The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1920-06-26
CHAPTER VIII.

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ror thirty days billiard had listened
!. .he eulogies of his secret self. He
a heard from hundred sources the
me belief repeated. that Dicky Nor
a, given time and counsel, would
10 made the city as proud of him for
II Intrinsic worth as it now was
,,oud of him for his military valor.
Ma nraise of Dicky Morgan had at
~ stunned billiard; after that, it
IA exalted him; still later, it had
.hsspd his soul. He had lOnged,
csaseessly, during that third period
= his introspection, to take the city
y hIs heart to reveal himself, to an
! wer for Dicky Morgan's failures and
4 pledge himself anew to the achieve
/. mt which Dicky Morgan's friends
"a prophesied; and then he had been
NeWhelmed by the recollection that
y had made this course impossible.
\ be had only known that all his de-
upfions were needless. II he had
/ ~ known that Dicky Morgan could
faye rome home. and been forgiven!
4 MAI anguish he could have saved
"a what repentance And the prob
~ was still the same-should he
eptinue, safe In his masquerade. to
lhe goal he had set for himself, or
kould he risk the worst. and salve
/ u conscience by remuneration?
By far the most distressing factor In
III puzzle was his relationship to Car
Y Durant. He had seen her only half
tdozen times during the month, and
SNef alone-the fates or Armstrong
IA circumvented him-but he was
ND over heels In love with her again,
"a be sensed. from fugitive glances
"a stray word or two on her part,
ut she wasn't entirely averse to him.
~ what would Carol think If she
~ that this grave and tender
hanger was hiding behind the wrath
& Dicky Morgan-it was a thousand
't|nes the worse! II she were ever
edly In love with Henry Hilliard, it
~ impossible!
And then there was little Angela
16lIen-
And In addition, there was the seri-
~ business Of making good he was
T. longer impelled to it by resentment,
~ nther by unauthorized ambition;
8 too, he would see destroyed by
admission of his deceit. To con-
ne In the game was to lose his prob
70 relInquish it was to lose all
and even now. his JOY and pride
- contained In precisely those things
Hnlth he must give up. If he decided
lear of the mask Of hypocrisy; and
self-respect was rising out Of the
~ 81 what he never should have
~ At all.
Snen ne thought of his worldly am
g he was profoundly regretful
pc had talked professionally with |
Cullen. To be sure, the matter |
come up casually and naturally,
tne opening had seemed too good
missed; at the same time, Hill
couldn't help rejecting that 1t
been premature 1t might prove,
EQally. to have been just the prop
zonrse 10 produce results; 1t might
nat Cullen would become so impa-
That he couldn't be restrained,
would leap without looking. and
\ further than he intended. and vet,
since that preliminary interview,
.leFu mad known that he had made
zlsach In his own fortresses; that
40 rendered 1t possible for an in
u'ai land logical enough) investi-
sa 20 begin, or for mild suspicion
use and gain momentum before
aaa devised the means of combating
and although billiard believed
|spatf'tiy IN the goods he had to sell,
knew the difficulty of the market:
anew how timorous is the average
and he knew that there
very easily come time at which
l. fahgue would be remembered,
i mmelnbered adversely.
.. ms connection he was irritat-
the tone of Harmon's letters to
srNm New York. Harmon was en-
sssElc, and confident; he was re-
s sturdily on billiard to break
me acumen Of the upstate
but he thought that Hill
- making haste too slowly: he
~. mat all Hilliard needed to do
oevote himself to hard on
against Mr. Cullen, and. after |
- Gather subscribers where he
3s sc said that billiard was
'''ne, and ought to begin to
sshatnres. billiard had men,
moment of indiscretion. |
stance which Angela had uni
Ivy given him. and Harmon |
q used It highly: bur it angered
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harmon's letter, to have y
thought into the Instructions
'ileation. Still "a. had he {
tnis upon himself3 IS
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