Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-01-24
= NYRA'S FINGERS
By A. r. FARLEIG

! by some dissoluate woman among Chi
namen in Mulberry street 2. Their eyes
met. ArthUr's were the first to fall. He
went on as though he had not seen her ::
| Have happy life with the Agnew
| woman and Charley FOo?"
mo. They beat me all the time"
| How long did that last?"
! Until L went to live with Mrs. Sing
Fat"
| Chinese woman?"
? mo. American"
! How did you come to go there7T
"She told me she wanted a daughter,
so she bought me from Charley Foo"
| Bought your"
she told me she gave Charley Foe $40
for me-"
DID she treat you wen?"
| when she was sober'
How long did that last?"
! It'll l was 0 or 10"
Then what happened2"
Mrs. Sing Eat died and a girl named
Hater took me-"
she gave you the name OF Yater?"
Eyes"
"And Them"
THE police arrested her and the
.
the Prevention OF Cruelty to Children
got me ana sent me to RandaIls Island ;"
Ayra wondered why Murcent revealed
all this fearful infancy without hesita-
tion but glance at the evil men and
women on the other side Of the room
showed that Arthur and his colleagues
were aware OF all this history and that
HILi'ent knew that they knew. The
witness was stiu placid. unassuming, ap-
/ parent1y the least Interested person in
me room. Her brain must have been on
I me alertest sentry duty against trans
ana pitfalls but no sign Of the strain
showed ON her face
How long were you in tie asylum"
/ zone yeaF-about"
! what were the circumstances Of YOUR
/ leavlng?"
! II ran away"
From Randan's Tsland1 How did you
/ get across the riverf"
/ y hid on the boat back to the city,
Why did you run away?"
| the life was too hard"
! The crowd laughed. Why7 They con
I trasted the orderlluess. the regular
meals, the quiet dormttories. the certain
| ties Of the asylum with the fierce ordeals
( or Doyers street. They overlooked its
I adventures
/ Where did you 90 then7~
/ gan hid ne"
who was that ladyf~
/ "Lew Ha.uFaI's wife: her father was
( a Chink-I mean a Ch.aaman."
"i1id Mrs. HaE.zan support your
'6he liked me. I worked IN The
Northern Light. Haligan's cafe. selling
. d sfs- 41.a ma
( Mrs HaldgaD. but had to hide from the
/ Gerry agents"
"The Northern Light was that thu
/ notorious dance haU1"
They had dancing
WHO were The pst-ons
People IN Chinatown
How long did You lead that ufef+
I 9TH was "a"
beyond the school ago, tin you vera
safe from the Gerry Society. Then
uhatf"
4 did fancy dances IN Haltgan's tn
] couldn't stand him any longer He was
always striking me-"
Men seemed to have been hard on
you"
II met only one kind Of decent man
In Oh my life tn I meet ny husband"
How long were you with Mrs. Haui-
/ gaa3~
TIN I was IS or 49,
"rhen what;"
"T'alhgan went ont Of business"
( "Closed By the poUce7"
, Eyes"
'You and al tho otA4rs arrested1-
/ YES
What happened t. you -
They sent me to another asylum
"Wh3t asylum ?"
''Ihs Nagdalen Home"
Again one could hear the breathing Of
the crowa-a sad sigh NIyra was over
come with sorrow. She had the curious
sensation sor 4 moment that there were
hu: three persons in that face-dled room.
the woman with the copper hair on the
witness stand, Arthur Brownson and her
self and that he was laying bare Mill
cents life for her alone 10 see
ESQ ut fifteen You were a Macdalen -
Fierce protests from ali Myra's corn
Sol. what had all this 20 do with suit
10 make The Foresight Insurance Com
panv pay it's just debt TO benjamin Cam
Iion's daughter, that noble member Of
the Rcd Cross?
"Uow long were you in the MagdaIen
Home?"
Three months"
"Bun aw0y?"
II ran away"
"What did you do then ~
IT posed for an artlst-Nr Manten."
Mr.. ManteN wss a distinguished
artist How did you get such a posi-
tlou ?"
He saw me in Chinatown and said
l had a figure ne needed. He IS the man
I meant was kind TO me"
'Nou lived IN his studio9"
YES"
Ibid Mr.. Manteu leave you some money
when he died 2"
''Yes. Tie left me $4,000. 7 was mar,
ried then. lie said he would not for
get nae and he did not"
''You seem to have mado a step up in
the world then. Why did you Ieava
hm?"
Il was arrested"
''Where2"
"Tn Doyars street"
"You went back to Chinatown7~
II was visiting some girl friends. We