The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1926-05-27
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PETER LISTER lost his memory
from she'll shock in France. Upon
his return to London he fails to rec
NAN MARRABY. the girl to whom
he is betrothed. Nan. broken-heart-
ed, has returned home to car for
her three motherless stepbrothers.
She fails to heed the advice of her
JOAN ENDICOTT. hat she en-
courage the love of Peters friend
and fellow officer.
JOHN ARNOTT. with whom Peter
is resting at the home of Arnott's
widowed sister. not far from the
Marraby estate. Nan is jealous of
Arnotts sister and although she
hates
er. who has told her that Peter is
his debtor. she is on the point of
accepting his offer of marriage in
order TO settle her future once for
all and protect her father from
threatened financial embarrassment.
Nan hears that Seton is already
telling the villagers hat they are
engaged. In the village she meets
an acquaintance who invites her to
help with a church function and
then opfnes that Arnott's sister
Will o o marry Peter.
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NTAN felt as if she were just a
mechanical figure forcing her.
self to walk on, walk on, and
not give way to the overpowering
sense of weakness that seized her
Then the mist lifted, and out of
the silence she heard herself saying
politely:
Really! How very mteresting!'
zone hears so much Of these hasty
war weddings nowadays Miss
Dudeney went on. Il don't know
that agree with them myself. AS
a matter of fact, I believe the glamor
of the uniform and the romance of
parting is more than half response
BILE for sach marriages. But !
well-people must do as they like"
YES" said Nan, stiffy, people
must do as they like
She echoed the elder woman's
words, parrot.like. OF course. it
could not really be of Peter they were
talking-it was some other man
And now do say you will come
and help with the church decora-
tions," Miss Dudeney said again, and
Nan realized that they had reached
the ~vicarage and had stopped at the
gate. LAS I told you, Mrs. Mears is
coming, and her neutrality-suspicious.
you know Mr.. Arnott?'
Yes" said Nan.
'And I daresay Mr.. Lyster win
come as we'll" Miss Dudeney went
on. They say he is d~evoted-per-
fectly devoted Goodby, Miss Mar.
raby."
"Goodby," said Nan; she just
touched the thin, cotton-gloved hand
before she turned and walked back.
So Peter was going to marry Doris
Mears.
Il always knew IT," Mar told her.
self, not realizing that she spoke the
words aloud. Somehow I think 7
always knew it," she said again hope
.essly.
She wondered if Arnott had known
t that morning he came over and
asked if there could be any hope
for a man who was not Peter; she
wondered If 1t had been an attempt
On his part to save her from pain
and humiliation.
1T was kind of him, anyway" she
thought. drearily; very kind OF
him"
OF course, all the parish knew by
this time of Peters engagement; she
felt as If they must all know, too,
that he had once loved her, and that
she was broken.hearted.
The thought stung her, she would
take the only way out and marry
Harley Seton.
Nobody could be sorry for her then
Seton was rich and sought after;
he could give her money and every.
thing she wanted. She wondered
desperately if the things money could
buy would deaden the pain in her
heart. She would have a good time
she would go about and see. the
world-she would make herself for.
get.
after all. it's no worse than It
would have been if Peter had been
killed" she told herself: but she
knew that It was. a thousand times
worse.
Il wish I could die" she thought