Jun 1926 - On-Line Newspaper Archives of Ocean City

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BEGIN HEJEE TODAY
PETER 1.VSTER has lost hl»
memory from shell shock in France
Upon his return Co London ho fails
to recognize
NAN MAERABY, to whom ho
bccama engaged before going to
the front Jfan, proken-hgarted,
retumR to her home to care for
her Uiree motherleni stepbrothers
She is still in touch with
JOAN ENDICOTT, in London,
who has encouraged her to forget
Peter and marry his friend and
follow officer,
JOHN ARNOTT, with whom
Peter la routing at the home of
Amott'd sister, not far from the
Man-any estate Nan In drapers
tion, however, over Peter's reported
engagement to Arnott'n sister,
and the hnuncml difficulties of her
father, has consented to marry
HAHU.Y SEFTONj, s money
lender, who has promised to cancel
her father's debts to him and
make her a present of Peters
IOU's on their wedding ds
Arnott has just mlled to ask
Nan uhethtf her reported engige
ment u true He tells her that
Piter is not engaged to his sister,
Out rather has applied for im
mediate return to Frann Tho
Jnald announces &efton iind Ar i
nott leavei Nan enters thf room)
where Sefton is waiting
NOW GO THS STORY
Sefton took a bundle of papers
from his socket and flung them
down on flie table. "There are,
your father's pr.xioue bills," hs
said. • ' i
Nan colored | she glanced at
itfljan, but did not pick them up,
"Thank you," she said.
"By the way," he added, looking
back over hig shoulder, "lister is
engaged to that little widow slater
Willard S. Steelman
REAL ESTATE
Office: 1100 Bay Avenue
Bell 7S4
IS TOUR HOUSE IN-
FECTED WITH VERMINT
Chemical Disinfection
t» Tin Only Son and O«u
BTethud of Dasf rojinc Them
T. LEE ADAMS
P. O. Bn iu
lobfafOK AltenUons
T.Walter Wilkinson
/ < • > . , • • ,
.Carpenter and
•M1 \. Bailder
.A 230 Central Avenne
;^ OCEAN ctrr. N. J.
-J& ;f FHQNE 78T-J
Peter Csught Signs of a Girl's
While, Frightened Pace,
agely. "There's no -doubt about
that.*
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PAINTING
1920 Asbury Avenue.
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TIERED R. SMITH
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PAPER HANGER
thoujii—he, j,,,t ,0, n ,,„„„
li-nn \ Herioici iiumred J littk.
"It's Horrible without him," she
addedC
"Vm sure it is," Peter said kind-
V ! he ?. *** something childish
about this girl that appealed to
"I used to have a friend living
with me," she went on. "But now
she's had to go home, and I'm all
alone, I've tried to put up with
it, but somehow today I felt I
couldn't bear It any longer go I
Building-Jobbing
ano ne tola me himself." » ,'?, l i ui «
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John Arnoti was right when ho „ w , tat do y° u "»»"— a ^
Joh Argots was right when he
said that Peter had ehanted dur- But Arnot woud say trnxupi- no more.
ing B«lj the *u^* oast B=*^^ few t^j day*. *^' _, , The Rut station AiTintt was wntilH in sight, jisv no and mnrp. he
He had grown irrita itable and mo- thpnged chaed tht the subject subjet huriedly hurriedly.
r»ej ro»e| he h tk tobk to goine i off for lone Nal1 ' s tits haunted I'tter si! the
walks by himielfi ht was abrupt !y *» London, Her smile troubled
with Arnott and seemed to avoid I""",— and htr ^e~and her little
Doris. 1 I tricks of manner.
It was the morning after the vil-l Ht was roused from his
laga had been thrilled with the (thoughts by a jolt and • violent
Bows of Nan Marraby's engaje.' swen-o, followed by a sudden imment
that Peter.announwd his in- part
tention of goinf to London, A cab copiing in the oppogite
."It'll all rot, tearing up to town direction had collided with them at
•liM tjuii" Arnott declared huffily. Hie edrner of tho read.
Host fellows are quite content to Lyster had a vojue impression
wait till they're sent for—I know! of broken glass and a man's fed,
I am. Don't be an ass, give up the angry fate before hs wrenched
Idea," open the doer and scrambled nut.
But Petei' wauld not; and finally The other cab had come off by
Arnott drove him down to the sta., far the worst of the twos the door
Ben tocateh the mid-day train, 1 had jammed, and all the glass was
As they were leaving the village 1 broken, and behind it Peter caught
(hey overtook Nan and the three |
6oy«—Arnott slowed down. <
Nan's eyes went quickly to
Lyster and away again.
• Bow to Hike Bttta
'•Where are you oif to!" she
Mked as lightly an she could, Ar- LAWNS AND GARDENS
nott answered that Peter was fed ••?« • iilt with Like
up with them and was going book
to town.
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Office: 1100 Bay Avcnnc
Bell 7(4
WHENin a HURRY
CONSULT .
DANIELLMURRAY
446 West Avenue
PLUMBING
and
HEATING
BegisteKd
Nan'ft blue eyes dilated I
"You have soon got tired of the
country," qho said
P«*ter did not answer; he \toa en
grost^d with the boys, who had
climbed on to the footboard of tin
CAT.
"It's goodbye, then, Mr Ljster,'
Nan said. After a moment's hesitation
she held out her hand,
"Goodbye,"
Arnott frowned m he drove on
Was Lyster 11 fool, he wondered
Jlnpaticnfly, that lie eould nut
guess tho meaning of the heart-
OCEAN
E. L. SMITH
PAINTER
243 Aflbury Avenue
WALTER TOMLIN
PLUMBING
HEATING
138 Anbury Am
Ocean City
Telephone 410-J
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Phone 29
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OCEAN CITY, N. J,
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Phone Z41-W
W. H.
0LDF1ELD
"*" A - ' ^ I \ ^^^0PW^
break in 1 slglit o
Nan's eyes, the
twentieth time tho inip
to him to tell him the troth t
"I I suppose," , " PPeter
etr Bald sudden
ly with ith sort rt of f constraint, ' I
suppose is true that His Mur-
rab p i ue that His
d t S f
by is engaged to—Seftun'
•• "
||She's throwing hcrgolf awni.
"Ytfg," nnid Arnott ugatn >i
f » fid's White, frightened sent Nan u, wire, and I'm going
fuce. down to dee her, as ah* can't coma
He got it open after a struggle back to live wltu me "
and helped tho girl out "Nan!" soJd Peter sharply
It v.ns some moments before she
could find her \olce
"They had no right to drive so
fast—1 knew we would have an
aiddent—the police ought not to
allow it. And I'm in Men u harry,
suppose I shall miss my
train."
The police had arrived on tho
scene and were making copious
notes.
'My cub seems fairly umlitmng
ed," Peter said to the girl. ""Jt
you will let me drive you ftlon/f-
1 don't know where you are goinff. '
She tolti him ut once.
'I WIIB going to Huston to catch
ii train, but now I Huppofie I shall
irfiss it and thme'll bo nobmly to
meet me—oh, h di -\r t I
do 1
y o
wllut shall I
Sihi 'scenii.d itry hplple « PiUr
tlwught with u t-tiine cif mipn
ticnii, nen uhili h< filt rather
&orry fur her
What time dnt r Peter tried to upcak, liut Ho
words would come, His hands wero
locked together, his lips felt cold
.. ,.. and dry
that's her name—Nan I Presently, with an effort, ho
Marraby; she's such a dear, one of I found his voice, but it sounded
those cheerful people who seen) to cracked and strange to his cars
do you such n lot of good I felt
quite different whflh she was with
me, but now • • • " she looked
away from him out of the window
and her little face fell Into hag
gard lines
After a moment she went on—
"Sht» hud hiu|n of trouble,
too—and she s so Drove ' She
looked ut him ' I don't know wh
I'm talking to you like this,' she
said with An apologetK smile
'I—I'm Ilnttcrtd that jou
hlioulij,' Ljsttr told her awkward
Iv
After a moment he pronipUd
l»r pentlj
' \ou say your frltnd has had n
loir of trouble J m afraid thit most
women have during tilt war—
But Wan' 11 ilifTinnt to most
people i, bhc •)ald with 11 little
the tnun in ike of litr lie id ' It iei rned nuih
he «ski d Wt ar( not far fromn
i in} tlf— tlf—I _
ilmll he iltl.jrhttd ti. dme you
baik
She aneptod rtudll —it turned
nut that thire «as 11 quarter of
un hour in which to catth the
train
•"hi dried h(r t es vhtn nhc
-hoald thi,t, and cohhcntcd to imilf
In looked at Ptlei jnti rt tedly
Mv hu-bind is nut 111 Frince,"
slii smd Impukhclj I -.uppoEe
1
* • • Peter, I think you said Ms Peter Uughed mlrthlcailj, i,B
nama wag • • • ."
leaned hto head In Ms handi for ^
"Yes—Peter Lyster * • • . moment.
never saw huh myself, but Nan "Poor devil," he eald then. "Who
spoke of him no much I always knownl"
felt as if I knew him • • • " 3%e
gave a little startled exclamation, The taxi h*d turned Into Euiton
"Forgotten all about her," heboning
towards him. 'Oh, arc Square, end Pifer woks to h|8
said "I knew a similar case," heyou
lin' she sifted anxiously surroundings with a start.
said "I knew a s'm ar case—at
He felt s» it someone hfd pluns-
least—a man who lose his memory Peter pulled himself tfigethc ed him Into nn abyss of darkness
in something the samo eort of with an effort, though he was and silence* through which ho
way • * * "
white to the lips.
groped vainly in the desire to end
"Really " She looked at him in- "No, no—go on, ho said huski- a way out.
terestedly "J suppose things like ly. "And what happened then— Tho tail * slowing- down, and
that happen every day out inwhat
did your friend tin?" with an uffort he aroufted himself
France, don't they? It must all "Do! What could she dot Sh and turned to tho girl beside him,
bt> such a nightmare—such a hor- just behaved as If nothing ha.