The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-06-13
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Chickie tHelenal, only daughter of
Jonathan and Jennie Bryce, loves Bar
~ Dunno, young lawyer with Tufts
& Lennox. Wealthy Jack Munson.
friend Of AJanina Knowles and and. Amy AM
fieaton tell Chickie he considers Bar
rvs feeling only a boys love. and that
he viii be waiting when Barry mas
to 't engage rag Barry TO to represent present locally
the Gulf Steamship Company of San
Francisco. and la invites him to tour
Chickie accuses him of loving Ia,
quarrel follows and he leaves on the
trip. In desperation she telegrapns
dure the consequences of her love.
Her parents, ignorant of her plight,
Barry's absence Jimmie Blake reneWs
his attentions. When Barry tells
Chickie he has been mtrrie a. to nam Ana to OF
Mrs. John Clayton, buys herself a we'd
ding ring and goes to the country home
OF widow Mrs Agnes esot RooG prend e1r
forward Chickie's mail under her as
sumed name. The month over, she
writes that new position will keep
her away from home for long time.
Her father asks her, to come at once,
GO On WITH THE STORY
BY ElenOre Meherin
Then Jonathan wrote again:
tWell, we didn't know what to
make of it, Chickie girl, when you
didn't come and didn't write. And
YOUR mother cried by the hour and
that's not good for her. She's not
a bit we'll though l don't want to
frighten you. I've had the doctor
and he thinks it's touch OF
pneumonia and her hearts none so
strong.
please ask them to give you
little time off, Chickie girl, and run
down here to see us. Jennie is in
bed and I can lift her now like
baby. She's gotten thin. Chickie,
your old Dad would find 1t mighty
sweet to have you here in these
night times-and sitting by the bed.
What shall I tell your mother-that
you're coming as soon as the train
will take you? Write at once"
This, too, went under the pillow.
Chickie knelt at the bed, her face
buried in her arms. And she cried.
And she thought that God was hard
to her.
Doubly hard. Because Jonathan
had sent another letter, inclosing 1t
with his. 1t was from Barry
Dunno. He sent her money. He
wrote this:
IT know you don't wish to hear
from me. | don't send this to you.
But the time must be about over.
can't endure the thought that 1t
should suffer because of me. 1t will
suffer. no matter what is done now,
but you haven't the right, because of
contempt for me, to make it any
harder. l will send more regularly
If you will let me know"
No named signed-no greeting
given. If anything on the green, sad
earth could make her feel more
alone, more desolate, it was that line
from him she had so loved
She took a plain envelope and put
the bills-$250--in this and sealed it.
Then she put it in her trunk and
trembled. The child was his-his,
too-the pain all hers
She walked into the room, hold
ing his letter in her hand, feeling
it like a scalding in her mind. Sud
denly she laughed. Ho-free-she
had been free-ever so free. She
had been glad-oh, joyous days on
the river-oh, happy, long hours I'M
der a tree. And she had laughed
daring life to corner her!
Life had taken her dare. But not
Janina' s-not Amy Heaton 's-not
even Marjorie Abbott's.
But if they could eat their fruit
as she was eating hers. Oh, if they
could .aste The ashen bitterness. She
stopped, exhausted.
~ ONATHAN'S letter remained
unanswered two days. Then
CA came another. Swift, COM
handing frantic in it's prayer:
"Chickie, girl, come now! Jennie
is sinking. Leave everything and
come. Your mother is out Of her
mind, calling for you. She's taken
this sudden turn. Pray God to help
us. don't know what to do or what
to say to her. Send me a telegram.
Don't waste a moment"
And Chickie, shaken from head
to foot crept up the steps to her.
room. She closed the door, locked
It. Then she raced into the closet
pulled down her coat, pulled down
q black silk cape. sOh, she would
go-rush down to them-brazen it
Quitting her arms about Jennie's
neck, whisper and see the dear,
faded eyes grow bright again.
She pulled on the cape and stood