Nogales international., 1930-09-12
Fourteenth Instanment

Standing on New York street corner, Z
young woman suddenly discovers that she
does not know her own name nor how she
got there. Everything in her past is a
blank She knows only that her name is
Eve" She meets young man who lives
at the hotel where she is registered as Eve
Nobody of Nowhere, which she had written
in French Eric Hamilton calls in nerve
specialist, but Eve slips out of the hotel.
goes to little apartment house, where she
meets a professional dancer who gets her a
job il cabaret.
AS ? cabaret hostess she meets many
curious people. Then, one night, man who
claims to recognize her comes in. She is
afraid of him and runs away, back to the
hotel to Eric Hamilton. She has her hair
dyed and changes her manner of dress, so
that the stranger out OF her old lite Will not
recognize her. Then Hamilton persuades her
to go through a marriage ceremony with
him AS they return to the hotel the man
she fears is waiting. Hamilton sends her UP
stairs and turns to the other man, who says
his name is Samuel Henderson, of Chicago.
Henderson identifies Ev" to Hamilton.
She is Eve Darlington, famous concert
singer and Henderson was not only her
manager but had hoped to marry her. She
had collapsed after trying to save four
children of a friend from an overturned
rowboat in Lake Michigan, two of them
drowning before her eyes. She had slipped
away from the nurse on guard in Chicago
and completely vanished. The shock of the
death OF the TWO uttlc DOyS COuPlco Will ACt
!ear of Henderson had caused her loss OF
memory. :,
Hamilton tells the whole story to his
friend, DR.. Carrick, who is able to assure
Eve that ther> is nothing in her old life that
she needs to fear, while he considers how
to bring her memory back
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
II will try to but I have
sort of horror :"
Il know you have. Mr.. Hamilton
has told me about it. But there's
nothing now to justify it. Will you
believe that?"
eyes"
Good. And you must remember
another thing. We're morally but not
absolutely certain that the man who
came tonight is what he says he is
and that the story he tells is true.
He may have stolen the proofs he
offers, or be passing himself off as
some one else, but there seems hun
dred to one chance that he's not a
fraud. We're going to learn all about
him as quickly as we can, but it may
lake a few days. In the meantime
I'll give you a bare hint of his story
and see if it stimulates memory. How
about the name Carrington-Eve Car
rington1 Does it seem familiarI"
II don't know" she faltered. as il
miner"
did it seem natural when 1 callet
you by it?"
Il can't be sure, l was so excited
when you came in. You know what
this possibility may mean to me
if there's nothing to dread :"
"Of course | do. How about the
name Henderson? Does that suggest
.anything?"
She reflected, while both men waited
stensely.
NO." she said at last, in hopeless
tone. "I'm afraid it doesn't"
Hmm. Well, this man Hender-
son who was here tonight and
who frightened you at the cabaret
Mr.. Hamilton tells me says that
you are a musician -
"a musician?" She tried the wore
with tender lips and sudden smile.
"Are you?"
Il good Heavens, Doctor! I
don't know!"
Don't get nervous. I won't ask
many questions. But what sort of a
musician do you think you AREA
singer?"
81 l don't know!"
do you think you can sing??"
She shook her head
''If some one rolled a piano in here,
would that interest you? Would you
want to play on it,"
Il don't know. Oh, don't kwo1V!"
It was clear that the strain of the
situation was too much for her. To
Hamilton's horror, she collapsed ab-
ruptly in spasm of sobbing, her face
in her hands, her body shaking He
started toward her, the psychiatrist
waved him back while he himself ap-
preached the girl and laid a quieting
hand on her shoulder.
"You see how it is, Miss Caring
ION" he said, very gently. You're
not quite up to these tests yet, and in
than good. Don't let that frighten
you. m certain tnat you re coming
through this all right, and very soon
at that. In the meantime you mustn't
mind if we don't talk any more of this
man and his story till we know what
we're about. We can't risk getting
you stirred up on false clues, can
we?"
She wiped her eyes and pulled her
self together.
No. she steadily agreed. "But if
they're real clues"
IF they're real clues you can trust
us to tell you. In the meantime, these
names are in your mind and they may
start some subconscious work. Will
rou be patient and leave all the rest
to us, and promise not to ask any
more questions
Eyes" She sat up and resolutely
smiled at him. "I'm ashamed of my
self for breaking down."
"cYou needn't be. You're going
through this wonderfully; and you're
coming out of it wonderfully, too
Do you think you will sleep tonight? p
Il hope So"