San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-01
NORA IS UNABLE
To BREAK OFF
WITH MAX
Reed Is Determined Their
Friendship Shall
Not End.
(Cantinued From Page 1, Part 81

ME said: We'll. III tell you. Bill.
ole thing. it's this way-in the pursuit
of life. happiness, thrills. we, the
flappers of the species, proclaim the
right TO love in or out of wedlock, to
be the common right of all. Ladies
and gentlemen, on with the dance
Let love be unconfined! Now, that ;
our declaration of independence. A bet
ter world. ole lady. when all of you of
yesterday wake up and calmly maxi
it possible for us TO take this right
without forcing Us to follow it with a
quite unnecessary dose of poison"
Billie answered with tight lips
you don't mean this, Connie, or you
wouldn't be so heartless. You expect
me to listen TO all your opinions with
the most enlightened sympathy. but
you're very blind when it comes u
seeing my position"
Connie smiled. We see your posi-
ton too well. Bill. That's the trouble
Just at present I'm feeling too toler-
ant TO tell you what / think of it.
Some day ] will"
Billie had been to the Cliff House
for tea. She had seer an incident that
turned her sick with alarm. She told
herself bitterly: Il suppose I'm re-
sponsible. I've failed. l tried TO do
right"
She became breathless and present
" was turning the knob of Nora Lees
door. At least. Nora Lee would be
sympathetic.
She saw Connie stretched languor-
ously and putting a cigarette. She
frowned: You're a regular chimney.
Con Why don't you limit yourself p
you ought to know. Bill-not SO
easy 10 cut down. is it,
Billie told them where she had been.
She stood at the bureau, rearranging
the little tools on the manicure tray.
Suddenly she blurted:
Connie, who is this King Madison
that Minna goes WITH"
A nice boy whose papa furnishes
the machine. the bootleg, the coin.
King is able 10 do the rest himself
really. something may be said for him.
He makes the most Of his oppOrtuni-
ties"
I'm not joking
Neither am |. You asked for the
low-down. You got it"
''Minna was at the Cliff House with
him today. l believe Minna must
have had several cocktails"
More or less. ] suppose"
"She promised me she wouldn't
drink except here in her own home
When is she here: Don't take ad-
vantage Of the child. Bill
Billie turned a white, worried face
to her Oldest daughter. 'Minna is
only seventeen. You. Connie. ought
to have a sense Of responsibility. How
ian you lie there and take it coldly
and Nina hardly more than a baby
Well. ] told you a year ago. Bill,
tn make her stay home and study.
What did you say: just this: You
asked me how you could keep Minna
in a night when all other mothers
allowed their girls of sixteen to cad
as they pleased I'll admit you've got
some problem on your hands and its
too late now 10 solve it. You're be-
ginning just seventeen years too late y
Billie chewed her fingernails. Bit
ting viciously at the cuticle. "Minna
danced with this boy in the most
shocking manner I've ever seen. She
turned me red with shame. I'm sure
the child can't realize what she was
doing
Connie shrugged THE effect is the
same whether one realizes the cause
or not. Minna does that dance re-
markably we'll