The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1920-06-10
SYNOPSIS.

serving In the French army attracts at
tention by his deep dependency. Asked
BY the surgeons for 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 likenesa
CHAPTER If.-Invalided home on the
boat he meets Martin Harmon, New York
broker who IL attracted by his remark
able features The sx-soldier gives his
name as Henry Hilliard." and his home
as Syracuse. New Yors. lie left there
under a cloud. and Il embittered against
his former fellow townsmen. Harmon
makes him a proposition TO sell mining
stocks IN Syracuse. conceaiing his iden-
uty lie accepts n. seeing In II q chance
60 make good and prove he has been I'M
derestimated.
CHAPTER itI.-In Syracuse "Hiiiiard"
Tin reality Richard Morgan IL accepted
as a stranger. lie visits James Cullen. .
former employer. relating a 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 Morgan's
former fiancee. makes call
CHAPTER Iv.-HIllard repeats TO Carol
his story of Morgan's death and IL deeply
moved by the evidence OF her deep feel
ing for the supposed dead man. lie re-
solves. however. to continue the decep-
ton.
CHAPTER v.-Next day Hliiiard gath
ers from Angela that Carol had always
loved Dick Morgan. and while delivering
20 her letter supposedly from her for
mer nancee realizes that his affection IL
unchanged His welcome by Doctor Du-
rant Carols father. also shakes his res
ala -.
conduers IT.
Cullen nodded thoughtfully; his
eyes we're bright. Angela was alter
nsteiy regarding him with indulgent
pity, and sending I-told-you-so mes
sages TO Hllliard.
"Where was this-ln Montanaf"
"SIlverbow county. Near Butte.
Yes, there Is romance In that country.
Mr.. Cullen. It's In every tree and ev-
cry rock. and In every hill and valley
and under the ground. And Tn afraid
rm Just enough OF a realist TO find
most OF my own under the surface"
ITO save my life" said Cullen. 81
can't help thinking OF that region ms
q Mark Twain sort OF country-som-
breros and six-shooters and vigilantes
and stage coach hold-ups and gold dust
a. a medium ~ exchange. know IT'S
childish. but I've never been out there,
and it's hard TO get over what we
learned AT school" lie surveyed his
Wanted garden less arrogantly; the
fountain. which in his moments Of
complacence had all the attributes OF
geyser for him. was suddenly a
feeble faucet. and the tidy lawn was
no more seductive than n window-box.
The up-to-date schoolbooks." said
Hllliatd, laughing. "have a good many
changes In them. The West Of the
early eighties Is all gone. the atmos-
phere is all gone, the old-style miners
are all gone; you used 20 see some pie
turesque sights even ten years ago. but
nowadays you best realize how the In
couple OF pals hunting for work In an
auto drive up TO camp. ask for a
Job. get II. park the auto. take the
tools out of the delivery body on be-
hind. and pitch In. And you can i'm
agine the other changes that accom-
pany that one. or course. that's es-
pecially typical OF Arizona. but we get
II I'm Montana. too. I'm not saying that
the color has gone out entirely. be
cause II hasn't. but In the old days the
West was the West. and now it's NOV
ing East as fast as II conveniently can,
so that II you want 10 get the pure
spirit OF II, as II Is today, you'll have
20 go down TO Wall street That's
where II lives"
"Mining-miningl unused Mr.. Gull
len. sounds adventurous just TO say
IT," lie gazed at the fountain.
"And no Industry Is less understood
even by intelligent men. Mr.. Cullen.
As matter OF fact. the public doesn't
even understand most OF the common
est terms. The buying public doesn't
even know what II is buying. That's
why It's so easy to sell worthless
stock"
"Oh. Mr.. Hilllardl"
"For instance" he said. II spoke OF
a certain number OF tons In sight. and
that's one Of the very columonest ex-
pressions in fake prospectus. sup
pose you know you couldn't see IT,
don't your
"why. mol" said Mr.. Cullen. blank
ly. Couldn't II"
"You might actually see a few thou
sand dollars worth"
why" said Angela, supposedly. IL
thought IL stuck right out on the walls !
In gobs And you knocked IL on with
pickaxi And shoveled II upl"
"Not. exactly that" said billiard
kindly. Sometimes you go at an ore
body with steam shovels. and other
times you don't. But when you remem-
ber that three or four pounds of cop
per 10 every hundred pounds OF rock
means a very handsome profit, II your
costs aren't excessive, you have some
idea of how little you could knOck