Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-04-30
By HoLWORTHY HALL


| a moment Who was Armstrong?
Whence and whittier. Armstrong? A
newcomer to Syracuse Chat is, within
two years. and already proprietary
billiard frowned. and rubbed his eyes,
and wondered anew. lie was a trifie
amused and a yrile ashamed of him
self; was it credible that he could he
| Jealous of man who had merely APP
! propriated what billiard had no fur
Their interess in? How Inconsistent
and yet how superbly characteristic of
/ human nature! Hilliard chuekled to
himself in recognition of 1t and dis
missed the proposition as unworthy OF
/ further attention. Dismissed il. YES
-. rs child dismisses a rubber bail
with an elastic cord attached to ii.
From below stairs a Japanese gong
chimed softly aud Hilliard. without de-
laying another instant, leaped 10 the
floor. Half an hour later, bathed
shaved and dressed. he descended
compIacently; the second day of his
remarkable performance was begun.
The Cullens. father and daughter.
were waiting for him. They greeted
him cheerfully; and he was glad that
grief hadn't chung to their eyelids; he
would have felt depressed, even al
though he would have sensed the hid
den compliment. Quick to grasp the
nearest handle of diplomacy. he saw
that cheerfulness on his own part
would help the situation. for now that
his duty as courier was over, there
was no need for long protracted mel
anchoiy
1t was cheerful trio. then, that sat
down to breakfast; there was no ex-
hilaration about IL. but at least there
was no somber cloud of mourning
Angela, behind the coffee urn, had oc-
casional moments of pensiveness. but
that was to be expected, and con-
| doned; indeed, billiard held himself to
be greatly favored by even THIS
She was imaginative, and billiards.
pose was calculated to appeal to a live
| ly imagination. He treated her not as
a young girl, but with the respectful
| Difference which belongs to a mature
woman. mistress of household. and
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charmed and captiyated, and so was
her father-most assuredly he was
! So charmed. in fact, that instead Of
leaving for his Office at half-past eight.
he fingered until half-past nine so
captivated that as his limousine slid
quietly down the long. steep hill of
James street. he found himself ascrib-
fVasr a - ~
Morgan for the simple reason that
Dicky Morgan had gained the fun es-
TEEN of such friend as Hilliard.
A mighty nice young man, thought
| Cullen. A man of soundest judgment
| through and through man Of bril-
| liant intellect and razor -edged analy-
sis. Had he not said, and furnished IL
Illustrations from his broad experience,
exactly what Cullen himself had said
in regard to labor, and materials, and
transportation. and production, these
half dozen years? Cullen sat back
and smiled triumphantly. 1t does
man good TO hear his pet convictions
approved. expanded and laid down as
| axloms by another wise man.
Back on the wide veranda Angela
had curled up comfortably in the ham
mock and beside her. Hllliard was en-
Toying cigarette. He 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 blushed furiously.
not for any shame accruing to her, bur
| because she had arrived at the age OF
easy bushes.
II suppose you're going over
to Carols pretty soon." she said, con
strained TO say something and grasp
| ing at the first available fdea.
80 anxious to get rid of met" he
asked, amused.
"Oh, mol" Horror was in her tone
and modification only :. wanted
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 70
take that into consideration-whe
you talk to her, mean. don't mean
don't care, because l do-terribly--
bur :. can see what it meant 70
Dick and l know how he'd have
loved IT, and picked this out OF every
| possible way, to ~. end things, but
4 Carol she's different
"HowY' billiards voice was even,
! but very low.
colder" she said. looking away.
"And and they were going to
1 marry each other some time"
"But wasn't that broken or"
"Yes, but she was waiting"
"Waiting7"
"Why, Of course"
billiards breath quickened.
81 should have guessed that thia Mr.