The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1920-07-08
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CHAPTER LIN . base hospital AZ
Neuilly. France. his face disngured be-
yond recognition. an American soldier
serving In the French army attracts at
tention BY his deep dependency. Asked
~ the surgeons for a photograph to guide
them In making over his face. he offers
IN dsrtsion a picture OF the Savior. bid
dins them take that as a model They do
%. making a remarkable lkenesa
CHAPTER U.-fnvalided home, on the
boat he meets Martin Harmon, New York
broker. who Is attracted by his remark
able features The eH-soldier gives his
name as Henry billiard" and his home
a. Syracuse. New York. He left there
under a cloud. and Is embittered against
his former fellow townsmen. Harmon
makes him q proposition 20 sell mining
stocks IN Syracuse, concealing his iden-
uty. He accepts II. seeing In II a chance
TO make good and prove he has been un-
derestimated.
CHAPTER HIN Syracuse billiard"
Gin reality Richard Morgan 10 accepted
as stranger He visits James Cullen. q
former employer. relating a story OF the
death OF Richard Morgan, and 10 sur
prised At the regret shown by Cullen and
his youthful daughter Angela While at
the Cullen home Carol Durant Morgan's
former nancee. makes a call
CHAPTER Iv.--Hilliard repeats 20 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
solves. however. to continue the decep-
ton.
CHAPTER v.-Next day Hiiiiard gath
srs from Angela that Carol had always
loved Dick Morgan. and while delivering
10 her letter supposedly from her for
mer nancee realizes that his affection In
unchanged. His welcome by Doctor Du-
rant Carols father. also shakes his res
elution TO continue the deception. but he
eonquers H.
CHAPTER Win Syracuse Hiiiiard IL
looked upon as a capitalist and mining
expert and In that capacity. in pursuance
OF his object, interests Cullen In the pos
sibility OF wealth In mining properties.
The Cullens and billiard 20 TO the Durant
home for dinner.
CHAPTER vII.-observations At the
Durants convince Hilliard that the doctor
and his daughter had always been hts
true friends. and his love for Carol be-
conass stronger. lie realizes he has dan
gerous rival In Jack Armstrong also very
Inash IN love with Carol. and the two men
tacitiy agree 10 fight II out fairly.
When he thought OF his worldly am
billions. he was profoundly regretful
that he had talked professionally with
Mr.. Cullen. To be sure. the matter
had come up casually and naturally.
and the opening had seemed too good
20 be missed; at the same time. Hill
Hard couldn't help rejecting that II
had been premature. II might prove,
eventually, 70 have been Just the prop
er course 10 produce results; II might
be that Cullen would become so impa-
tient that he couldn't be restrained.
and would leap without looking. and
leap further than he Intended. and yet.
ever since that preliminary interview.
billiard had known that he had made
breach in his own fortresses; that
he had rendered II possible for an In
formal (and logical enough) investi-
CATION 10 begin. or for mild suspicion
20 arise and gain momentum before
he had devised the means Of combating
II. And although billiard believed
implicitly In the goods he had TO sell.
he knew the difficulty Of the market:
he knew how timorous is the average
investor; and he knew that there
might very easily come a time at which
his harangue would be remembered.
and remembered adversely.
In this connection he was irritat-
ed by the tone OF Harmon's letters to
him from New York. Harmon was en-
thusiastic, and confident; he was re-
lying sturdlly ON billiard TO break
through the acumen of the upstate
capitalists; but he thought that Hill
Hard was making haste too slowly; he
oplned that all billiard needed to do
was TO devote himself 20 a hard on
slaught against Mr.. Cullen. and. after
that, 10 gather subscribers where he
chose. lie said that billiard was
wasting time, and ought TO begin to
collect signatures. Hilliard had men
toned, in moment OF indlscretion.
the assistance which Angela had I'M
consciously given him. and Harmon
had appraised II highly; but II angered
him, when he saw this reference writ
ten down in Harmon's letter. 10 have
her name brought into the instructions.
even by implication. Sull had he
not invited this upon himselff
II was In a dizzying quandary, then.
that billiard kept his next appoint
Dent at the Durants'. The problem
had grown so many branches. sent
forth so many tentacles OF bewilder-
ing confusion. that he hardly knew
what TO say. where 10 turn. His one
consolation was that the miracle
which had been performed upon him
had given him a mask OF impenetrable
calm. At least. he didn't have to wear
his forebodings on his countenance.
And yet. almost the first words Car
oil said TO him were: Something's
troubling you. Mr.. billiard"
He was momentarily demoralixed,
and came near showing it-tried TO
pass II on with a laugh.
did make II as plain as all thatr'
no." she said. "it wasn't plain at
all"