Show POSES YEARS AS A CHILDLESS WOMAN Wealthy and Prominent She Will Not Mot Allow Child in Her Home HAS DAUGHTER OF TWENTY Husband Declares Only Motive He Knows Is That of Selfishness L. L I I. Aug As Ag E As stran strange n o x i stor story r 0 as at has ever been heen included in fact or fiction book has como come to light here with tho the news that Mrs Egbert VS V. Strong W wealthy alth beautiful and considered con- con generous to a n marked degree has n. n daughter twenty years old of oC whom nom tho mother has refused to care for tor or since birth Tho The most amazing and m mysterious Ious tc fact In tho time case is that h nobody oven ven her hu hUf husband band can conceive of an any reason renson tot for time the strange of or her only child Mrs Stron Strong Is ls rated tho the wealthiest t woman J amon among the permanent residents rest rest- A dents of oC Babylon I I. U I. I Her home In ln th the tho most aristocratic district Is a stately mansion shaded b by great trees and surrounded b by well kept grounds She is IR famed Tn ed for or her hr diamonds her gowns and her sl s. s Mr 11 Strong her husband Is 16 domestic domestic do do- and popular His two steam yachts are arc among the tho finest and fastest fast Cast est on Great South be bay and tho the big na Ray flay automobile In which ho rides doll dally daily with his wife wIto is a n costly machine machino ma ma- chine chino of ot high power For nearly 20 years tho the havo have lived alone In luxury leaving their home borne only to pass time the winters in Sn Florida seemingly a devoted couple without a n. care caro Ap Ap- Ap- Ap their one ono shadow was their lack of or children Through h all tho years fars Mrs Strong has posed as a n. childless wife and her wealthy acquaintances have B given her unstinted sympathy Drove o ro o Child from Home times during tho the twenty years arl tho the father has brought mother and dau daughter together hoping that tho the natural affection so 80 m susPended suspended sus sus- could bo ho aroused But Rut each time Imp Mr Mrs Strong Stron- drove her child from tho home Twice in recent years ear Mr Strong has Joined his daughter declaring that he would never r return turn to his wife's home without time the girl But both times tho the wife triumphed and ho returned to her alone Tho Timo tow few ow who know the facts acts speak of Mr Strong Stron- as a a. kind man who loves his rich wife and is powerless to withstand withstand withstand with with- stand her Influence and commands Marion Marlon Goodale Strong trong tho the daughter daugh daush- ter now 20 O years old od lives In a family devoted d to her She Is now at tho the Cornell hotel in on the I shores of Cayuga lake There Is nothIng noth noth- I ing In tho the girls girl's appearance or perI personality per pore I to account for the mothers mother's I hatred She Sho Is 18 strikingly pretty with I largo brown blown c eyes es delicately chiseled I features and amid a petite well rounded figure To Marion 1 Strong nn and all nil tho world besides tho timo mothers mother's hatred is a tn mys mys- tOI tory tery No one ono can tell tram from roam what It springs To no ono one has Ims Mrs l Stron Strongs' Strongs g I Iso so 80 far an RR can bo be over o at attempted at- at tempted aim u explanation 1 Family Secret S Secret Get Out Mr oIl Strong tron wh when n H een cn at at W t h overwhelmed on that tho time family I secret was out I I 1 cannot talk about m my little HUlo daughter daugh h- h tc ter said salil Mr StrOll Strong greatly agitated It It would bo ho useless for tor mo me to dony deny the facts but hut to matte make fin nay statement would only add to m my trouble troubles Mv Io- Io daughter Is 18 as good and pure and as sweet a girl Irl as there Is In nil nU the time world An Any mother might well he be proud of ot her Our home Is la closed to her But Dut this shall not continue I have havo built another nother house hero In Baby Dab Ion lon It Is for my daughter She Sime shall shan rule ruic there In a n. home of her own God Goel alone knows 8 why Vh she sho does docs it he said sadly I of or all men ou ought ht to know but I do rIo not I only know with an emphatic shake e of or his lowered head hen that she is not Insane No she sho knows exactly what she sho is doing In Is Girl Its all selfishness I guess It can be bo nothing else I have havo looked hooked for tor the motives moth 0 for 20 years rears and this Is all I have e found Marion Marlon Strong has lived for Cor 14 years In the tho family of R. R J J. Hunt at Rt burg N N. Y Mr Hunt Is president of ot the tho local telephone company His wife vito Is a A. deeply religious woman feeble In health but strong In love lovo for tor tho homel homeless ss girl who 1001 looks s up to her heras heras heras as a a. real mother Until recently the actual expense of oC Marlon's Marions clothing was vas covered b by money moncy transmitted to Marion Marlon through her imer mothers mother's lawyers From the father came regular remittances sufficient to pay for or the girls girl's schoolInG schooling school- school Ing But recently the checks from Mi Mrs hs Strong Stron ceo ceased ed abruptly and all that remains to tho the girl Is IB a small al allowance allowance al- al lowance from her Imer father Nevertheless there is no tl shadow adow of t bitterness In Marion Marlon Stron Strongs Strong's s heart To friends at Trumansburg Tru last Jast Sunday she sime spoke of ot her hem mother In a way that ma made e the listener struggle to keep back the time tears tear that hat mother will y Ves It is true truo m my not see me mc but I try to bo ho happy Just the same said the girl with Viti a smile AntI And yet I love lovo my mother with allm all mv my heart hoart she added In lowered tones She will not let me go to her for some reason but hut she sho is m my mother and anti I pray for Cor her and think of ot her aln al- al ways waye n Mother las lug Fortune Marion Marlon Strongs Strong's mot mother or was a member mem mem- her ber of the wealthy family of ot IconiC L. L I. I Sho Site inherited time tho bulk of or time the family wealth and married Eg- Eg bort bart V V. Strong Stron at nt peconic twenty years ears ago aJO where Marlon Marion was born Mrs Strongs Strong's fortune fortuno at that time was variously estimated at from froni to It has greatly increased Mrs l Strong trong Is a large handsome wo wo- man maim Her hair and eyes are aro dark and andIn andIn andin in the tho contour of her face faco and cut of ot features there thero I Is a n. strong resemblance to tho banished daughter Mrs Irs Strong was wae not lIot vcr very ill HI at the birth of or her daughter The only feature fea fea- turo ture of ot the tho case caso that bothered tho Joe Joe- hatred tors tor was Vas their patients patient's seeming forthe babe As strength returned l this hatred grew TOW and triO the mother mothel raved at nt the Ue sight eight of ot the child They riley kept tile the babY out of ot tho the room but tho the knowledge knowl- knowl edo edge that tho the child chillI was under the theome same ome roof with her seemed to drive Mrs Irs Strong to frenzy I 5 |