The Dolores star., 1920-09-17

u''eohsoiately In the neiRhborhood. ~
naa maximum capacity of two. Fur.
."el'hore. 1t was removed by several
'eet from the nearest listening post.
de was so close to her that tbo,r
s'eeVes touched: he looked into the
peautiful eyes which were 80 clear. so
uhsuspecting; and his will swayed
periiously. Had he prepared SO long
ana savagely for his requItal, only to
rose MS Impetus at almost the first
glance OF those brown eyes7 He re.
nected thai there was nothing to pre-.
vent him from being good salesman,
ana from renewing his prediction for
carol at the same time. The idea of
eourting her again. in his false char
ac'er. was highly dramatic.
i know you won't misunderstood
me- he said. his heart shaking. land
l nope that you won't consider 1t as
100 umptuous-but-the other dny
you spoke of Dicky Morgan as a very
dear friend Of yours. Miss Durant,
want TO do everything in the world I
can for you. and he was my dear
friend as well as yours. I'm not dis
Ioyai to him. or to you, or to myself
but should like more than can ever
tell you to feel that had done my ut
most to take his place. No one can do
that literally-I am not so valn-but I
reel, and l have felt from the time we
met each other. Dicky would have
wanted us to be friends"
"Thats-that's wonderfully thought
ful OF you" said Carol, softly. "And
-. and l think he would have wanted
that II he'd known. :" Her
eyes were suspiciously dim and Hill
liards loneliness dissolved into
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-provided you
won't be offended IL do have to want
t" know you for yourself-just a 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 l think perhaps you
need my friendship as much as need
yours"
Before he could reply. there was
flutter Of indescribable gracefulness
before them. Angela was courtesying
In mock obelsance to the floor Behind
her, Waring was watching her pos
sessively.
"If your majesties will wnke up half
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. a maid
appeared In the doorway.
please, ma'am." she said breath
lessly. "it's the Western Union-for
Mr.. HilIard"
Fright in my study" called the doc
tor, hurryIng. Just across the hall.
There you nre!" and ushered him into
the sanctum and considerably closed
the door.
Despite the urgent summons which
the average person feels under such
circumstances Hilliard was astonish-
ingly tardy in sitting down to the re-
ceiyer. 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
a hundred hours in it-pleasant hours.
so that involuntarlly yielding to its
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
COPY mailed to him In care of Mr.. Cul-
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 plerclngly. 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!" said Hilliard,
inst above q 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"
ulIliard swallowed hard. and found
that his voice was queerly out of con-
troll.
"It's-it's the same one"
.Yes-its the same us the one you
brought back. I've had 1t there ever
since he gave It to me-"
He took 1t gently from Hilliards
hand replaced 1t on the desk. "How
tbat boy would have made good II he
had lived. !" said the doctor. in an un-
dor.one. "Well-they're waiting Tor