The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1920-04-22
SYNOPSIS.

Neuily. France, his face disfglred be-
yond recognition. an American soldier
serving In the French army attracts at
.ehtion by his deep dependency. Asked
oy the surgeons for a photograph TO guide
hem In making over his face he offers
N derision picture OF the Savior. bid
uihs them take that as a model They do
30 making remarkable likeness
CHAPTER fl.-lnvalided home. on the
boat he meets Martin Harmon, New York
broker. who IL attracted by his remark
sole features. The ex-soldler gives his
name as Henry billiard" and his home
as Syracuse, New York lie left there
under cloud. and Il emblttered against
MS former fellow townsmen. Harmon
makes him a proposition to sell mining
STOCKS IN syracuse. conceallng his lden-
uty. tie accepts II. seeing In II "A chance
To make good and prove he has been un-
derestin.ated
1iore rustling from the shadows, and
q slim figure stepping out Of them into
the foreground IL was Angela Cullen,
Just over the brink Of seventeen, ex-
quisltely small and blonde, and pro-
foundly agitated by the news. Hi
Hard bowed mechanically; he had re-
mcmbered her as vivid little hoyden.
Queer. that his heart should skip
beat or two az beholding her now.
But she had brought the first remem-
brance Of untroubled days back TO
him. and the contrast hurt-abomi-
nsbly.
ooh. dadw she said with n quick
intake OF her breath ooh
dad" And chung to him for refuge.
stirring the while with wide and fear
ful eyes AZ the tall stranger who had
delivered the laconic message.
Cullen held her close. and cleared
his throat lie was in the common
enough situation OF n man who feels
that he ought 10 be deeply moved. and
isn't. and wonders why: and his trans
parent effort TO be funeral was slight
ly overdone.
'Its a great shock TO us-of course"
he said, speaking slowly. "a great
shock. Oh Mr. Hllliard-my
daughter. Well, must say I.
Suppose We sit down and talk this
over"
billiard bowed again: Mr.. Cullen,
his arm encircling Angela. led the way
10 the hammock and its reinforcement
OF wicker chairs. The trio was
seated: Hllliard coughed delicately,
and after that, there was a brief
silence. Gradually, the air was
charged with constraint. Here he
was, and there was Angela and
Mr.. Cullen-all OF them little
older. all Of them great deal more
repressed. but even so, here they were.
these three, just as they had sat In
the same place, on the same sort Of
summer evenings. when Dicky Morgan
This this thing happened
some time ago. did 1T You were
abroad YOURSELF"
"Yes, was"
81 want 10 hear about Dick" said
Angela In a dry little voice. "Pleasei
And and who are you, Mr..
Hilliard5"
"Angela !" said her father. reproach-
fully, but billiard. coughing with
great vehemence, felt sudden In
rush OF triumph which gave him con-
fidence. II was the triumph OF dra- |
matte success: the consciousness that |
whatever might come next, he had ac- |
tually appeared before people who |
knew him best. and that they saw a
stranger. He smiled. as church |
man smiles.
"All pretend 10 be Is a friend OF
Dicks. /"
"Ohl A friendi" Cullen's intona-
ton was curiously warped.
Perhaps you'll understand better II
i 20 back 20 the beginning. Shall II"
"Do." Cullen motioned him carte
blanche. and billiard took long
breath. and began.
Back In May. 1915" he said, 81
went TO England and then TO France
to arrange some government contracts
for copper products. In France, I was
stunned-as everyone-by the back
lash OF the war. And like everyone
else, l did what could on the spot
. bought tobacco for the sol
oilers, and all that sort OF thing. II
Isn't question OF charity. once you
see the clrcumstances-you simply
look, and realize that the most you
can do Is so trivial In comparison with
what there is TO be done that you
well, you do all you can and
wish TO heaven II were ten thousand
times more. And then you try 10 find
out where your mite will do the most
good. and II staggers you because
there are 80 many PLACES where they
need everything you have and every
thing everybody else has. II so hap
pened that a friend OF mine was In
one OF the American surgical units at
Neuilly. couldn't spread my own lit
lie contributions over all the insti-
buttons that needed it--there wouldn't
have been enough to notice. so nat
lrally l spent most of my time and
most OF my money at Neuilly. The
,ases there are all severe. The men
need more help than the average, and
here was one ward In particular