Connecticut western news., 1916-03-09
A Forgotten . ... Existence
 By ELEANOR MARSH

I tried to recall where | was going. I could not. Then 1 tried to recall from where I had come. I failed ill this too. Doubtless appeared dazed to those about me, for woman said:
 Shell come all right presently. Give her chance to collect her faculties"
 After I had been asked a few ques- tions I gave those about me to under stand that I wished to be left alone, and one after the other they went to their seats. Then to my horror found that I didn't know my own name. I didn't know my parents name nor who they were. Everything beyond the present was lost i'll oblivion.
 Would it all come back? I believed it would. But it did not. I looked in my purse and found tickets to city and bank bills to the amount of $24, besides some silver. searched among few slips of paper hoping to see my name. There was not word to sug- gest who I was.
 Not caring to go into large city tn such condition got off at a suburban station. It was springtime. I passed q snug cottage, in the grounds of which were two little girls playing. I crayed some one to speak to and pre- ferred these innocents to any one else. The gate was open, and l entered the yard, calling to them to come to me. They did so, and I put an arm about each of them. I talked to them and they to me. I cared not what was said, I felt comfort in their company.
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 One of the children looked up at some one entering the gateway. I fol lowed the direction of her glance and saw man about to enter. There was something so kindly in his face that I felt impelled to tell him my trouble and ask his advice as to what I should do. He listened to me, asked me faw questions, then said:
 Come into the house and we will see what can be done for you"
 His household was run by an elderly woman There was also nurse for the children. He told the former to give me room for the night, and he and I and the children dined together. After dinner he informed me of steps he proposed to take on the morrow to discover my identity, suggesting that 1 examine my clothing to discover if there was a mark that would help us. After dinner I went to my room and made the examination. There was nothing to give any clew.
 MT. Seagrave, the gentleman, tele- phoned an advertisement to a newspa- per in the city describing me and the incident connected with me. He said he thought my relatives would be on the lookout for such a notice and Il would hear from them very soon. He also gave me permission to remain in his house till I was claimed or my memory returned. had enough mon ey to pay my board for two or three weeks, but after that would be penni- less.
 Time passed and no one claimed me. I wondered if had any relatives. years old. Had been married? If so my husband would doubtless move heaven and earth to find noe.
 When three weeks had gone by ten dered MT. Seagrave my SPA for my keep and told him that it was all I had. He offered to discharge the nurse and make me the governess of his children. I gladly accepted.
 A doctor who was called in to see me said that he was of the opinion my joss of memory had been occasioned either by a former sickness or trouble. l showed no sign of having been i'll, and there was no evidence of past, trouble.
 What I had been I knew not knew that I was very happy in MT. Seagrave's home. loved the two lit tie girls, and I grew to love him. A widower, he naturally pined for a wo- mans companionship. I had not been in his house a year before he asked me to marry him.
 Alas! I knew not whether or no was free to marry any one. There was long struggle between my de- sire to be his wife and to mother his two dear little girls. He seemed to have made up his mind to take the chances himself, and at last I consent ed. We were married. He, and the children were happy.
 About two years after my marriage awoke one morning after long sleep my former self. It was a horrible awakening. I had married man who had treated me brutally, and after terrible scene I had caught up what money there was in the house and left him. He had married me in opposition to his parents will and had thus given up a fortune.
 I told MT Seagrave that my mem ory had returned, that our marriage was not legal. He bade me be com- forted, that all would come out right. gave him information to guide him, and he proceeded to look up the case.
 One day soon after this he came home and took me In his arms, evi- dently very happy. He told me that my former husband lad diod and thor