Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1920-05-01

genuous estimate OF Carols heartache.
Perhaps you'H tell me-because it's
time for me to be going over"
Angela had risen, coo, and stood be-
side him. Her features were com
posed, but still suggestive of inward
emotions a little too tender to convey.
IF there's anybody in the world"
she said. who could give Carol any
consolation just now. it's you, | don't
suppose you ever were minister. but
you look rs though everybody could
come to you and tell most everything.
and you'd help anyway, you q
try TO. SO / wish you'd you'd
sit and listen Carols got to
talk tG somebody, and when you're
hurt the way she is, you can't talk to
your family and you were a
friend of Dicks And =" She
swallowed, and went on more slowly.
you can use your own judgment. Of
course, but if l were in your place
I'd lie"
Lie" he repeated, aghast.
Yes. l would lie he
must have sent her some word, MIR
Hilliard! He must haye!" She was
desperately serious now, and thor
oughly aroused. at means the Whole
world TO her! It's everything Why.
even I've got more than she has, and
she was waiting for him To come back
TO her. I'd lie myself black in the
face. but I'd tell her something tell
her anything l could think Of to make
her believe he hadn't stopped caring!
1t can't do any harm now, II can't
hurt you. And | won't even ask YOU
whether you do or not. Only you're
here. and Shell trust you"
win she?"
How could she help It? And .
and that's all. Please don't let her
think he didn't care"
HiIlard stood irresolutc: chaos TO
his brain. "Iu see," he saic
with d'ticulty. "I'll see"
Won't you promise mel won't
ask YOU afterward. If yS1--"
Does II mean so much TO your"
Ever and ever so much.
Won't you please promse%
lie gaZed at her a moment, yelled
with show of reluctance.
Very WE'LL promise. Becau~e
you've asked Il. And because its the
dearest, most generous most thought
full thing / ever heard OF in all my
life. And after that. can't we
be truly friends"
Flushed perpexed honored, she
gave him her hand with a heSitarcy
which betrayed the deep sense of com
pliment she felt.
81 don't think coulS be prouder OF
anything that could possibly happen
to me" she said
Was 1t worth the blatant mummery
he had conceived and executed? Was
1t not worth that. and infinitely more?
She was proud Of his friendship
and she shared that distnc-
ton with no one else In the entire
universe.
Proud of it, billiard was fulsome-
~ abashed Abashed--yes. and stm4l-
tAneously glorified He had come TO
make the city proud, ignorantly proud
Of the man whose deeds had merited
no renoWn. Here. at the very iHccp-
ton of his plans, seventeen .year-old
girl was proud of him as he was.
Courage. Inspiration. Resolve.
He had won her respect by the prom
Use OF a lie; and In this instant he
vowed TO deserve. by other and in
creasing lies If need he. the prestige
he was unalterably committed to gain,
whereby the past should be as moth
ing, and the future should he a mag
nificent citadel Of recenquered dreams.
She was proud of him, and she had
approved the lie in behalf of Dicky
MOrgan's memory. Unwttingly she
had sanctioned the very purpose Of
his coming, and the method OF his ap-
proach. She had confirmed his own
intentions, and given him the will 10
advance. He was to act IS The stanrh
defender Of her playmate persisted,
and TO make Of himself new and a
better man. worthy of the eulogies
which. as trustee. he now accepted for
the unworthy Morgan He consecrated
himself to this end Told himself
fiercely that he would succeed. And
she was proud Of him. 1t was an
othe- omen.
II was eleven O'Clock to the minute
when Hillard. not quite so blithe as
wedding guest and yet not alto
gether as doleful as a morrner. waved
his hand to & slender girl who stood
on the veranda OF house. diagoHaHy
across the street, and went slowly up
the Durants brick walk. lie had an
ticipated the effect Of this pilgrimage
upon his nerves. he had discounted
it; and Angelas advice had gwen him
an artificial stimulus for the moment;
nevertheless. as the front door opened
n him, aud re saw. over the head Of
a sinirking maid-servant a hallway
and vestibule unchanged, his breath
cer5e q little faster than usual 8nd
his cheeks went ljttle darker It
was, so 10 rDeak, q return 10 a shrine.