The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-08-10

Chickie picked up a menu. Sweet
in you, Janina, dear, to break q date
for me-"
You can always count on me for
that. Vows and promises make us
slaves to the moods Of yesterday.
Of marriage. Who can know that in
two years, five months and seven
days from the present she shall still
love John Doe, still yearn for his
bald head opposite her at the table?
we'll phoned yesterday and
Thursday Your charming friend
Myrtle stated: Bryce is not here
and I'm not sure when she'll be in.
How come my dear? And whittier
goest thou every night in the week%
Chidkie said abruptly: I've left,
Janina." The moment the words
were out, she felt smothered, almost
unable to breathe.
Janina put down her napkin-her
mouth Strengthened and tense:
"Why?"
''They found out about me-
"Hell's bells" She pushed her
plate. do you mean to say, Chickie,
that you turned yellow and walked
out?"
"No-I was asked to leave. had
no choice" And she told Janina.
And she took out the letter of recon-.
mendation and showed it.
Janina smoothed the crumpled
sheet. Her eyes smouldered as
though fires ate them. She said
softly: you can paste 1t together"
II don't know what you mean"
Janina bit through her teeth: II
zaid you can paste 1T together
paste-don't you understandable"
IT WON'T xesd it! Did you read
that paragraph"
IT read it, What about It? It's
true, isn't it?"
Chickie shut her eyes: 'Yes-true.
And it means that no place will ad-
NIT me-
.Janina folded her hands over the
letter and looked quietly into
Chiclies face. do you really sup
pose, Chickie, that you committed
a new sin? Something that was
never heard of in the nursing pro-
fession before?"
I'm not telling you anything,
Janina, except that no school know
ing this would admit me-"
"Why do they regard it such q
crime to love or to have a child?
How are you tainted because of
this?"
Unconsciously Chickie repeated a
sentence Miss Simonds had said:
mo one has a right to do thing
that if done by all would shake the
foundations Of the whole moral law"
Bunk" That's just what we're
aiming at! Shake down the old or
Nder-build up the new. Lordee, we
need It'll What is the moral law any
way then but a question of expedi-
ence? A question Of economics
That's all the world sim
ply isn't prepared to look out for its
children and SO they put a stigma
on any one who brings a child here
without money or father to look
after 1t! What else is the differ
ence between the child born inside
Of wedlock and the child born out
side of it?
And what has the moral law got
to do with the inner decencies to-
Gay? You don't hear of any moral
law against q woman selling herself
for money, do you? Provided, Of
course, she wears white dress and
a veil on the day the transaction is
made.
"All bunk, ole thing! All surface!
What you did was right enough!
Don't let any one kid you out Of
that. It's what you're getting that's
wrong. Let me tell you the world
has more to live up to than you or
I have to live down.
/ Chickie leaned over to Janina.
Her lips were CHASTITY, they were so
white: "Janina-if you had a laugh
ter would you want her to do as
did?"
Janina shrugged and wouldn't an
swer.
+ You wouldn't! And it was sell
fish. If you excuse every other
phase. you'll still have to say it was
selfish, and in the end we always
cheat ourselves, when it's only our
selves we wish to serve"
We're born selfish, little one"
I'VE don't have to remain sell
fish"
II don't know about that! Put
a yacht on the waters, fling out its
sails, and then let the wind spring
up-off goes yotr boat. It's made
that way. Same with us! Victims
Of the life forces all of us, if just the
tide runs high enough and we hap
pen to get in the way"
I'VE can keep our eyes open,
Janina, and run when the tide is
rising"
IF we're that cautious-yes-bet
ter still, grab off a marriage IL
cense. Then it's all right! That's
what gets my goat on the PROPOSE
ton. Nothing wrong with the tide
but only with luck Of the one who
rides it.
And that's what makes me so
| sick with these judgments. They
can't condemn the deed you did. But
only the consequence. That's why