Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1935-05-02

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Lanny. How do you know? Did the
banker tell your"
NO. | dug the information up my
self"
why? How?"
why? | wanted to investigate
the girls fortune. SO yesterday ! had
a copy of the will and a copy of the
appraisal of the estate made at the
courthouse in San Jose and sent up to
me. Gatlln stated in the will that he
left all of his estate to his beloved
adopted daughter. Penelope Gatlln. At
the time of his death his estate was
worth practically half a million dol
lars and has since doubled In value.
Nance Belden is a lost heiress."
Not wholly lost" Stephen reminded
him. There are times when she re-
members who she Is and that she has
money"
"She doesn't know anything about
her mother" Lanny declared. 81 asked
her. but she could tell me nothing. And
she was Penelope Gatlin when l asked
her."
There Is a reason for that" Doctor
Burt's scientific mind was already rae
ing along this new trail. penelope has
had a wretched childhood; she knew
nothing but unhappiness up to the time
she received the shock that threw her
mental gears out of mesh. She hated
her mother with a terrible hatred.
Feared her, probably. Then she made
up her mind to forget her mother. And
the will to forget was so strong that
she succeeded.
Not only did she forget her mother
but her entire past life as well. Well,
she ran away, and she'll never find her
way back until she acquires sufficient
courage to face the old issues again,
surmount them and defeat them"
"But is that possible?" Mcnamara
asked.
quite. She will have to have as
~sistance and the sort of treatment I
think | can give her, and she must
have assurance that never again will
she be subjected to the old unhappi-
ness. BY the way, | wonder IL Pencil
ope was a love child. Have you looked
up her parentage, Dan?'
Il haven't. Can't you ask Mrs. Mer-
ton about the girl?"
II suppose | could. But If lunacy ran
In the family Of her father or mother,
I'm not going to bother with Penelope"
IF you decide to take her on, wen
have to get her back into this city"
Mcnamara mourned, land Flynn will
pick her up"
wen fix her nose first" Lanny said.
Mcnamara beamed upon her. "Her
criminal photographs and Bertillon
measurements are gone to glory, Lam
ny. What did Penelope say in her let
teri"
mot a great deal. She said, among
other things. that after leaving my
house she found two hundred dollars
SO she returned it."
"Give me that two hundred, Lanny.
Stephen, our little thief is honest"
"As one personality she would re.
member you gave her two hundred dol
lars, but as the other she couldn't re
member who gave it to her." said
Lanny.
Get over to Paris as quick as yor
can," Mcnamara commanded. "or shell
be stealing the Eiffel tower"
stephen can't spare me-" sale
Lanny.
"Stephen can spare you he decided
"It's got to be-" Mcnamara urged
Nance fed the town with a letter o.
credit for ten thousand, but she'll g
through that like a weasel through 1
rat hole. Take a bankrOll with you
Lanny. and when you get there TAX
charge of her funds"
"And have her nose done over Will
you're there" Stephen urged.
There's a hitch" said Lanny. "1h'
girl evidently got a passport In New
York"
mot In New York. In San Fran
CISCO" Mcnamara interrupted.
well, will a strange photograph Of
her passport get her back into tn
United StatesT
"She can go to the American consu
in Paris. and present proof that She
the same woman with a different nose,
Stephen said.
"She'l do nothing OF the sort" Nc
Namara was very emphatic. when he
trail Is lost 1t will be lost forever
Lanny. when you have that new nos
built for the girl, have half a doze'
new passport photographs of her TAX
en-, and send them and her passport I
me. The seal of the United States O
America Is on the passport and cover
a part of the photograph. know a ma
that'D make me a seal that would foe
the American eagle himself. Wen fit
down over the old seal and stamp tn
new photograph. Then I'll send 1t bacI
to you-and may God have mercy OF
my soul, for you can blackmail me 70
hat the longest day | live" Dan cried
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