Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1920-05-21
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CHAPTER LIN a base hospital a
Eeuilly, France, his face dishgured be
yond recognition, an American soldiel
serving In the French army attracts at
tentlon by his deep dependency. AK &c
by the surgeons for a photograph TO Enid.
them in making over his face, he Offers
In derision a picture OF the Savior bid
ding them take that a model. They dc
80. making a remarkable likeness.
CHAPTER H.-Invslided home. on the
boat ne meets Martin Harmon, New York
broker, who is attracted by his remark
able features The ex-soldier gives his
name as Henry Hilliard." and his home
as Syracuse, New York. He left there
under a cloud, and is embittered against
his former fellow townsmen. Harmon
makes him a proposition to sell mining
stocks In Syracuse, concealing his iden-
uty. He accepts II, seeing in il chance
TO make good and prove he has been IN
derestmated.
CHAPTER HIN Syracuse billiard"
Tin reality Richard Morgan IS accepted
a stranger. He visits James Cullen. a
former employer, relating a story of the
death of Richard Morgan. and Is sur
prised at the regret shown by Cullen and
his youthful daughter Angela. While at
the Cullen home Carol Durant Morgan's
FORMER HatnCee, makes call
at would seem to me, said Mr.. Gull
len, somewhat thickly, that he wiped
the slate clean enough for all practical
purposes. anyway" He took the war
cross from Angela's reverent fingers.
and examined it curiously. He looked
at Angela, and slipped his arm around
her; she sat up suaighter, and drew
a shivering breath. Il may have been
wrong in my judgment" said Mr. Cul-
len sOberly.
billiard. who had been mOodiIy sunk
I in revery. fumbled a third time in his
inner coat pocket.
He sent you a letter" he said 81
suppose you've been wondering. under
all the circumstances. what brought me
up here to you. 1t wasn't to eulOgize
him particularly: it was TO bring you
his message And perhaps I'd better
say now that he made me read
With Angela peering hard over his
shoulder, Mr.. Cullen strained to de-
cipher the uneven penmanship. He
began to read aloud:
Dear Mr. Cullen:
Il am asking Mr. Henry billiard
to bring you this letter personally.
2 want him to tell you what I'm not
writing, too. And you can tell other
people, if you care to.
81 want you to know that since I've
had time to think. I've changed my
mind about good many things. I've
- he
right and ! was wrong. Maybe you
won't remember the last talk we had I
together, but l do. You told me then |
that 1 didn't have it in me to make 1
good unless 1 learned that was about I
the most worthless young man in town, /
and the one with the hardest row to 4
hoe in order to make something out |
of myself, and set out from there.
Well, I've learned it. 1 had to. OF /
course, 1 couldn't agree with you at |
the time. That wouldn't have been
expected. But over here I've had one
lesson after another. Some of them
were pretty bitter, but they've all
helped. And since May, when I was
hurt, I've had lots of time to think
them over.
II never deserved your kindness and
now can't ever repay 1t. But it may
please you to know that this war
has taught me what you tried to, and
l was as close to zero
value at home as a man could be. It's
only through this war that I've got
any pride In myself. and I'm sort of
like Kipling's gentleman ranker-Tm
proud of myself because I've done
away with all the other kinds of pride
used to have. And | believe I've
made good-not as a great general.
but as q private soldier That was
The trouble at home-I was only ut
70 be a private. and thought | could
be general off hand. You said I'd
10 well if learned that and ! have.
They gave me the Croix de Guerre.
md in way. that proves it. doesn't
t? Notice chat they didn't even make
ne a corporal, though That's all
'ight-I haven't had enough training
ret to be corporate It's curious
hat I'll admit that isn't it,
Il want you to know that I've
bought Of you a great deal. don't
lame you for letting me go. did
nee. but | don't now. Please thins
# me. though, as man who csme
through ut the finish even if he'd been
'retN hopeless before.