Central Point star., June 27, 1930, Image 3

T H E C EN TR A I, P O IN T STAR
FR ID AY, JU N E 27. l»30
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FOURTH INSTALLMENT
WHAT HAS (¡ONE BEFORE
A b e a u tifu l young w om an find»
In iM lf on the side w alk in a strange
c ity . She cannot rem em ber her
name o r w here she came fro m . She
ha» n o th in g in her purse hi te ll
h erself w h o »ho is. A young man
w ho has »ceil her in the hotel where
»lie 1* »topping notices her ami
take» her Io the hotel in u cab.
T here »he find« that »he 1» regis­
tered, In F ie m li a» “ Mi»» Eve N o­
body o f N ow here." The cle rk ha»
been ca llin g her Ml»» Parson». The
young man tell» her »lie is in New
Y o rk. Hi» name 1» E ric H am ilton
o f Chicago. She 1» te rr ifie d ut her
Io»» of m em ory. He asks III» frie n d
H r. C a rric k , a nerve specialist, to
ca ll at the hotel. H r. C a rric k talk»
encouragingly, hut »ay» Unit
he
w ill send a nurse Io »lay w ith the
m ysterious “ Mi»» Parson»”
that
night.
•Mi»» N obody listens w h ile H am ­
ilto n te lls her w hat the d o cto r has
said, then step» in to a nother room .
W hen the nurse a rrives, Hie g ir l
ha» vanished fro m the h o te l!
possibly have seen her o r tulked
Io her. They do queer thing» when
tin y're in that stale.*
“ lie co u ld llt help m uch,” lla in jl-
lon reported Io Miss Adams. W here
sh all I have the d riv e r take yo u? ”
n
i l V guve
KMW h
l u im
in n
ri r
i h u i ™ , and s«s
She
her
address,
he
paid Ilia ch au ffe ur in advance, add-
ing. on a sudden m em ory, Hie urn
ount due fo r a night service. It
was a c o m fo rt Io w atch the tu x i-
cab vanish to w a rd F ifth Avenue,
lie hail a fra n tic w ish to lie alone,
to begin his quest at once. In a
case like th is every m inute counted.
Hut
w here could tie begin?
C arrick» clu b w ii » in the F o rth ’»,
o ff Broadw ay and the ro a r o f the
c ity came to H am ilton fro m every
side as he stood at Hie c u rb fo r a
m om ent, loo king around fo r a n o t —
taxi-cub.
W liu l a damned heartless w o rld
it w as! There was a moon in Hie
them.
It was in Paris they hud met, the
p o rte r explained, in the little Hotel
V o lta ire o f the Quai V o lta ire on
tin- left bank, when Mademoiselle
had :,penl the w in te r there three .
no,
it was » fo
r years ago. »»
It was
n
o, n
m u
u »
no» s u rp ris in g liia t Mademoiselle
d id not rem cm bi r him , lie h u m b ly
adm itted, lie h im self hail been o f
an unim aginable unim portance—not
even her w u ite r, but
m erely
a
w aiter» boy. S till, in that lo w ly
capacity, he had d a ily »een Madem­
oiselle, and once o r tw ic e had done
sm all services fo r her such a» c a rr y ­
ing note» to h e r friends.
Despite his G a llic courtesy, it was
clear that he was disappointed by
her fa ilu re to recognize him , and
Eve »ought Io soothe h ili h u rt p rid e
by a larger fee than the c o t-b rin g ­
ing Justified, w h ile w ith an Increas­
ing tre m o r she considered w hat the
w h y 1 w ish no one to kn ow where o f tw o o r three rooms— a s ittin g
I am, except you. You, I am sure 1 room , a bedroom , even a bathroom
and o f a p rice v e iy reasonable.
can tru s t.”
Eve came to a p ro m p t decision.
The trib u te she was glad to ob­
She w ent back in to the bedroom and
serve left h im almost speechless.
“ W hat 1 can do fo r Mademoiselle , returned w ith a »heel o f paper and
w ill be done,” was a ll he could a pencil.
b rin g out, his black eyes avid w ith
“ W rite the address fo r me,’ she
interest.
, directed, “ and y o u r fu ll name too.
"T h an k you. Then te ll me, firs t I w ill go and look at the house you
do you kn o w a good place w here speak of. I f I do not settle there I
Unless you
I can go and liv e ? —one w h ic h is ' w ill let you kn o w .
hear
fro
m
me,
come
there
at eight
n o, expensive,” she added.
“A
place sim ple and clean and res­ to m o rro w evening. I desire to have
pectable and like tlie lit t le jio t e l you a long ta lk w ith you.”
speak of in P aris.”
She took the s lip he gave her and
She took it fo r granted tha, the handed h im fiv e d ollars.
“ Remember. I am tru s tin g you.
little hotel in Paris had these q u a l­
ities and a pparently she was rig h t, N o, a w o rd to anyone.”
fo r M arcel nodded and gave h im self
Marcel took the bank note and
to ostentatious thought.
s lo w ly pocketed it
His face was
He had been in the c ity less than ve ry serious. It was odd — a ll this.
h a lf a year, and he had little k n o w ­ There was much in it he d id no,
ledge o f e ith e r hotels o r lodging understand, she had not been thus
houses, bu, now he remembered in Paris. Bu, he w o u ld serve the
som ething. A frie n d o f his, he told lad y to the best i f his a b ility .
Eve packed in seven m inutes.
her was the ja n ito r o f a d ow ntow n
house w h ic h had little apartm ents
She was ou, o f the h otel tw e n ty -
NOW GO ON W i l l i T H E STORY
Miss Adams rem ained in the ta x i­
cab ut the d u b door w h ile H am ilton
w ent In to the clubhouse and In te r­
view ed in n sm all reception room, a
p sy ch ia trist w ho was at firs t some
w hat rese ntful and then deeply In ­
“ And you have remembered m y n nine a ll th is tim e? she asked in
terested. The Good Sam aritan was
voice w h ic h she v a in ly trie d to keep steady.
soothed by the discovery that the
doctors »urpise over the p a tie n t’s
disappearance was ns great as his
»Uy— u fat moon, w h ic h seemed to < m o un ter m ig a t mean to her. The
own.
T o H am ilton the suspicion
be lee rin g dow n at h im ...’Ib is tow n young Frenchm an w o u ld earn much
that hi» curlessness was responsible
was an u w fu l place fo r u helpless more than a tifty c e iit tip before
fo r the g irls flig h t hud been Hie
g ir l to be alone ut n ig h t,...... Miss H ic ii in te rv ie w ended, but the in -
tu rn o f the screw.
iu ic t o f caution developed in her
N obody from N ow here
and sin
“ She left th is fo r you,” he ended,
d
u rin g the past few hours made her
nail confessed that she badu , brut
ta kin g the envelope fro m In» pocket
q
uiet
I:, r singing nerve« and move
fc-' ¿’J
and handing it over. “ I'm hoping m ilch m oney.
s lo w ly .
“
God'
he
breathed.
1,
was
a»
there is some clue in It.’
“ And you have rem em bered my
D octor opened the envelop.
It near u p ra y e r us any he had u tte r­
contained a b lank sheet o f paper ed since he was a very little boy. name a ll th is tim e ? ” she asked in
As i f in a nsw er to it a calm ing I a voice she v a in ly trie d to keep
und a bank note fo r tw e n ty dollars.
m
em
ory came to him . He saw her
I lie young p o rte r, how ever, ob-
He dropped the envelope
und
paper on Hie flo o r am i H a m ilto n a» she hud been in the park, as ■ s e o c o u o i.u iig unusual about it, fo r
the hud been w ith him , as she had here the entente between them , so
bent and picked them up.
th in k in g I agreeable up t i l l now , experienced
“ May I have these?” he asked, been w ith the doctor
te rrifie d ,i sudden c h ill. He flushed and jt u n -
and put them in to Ids pocket w ith c le a rly , d e cid in g s w iftly
yes, but h o ld in g fust in a situation
uered. It was in c re d ib le ; it was
out w a itin g fo r perm ission.
unpardonable; he abasedj him self
C a rric k got up and stro lle d around tliu t w ou ld have appalled Hie «troug
the room , in the m anner o f men es, soul; and his nerve« steadied. before lie r; but the fact was that fo r
She was fig h tin g w ith her back to the moment he d id not rem em ber
w h o th in k best on th e ir feet.
“ You urc sure no one else called a b la nk w a ll, bu, even in those M adem oiselle’s name. H er face o f
never
forge,.
on her, and that she d id n 't re ­ fe w hours she had opened new course one w o u ld
ceive any telephone message?” he w ind ow s of life to him , and he had Even though lie h im self had been
gained in understanding, lie w ould a mere boy o f seventeen w hen he
asked at last.
last saw it, had he not rem em bered
“ No, to my know ledge. The tele­ fin d her.
He leaned fo rw a rd und gave to it a, once, a fte r fo u r years? Eve
phone was in the s ittin g ro o m w here
I was reading, so I w o u ld have the w a itin g d riv e r the address o f le, Hie flo w o f com plim ents pour
heard it, and I suppose any ra rd or a newspaper on whose s ta ff was one fo rth . H er m in d was w o rk in g c le a r­
ly and ra p id ly . She had intended
guest w ould have come to the s it­ o f his friends.
tin g room d oo r,” H a m ilto n said.
W hen Eve le ft her v is ito r in her to get away fro m the hotel, w ith ­
"P ro b a b ly .” G a rrick took another hotel s ittin g room and w e n t in to out k n o w in g h ow she was going to
tu rn , w h ile H am ilton sat s till and her bedroom, supposedly to get Io it. N ow she realized that th is
g lo o m ily watched him .
ready fo r the nurse, she absently- youth w ou ld help her and th a , she
•‘Then w h a t is buck o f it? " he m indedly trip p e d over a p ro je ctin g must establish a re la tio n s h ip be­
m uttered. “ Jus, panic? In her co n ­ end o f the co, »he hud ordered. The tween them w h ic h w o u ld enable
d itio n she m ight easily have been little episode u nd erlin ed h i r dread her to keep in touch w ith him .
a plan
a fra id o f me, and o f Hie nurse, too, of the n ig ht, and »he stood s ta r­ M entally she considered
but 1 got the strong im pression that ing at the co, as if she already sav, w h ile lie r b ra in subconsciously re ­
she had confidence in yo u ."
He its occupant there. I, was in place gistered w hat Hie p o rte r was say­
stopped am i me, lla m ilto n s eyes die cham berm aid had gone, Hie room ing.
w ith a sudden professional look. gon, the room was in o rd e r, and
U ndoubtedly, he assured her, the
•‘ You fe lt th u t.'d id n , yo u ? "
the opposite door o f the bedroom, name w o u ld come to h im at any
•‘ Yes, I d id . It touched me very w hich led in to a rear h a ll o f the m inute. T h is she knew was pos­
m uch. It is one o f things that makes hotel, was just closing on Hie m od­ sible. Sooner o r la te r he ought to
me feel thu, I can't le t her d ow n,’ es, e xit o f Hie porter. She stopped recall, too, if he did no, rem em ber
H a m ilto n adm itted. “ I lu b e sim p ly the man w ith a w o rd , a ready hand now the names of her frie n d s he
got ,0 fin d her und be sure she is m echanically
reaching in to
her had ca rrie d notes to, the names of
all •ig h l."
hand-bug fo r her purse. He was a frien ds w ho had come to see her,
C a rric k nodded.
young Frenchm an, and a» he came episodes o f the life she had lived
" I , is going to be a big jo b to hack in to the room in answ er to in Paris a ll o r any o f w h ic h , w hen
fin d h er,” he predicted. And I am her summons Ids expectant smile he told her, could be the clues she
a fra id i, is a job w here I can’, suddenly broadened in to a look of needed. Yes. in those g esticulating
help you m uch.
L eft to herself pleased recognition.
hands m ight lie Hie string s th a t
she w ill give sa nita riu m « and doc­
‘Good evening, m adem oiselle.“ lie w o u ld lead her back in to the n o r­
to rs and nurses the w ilie s t kind
said w ith the eagerness o f a lon ely mal w o rld .
o f b erth.”
“ What is you nam e?” she ab­
person w h o sees a fa m ilia r face in
T ile r e seemed n o th in g more to a strange la n d ; and lie added in
ru p tly asked him .
say, bu, fo r a moment longer they
“ M arcel C ha rp e ntie r, mademois­
French, ra th e r b la n k ly , as he caught
faced each o the r u n c e rta in ly . Then
her expression of surprise. “ But elle,” he to ld her.
H a m ilto n straightened his should­
“ Listen, M arcel, she said s till in
Mademoiselle does not rem em ber
ers w ith a gesture his intim ates
his ow n language. Listen a tte n tiv e ­
me?”
w o u ld have recognized as ch a ra ct­
“ No doubt I should do so." Eve ly . I have a plan, and perhaps you
e ris tic o f h im in moments o f fin a l
answered in his ow n tongue, and can help me. If you can 1 know
decision.
you w ill, fo r we w ere acquaintances
" I w ill tackle it,” he announced “ Jus, w here d id you see m e’.’ she
in France.” She stopped w ith a
asked.
re fe rrin g the big job.
gesture
his eager assurance, looked
He began to explain v o lu b ly and
"G o o d !” »aid the d octo r, h e a rtily ,
u n d ersta m ling ly a, his b rig h te n in g
h
a
p
p
ily
enchanted,
it
was
clear,
by
And keep me posted,” lie added, not
this unexpected e iico u le r w ith a fo r ­ face, and w ent on: “ Besides, I w ill
q uite sol h e a rtily , fo r C a rric k was
pay you w e ll fo r any tim e and
man hard d riven by his practice m er patron, and perhaps forsceing
Iroulde you give to my service.
too,
agreeable
p
o
ssib
ilitie
s
o
f
fees
“Let me kn ow i f I can be o f any
“ 1 desire to leave th is hotel, M ar-
in Hie new association. They were
use.
eel,” she continued and to fin d a
standing
near
the
entrance
he
had
B etter go a little m ore fu lly in to
new home in th is c ity . I m ust, of
a ll the details o f her lenving the used, and w ith a gesture she d re w
course,
see the c le rk -----
and » pay him
the in
th re s sho
ld h
and
out
u u iu
huu
u i in to tu m s v ,
h o te l," was G arricks fin a l advice. h im over tne
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who could
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the ball, closing the door behind j when I go.
But there are reasons
three m inutes a fte r she hud le ft
H a m ilto n . She w alked across the
to the next avenue and there picked
up a taxicab.
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