Glacier County chief., 1937-01-29

could ooe, - oho colo me oup9e-
quently, that Ace Blake was ap-
palled at this discovery. He tried
to get her to withdraw from the
hospital and 70 10 America. And
II not to America, to Italy or Spain.
Eleanor steadily refused. Finally,
she told him u he gave hsf no
help. she must apply TO me-that
the marriage must be announced.
Thereupon, he told her that she
was, In reality, not married at al.
That, q few years before. he had
secretly married n the United
States an actress BY the name Of
Drina Demoyne-"
'Drina Demoynei" interrupted.
1--WE seen Drina Demoyne. Why,
what was It I read about her just
the other dayf She died recsntly."
eyes," Doctor Marden answered.
Her death has q great bearing
on this story. That revelation Of
Ace Blaikie's was really Eleanor's
death warrant. She never saw him
again. But she communicated with
me once. got permission and
came back from the front. She
told me the whole story. Ny wife
and ] had but one idea-to save
Eleanor's reputation. Now Il hap
pened that my wife's son BY her
first marriage, Theodore Prentiss,
was living during the war In . re-
mote village in southern France.
He volunteered for both the French
and American armies. But he had
always been an invalid and
could not be used either ~ . sol
dier or in any civilian capacity.
He was married and his wife was
pregnant. I sent Eleanor to them,
My step-son's wife died bringing
dead child into the world. Theo-
dore survived her only six months.
In the meantime, Eleanor bore q
perfectly healthy baby whom she
named Caroline after my wife. This
was the Caro- whom you know. Be-
fore he died. Theodore suggested
plan. We carried Il out. We reg
istered her in the Marie Of Laitry
a. Caroline Blaikie. We registered
her under that name - an Ameri-
can citizen, with the consul Of Mar
seilles. I can show you that she
bears that name on her passport.
But we told al her friends In Paris
and have told them ever since that
she was Theodore's child. A. soon
a. I could get leave, took my
wife and daughter to SPAIN"
He paused. For IN instant hs bit
his lower lip % though 10 fang out
Of II the emotion which made Il
tremble.
There my daughter killed her
SELF"
Neither Patrick nor I made conn
ment. He himself made no further
comment. ''When We returned to
Paris. however, there was neyer
any question Of Eleanor's not BE-
ing Theodore Prentiss's child-Car.
oline Prentiss. And 20 she grew
up. She has no more idea Of her
relationship to Ace than you had
before told you this story. A
she II q minor, I got her passport.
She has never seen It.
''Concealing her real name from
Caro- has been one Of the minor
troubles Of my LIE. But I've &C.
complished II. I brought her UP
In Paris, as you know. But as
she grew older. / wondered about
her forbears in America. I knew
that people thought Of Ace BlailIis
~ . rich man. ! knew that he had
property in Satuit, Massachusetts.
I began to wonder Il, % he grew
older, he would not want his only
child-n only child she were-to In
herit that property. At first put
this thought out Of my mind. But
Il kept recurring. II troubled me.
I finally found Il was keeping me
awake nights. Sleepless nights BE-
gan to recur Q little too often. I
made inquiries and found that Ace
BlailEie was not only accepted a. q
bachelor but that nobody knew that
he had ever been married. Ulti-
mately I decided to come to the
United States, to establish myself
at Satuit. II made things easy for
me because I had never met Ace
Blake. In the war somebody start
ID calling Eleanor Sister Dora
after IN old novel, The heroine q
which was . nurse. ! confess I
have never read II. Ace Blailis
nsvsr called her anything but Sister
Dora. Although Eleanor's name
was Dacrs, The name of Narden
might Of course lingsr IN Ace
Blaikis's mind. sun, q I said b.
fore, thsre had besn at least hak Q
dozen physicians named Nardsn
working IN Paris during the war.
Last spring. % you both know, ]
came hsre 70 Satsiit. met Ace
Blake socially, oe course, although
made no effort 10 meet him.
Caro's name was neither hls noe
mine. II The coincidence Of Q phy.
stefan from Paris by the nama q
Marden gave him Pc ~. hs diA not
Ut ne know Il. Hs may have
thought q ne only q ens q ~