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THE CENTRAL POINT STAR
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F ill DAY, AUGUST t t. 1»SO
were over, E rls asked Eve:
"W h ic h shall It be— Ihe justice
or the clergym an? As I t ’s o n ly k
a ffa ir o f form , I suppose il doesn't
m a ile r, though I th in k the c le rg y
man w o u ld be h e lle r fo r our p u r
pose."
Seeks New Honors at Fair
" I th in k so too,” she agreed, a l
most in a u d ib iy . A fte r that she did
not speak u n til they reached (he
East Ehle of the license bureau.
The clergym an fille d in the m ar-
iage c e rtifica te and o ffe r 'd it to
Eve, w ho took it and held it vague
ly, as i f she did not k n o w w hat to
do w ith it.
W H A T HAS GONE B E I OB1Í
J
i a box, iis w e ll us her ow n a d d itio n
al purchases, packed h i Ihe new
A b e a u tifu l young wom an fin d *
! .tlilcasc.
lii i si if on Hit- sid e w a lk In a strange
East o f a ll she viisle d the s h ip ’s
c ity . Mu- cuuuol rem em ber tie r j beauty p a rlo r.
“ Dye my h a ir
II.II I, Ol V. .I K s ill C.UIIC llO III.
S lll-
ll.l. n o th in g hi her purse to te ll
t i l l u If w ho .-.he is. A young man
w ho has seen lu-r in the lio le l w here
th e in stopping notice» her and
take» her Io tae hotel in a cub.
T here she finds that she is regis
tered» In French us "M iss Eve No
body o f N ow here.” The cle rk has
In-in i.ilh n g her Mis» Parsons. I he
young in in te lls her she is in New
Y o rk. H is Maine is E ric H a m ilto n
of l.hicugo. She is te rrifie d at her
loss o f m em ory. He asks his frie n d
H r. C a rric k , a nerve specialist, to
ca ll at Hu- hotel. H r. C a rric k talks
e nco urag ing ly, hut says that
he
w ill send a nurse to stay w ith the
m ysterious "M iss Parsons** tlia t
n ig h t.
Miss Nobody listens w h ile H am
ilto n te lls her w hat the doctor has
said, then steps in to another room.
W hen the nurse a rrives, the g ir l
lias vain died fro m the lio le ll
Eve’s departure was sim ple. She
w en t out of a buck door in to the
servants h a ll of the hotel, w here
she enc uulered a young F re n ch
m an pm cr, w ho claim ed to recog
nize her. He had seen her in Paris.
"T h e n you knc.v m y name.’ " she
(lem andi I eagerly. But the p o rte r
had fo rg lie n that, lie w o u ld w rite
nt once I i a frie n d in Paris and fin d
the null - o f the A m ericun young
la d y tin v had both adm ired. He
te lls lie i of an apartm ent house
w here II e ja n ito r, he th in ks w ou ld
take lie i in. Meantime, w h ile H am
ilto n is a nxiou sly h u n tin g up the
nerve sp < i.dist fo r advice, Eve gets
in to a t. .sicab and drives uw ly.
She nr unge» w ith M arcel’s frie n d ,
Hie ja m a- o f a d in gy little u pa rt-
m eut In. ise on the East Side of
N ew Vo k, fo r a sm all fu rn ish e d
iip a rtm e i t. He te lls her nol Io he
be frig h t -ned if she hears the young
w om an w ho occupies the u !
a pa rtm e nt conic in very late in the
m ornin g. Eve w onders w hat sort
o f u pi.i' e she lias got into.
I he g r l in the next apartm ent
is Iv y D avenport, a professional
rab uret dancer w ith a weak heart.
Eve lic it s her one n ig h t w h -n she
is ill. Ivy sugggsls lliu l Eve, w ho
is sh ort o f funds, should take her
place in (he ciib u rc l. Eve th in k s
it over, d islikes the ¡dea, bul real
izes th a t she has Io do som ething
to earn a liv in g u n til she fin d s old
w ho she re a lly is. Iv y has tw iste d
the name o f "P crso nn c” w h ic h is
the o n ly surname Eve know s fo r
h erself, In to "B erson ."
Eve fin d s "Ja ke ’s a strange sort
o f place and the g irls w ho dance
there even .stranger, though kin d
to the s lru u g c r w ho is ta kin g Ivy's
place.
She meets a young man named
H un t, w ho fra n k ly te lls her that
alio doesn't b illin g there.
One evening when she is ta lk in g
to the frie n d ly young man named
l l i i n l one o f the o th e r g irls te lls
h e r there's a man from the West
w ho m Jake w auls her Io ente rtain .
The man from the West is a
to ta l stranger Io Eve, so fa r as she
can reca ll. No m em ory o f her
past life has yet retu rne d, Im l the
stran ge r acts and talks as If they
were in tim id e frien ds.
Ills m an
lie r suggests Hint he has some claim
upon her, and Eve is le rrifie d . H er
in s tin c t is to fin d E ric H a m ilto n .
Hie one frie n d ly fig u re
in
her
new life . She escapes from Jake's
by a hack w ay and h u rrie s Io the
h ote l w here H a m ilto n lives.
b la ck,” she said.
The subsequent e ffe ct wa snot
bail, but she surveyed II w ith more
approval Ilian il w a rra n te d . It not
o n ly changed her g re a tly, hut it
crysta llize d in her n ia ind u h a lt-
form ed plu n lo abandon the farm
h ib e rn a tio n she
hud
considered,
and lo rem ain in Ihe e ily and Het
some w o rk.
Back in her h o ld rooms once
m ore, she looked at
her w ris t-
w u lc h .
Q uarter-past fo u r. In less
fa il the q uiet assurance o f his man-
and lie
look of
I •'gh nerw ais I i sion give wav lo
o.ie Hint im i ly expressed u tte r
hopelessness.
Both
were silen t
v I ih Ihe , -d> made its s w ift way
a, F ifth Avculue. Wh< is II enlc»-
t«' Ihe park H a m ilto n giv» Ihe d r iv
e l another order.
“ ’I here’s a quiet little co rn e r up
ut Ihe n orth e rn end, w h e r ewe can
ta lk ,” he explained lo Eve. “ I ’ve
gon there several times la te ly to
. m ilk things out.**
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When they reached the q u id c o r
ner he paid und
dismissed
Ihe
chauffeur,
w h ile
Eve
glanced
iiei
had
its
usual effect
-> rc h i v - I io see lie»-
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tro u b le is past, I shall ask you lo
re a lly m a rry me, and i f you con
sent w e 'll have another cerem ony.
I f you don’t we can have th is l i t
tle bond n u llifie d very easily, as
a sim ple niaater o f expediency in
the unusual
co n d itio n s
e xistin g
w hen it was made. Aand a ll m y
life , even i f I never see you again,
I shall be happy because I was
able to he o f use to you.”
He stopped now , so d e fin ite ly
that she kn ew he was w a itin g fo r
an answer, but she m erely repeal-
ed that tra g ic little gesture o f her
ungloved hand. He took the hand
and held it..
“I kn ow a ll about
you,”
she
than tw o hours H a m ilto n w o u ld lx- .round w ith o u t interest. She had, m urm ured.
e u lliu g fo r her.
She
wondered indeed, a look that alarm ed h im —
“ O f course you do. I saw- to it
w ind he w o u ld tilin g o f the dyed .something o f Ihe look o f an cx- that you knew a ll about me, fo r I
fin ir, and im m e diately realized ex h . ,istcd sw im m er, ready lo
go was sure som ething lik e th is w o u ld
a ctly w ind he w o u ld th in g o f it. dow II.
come up.”
He w o u ld nol lik e it. She w ould
He led her to a bench and sal
He thought he was fo llo w in g the
put on her Iml lo avoid g iv in g dow n beside her.
w orking s o f her m ind,
hut her
lim ha) sudden a slock.
"I expected som ething lik e this, next rem ark surprised him .
It was
T here was a lap on the door and Eve," he began casually.
He thought he was fo llo w in g
die hastened to open it. Alm ost Ail- th ird lim e he hud used the
“ You don’t kn o w a n y th in g at a ll
before she could do so, it was flu ng name, but n e ith e r o f them was con about me. W h y !” she broke out,
ipon and H a m ilto n h u rrie d in to scious ol Ibis. " I don't kn o w w h y ‘I m ay be a c rim in a l .......an adven
I expected il, " he w ent on, ‘hut I turess! I m ay be a n y th in g ! It w ill
Ihe room.
did.
Perhaps I had w hat's called he ta k in g advantage o f in y one
D on't he w o rrie d ," he said try - I
tug to speak n a lu ra ly l, and even ! a hunch. Perhaps I m erely rea frie n d . It may put you in to a po
pro du cing a fa ir im ita tio n o f Ills soned that y o u r large frie n d ’s next
-liu ra c le ris lie smile.
“ He's dow n .¡.ove w o u ld he to gel professional
help and tra c k you.
Anyw ay, I
th ere."
whs sure som ething
was com ing,
"H e?
W ho?"
and I got ready fo r it. T hat's w h y
Bui she knew .
I Ip ld you there w o u ld he no more
"T h e man you spoke o f last night i f it. There w on ’t be, i f you w ill
At least. I'm p re tty sure it's lilt- trust me and do w-hnt I suggest."
same man. He fits tile deseropliiin
She rep lie d w ith a gesture, hut
and he’s asking ut the desk fo r it was a gesture o f despair so that
Miss Berson. He described you lo it made his th ro at ache. She m ere
I dot, and Robinson im m e diately ly raised her rig h t hand, w h ic h lay
.nude the b lig h t suggestion th a t it in her lap, and dropped it again
m ight lx- Miss Parsons. F o rtu n a te as if the e ffo rt hail been loo m uch
ly ! was passing Ihe desk and fo r h e r; hoi there was eloquence
heard h im , so I d id n 't stop fo r the in Ihe sim ple action,
it im p lie d
elevator, but sprinted »1» the s ta ir (hill she had come to the end of
(ase to w arn yo u ."
things, lie had lo w a it a m om ent
She cangili up h cr coat and liu r- hefore he could go on.
rlc d in to Ibi- h cilrooin fo r 111! suit
“ I lk put m y plan hefore you,” lie
case she had not yet unpacked.
t said at last, "a nd I w an t you to
" L e t’s go,” she called hack as she hear it a ll hefore you speak. Y'ou
h u rrie d w added to it Ihe garments ' can’t continue lik e th is. You see
o f the n ig ht before. "W e can slip that yo u rse lf, c le a rly enough. The
out Ihe hack w ay.”
lim e has come w hen you must give
The room telephone tin k le d , lu ll some one else Ihe rig h t to protect
she was u lrcndy in the h all, almost you. So I w ant you to go th ro ug h
ru n n in g . He took II e suitcase and a m arriage cerem ony w ith me, Eve
kept close by her side, w a lk in g anil I w ant you to do it rig h t now.
w ith long strides. Ils m anner was
"O f course it w ill o n ly be a m at
norm al now , and he spoke so eas- , te r o f fo rm ," he h u rrie d on. “ T hat
ta lly that her nerves relaxed.
goes w ith o u t saying. But it w ill
“ B elter go dow n Ihe hack steps,” give me the legal rig h t to stand be
he advised, as she tu rn ed to w ard tween you and Ihe w o rld .
You
lie service elevator.
can -drop y o u r troubles
on m y
“ O f course. I d id n 't th in k .
shoulders and forget them ; and i f
He led Ihe w ay and she fo llo w ed any large stran ge r comes loo king
him .
I
fo r you, he’ll fin d me ready to te ll
H a m ilto n picked up n taxicab,
h im w here he gels o ff. By meet
“ t 'p in to C en tral P a rk ,” he told ing him , loo, I may fin d out w ho
Ihe d riv e r. "M ake good tim e and you are, and a ll about y o n ; and ev
i-ep going t i l l I (ell you lo slop.” e n tu a lly, as soon as yo u're w illin g
H a m ilto n shows her an adver
tisem ent w h ich has been apearing As Ihe cab started lie tu rn e d to lo, w e’ll get in to touch w ith y o u r
in several papers, re scrib in g Eve his s ile n t com panion and was fa m ily , o r w ith y o u r frie n d s if you
have no fa m ily .”
m id asking fo r in fo rm a tio n about -lio cked by her p a llo r.
“ T h e re ’s n oth in g to w o rry about
She seemed stunned, and he was
litir, / I I does nol give
her real
rem inded
her. not surprised.
Bui she asked a
name, how'ever
Sse Im m ediately n ow ,” lie h a s tily
connects Ib is w ith the mini from She broke m il w ith a desparalion question that made his eyes shine.
She was u c tu a lly conside rin g his
th e West w hom she met at Jake's that h o rrifie d h im :
"P erhaps nol . . t ill the next suggestion : “ W ould such a m ar
m id decides to adopt a disguise.
.She buys ¡.nine d iffe re n t d o llie s lim e I But I can't keep up Ib is sort riage he legal? We don 't even kn ow
o f th in g — ru n n in g fro m place to m y nam e."
nod lias he r h n ir dyed.
place, h id in g . . o r tr y in g lo hide
“ Probably it w ouldn’t be legnl in
ns i f I w ere a c rim in a l. I can't your present condition.
But it
N OW GO ON W IT H T H E STORY
endure it any longer.”
doesn’t m atter whether i t ’s legnl or
“ O f course you can’t . . and you not, since H’s merely a b lu ff fo r
"D e a rie , you could go Io the m in are not going lo .” He spoke sooth present use. The persistent gentle
is te r’s fu n e ra l in them,” the young in g ly, as he w o u ld lo a c h ild . “ As man who is dogging you w on’t
c le rk earm s lly assured her. They soon as we get to the p a rk I 'll te ll know it isn’t legal, nny more than
parted w ith Ihe im pression in both von how we can avoid any more lie knows of the other complica
young hearts that they could have ru n n in g and h id in g . BiL just now tion. I w ill iniike him, o r nny one
love deueh o ilie r if life had nol I w a n t lo relax. There's absolute else who is interest«-' m you deni
held so m any other interests.
ly n o th in g to be w o rrie d about, and w ith me ns yon
husband, u n til
$1 was plensant to he clad in her H ere is n 't going lo be any more you meet w i’ n some one in whom
o w n garm ents, now , (hough she w o rry fo r you in the fu tu re ."
you hny\; more fnith. When you
bud lo carry M argaret’s o u tfit in
She sighed, p la in ly unconvinced; nre yourself again, a|id a ll this
sition that is s im p ly h o rrib le ."
"See here,” he said, " I w o n ’t have
a moment of peace t i l l I've safely
guarded you. Lei's slop ta lk in g and
go and gel m a rrie d ."
To his incredulous deligh t she
rose as i f the m atte r w ere settled.
“ But I've w arned you,” she re
m inded h im as they w alke d lo the
nearest roadw ay,
“ And I th in k ," she added. “ I shall
despise m yself fo r le ttin g you do
th is ."
They fo llo w e d the roadw ay, w a l
king several m inutes before they
found cn empty cab to take them
to tile m arriage
license
bureau.
There, a fte r the p e rfu n c to ry details
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"P u t it in yo u r hand-bag," H am
ilto n said, and she fo llo w e d the
suggestion as m echanically as she
had fo llo w e d the others
As they descended the steps lead
ing lo Ihe street, H am ilton put the
soft pedal on him self, w ith a firm
foot. T his was the big h o u r o f his
life . But it was not the big hour
In the life o f the silent g ir l be
side him , w ho s till looked lik e one
in a dream. He steadied his rac
ing pulses, stopped a taxicab and
spoke his firs t w ords since the
cerem ony:
“ It's a case o f ‘home James,’ isn ’t
it? I mean,” he added as he saw
h e r in q u irin g look, “ w e’d h e lle r
go rig h t hack to the G arland and
meet w h a t’s there, hadn’t w e ? "
H e r silence seemed an acquiesc
ence to the plan and he gave the
cabman the d irc tio n . They e nte r
ed the hotel lobby and a large man
w ho had been seated in a lounging
ch air near the entrance, q u ie tly
sm oking a cigar th a t looked as if
il had been made especially fo r
h im . rose and came lo meet them
w ith an a ir o f assurance.
Eve stopped, but H am ilton , w ith
a m urm ured “ One moment please.”
swept her past the large man and
in to Ihe elevator a fe w feet fa r
th e r on.
“ Go upstairs, dear,” he quietly-
to ld her. He pul the suitcase in
the elevator, gave Ihe s ta rlin g sig
nal lo Ihe operator, and, as the
car began its ascent, tu rn ed hack
to the ca lle r, whose look o f as
surance had given w ay to one o f
stunned surprise.
“ My w ife is ve ry tire d ," E ric
co urteously explained.
‘tshe halt
been shopping a ll day, so I ’m sure
you w-ill excuse her. Perhaps you
w ill come in here.”
he w ent on.
leading the w ay to the w ritin g -
room . “ and let me act fo r h e r in
any m atter that interests you.”
“ M y name is Henderson,”
the
stranger b rie fly announced: Sam
uel Henderson; and I ’m fro m C h i
cago."
(CONTINUED NEXT W EEK)
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The Man
who has a thing to sell
and whispers it down a w ell
is not nearly so likely
ip COLLAR the DOLLARS
AS THE CHAP
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Who Climbs a Tree
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H O LLER S
Mac’s Printing Co.
Glendale,
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Gold Hill,
If You Have Anything
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