Indianapolis Times, Volume 41, Number 176, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 December 1929 — Page 11

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CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR REPLACING the newspaper clip- . ping in her desk,Mrs. Rogers "returned to her chair at Edna's side and resumed her narrative. "It was, indeed, a wonderful plan that was conceived and successfully carried out by Mrs. Johnson,” she said. "It was agreed that I was to go to her in Indianapolis and when the baby was born she was to keep it and I was to return to Lebanon. "Mrs. Johnson returned to Indianapolis and told her friends and her neighbors in the downtown house where she lived that she was going to Chicago to visit relatives. Her husband, who was a traveling saleman, was only home at weekends, but he was to stay on at the flat until she returned. "But Mrs. Johnson really did not leave Indianapolis. She went out far on the north side and rented a furnished apartment. She gave an assumed name and posed as a widow with an invalid sister. “Then site sent for me. It. was given out in Lebanon that I was taking a position in Indianapolis as the companion of a wealthy woman, who traveled a great deal and prob- , ably would spend the ‘season’ m Florida, taking me with her. This ruse was adopted to forestall any efforts of our Lebanon friends to learn any Indianapolis address with the idea of visiting me. Father objected first to my leaving home, but gave in when it was explained to him that the ‘southern trip' would be good for my health. “And so I came to Indianapolis, to the secluded little apartment on a side street, as the ‘invalid sister. This was in December. 1906. I shall never forget the day, cold, gray, with a mist of rain. "I never felt so alone in the world as I stepped off the traction car in* the old inferurban terminal station. But Mrs. Johnson was there to meet me and she whisked me into a cab to the flat. I remained there nearly four months. “Mrs. Johnson took every precaution against frustration of her carefully laid plans by chance recognition. We stayed close to the flat and went, out only at night for needed exercise. “No one visited us, not even mother or Mr. Johnson, who communicated with us secretly by mail Mrs. Johnson thought of everything, provided for every contingency. She even supplied me with a small sum of money each week to send home a spart of my ‘wages’ to help out the family, thus giving support to the fiction of my employment. "We remained practically prisoners in that little flat, throughout the winter. They were not altogether unhappy days. Under Mrs Johnson’s cheerful, generous, loving guidance, the black despair of the preceding months gave way to hope. "I grew very fond of her and was eager to follow her counsel. Before her marriage she had been a stenographer. To pass the time and to keep my mind off myself, she taught me shorthand and helped }ne perfect my typewriting. We spent hours at it and I became quite proficient. “The time of my great ordeal rapidlv approached. It had be:n decided that I go to the city hospital and arrangements for my reception there were made by Mr. "Mrs. Johnson remained alone at the flat when, on the appointed day, I was met by Mr. Johnson who took me to the hospital in a cab. •‘Now comes the strange, incredible part of the whole story, the core of the clever plan devised by Mr. and Mrs. Johnson for my protection and the safe future of the yet unborn baby. “I was registered at the hospital as Mrs Frances Johnson, wife of William Jonnson. and their downtown apartment was given as their residence. In other words. Mrs. Johnson and I exchanged identics I had been carefully rehearsed in my part and Mr. Johnson acted well his role of the anxious husband and prospective father,“During the weeks I was at the hospital he visited ‘his wife’ frequently and spent many hours with ■hie. The nurses and attendants were deceived. I remember one of the nurses saying to me. you ought to be very proud of your husband. Mrs. Johnson: I never saw •uch a devoted young man.

“The baby was born, a girl, a beautiful little thing, that, crept immediately into my heart and nestled there. I did not have her long, Edna, I suffered agony at the thought of giving her up. But there W'as nothing else to do. She w ! as all of mine, but she was put down in the hospital records a£> the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Johnson. “When I was strong enough to leave the hospital, Mr. Johnson came for me in a cab. We drove to the railway station. There we were met by Mrs. Johnson, who had given up the north side flat. It was only a few minutes before time for the departure of the Lebanon train. “I kissed my little one for the last time and placed her in Mrs. Johnson's arms. They stepped into a cab and were w'hirled away. My eyes blinded with tears. I groped for the suitcase containing my clothing which Mrs. Johnson had packed and brought from the flat. I boarded the train. I have never seen my baby nor Mr. and Mrs. Johnson since. “Mother and I had been pledged not to attempt to communicate with Mr. and Mrs. Johnson, nor to try to see the baby after it was turned over to them. Everything had been carefully arranged for a complete change of the baby's identity in such a way that no one could question the real Mrs. Johnson's motherhood. “She was to return home and tell her neighbors and acquaintances that she had kept secret her approaching motherhood as a surprise for 'them: that she had returned from Chicago and gone to the Indianapolis hospital. The hospital records would bear this out if any one were curious enough to inquire. “Mother and I kept our promise faithfully not to seek them out, but you ran have no idea, Edna dear, how hard it was for me. I had willingly agreed, but that was long before the baby was born, and I did not know then what motherhood meant. . “My heart 'ached for years—it was only after you came into my life, Edna, that the pain was eased. But even then and all during the years since I hoped that some day I again could see her and hold, her in my arms. I do not even know' what they named her—they said it were better that I did not know. - “Mother had prepared the way for my return home—my ‘employer 1 had departed for a European tour and had decided against the heavier expense of a ‘companion’ on that trip. Rut Lebanon, so long as it harbored Stanley Crimell. was hateful to me. “I now loathed him as much as I formerly had respected and admired him. In a town as small as lebanon it was impossible to avoid seeing or meeting him sooner or later I determined to seek employment elsewhere. “With the training in shorthand which Mrs. Johnson had given me T succeeded in getting a position in a large manufacturing concern in Indianapolis. It was there I met your father. “You know' the rest—that he was the son of the president and majority stockholder of that b g business. I believe I loved him from the first time I saw h ! m. But I w'as honest with him. Edna. “When he asked me to marry' him I told him all about Stanley Crimell and -and the baby. He was so good and kind! He said he loved me all the more for what he called mv bravery in telling him. The subject never w’as metioned again until a year after our marriage, when a letter from mother informed me that Stanley Crimell had died. “I showed your father the letter. •Thank God! that scoundrel doesn't incumber a decent world any more,’ he said. That , was all. A few months later you were bora, Edna, and in my joy in you the old wound almost healed. “Edna, your father left you and me well provided for. Somewhere in the world, maybe poor and neglected possibly suffering for the necessities of life, was this other baby of mine, this girl now grown to i womanhood if she still lived, your own sister. I I did not know what had become rs the Johnsons, whether they had prospered oi suffered reverses. The | thought that she might be in want I haunted me. We had so much,

—By Williams

surely it would be no more than right to share some of my wealth w'ith her if I could find her. You would agree to that, wouldn't you, Edna?” "Oh, mother, you know 7 I would!” Edna exclaimed, “but how' can we trace her? It seems almost hopeless.” “So it seemed to me,” her mother replied, "until today.” She then told Edna of her advertisement in The Times and of her visit to Frank Sheridan's office. “Mr. Sheridan!” Edna cried. “How strange it is that he should be acting as the go-between. But. mother." she continued excitedly, “if he has consented to act for Mr. Johnson everything will be all right, I know.” “I don’t know 7 whether or not he is acting for Mr. , Johnson. Mr. Sheridan was very guarded in his talk with me. He said he would have to consult his client, but he was very optimistic. “He promised to let me hear from him at the earliest possible moment. We ought to know in a few days. Edna, dear, it's not altogether that I want to aid her financially—l want to see my baby. You wouldn't deny her a little share of your mother's love?” “Mother, mother dear, hush!” (To Be Continued) ’Myliawrite ItiMdhmde

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THE RETURN OF TARZAN

Along the tropic African coast cruised a French warship on patrol duty. Its first officer was Lieutenant D'Arnot. Tarzan's old friend. At his suggestion, the ship had anchored off the little land-locked harbor to allow D'Arnot and others to have another look at the cabin and jungle. For here many of the officers and men had taken part in exciting adventures two years before.

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On landing, they found Lord Templeton’s shipwrecked party. Under his intelligent leadership the eighteen castaways were leading a comparatively secure and comfortable life. Never had they abandoned the hope that their fourth lifeboat had been rescued. Then ore morning a strange and terrible figure emerged from the jungle just south of their camp.

—By Martin

As Lord Templeton reached for his revolver, the half-naked, filthy creature called his name and came running toward him. Then he saw that it was “Monsieur Thuran.” his once immaculate guest aboard the Lady Alice. 'When they questioned him concerning the other occupants of the missing boat, "Thuran,” said: “Mon dieu, it is too terrible—but only I am alive to tell their story.”

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—By Edgar Rice Burroughs

Mourning the fate of Jane and Clayton, the little community made preparations to board the French cruiser. The following morning it was to take them back to civilization. Lieutenant D'Arnot had wandered alone down the beach, thinking of his friendship here with Tarzan. Suddenly, his attention was arrested by a strange procession In the distance.

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