Nogales international., 1930-08-05
Third Installment
WHAT HAS GONE BEFORE.

WHAT Has GONE BEFOKE.
A beautiful young woman finds herself
on the sidewalk in strange city. She can
not remember her name or where she came
from She has nothing in her purse to tell
herself who she is. A young. man who has
seen her in the hotel where she is stopping
notices her and takes her to the hotel IN !. a
b.ab. There they find that she registered, IN
French, as Miss Eve Nobody OF Nowhere. Re-
iIhe clerk has been calling her Miss Far-
hons" The young man tells her she IS IN
New York His name is Eric Hamilton, OF
Chicago. She is terrified at her loss OF nlem-
nry. He asks his friend. DR.. Carrick+
nerve specialist, to call at the hotel. Y.
Carrick talks encouragingly, but says ne
will send nurse to stay with the mysterious
s'Miss Parsons" that night.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
"Will you tell me exactly what the
doctor said, and oil he said?" she
asked at last. !,
"Of course" He came and stood
beside her. "He thinks that you have
had some sort of shock, which made
Won decide to get away from the
scene of it, whatever it was. He
thinks you came to the decision very
hastily, for you started with no lug
gage. Yet when you got here you
clearly expected to stay some time,
for YOU went out the next day and
bought some things which you had
delivered here at the hotel"
"When l came up here to my rooms
before dinner | went through every
thing" she confirmed, "but there was
nothing to help me, except some
money. It's not much, but | hope it
will see me through. Anyway, it's
iprobably all | have in the world, tor
my clothes show I'm not rich. They're
i'good but not gorgeous" she grimly
Iparaphrased. :,
His heart 1eaped over the small
lest, but before he could speak her
face darkened and she went on.
"The money won't carry me very
far in a New York hotel if have a
long siege-with trained nurse at
night and a psychiatrist coming every
morning" she pointed out. Suppose
this attack lasts longer than my
money does?"
at won't" He spoke with such
conviction that she frightened again.
"The Garland's summer rates are still
IN effect, and they're very reasonable, "
he went on. "Carrick is too good a
chap to send you a big BILL"
He was talking against time, to keep
her panic at bay till the nurse came.
~Oh, what a deviliSh situation this
isl" She turned back to the win
dow, bringing her hands together with
an effect of desperation that alarmed
him.
''Come now,," he urged, keep
steady A whole lot depends on that.
The more quietly you take this, the
sooner you will get over it. He
lagrees that the thing to do is to sit
tight, just as you're doing, and let
inquiries come from the other end.
If your family and friends don't know
where you are, they'll have started an
investigation by this time, but they're
probably doing it very carefully"
She stood still and stared into the
darkness. Suddenly she turned back
to the room with little laugh that
broke through their seriousness like
a gush of fountain.
1--WE may discover that I have run
away from a husband and six chill
dren," she said lightly, but giving him
a definite effect of breathlessness and
tension. my innocent babes may be
crying for me this minute"
What a ghastly idea" he began,
and stopped abruptly. AS if she had
caught his thought she looked at him
with sudden intentness; but he was
on his guard again and his disarning
smile banished any suspicion she might
have had. However, the little episode
seemed to harden some half-formed
purpose, for she went toward the
inner door with an air of resolution
he recalled later.
IF you will excuse me-" she said,
"I'll make some preparations for the
nurse. suppose since she is COM
ing she must be made comfortable.
No, please don't 60" she added as he
turned to take up his hat. I'D rather
you were here when she comes. There's
some light literature on the table that
may interest you"
She made hospitable gesture to-
ward the light literature, and disap-
peared through the door leading into
her bedroom.
He selected a magazine, drew an
easy-chair to the reading-lamp, and
,contentedly sat down. She was only a
few feet away, on the other side Of
the door, and there was something sat
isfactory in being her sentinel. 1t
wasn't strange that he was immensely
interested in her, he unused. Any one
would be interested in a girl in that
tragic plight. For few minutes more
he casually thought about her while
he turned the pages of the magazine,
glancing at pictures and titles.
A title on page of the magazine
he held caught his eye and he began
to read, with frequent glances at the
closed door and an ear alert for sounds
in the inner room. AS he had already
demonstrated, it was not his habit to
do anything by halves. He became
attentive to the article he was reading,
then interested, and finally absorbed.
rs this Miss Parsons room?" she
inquired "I'm Miss Adams, the nurse
Doctor Carrick sent me"