oh. Mark. Mark!—my little baby—wnere is he?” It was all of five minutes before Mrs. Carey could get the story out. The woman was pathetic in her helplessness. Mrs. Carey said she was washing dishes from her noonday lunch when there was a knock at the door. She opened it to face a woman who said she came from the city welfare department. She wanted to know if Mrs. Norma Travers lived in the apartment and then asked to see the baby. tt tt tt “T thought it was queer,” Mrs. A Carey said, “but I let her come in. Mark was in his bed, not asleep, but just lying there with those big eyes wide open. • “The woman looked at him and how old he was. Then she said there’d been a complaint about a 6-months-old baby being neglected and that she'd come to take the child. I told her she’d do no such thing! “I said I was taking care of the baby and being paid for it and if anyone said Mark was being neglected he was a natural-born liar. Well, I supposed that was all there'd be to it. She went away, but about

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ten minutes later she was back with i a policeman beside her, ‘What could I do, Mrs. Travers? The policeman said It was right and I'd have to let her take the baby. By that time I was so flus- ; tered I couldn’t hardly tell my own name. “They said they were taking Mark to keep until after there’d been an ‘investigation’ or some- j think like that. I got out his little' coat and bonnet to keep him warm and he began to cry as soon as the j woman picked him up. “The minute they left I telephone to you! There’s something wrong, I know that much! With you slaving away and working so hard for that baby. Why, the very idea—!” Norma stopped her. She had be weeping, but now she dried her i eyes. "Do you know where they went? she demanded. “We’ve got to find Mark!” ‘There’j a big office down at the city hall,” Mrs. Carey volunteered. "I was down there once. It’s the place where the men work who run the welfare department. That might be the place to go. “I don’t know though—l don’t know if you'd find the baby there!” a a tt ALREADY Norma was on her feet. “You’ve got to come with me, Mrs. Carey!” she declared. ! “We’ve got to get Mark! Come on there isn’t any time to lose! We’ll have to hurry!” With her coat pulled on over her house dress, a felt hat jammed on at an angle, Mrs. Carey was halfpushed and half-pulled down the two flights of stairs. On the street Norma signaled a taxicab and told the driver to take them to the city hall. During the ride Norma alternately wept and asked questions. She wanted to know what the woman had said. What did she mean by saying Mark was neglected? Who had complained? Mrs. Carey repeated what she had said before. There was nothing new. The woman was almost as distraught as Norma herseft. She was in no condition to comfort the girl. “How’re they going to get the baby’s formula right?” she moaned. “He ought to be having his bottle right now. Like as not he’s crying for it, the poor little darling!” Norma twined icy fingers together. She was starting ahead as though she had not heard. The cab stopped and the women got out. They went up stone steps and into a mable-floored corridor. Mrs. Casey led the way down a narrower passage to a door marked “City Welfare Department.” “This is the place,” she whispered and opened the door. tt tt tt 4) HALF a dozen men and women were standing before a high counter. Beyond in a large room a man and two women sat at desks. There was a young woman at the counter. A swinging gate led from the small inclosure to the larger room. Without a moment’s hesitation Norma passed through this gate. One of the women arose. “What is it you want?” she said sharply. “Is this the city welfare department? I’ve come for my baby ?” “What?” “If you’ll go back behind the counter,” the woman said, “and wait your turn, Miss Eberhardt will consider your case. “You’ll have to wait on the other side of the counter!” The woman accented her words harshly. “But you don’t understand!” Norma exclaimed. “I’m not here to wait. I tell you I’ve come for my baby !” The man at the far desk had come forward. Everybody in the room was eyeing Norma. “Perhaps I’d better talk to her,” the man said quietly. With a nod toward Norma, he said: “Will you come with me?” Mrs. Carey clutched the girl’s arm. They went through another door, following the man. It was a smaller office. The man dropped into the desk chair and waved Norma and Mrs. Carey to seats. “Now then,” he said, “what is it you’re so excited about?” U ft tt NORMA and Mrs. Carey tried to talk at once. In the end it was the older woman who got out the

more coherent story. The man listened silently, nodding occasionally When he understood what they were trying to tell him, he pushed an electric desk button. A girl appeared at the door. “Bring Miss Clinton's report,” he told her. In a moment the girl was back with some cards. She laid them on the desk and departed. “Now then,” said the social worker, after studying these cards. I’m sorry to tell you, Mrs. Travers, that you can’t take your son home this evening. As our investigator explained to the —er nurse—when she took the child a complaint has been made. This complaint calls for complete and thorough investigation. Pending such action, we must see that the babsr is cared for properly. You have been charged with neglecting the child, being away for long periods of the day. “Now, now—don’t interrupt me!” he went on, more severely. “These charges must be investigated. If they are groundless, the child will come back to you. If not, the matter will come into open court. There is nothing whatever that you can do about the situation this evening. Your child is being given excellent care, but it is impossible for you to see him. There is nothing for you to worry about. We have the infant’s welfare at hearts and yours too.” “I won’t go!” Norma cried hotly. “I won't go until you let me have Mark! You’ve no right to take him away from me. You’ve no right—l” tt tt ft THE hysterical outburst lasted several minutes. At the end of that time Mrs. Carey found herself in the corridor with the sobbing Norma in her arms. “We’ll go home.” Mrs. Carey tried to make her voice consoling. “We’ll go home, honey, and come back tomorrow! Maybe Miss Saunders will know what to do. There, there! You mustn’t carry on this way!” It taxed all Mrs. Carey’s resourcefulness to get the girl into another taxicab and headed back for the apartment. It was after 5 when they arrived there and Chris Saunders had come ahead of them. Chris heard the afternoon’s events indignantly. And immediately she had a solution. “We’ll call Bob Farrell!” she exclaimed. “What you need is a lawyer, Norma! Why, the idea of coming into a person’s home that way and taking a baby. I never heard of such a thing! “You need a lawyer who knows how to go after such things. I’m going to call Bob this minute!” She ran downstairs. Ten minutes later she was back to report. “Bob’s coming over right away. I caught him just as he got in the house. He said he’d start right away.” tt tt tt HALF an hour later—and for the third time—the story was reviewed for Farrell’s benefit. Mrs. Carey was called in and the young man questioned her. She and Chris had poured forth sympathy for Norma and berated the welfare department. Bob’s attitude was quite different. Norma’s face was red and swollen from weeping, but she was dry-eyed now. Her lijJs pressed together in a line that strove to remain firm. Eyeing the girl soberly, Farrell said: (To Be Continued)

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