Nogales international., 1933-07-29

That's true all right, and you had
me guessing too. But of course Frllls
wasn't wild and reckless when l
married her-you-say, | don't know
who l did narry?'
That's what I've got to find out,
Neil! It's been driving me nearly
crazy. and now at last I've had the
courage to tell the truth, as far as
know it. Will you tell me, Neil, how
YOU met Frills and all that :"
"Why, at Joe and Maisie Tur-
ner's, of course! Don't you really
remember, Frills-er, | mean Joyce?
Gosh, this gets my goat, | teel as
tho we'd all gone absolutely nutty
81 felt that way when first woke
I'D and found myself Mrs. Packard, )"
she said gently, "but I've lived with
the idea so long that I've gotten a
BIT used to it. Tell me about the
Turner's"
"Why, it was their car that ran
;nto your taxi in Chicago. Joe was
running for some political Office at
the time. and he was very anxious
to keep out of the papers in any way
that might bring him any unpleasant
publicity, SO he gave the police tip,
l suppose, and got them to allow
you to be taken to his house instead
of to a hospital. You were uncon-'
scious a couple of days, and when
you woke up you were in a dazed
condition. remember Maisie saying
they thought you never would say
a word, and how queer it made them
feel, having some one lying there
conscious, but just looking. at the
walls without saying anything.
Fancy! That was me, and l don't
remember any more about 1t than
if it had never happened"
"Joe and Ma1sie had time find
ing out who you were. The doctor
said inst to leave you alone and
you'd come around all right. And,
sure enough, that was what hap
pened, or what everybody thought
had happened
"The Turner's were lively, enter
tanned a lot, plenty of money and
all that, and as soon as you were
well they introduced you around to
their friends. You made hit with
ever one, and that tickled them. My
cousin Lawton Packard's wife was
a great friend of Masie, and I'd met
her and Joe a number of times III
Manzanita, and they'd always told
xle to look them up if | was ever in
Chicago. 1t struck me to do it one
time; / called them up and Joe in
vited me out to dinner that night,
throwing out a lot of dark hints
about swell girl who was staying
with them. went, and it was you |
net-Florence Hilton was the name.
/ took terrible tumble, and in a
couple of weeks we were engaged.
Il kept stringing out the business
in Chicago, and fnally-I remem-
Der now that it was your own sug-
sresfion!-we were married right
away, before we left town, and you
came back to Manzanita as Mrs.
Neil Packard!'
Joyce had been held spellbound by
Neils recital. 1t was all SO queer
GTlO uIllS cal. d11u S1iC lSAt I'LL iISeN
swimming by the strangeness OF it.
Didn't you ask me anything
about who / was, and all that. when
YOU wanted to marry me? How did
I act? Was | like the Frills I've
heard abort, or more like Joyce?"
"Well, you see, every one treated
you with kid gloves, SO to speak, on
account of this accident" said Neil,
@'It was understood that you'd had a
great shock, and that you mustn't be
pressed. The doctor kept saying,
just leave her alone and she'll come
around all right. All this mystery
was very exciting, you understand
we all got a great kick out OF it
/ remember | wanted to ask
you lot of things when we were
first engaged, but you said to me,
Neil, you've got to trust me. There
are some things I can't tell you. and
you mustn't ask me about who | am
and all that. There's nothing I'm
ashamed Of, and some day l expect