The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1929-08-02
THIS Has HAPPENED


in love with a soIdier-JOHN
LAWRENCE, who went to
France with the A. e. {. IN the
very eve Of their marriage-and
never returned
Years later SybiI married
RICHARD EUSTIS, philanderer
and adventurer, after a five day
courtship. They lived together
only two weeks. A son was
born, whom SybiI named for her
own dead father. When little
TEDDY was a year old, SybiI
decided to divorce her husband.
1t was a highly sensational case,
Eustis, in return, brought suit
against CRAIG NEWHALL for
100000, alleging alienation of
SYPHILIS affections. Craig h a d
loved Sybil tenderly and devot-
eddy for years, but was guiltIess
of Eustis' contentious.
Finally the day comes to bring
it all to court. SybiI sits with
her family, awaiting the arrival
Of her husband. Suddenly trag-
ic news is brought to the judges
bench. Richard Eustis, motor
ing from New Haven with his
attorney, has been killed in an
automobile accident.
Sybil offends her family and
scandaIizes her friends by 60
ing that night to the theater,
and giving a tea IN the day of
her husbands funeral.
Her friend, MABEL BLAKE,
is apartment hunting, and asks
SybiI to accompany her. The
real estate agent is to call for
them.
When he opens the door, SybiI
shrieks "JohnI"
He recognizes her, and falls,
faintinq, in the doorway.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XIII
1t was Mabel who lifted the still
figure, and pressed her handker-
chief to the blood that trickled
frCm his forehead.
There's whiskey in the ocean
ter" she said. I'm the highboy,
Sib. Get it between his lips. No
here-let me do it. Get some
water"
The two girls knelt over him,
and MabeIs compassionate glance
was divided between the boy who
lay like a corpse and the girl who
looked like death. Presently his
eyelids futtered, and he gazed
wild-eyed into SYPHILIS face.
Its YOU?" he whispered.
She wet his cheeks with her
tears as she Graded his head in
her arms. They were a 0 e.
Mabel had taken Teddy, and left
them.
John Lawrence passed his hand
YEARLY across his forehead. Gaz-
ed absently at the blood that
streaked his fingers, and turned
like a wondering child to Sybil.
Il forgot" he said. ITS very
strange. The war and every
thing. 1t was all before the war,
wasn't it?"
She nodded. Somewhere S h e
had read stories about amnesia.
Once-long ago-she had believed
John would come back. But no
body ever did-only in books and
movies. And those stories about
amnesia. People didn't put much
faith in them.
There was that boy the papers
the Mystery Hero. One
arm gone. They thought he lost
it in the Argonne. People made
such a fuss over him-alienists
and psychiatrists and rich old wo-
men. Some woman with barrels
of money married him. Then they
discovered he wasn't a soldier at
all. He'd lost him arm in an ex-
plosion.
And that ex%-soldier in Roxbury
his wife had him arrested for I
He claimed to have /
lost his memory, and when she
faced him in court with their child, I
he said he had never seen either {
them before. But the Judge
wouldn't believe him, and sent /
hin to Jail. '
There were lots of stories. f
Amnesia, like charity, covered a
multitude of sins. But John Z
John wouldn't tell such lies. Why d
he? He loved her, didn't e
le? OF course he had wanted to [
home to her. a
ITS very strange" he murmur-
d. And in dumb anguish she in fl
lined her head. 1t WAS. Very h
TRANCE. i
1.-The baby-is it yours?" h
She nodded. a
They said you were dead. At "
rst l wouldn't believe it. | wait is
d and waited. But you lever u
anne. | was married two and a h
alf years ago. My-my husband
/; dead" d
John Lawrence groaned. Il
God in heaven
He struggled to his feet. explor- C;
,g his pockets nervously. On
is outstretched palm he extended m
small white box.