The Raymer enterprise., 1920-08-05

| on the definition of justifable homi.
eide.
"what Is your llne7" be inquired
after pause.
The other man laughed queerly.
~The flrst II Il makes 20
much difference to you."
BEG pardonf I don't quite get you.
You said !"
II said the nrst lima I meant the
nrst.line trenches. I've been In IT,"
Harmon jerked his head upward in
comprehension.
'Oh. I seei Yoq mean the war !!
And you've been right on the spot
where the fighting is1 Pretty lively
up there. Isn't III Something stirring
most all the timer
II imagine o." Tue other mans
accent was amazingly di6dent. and
Harmon peered At him. increduloua
"Good Lord. don't you known
"Not . great deal. happened to
get hit the drst day was 10 the
trenches"
But you got In Il again afterward.
I supposed ri bet you didr
"No."
"what! You never got back at alli
Just one day. and you're throughr'
"Yes. After I was discharged from
hospital I was. discharged from the
army too. Permanently unit"
English armyr
"No-rrench."
well, that's some record!" said
Harmon appreciatively. 'That Ger.
talnly Is some record! Not to say
tough luck-the toughest kind. Going
back home. I take iti'
Looks that way. doesn't itr'
Harmon ignored the sarcasm.
"Back TO work. ehf What did you
say your line isr'
II didn't say. haven't any Just
now
PuiuVtNu y 6<NOLsl.
"Oh! Gentleman Of leIsurei Sol.
dier Of fortune. en-? Well. I wouldn't
worry II I were you. You're disap.
pointed; that's natural but the
world hasn't come to an end yet. OF
course II Is something Of a come-down
to leave the army and get Into harness
again. but after all there's plenty nf
excitement right In the United States.
Big work to be done. son! Big money
to make. And II helps the war along.
too. I tell you there never was a big.
ger opportunity to make money than
there IL right this minute. The hard
Job isn't to find the scheme: It's to find
the men to run Il. Don't you worry
|. you'li land something right OF
the bat!"
Thanks for the compiimenti"
"Oh. It's no compliment! Anybody
can make money these days. IT'S .
plain statement Of fact Say.
let's 20 In and have something. Come
in and be sociable. What you wants
Q drink. Am I right or am wrongr
swell-.
@And that's what the doctor or
dered! Come onl It's on me-"
The other man hesitated. and at
last succumbed. ont Of sheer uncon.
cern. to companionship he realized
In advance would be dlstasteful.
"All right" he consented briefly |;
and together. arm in arm. they STUN.
bled and tackled across the treacherous
deck. and presently crossed the thresh.
old into the hazy light Of the smoking
room. Harmon. smiling broadly. wiped
the brine from his smartins eyes.
snow, them" he said. "what particu.
lar brand Of poison do you" And
broke of short and stared. fascinated.
At the extraordinary young man In
front Of him.
He was anywhere from twenty-five
to forty, this American from the dis
tant trenches. and his age was as hard
to guess a. clever womans: there
was something about him peculiar to
youth, and yet when his face was In
repose. he might easily have claimed
two score Of years and gone undis-
puted. II was face which suggested
both the Ore Of immaturity and the
drain Of experience; there was breath.
taking gravity about II. q hint Of the
dignity Of marble, Of ageless perma-
nence. It was q slightly thin face.
SCARED BY q heavy line or two. and
indelibly stamped with the evidence
Of intense thought and inward suffer-
ing: but II lacked the hollows which,
at tho nrst glance. should have sup
ported the evidence. Il was 4 thin and
oval face. with mouth Of large and
sympathetic sweetness . forehead
white and high. Z prominent delicate
nose, and irises Of clear. luminous
gray. It wasn't altogether an Anglo.
Saxon type Of countenance. NOR was
II definitely European; II seemed
rather to have taken all the better
qualities from several races. It was
Z face to inspire immediate trust and
confidence and respect. and Harmon,
despite his lack Of practice in ali three
Of these reactions, was evidently at.
tracted BY II.
"vichy- Celestins for me-" said the
old-young man indifEerently.
"T I guess I'll have vichy