Nogales international., 1930-09-05
Twelfth InstaIlment
WHAT HAS GONE BEFORE

Standing on a New York street corner, ;
young woman suddenly discovers that sh,
does not know her own name nor how she
got there. Everything in her past IS Z
blank. She knows only that her name is
Eve" She meets young man who hives
at the hotel where she is registered as Eve
Nobody of Nowhere, which she had WRITER
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 in a cabaret.
As cabaret hostess she meets many
curious people. Then, 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 life will not
recognize her. Then Hamilton persuades her
to 90 through a marriage ceremony with
him AS they return to the hotel the man
stairs and turns to the other man, who says
his name is Samuel Henderson, of Chicago.
NOW GO ON WITH TIE STORY.
Thank you, Mr.. Henderson. My
name is Eric Hamilton, ;asld I'm from
Chicago, too. That ought to be a
bond
Thanks. And now,," Henderson
added in "a level tone, Sid like to
have you tell me what you meant by
speaking ,of Miss Darlington as your
wife
Eric permitted himself a glance of
surprise, while mentally he registered
the name.
Il meant that the lady and ] are
married." he suavely informed the
caller.
"Since when?"
'"Oh, tor some little time"
1.-THE hotel people didn't seem to
know anything about lit. They called
her Miss Parsons"
zone doesn't conhde all ones af-
fairs to the hotel people, you know"
Hamilton mildly pointed out. And
! admit we're Newly TWeds. Still"
he added, I'VE meant ito tell them to-
night"
= "They cali Miss Darlington, Miss
.Berson' uptown and Miss Parsons at
this hotel. II can't understand" Hen
tderson went on as Hamilton took this
in silence, "why she changed her name
after skipping out the way she did.
But why the devil should she have
two names :,
-Four" Hamilton corrected: Gar
rington, Parsons, Berson and Hami1- |
ton. But Hamilton is the real one.
Berson is the result of blunder.
Some one uptown twisted Parsons into |
Berson and the habit spraad"
Damned queer, l call it," -Hender-
son muttered. "And cutting nae dead
when l finally found her, he ended.
That's beyond belief" +
AS Hamilton made no comment on
this outburst, Henderson aadded with
an evident effort at self-cOntrol:
Wasn't this marriage oof yours.
rather sudden?"
Il suppose you might call it so, /
Eric conceded. "But WE'VE lAnown
each other mote than !. fortnight, and
lots of couplss don't wait ttat Hong.
Strangers in The same town get lbet-I
ter acquainted iii a few weeks sc0f Waca-'
ton, you know, than they ordinarily
would in a year." he brotnidieally
pointed out.
''+Vacation!'' Henderson br1ke <out,
so loudly that HIS companion liaad to |.
remind him of the time and place by
an apprehensive look around the room.
It worked. Headerson Lowered his
voice.
do you reaIRee, young man, that
this bride of yotns skipped out, with
out warning, week before she was Il
billed to make her first American aap-
pearance at the most important a1iusi-
cal event of the year-the big Chicago II
5eneht for the fooE sufferers? =. =. i
And that isn't ali she's done" dle i
ended with groan. Id
mo" Hamilton slUwly admittesa, "I
didn't realize that. What else has l..
she dcnse ?" 4;
Henderson sent him "A sudden peer: i
'ag lool; from his near-sighted eyes, !
bit he ,yxas too full of dis own trou- l.
AleS to be analytical.
'.She,s wrecked half "a dozen OcaO- h
re- econeert engagements, that's what
.sae's done, he bitterly announced,
Including aone with the Chicago Or-lf
chestra eand another with the Phila- Ia
.clnElia Orchestra. And she has 1t
S:srcked on the head the prettiest S
autumn recital ever planned for an ii
':riste. 1t was to come off early next
ncntRl. That was bad enough; but 4
2f coarse we all made allowances for :
Ter because of the awful shook she'd t
.ad-" i
"She hasn't said much about that i
i:ock, ERIC confessed. II wish you e
"nuld tell me tile whole story" f
SroderSon leaned nearer and paered
1x his face again, this time ra0re S
aosely. 6
"Slc here he Suddenly demanded. r.
NYny should [ talk over Miss Car "
affairs with you? I don't Fl
Know anything about you" D(
Were rity-Gfty or that" Hamil- a
On reminded him. "Bnt I'm her hus- I;
.:ld" 1,
i've only your word for it." c,
Il can give you proof any time O
IS Gecessary. But first I want to k
low a whole lot more about you. O
Where do you come in on Ewes af- O