Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1920-05-07
By HOLWORTHY HALL

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would help the situation, for now that
his duty as a courier was over, there
was no need for long protracted mel
ancholy.
1t was cheerful trio, then, that sat
down to breakfast; there was no ex-
/ hilaration about it. but at least there
was no SOmber cloud of mourning.
Angela, behind the coffee urn, had oc-
casional moments of peEsiveness, but
that was to be expected, and con-
doned; indeed, Hilliard held himself to
| be greatly favored by even this.
She was imaginative, and billiards
pose was calculated to appeal to live
" Imagination. He treated her not as
young girl, but with the respectful
/ Difference which belongs to a mature
woman, mistress of a household, and
hostess in her own right. She was
charmed and captiyated, and so was
/ her father-most assuredly he was!
So charmed. in fact, that instead of
leaving for his Office at half-past eight,
| he fingered until half-past nine; so
! captivated, that as his limousine slid
quietly down the long, steep hill of
James street, he found himself ascrib-
| ing a new degree of credit to Dicky
Morgan for the simple reason that
Dicky Morgan had gained the full es-
TEEN of such a friend as Hilliard
A mighty nice young man, thought
Cullen. A man of soundest judgment,
through and through. A man Of bril-
liant intellect and razor-edged analy-
sis. Had he not said, and furnished IL
Illustrations from his broad experience,
exactly what Cullen himself had said,
in regard to labor, and materials, and
transportation, and production, these
half dozen years? Cullen sat back
and smiled triunphantly. 1t does a
man good to hear his pet convictions
approved, expanded and laid down as
axioms by another wise man.
Back on the wide veranda Angela
had curled up comfortably in the ham,
mock and, beside her, Hilliard was en-
joying, a cigarette. He was enjoying,
too, this rare interlude of respite; he
| looked aeross at Angela, and thanked
his stars for the invitation which had
made this quiet hour possible.
She lifted her eyes, caught billiard
smiling at her and blushed furiouSly,
not for any shame accruing to her, but
because she had arrived at the age OF
1 easy bushes.
i Il suppose you're going over
] to Carols pretty soon," she said,, con-
strained to say something and grasp
i ing at the first available idea.
$50 anxious to get rid " met" he
asked, amused.
'Oh, MOI" Horror was in her tone
and modification. "Only -. wanted
to talk to you before you saw Carol.
4 Because Carol doesn't .. don't
think she'll exactly feel as / do about
this know she won't. Maybe
it's because Dick and were chums,
and she and Dick were oh, you
know. It's different. You ought to
4 take that into consideration when
you talk to her, mean. / don't mean
i I don't care, because do-terribly-
but I can see what 1t meant to
Dick and know how he'd have
loved it, and picked this out of every
possible way, to end things, but
Carol she's different"
"How?" Hilliard's voice was even,
but very low.
colder" she said, looking away.
"And and they were going to
marry each other some time"
'But wasn't that broken Off"
Eyes, but she was waiting"
"Waiting?"
"Why, of course"
j billiards. breath quickened.
II should have guessed that this Mr..
Armstrong"
4 "Oh. but that wasn't until she
thought Dick wasn't ever c~ming back.
And besides, she isn't really crazy
about him-just lonesome"
Indeed" Hilliard compelled him
self to relax. $50 you think she'll be
hurt?"
"Hurt?" Angela's voice was thin
with emphasis. ''Rather!'
IF there's anything you think I'd
better say, or not say" He rose, out
Of sheer inability to endure this in
genuous estimate of Carols heartache.
..Perhaps you'll tell me-because it's
/ time for me to be going over"
Angela had risen, too, and stood be
side him. Her features were com
posed. but still suggestive of inward
emotions 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
Won look as though everybody could
come to YOU and tell most everything
and you'd help anyway, you'd
try to. SO / wish you'd 49,. you'd
sit and listen Carols got to
talk to 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
aYou can use your own judgment, OF
course. but if / were in yolr place
I'd lie."
"Lier he repeated, aghast.
eyes I would! He he
must have sent her some word, Mr.
billiard! He must have" She was
desperately serious now, and thor
oughly aroused. "It means the whole
world to her! It's everything! Why
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