Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1920-05-28


feel, and | have felt from the time we
met each other, Dicky would have
wanted us to be friends"
"Thats-that's wonderfully thought
full of you," said Carol, softly. "And
=. and I think he would have wanted
that if he'd known. - Her
eyes were suspiciously dim and Hill
liard's loneliness dissolved into a
great spasm of longing which held
him and shook him and left him weak
with impotence
"Then I'll stay in Syracuse" he said
abruptly. provided you
won't be offended if I do have to want
to know you for yourself-jus little
selfishly. I'm afraid that isn't very
clear-it's difficult to separate it-but
you see"
Don't try to explain" she said sub
dued 81 know how hard all this must
be for you-and think perhaps you
need my friendship as much as need
yours"
Before he could reply, there was a
futter Of indescribable gracefulness
before them. Angela was courtesying
in mock obeisance to the floor. Behind
her, Waring was watching her pos
sessively.
IF your majesties will wake up half
a second, she said ''everybody's going
to walk up around the Sedgwick farm
tract to get some fresh air. Coming?"
As they stood together, drenched
with regret for the condolences that
might forever remain unsaid, maid
appeared in the doorway.
Please, a'am," she said breath
lessly, .sits the Western Union-for
Mr.. billiard"
Fright in my study" called the doc
tor, hurrying. "Just across the hall.
There you arey' and ushered him into
the sanctum and considerably closed
the door.
Despite the urgent summons which
the average person feels under such
circumstances billiard was astonishr
ingly tardy in sitting down 20 the re-
ceiver. For one thing he was still
vibrating from his recent stress of
passion for another he knew pretty
certainly what the message was going
to be, and for a third, he was some
what emOtionally under the spell of
the doctors room. Hilliard had spent
q hundred hours in it-pleasant hours,
so that involuntarily yielding to it's
kindly atmosphere and all that the at
mosphere implied, he took time to sur
vey all four walls before he took up
the receiver. And after he had lis
tened to the telegram, and ordered a
copy mailed to him in care of Mr.. Gull
len, he took time to survey those walls
again, more closely; and this was
partly for their intrinsic significance,
and partly because his feelings were
SO fresh and tender that he dreaded to
return at once to the gathering which,
as whole, couldn't be expected to de-
fer to them. His eyes fell upon the
doctors desk, wandered and suddenly
focused hard and piercingly He
went over to the desk and slowly put
out his hand and lifted up small pho
tograph in a metal frame.
well, I'll be darned y said billiard,
lust above a whisper. The turning of
the doorknob reused him; he wheeled
with the photograph still in his hand.
"Hello!' said Doctor Durant, cheer
fully. Get your message all right?
What's that you've found? Oh, yes
Dicks picture"
L hor d
that his voice was queerly out Of con-
troll.
"It's-it's the same one"
"Yes-it's the same as the one you
brought back. I've had it there ever
since he gave it to me-"
| He took it gently from billiards
hand; replaced 1t on the desk. How
that boy would have made good if he
had lived" said the doctor, in an I'M
dertone. "Well-they're waiting for
u.s."
| billiard, following him outside, en-
countered the two Cullens in the hall,
and at sight Of his 1orid host, he col
lected his wits, and resumed his part
in the play.
'Oh!" he said. 'I-I-that was from
one-that was a telegram from the
manager Of the syndicate, Mr.. Cullen !;
he said it's decided not to try to re
syndicate any stock, but to hold it
| ourselves for the long pull--every-
things put off for three or four weeks
anyway. I'm having copy mailed to
the house-there's some news in it
thought you might like to see."
Good! That leaves you free.
doesn't it? You'll stay on with us
then? Don't say no. insist on it !"
mo, I couldn't do that! It's awful
kind Of you. but"
"You talk to him, Angela !" laughed
Mr.. Cullen. "You make him stay.
You've got more influence over him
than l have, anyhow. And don't you
dare to let him get away without a
promise -understand?' He passed on,
and left them together.
you walk along with me, sir!" said
Angela, imperially. "And you'd better
behave yourself-Tm fierce y
At the same moment that he looked
yearningly toward Carol, who up
ahead by the doorway was already
captive to the willy Armstrong, young
Rufus Waring was glazing belligerent-
| ly toward Hilliard.
The masquerader smiled in defeat,