The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1920-05-20
SYNOPSIS.

s'hN l''Nhulunut an American soldier
serving 10 the French army attracts at
tention by his deep dependency. Asked
BY the surgeons Tor a photograph to guide
them IN making over his face. he offers
IN derision a picture OF the Savior bid
ding them take that as a model They do
90, making a remarkable likeness
CHAPTER if-1nvalided home on the
boat he meets Martin Harmon, New York
broker who IL attracted by his remark
able features The ex-sodier gives his
name a. Henry Hillard," and his home
as syracuse. New YorR. lie left there
under a cloud. and Is embttered against
his former fellow townsmen Harmon
makes him a proposition 20 sell mining
stocks IN Syracuse. conCealing his iden-
uty. lie accepts IL. seeing Ia Il chance
% make good and prove he has been un-
derestlmated
CHAPTER IIi.-1n Syracuse "IInllard"
Gin reality Richard Morgan Is accepted
as stranger. lie visits James Cullen. a
former employer relating story Of the
death Of Richard Morgan. and Il sur
prised at the regret shown by Cullen and
his youthful daughter Angela. While at
the cullen home Carol Durant Morgans
former nancee. makes a call
CHAPTER " billiard repeats 10 Carol
moved by the evidence OF her deep feel
Ing for the supposed dead man. lie re-
solves. however. 10 continue the decep-
ton.
The Cullens. father and daughter.
were waiting for him. They greeted
him chcerfully; and he was glad that
grief hadn't chung 20 their eyelids; he
would have felt depressed. even al
though he would have sonsed the hid.
den compliment. Quick TO grasp the
nearest handle Of diplomacy. he saw
that checrfulneSs on his own part
would help the situation. for now that
his duty as a courier was over. there
was no need Tor long protracted mel
anchoiy.
IL was a cheerful trio. then. that sat
down On breakfast: there was no eN-
hilaration about u. hut az least there
was no somher cloud ~ mourning.
Angela. behind the coffee urn had oc-
caslonnl moments ~ pensiveness. but
that was % be expected and con
doned indeed. llllllnrd held himself To
be greatly favored by even this
She was imaginative. and billiards
pose was calculated 10 appeal % a live
ly Imagination. lie treated her not as
n young girl. but with the respectful
Difference which belongs 90 mature
woman n mistress ~ household, uud
a hostess IN her own right She was
charmed and cnptivuted. and So was
her father-most assuredly he was
So charmed. iu fact. that instead ~
leaving Tor his Office no halfpast eight,
he fingered until ha'f-pnst nine; so
captl,atcd. that as his limousine slid
quietly down the long. steep hin or
James street. he found himself ascrlh-
Ing n new dccrce ~ credit 90 Dicky
Morgan Tor thc simple reason that
picky Morgan had gained the fun os-
teen of such % friend as billiard.
A mighty nice young man. thought
Cullen. A man ~ soundest Judgment
through and through A man OF brill
liant intellect and razor edged analv-
sis. Had De not said. and furnished o.
Institutions from his broad experience.
exactly what Cullen himself had said.
in regard % labor. and materials. and
transportation. and production, these
half dozen years? Cullen SAT back
and smiled triumphantly. II does a
man good Co hear hls pet convictions
approved. expanded and laid down as
ayioms by another wise man.
Back on the wide veranda Angela
had curlod up comfortably On the ham
mock and. beside her. Ililllard was enc
Toying % cigarette. lie was enjoying,
too. this rare interlude of respite; he
looked across 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 hlushcd furiously,
not for any shame accrulng to her, but
because she had arrived AT the age of
easy bushes.
81 suppose you're going over
TO Carols pretty soon" she said. con
strained 10 say something and grasp
Ing at the first available idea.
so anxious TO get rid of me2" he
asked. amused
"Oh. no." Horror was I'm her tone
uIil luNAAllANAiNAls Why 4 hNiAAAIh
to talk to you before you saw Carol.
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
take that into conslderntion-when
you talk 10 her, l mean. don't mean
l don't care. because | dO-terribly-
but I can see what II meant TO
Dick and know how he'd have
loved II. and picked this out OF every
possible way, TO end things. but
Carol she's different"
"How3" billiards. voice was even,
but very low.
solder" she said. looking away.
Sand and they were going to
marry each other some time"
.Bnt wasn't thet broken ofrr