New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-10-15
TINS HAS HAPPENED

THU WA8 0AtFE4NLO
. sybil Thorne. whose husband was
KILLED on the day her divorce came
to trial. has had q most dramatic
meeting with an old sweetheart.
John Lawrence. whom she believed
dead. makes = most unexpected ap-
pearance. Ten years ago John and
Sybil were engaged. He was sent to
France on the eve Of their mar
riage, and was later reported as
killed In action. Now 1t develops that
he has been q victim of amnesia.
When he saw Sybil. he became un-
conscious. and. upon being revived,
remembered all the past that has
been = blank fo- 10 years.
He tells Sybii that he is about to
be married. but asks her If she still
loves him. Then he takes her In his
arms, and kisses her wildly.
Mabel Moore enter the room unex-
pectedly. Because OF their long
friendship. Mabel dares to remon-
strate with Sybil. and begs her not
to renew her romance with John.
She tells Sybil all she knows OF
him-that his life has been simply
ono woman after another. And she
honestly believes it Is impossible for
two people who have changed a
great deal. to continue a romance
that once was young and sweet.
sybil resents Mabers interior
ence, and declares that she means
to call on John Lawrence at his
apartment that evening.
Then she takes her child. Teddy,
and departs. still smarting under
Mabel's adm onitions.
John Lawrence, during the long
years Of disqualification, had become
a favorite with a kind congresswo-
man who took an interest in him,
and obtained a position for him. 1t
was she who chose the name for
him he had borne since he lost his
own-Roger Caldwell. As Roger
Caldwell, he has won the heart of
little Kitty Burns.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER LXV
Kitty Burns was a stenographer
in the office OF the Allied Shoe Ma
chinery Company. The girls all
thought she looked like Clara Bow,
with her big. brown eyes that flash
ed and rolled like a first class movie
vamp.
Frivolity was a sort of veneer
with Kitty. Beneath her raspberry
rouge, she was sweet and guileless
: ~ a little plaster saint.
One morning. Roger Caldwell,
dropping in. leaned over Kitty's
desk and asked IL he might see
her that evening. For six weeks
that same young man had been
Kitty'a intention" and to win his
3otice she had prayed that God
might make him look her way.
+. 1t was a very quiet littc ro-
nance. Roger had been baptized
and confirmed, and taken the
pledge. before Kitty accepted the
daszling solitaire he chose. Then
she gave two weeks notice, and the
girls gave her miscellaneous
shower and a mahogany butterfly
table. The banns were published
and Roger bought the wedding
ring.
The wonder of the thing never
dimmed. .....
"Oh. why" they asked each other
why did YOU ever love ME?"
It was seven o'clock, and Kitty ir
her little room at the Franklin
Square House was getting worried
"Are you SURE. girls, there
wasn't a message before / came
I'M"
For heavens sake! NO! How
many more times are you going tt
ask? He's gone back on you. Kitty
He's too handsome to be true
Poor Kitty"
!. But she laughed at their humor
There's the phone now. Wha
do you bet It's not for me?"
She raced down the hall. ant
they heard her before the boot
door closed: Hello hello, dear
You can't? oh, that's too bad. No
! don't care-not really. 1t doesn'
make a bit Of difference :"
q. You're a sweet child" the vote
/ at the other end was saying. I"
wish to the Lord this other thin
hadn't come up, but can't get gu
Of it very we'll. And We'll see Har
old Lloyd tomorrow night. :"
X business woman Kit