The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1926-06-03
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PETER LISTER has lost his
memory from shell shock In France.
Upon his return to London he fails
to recognize
I NAN MARRABY. the girl to whom
1 he became engaged before, going
away. Nan, broken-hearted, has re-
turned home to are for her three
motherless stepbrothers. She Is Sill
JOAN ENDICoTT in London,
whose husband has just returned
to the front, and who thinks Nan
'l john ARNoTT, Peters friend
and fellow officer. with whom the
Halter is spending a rest period at
, the home of Arnott's widowed sis
ter near the Marraby estate. Nan,
? however, in desperation over re-
l ports of Peters pending engage
ment to Arnotts sister n threats
of her fathers financial embarrass-
ment, has consented to marry
I HARLEY SEXTON. a money lend
er, who has told her that he viii
now urn oYer her fathers notes
and on their wedding day make her
} a gift of Peters obligations to him.
: NOW co ON WITH THE STORY
NTAN wrote to her father that
Y night. Il am going to marry
Mr.. Seton" she wrote. ITO
morrow he says he win hand me all
the IOU's he has of yours; I hope
you will be pleased !"
She sat for a long time with the
pen in her hand. staring down at the
lines she had written.
Then she addressed the envelope
and sent the little maid with it to the
post.
She watched the girl scuttle down
the lane to the pillar.box with a feel
ing of fnality.
wei, that's finished, anyhow"
she said aloud.
whats finished, Nan?" Claude
demanded. coming up behind her
and squeezing a sticky paw into her
hand
Nan looked down into his interest
ed face.
Something I used to call ro-
nlence," she said.
oh" he did not understand. And
why is it hnished?" he asked after a
moment.
Mans mouth twisted into it's
crooked smile.
because I'm going to be married, "
she said.
She thought of the chest Of things
she had prepared for her wedding
with Peter, She had left them all
al Joan Endicott's fiat,
Ordinary clothes from the shop
would be good enough in which to
marry Harley Seton; she wondered
why there should be such a differ
ence.
Claude was staring up at her with
solemn eyes.
Are you going to marry Mr.. Lys'
teri" he asked after a moment,
Nan flushed scarlet; if he had pur-
posely tried to hurt her, the child
could not have chosen a more cruel'
1y.worded question.
why do you ask that?" she asked.
why do you ask silly things like
that?'
He shook his head. It's only what
we thought about, me and Jim and
Buster, he said then. I'VE thought
it would be nice if you married Mr..
Lyster."
He paused a moment, then added
gravely: I'VE told him so, too"
You told him!" cried Nan in a rage.
"You naughty, wicked boy-how dare
you say such things, =" Then sud.
denly her voice changed, and she
knel5 down beside him. putting her
arms round him and hiding her face
against his little shoulder as if she
were ashamed.
Tell me what he said, she begged
almost in a whisper. "Oh, what did
he say, .Claudie?"
He said" Claude answered slow.
ly, that he would fink about it,"
Nan began to laugh; she laughed
till the tears came to her eyes and
raj down her cheeks.
What a comic tragedy It all was.
Nan was busy in the kitchen the
following morning when John Arnott
opened the door and walked in.
Claude told me I might" he ex.
claimed, In answer to Mans ex-
clamation of surprise. 1.-THE front
door was open"
He walked straight up to the table J