The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1929-06-28
THIS HAS

the whole towns talking. There
are plenty of people who do not
credit the story of SYPHILIS MARI
age. 1t was an unfortunate af.
fair and at the time secrecy
seemed advisable.
SybiI was married in Havana
harbor to RICHARD EUSTlS,
whom she met on shipboard, and
who wooed her ardently for five
days. The marriage lasted two
weeks, when Sybil left her hus-
band for justifabIe cause and
returned to Boston with MABEL
BLAKE, a social worker, with
whom she was vacationing at
the time.
Weeks later she learned that
she was going to have a baby.
Then it became necessary to tell
her family, and also CRAIG
NEWHALL, who had been her
sweetheart. The marriage was
formally announced, and SYPHILIS
child was born. She had fully
expected to be indifferent to the
baby because of the hatred she
bore his father. But, to her
own amazement, she worships
her son with all her heart
She baptitzes him EDWARD
THoRNE, in memory of her
own father, and renounces for
him HIS father.
SypiI's brother, TAD, is mar
ried to a quarreIsome little girl
named VALERIE. Valerie quar-
reIs with the whole family, and
leaves, in one of her tantrums,
TO visit friends in New Haven.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XXI
Tad breathed a sigh of relief
and reflected p%leasurably, at week.
ly intervals thereafter, that he had
Valerie's own word on the futility
of going for her.
He went instead to Wianno,
having sent his wife a check to
ease his conscience. And there
he found Craig playing on the
sands with young Edward. Sybil
had gone to Hyannis for a pink
sport hat, and taken her mother
with her.
They left me- announced
Craig, ito mind the baby. Do you
know" he enquired plaintively
why they eat sand? Infantilt
roughage, | suppose
He ran his finger expertly
around the baby's toothless cavity.
Look at that! They say it's
good for hens. Lay or bust.
shells, or something. This
KID will be laying, if Sib doesn't
look out. Just eats it up-loves
it. Regular goat-the little gour-
mand!"
Tad poked the child affection
ately in the ribs, and spoke uncle.
wise.
Well, old mani How's the
boy?"
He %profered a thumb, and ex-
claimed proudly, Look at that for
a grip, Craig. Gosh, the little
fella's strong. Great kid"
Presently a nursemaid, very
correct in crisp black and crink-
ling batiste, came to take the baby
to the house, so that the men were
left alone for the first time in
many months.
wonderful day. m e d
Craig.
"scorcher up town. contributed
Tad.
Been a pretty good summer
Not so tough"
"How's Val?'
Fine. Visiting a girl she useo
to go to school with"
Ever see anything of the ole
crowd?"
Not a thing. The old crowd
amt what it used to be-girls
all gone chooko. Lot of booze
hounds"
They sat in silence. Old wise
youths. With the cup of life
turned sour at their lips. Crais
stretched his long legs, and lit {
cigaret. Men find it easier to tall
when they wreathe their heads il
smoke.
Tad" he asked, where's tina
egg Sib married?"
Florida, last l heard OF him
Real estate in Saint Petersburg
| had detectives on his trail TO
awhile, but Sybil was set on let
ting things rest, and there WASH
any sense in throwing ava,
money if she wouldn't use tn
goods, once she got him.
In fact she never knew l ha'
detectives after him. Moor
thought he jumped out to Sout
America, and that's the story 81
has. 1t would probably be cas-
enough to get grounds for divorce
but it's a devil of a story to brin
to court"
Couldn't she allege desertion?
We'll, you e it was Sib VIII
walked out on him"