The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-25
CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR Con
tinued.)
OUT OUR WAY

A subtle change had taken place
in Judith knights appearance. The
boy in the elevator eyed her
curiously, but judith did not notice
this.
Through the hotel lobby and out
on the street she moved. Involun-
tarily she sought the restaurant
where she had eaten her lunch.
TX7HEN she had finished her
w dinner she paid the cashier
and stepped into the street.
Glowing electric lights beaconed,
but Judith ignored them. For sew
eral blocks she walked without no
ticing her surroundings. Then she
realized that she had passed the
corner where she should have turned
to reach the hotel. Still she con-
tinued.
She was not thinking-at least
Judith told herself she did not
want to think SubconSciously her
mind was in ferment. Should she
go back to Arthur? Should she re-
main here?
The long afternoon out Of doors
had made her weary. At last Judith
turned and made her way back to
the hotel.
When she was in her room once
more she slipped into the one chair
and drew a long sigh. Yes. she was
tired, physically and mentally She
told herself she had come no
nearer to a decision.
But that was not true. When any
problem is stated and faced frankly
half the battle is over. Judith was
unaware of this.
She was painStaking that evening
about her preparations for the
night, cleansed her face carefully
with cream, cleaned it with hot
water and brushed her hair. fifty
strokes on either side. 1t was as
though. by busying herself at these
tasks, she sought to forget more
important things.
At last, though 1t was still early
in the evening, she turned out the
light and climbed into bed.
If Judith Knight had only known
1t her decision already was made.
She had reached the turning point
in. the soaring agony of that mo-
ment when she had slipped to her
knees and cried, Help me know
what is right"
JUDITH slept late the next morn
y ing. She took a long walk be-
fore luncheon and again in the
afternoon visited Battery Park.
1t was as she sat watching a
glorious white liner with crimson
stacks glide slowly out into the
harbor that involuntarily her two
hands clapped together.
"I'n do it," Judith said to her
self. I'm going-now!"
In a tunult of energy she rushed
toward the subway. Down the steps
Judith ran. Oh. she must hurry
nowl She must hurry before she
lost courage!
A train was pulling In. Judith
leaped aboard as the doors opened.
A good omen-She saw that it was
an express. and the right one.
The electric demon could not go
fast enough to satisfy her. Local
stations flashed into sight and out
again. yellow lights. green lights,
red lights twinkled in the Subter-
ranean caveFns. 1t all seemed slow
and annoying to Judith'S Impotence.
She was the fist one out of the
car when the doors slid back. Up
the steps she sped. She was breath
less and running when she reached
the hotel.
IF I hurry" she told herself. i
can make the 4:l0."
she must make the 4:i0l She
must make IT. Otherwise there
would be an impossible half-hour's
delay and she could not reach the
house until after 5 o'clock.
Luckily there was little to pack.
Pajamas. lingerie. comb and brush
and cosmetics we're tossed into the
travelling bag helter-skelter. When
they were all in and the bag locked
Judith grabbed it up and ran.
She chafed at the cashiers delay
as he hunted for her bill.
"Taxi?" asked the driver stationed
before the door.
No. the subway would be quicker
without bothering to answer. Judith
ran down the street.
The travelling bag was not heavy,
She swung on to a train, barely
squeezing IN before the automatic
doors clicked shut.
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