Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1920-05-14

;, orspce OF untr0upIeo Gays epscE :
on him. and the contrast hurt -ah0nr
80 pably.
~ "Oh, dad" she said with qnic
"a intake of her breath. "Oh
" dad" And chung 10 him for refuge
staring the while with wide and fear
:, full eyes al the tall stranger who hat
" delivered the laconic message.
Cullen held her close. and cleared
:, his throat. He was in the common
!. enough situation of a man who feels
= that he ought to be deeply moved. and
isn't, and wonders why; and his trans
parent effort to be funereal was slight
: ly overdone.
ITS great shock TO us-of course"
he said, speaking slowly. "a great
shock. Oh Mr.. Hilliard-my
daughter. Well, must say l.
Suppose We sit down and talk this
over"
billiard bowed again: ir. Cullen.
his arm encircling Angela, led the way
TO the hammock and its reinforcement
I of wicker chairs. The trio was
seated: Hiliard coughed delicately,
and after that there was q brief
silence. Gradually, the air was
charged with constraint. Here he
was. and there was Angela and |
Mr.. Cullen-all of them little |
older. all OF them great deal more
repressed but even so, here they were,
these three. just as they had sat in
the same place. on the same sort of
summer evenings. when Dicky Morgan
wasn't yet anathema. and when
This this thing happened
some time ago. did it? You were
abroad yourself?"
"Yes, I was"
Il want 10 kesr absst Dick" said
Angela in dry little voice. "Pleasei
And and who are yea. Mr..
Hilliard?"
Angela !" said her father reprsach-
fully, bat billiard. csushi.s with
great rehemence felt q sudden in
'ash of triumph ukich gave hin cen
isence. 1t was tbs tfinmoh Of Sra-
aatic success; Ire canaeis asless that
whatever might css~e merit he had ac- !.
sally appeared Sefcce seopIe VIII.
new him vest sAs that hey saw =
transer. re sahed, as a chs~cA y
las sR.,les e
All Ire,"ss to BE- Is friend of >
'ick's l. a
"Hh A friehs" C4lexs iatsna- =
on war csriossly warped. ~
Perhaps y5s'E understand better n ~
go back 10 Tie beginning. Shall -" y, y,
anche, and billiard took q long ie
cath. and began.
Back in May 1915" he said. "T
ent to England and then to France nc
arrange some government Contracts ief
r copper products In France. I was VI
uhned-as everyone-by the back A"'
Ga Of the war. And like everyone e"a
se' did what | coEld On the spot
Dougnt tobacco fer the sol
srs, and all that sort Of thin.. II re
1t question Of charity, once Won gus
1e circHmstances-you sjmplv 'i'e
* and realize that the most Won "'li
do is so trivial in comparison with
dt there is to be done that Won S"'.
wen, yos do all you can and ~
"a " heaven IL were ten thousand -
les more. And then you try 70 find
where your mite will do the most II
H. and 1t staggers you because ia.
re are so many places where tbev
q everything you have and every. 'ou'
lg everybody else has 1t so han WIN
ed that friend of mine was in OH
OF the American surgical units at neat
MY. | couldn't spread my own lit M"''
contributions over all the ipsti- Mou
ohs that needed it-there wouldn't 1919
e oeen enough to notice. so NAT Iieu'
ny spent most of my time and '"nc
u or my money at Neuilly. The SNOW
3 there are all severe. The men anu
j more help than the average and
e was ono word - anu and
: won't describe it to you. but ra'
nrst time ever set foot in If ne
" Id found the place to take all T." m
70 give And 1t was there that ,iis L
Il Urls man Morgan" He paused 'il''or