Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1920-05-14


munitions which rendered him ~ ''ss
X uncomfortable. II had simn,, salth
occurred to him IN sppounas ae's
=. death or man who bad ing b
=. from Syracuse in disgrace au avn
d mo pity and forgiveness, ny, nln
expression. Was there stp, lung h
3 tunity for him to change HE :" opps
to admit that It was oplv 90 'acda
: generate soul and the oufwsrs uA
tenance Of Dicky Morgan ~. COZ
persisted, and to maintain tbo. ~
being. penitent and resolute d.
had arisen phoeHixlike TO mste oela
ment for the wasted years g.. a'oa
been ended by shrapnel fire ~
Hunsf And suppose he did on
would they say? II public Sa
were to model itself upon tba oplne
OF poor little Angela Cullen so'r'
not better TO confess at once 70 1a'
the slate clean, and to begin a ~ "h 8
HAD he said so much that the nsA
way to truth was cIosed-or pe
lie well stuck to better than tbs way
half told? uuta
Morals. which are nothing but NJ.
alive virtues anyway, hang on ,., VI
Hilliard was tottering ON tha na
most edge OF decislon-and Mr. cnn
flung the weight of an aimIess oh@
against him. and settled tha H
ont OF hand. "auS
He certainly had plenty to h. -.
ry for said Mr.. Cullen.
"Oh. dad 7" said Angela, with o.,,
intake of her breath. Su1
VirtusHs. was Mr.. Cullen 4 OH.
goer and csnnuaicant, was Mr. o.
len. A giver Of aims, and a friend !.
his frieads-but IN forgetting that ~
evil that men do shouldn't rjghtf,r.
be allowed to live sR after them a.,
In remembering, perhaps toe clearlv
that moment. the final intervlav
had held with Dicky Morgan, Mr. mi
len thrsttles repentance into > st...
Of fHrisus helplessness. ard brOvss.
back EdAarS to his senses.
YES" said HRliard, ''he had nlo,.
to be sorry fer, and he was. 0tb
-roubles here, I'm not capable Of u
ing as judge. Instead, sat as "a,
esser. So that you'll be more int,
'sted In that part of his life wlls
'ou evidently haven't known ab.,.
nd have. He left here, I tbink
December. He hadn't any fixed n
ose; an he wanted was TO An
lace where he could begin over az,
fresh basis, and make q man
lmseH- For that much !,
asst, yea can give him credit"
And do" said Cullen, approyagk
HlAiard, swept again by the near.
'ss Of delireraRce from his decelt
aned forward. A strong Endorsement
horgan's ambition at this juncturs
ght yet have brought about a re-
I'm glad you do, Mr.. Cullen.
hink myself it was the only course
could have taken" He hung PERI.
sly upon the response; it would e.
IT Justify or condemn his present
itude.
That's probably why he took it,
j Mr. Cullen. "Oh. I'm fair enough
him. Mr.. Hilliard. but as for judg-
nj He shook his head firmly
mar made him 90 to France?"
liliiard sat back. The gates Of
h changed shut.
That came to him as the Logical
rse.' he said shortly. He'd met n
some brother adventurer~ in New 81
K ana they put the idea into his
H. lie mad no money. so hat he
Aed his passage across on the
ette' French tramp. in January
,. On the other side. he met
tenant Of artillery who took
y to him. AS you undGuhted!
ne spoke French like "a native
u'at made it easy for him. Frame
land of papers. and of recors
papers and records can he ens.
Shlhled-when there's resa
reason was that a republic ~
len-and the lieutenant was r.
" ne a forger il that were 81
? 10 MS being a patriot His cor
On OF patriotism was TO enlist er
pie-bodied man IN the service Of
'e. But at that time. The wal
sun rather exclusive as far IS
leans were concerned. So that
Morgan disappeared from earth
there was = new soldier Of the
ninth Territorials by the name
ere Dutout Peter No
said Mr.. Cullen.
lard shrugged his shoulders.
a'd he told me much about hitr-
lie sailed under his own maze
dare say you can verify that
" York. But when he Landed,
an alias. He had wanred to
'ver again, unhampered. Moth
sld have been more opporiuns
MS chance. See what it gave
lie simply dropped out of the
1t was the possibility
" himself utterly that first ap-
TO him. And there must have