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DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD, DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA. T A. X W V- V-v' JL TOODY KNEW noLW)inn " " i "ANGELA KI8SED MEl" Synopsla. Dick Morgan pf Syra cuse N. Y., a failure In life, enlist ed In tho Foreign Legion of the French army under the name of Henry Hilllard, Is disfigured by shrapnel. The French surgeons oak for a photograph to guide them In restoring his face. In his rage against life he offers In derision a plcturo postcard bearing the radi ant face of Christ. The surgeons do a good Job. On his way gack to America he meets Martin Har mon, a New York broker. The result Is that Morgan, under the namo of Hilllard and unrecognlzod as Morgan, goes back to Syracuse to selling a mining stock. He Is de termined to mako good. Ho tells people of.thn death of Morgan. Ho finds In Angola Cullen a loyal de fender of Dick Morgan. He meets Carol Durant, who had refused to marry him. She does not hesitate to tell htm that she had loved Mor gan. Hilllard flndB he still loves her and Is tempted to confess. Hil llard tempts Cullen, his former em ployer; with his mining scheme. H u CHAPTER VI. Continued. "A good principle, too, but " Mr. Cullen glanced at his watch. "It's din ner time, and more too. We'd better get along up to the house, or the first thing you know, we'll have servant troubles In our midst. And you didn't bring up that subject anywny I brought It up." He took Angela's arm paternally. "Just as a matter of fact," he said, clearing his throat. "As a matter of fact, Mr. Hilllard whore ibouts did you say this property la ocated?" Shortly after dinner Angela, who bad fled to the telephone In answer to a peremptory summons, came back "complacent. v "Dinner at the Durant's on Sunday,"" she announced. "All three of us. Very quiet, Carpi said. So I accepted and that means" you've got to stay with us two days more anyway, Mr. Hilllard. Do you mind very much?" "Mini. I" Hilllard had risen half out of his chair. His tremendous yearning to see Carol again, and his violent reaction at the prospect, had greatly influenced his voice, which was strident, explosive. The Cullens were laughing aloud at his 'confusion. "He's blushing I" crowed Angela. "Look nt him I Look at him!" Indeed, he was crimson to the tem ples. Sunday forty-eight hours I How he had spurned her! and how he had suffered from that moment until now I To eee her again . . . merely to sea her I Business was business, and the farce must go on; no matter what else happened, "he must how out his success; he had ceased to love her and ho had come prepared for guerilla warfare , . .. but to see her again i To hear her voice 1 To watch that smile of here, and remember the tears she had shed for Dicky Morgan I""- Sundny forty-elght-hours I The Cullens were still laughing at him, and In Angela's soprano there was ft noto of feminine resentment, but Hilllard's ears were suddenly stone deat CHAPTER VII. Since Friday night, Hilllard had lived only for Sunday ; his wholo exis tence had been turned to Sunday, and when at last tho morning dawned, his greatest fear was that he might not live until dlnner-tlmc. On" reaching Carol's side, ho was both awkward and Incoherent; and ho foiled to derive encouragoment from the realization which gradually stole over htm, that the Du rants had asked n number of other guests to dinner. Armstrong was wnlting patiently in i ho aisle, and keeping closer to Carol thnn Hilllard liked, and there was also n bright-faced boy of nineteen or twen ty who had promptly attached himself to Angela his name was Waring, and he was the grandson of tho patriarch al clergyman, with the head of Moses and. the spirit of youth, who presently came down to Join the little group, and completo It So that altogether there were nine people who Anally sat down to table; and Hilllard's dream of quiet progress and harbored conversation was shattered in a twinkling. It was all very homelike, and all very friendly, but to Hilllard, sitting there between Carol and her mother, the occasion was peculiarly acute. He had long since discarded any residue of bis active fears; he was con ideat In his disguise to tho pelnt of recklessness., for he had covered tho windings of the trail by an lnlnlte variety of methods; and yet without having any tangible facts to grasp, he was subtly warned to re main on sentry duty over his poise. He was gratified that tho conversa tion, after one natural enough eddy, was whirled away from the vicissitudes of Dicky Morgan, for lie had talked his fill on that particular Bubject Fer HALL a time, lie amused himself by watch- Ing Angela and Waring pjaylng their world-old game across tho tnble; after that, ho paid a little polite attention to Mrs. Durant, and to the clergyman ; and then snatching an opportunity tin looked for, ho gave his kindest smllo to Carol, nud for an Instant took the monopoly from Armstrong. Anil he had hardly looked Uown once Into her October-brown eyes before the mystery of his restlessness was as clear ns crystal, and Hilllard was thoroughly dumfounded, and confused. It had como upon him, a quarter of an hour ago, ns they exchanged their first superficial sentences, that ho wns lonelier "than he had ever Imagined, but ho hadn't realized, until this Im mediate contingency, thnt this sensa tion had' carried over .until now. ne. was prevented, by the very limits of tho project which had , brought him hero, from releasing any of his sincere thoughts ; ho hadn't comprehended, un til he had learned the truth Just now by actual experience, that loneliness Is nothing but nn aggravated state of self-repression. Never In all his life, not even when he had lain for months In hospital in France, had he been as lonely as todny and nt this moment, when ho was surrounded by people he knew Intimately, and when he was en joined from sharing In their communi ty of mind. Carol, looking up at him. with what wasn't exactly a smile, but wns at least a cousin to It thnt well-remembered flash of sympathetic Interest Carol spoke- to him under cover of tho general conversation. "A penny lor your thoughts I" she proffered. "They aren't -worth it," sa'Id Hil llard. "I was thinking nbout myself." Ho continued to regard her steadily, and he was alarmed to discover that he wns losing ono of the abilities which had made him so sure of him Bdfv He continued to hold that she had treated him shabbily, mercilessly ; but notwithstanding that, as he gazed at her, and perceived the" sweet nat uralness which was developing out of last weed's shock, he was secretly per turbed. In spite of himself, he be gan to see, as though by camera ob scura, dim visions of tho past; he was righteously annoyed that thoy should rise to torment him, nnd still the vi sions came. "But after all that you've been through," she said, "I should think your thoughts about yourself would be extremely Interesting!" "I'm afraid they're rather gloomy, Ilss Durant, whenever they touch on what I've been through. And when anything like this gathering here to day builds up n comparison. . . . I'm sorry, but I can't always master It." "You menn the difference between a family over here and a family over .there?" "Exactly," he said. "Down to the last detail what wo eat, and where we live, and what .wo talk about, and what we think about everything-." "I've thought of that, too," she said soberly, "But I'll have to confess that It wasn't until you came it wasn't until after that first night at Angela's that the great difference enme home to me. It's made me feel that it's al- He Was ,So Close to Her That Their Sleeves Touched, ' most wrong almost unendurable that we should be so warm and com fortable, and well-fed, when over on tho continent . . . well, I wonder whether we won't have to pay for this some time?" It was at this Juncture that Mrs. Durant rose; and Hilllard, with keen foresight, cannlly guided Carol after her pother luto tho living room, made for familiar piece of furnlturo and pre-empted It t It would seat two peo ple, nnd no more there wasn't tho slightest use In Armstrong's loitering disconsolately in tho neighborhood; It had a lnnxlmum capacity of two. Fur thermore, it was removed by several feet from the nearest listening post, lie wns so closo to her that their sleeves touched; ho looked Into tho bonutlful eyes which were So clear, s6 unsuspecting; nnd his will swayed perilously. Had he prepared so long anil savagely for his requital, only to lose his Impetus at almost tho flf&t glnnco of those brown eyes? He re flected that there was nothing to pro vent him from being a good salesman, anil from renewing his predilection for Carol nt tho same time. Tho Idea of courting her again, In his fnlso char acter, was highly dramatic. . "I know you won't misunderstand me." he snld, his heart shaking, "and I hope that you won't consider It ns too presumptuous but the other day you spoke of Dicky Morgan ns n very dear friend of yours. Miss Durant, I want to do everything In the -world I can for you, nnd he was my doar friend as well as yours. I'm not dis loyal to him, or to you, or to myself but I should like moro than I cm over tell you to feel thnt I had done my Vit most to tnko his place No Ono enn do thnt literally I am not so vain but I feel, ami I have felt from the'tlihe we met each other,' Dicky would have wanted us to be friends."- "That's that's wonderfully thought ful of you," said Carol, softly. "And . . . and I think he would have wanted that . . If he'd known. . . ." Her eyes' wero suspiciously dim nnd Hil llard's loneliness dissolved 'Into a great spnsm of longing which held htm nnd shook him and left him weak with Impotence "Then I'll stay In Syracuse," lie said abruptly. "Provided provided' you won't bo offended if I do hnvo to want t& know you for yourself Just a little sofflshly. I'm afraid that Isn't very clear It's difficult to separate it but you see " . "Don't try to explain." sho snld, sub dued. "I know how hnrd all (his must bo for you and I think perhaps you need my friendship ns much as I need yours." Before ho could reply, there wns a flutter of Indcscrlbnblo gracefulness before thorn. Angela) was courtesylng In mock obelsnnco to the floor.- Behind her, Waring wns watching her pos sessively. "If your majesties will wake up half a second," she said, "everybody's going to walk up around the Sedgwick farm tract to get some fresh air. Coming?" As they stood together, drenched with regrot for the confidences that might forever remain unsaid, a maid appeared In the doorway. "Please, ma'am," sho said breath lessly, "it's the Western Union for Mr. Hllllnrd." .;, "Itlght in my study," called; tJRT'Soc tor, hurrying. "Just across the hall. There you are I" and ushered him Into the sanctum nnd considerately closed the door. Despite the urgent summons which the ayerage person feels under such circumstances Hilllard was astonish ingly tardy In sitting down to tho re ceiver. For one thing ho was still vibrating from his recent stress of passion; for another ho knew pretty certainly what the message was going to bo, and for a third, ho was some what emotionally under the spell of the doctor's room. Hilllard had spent a hundred hours In It pleasant hours, so that Involuntarily yielding to its kindly atmosphere, and all that the at mosphere implied, ho took time to sur vey all J. our walls before he took up the receiver. And after he had lis tened to tho telegram, and ordered a copy mailed to him in care of Mr. Cul len, ho took time to survey those walls again, "more closely; and 'this was partly for their Intrinsic significance, and partly because his feelings wero so fresh and tender that he dreaded to return at once to the gathering which, as a whole, couldn't be, expected to de fer to' them. His eyes fell upon tho doctor's desk, wandered and suddenly focussed hard and piercingly. Ho went over to tho desk and slowly put out his hand and lifted up a small pho "tograph In n metal frame. "Well, I'll be darned 1" said Hilllard, Just above a whisper. The turning of tho doorknob roused him; he wheeled with tho photograph still in bis hand. "Hello I" said Doctor Durant,. choor fully. "Get your message all right? What's that you've found? Oh, yes Dick's picture." Hilllard swallowed hard, and found that his voice was qucerly out of con trol. "It's It's the same one " "Yes It's tho samo as tho ono you brought back. I've had It thero ever since he gave It to me." He took It gently from Hilllard's hnnd; replaced It on the desk. "How that boy would havo mudc good If ho had lived I" said tho doctor, In an un dertone. "Well they're wnlting for us." IJtUIard, following him outside, en countered tho two Cullens In the hall, nnd at sight of his florid host, he col lected his wits, and resumed his part in the play. "Oh I" he said. "I I that was from ono that was a telegram from tho manager of the syndicate, Mr. Cullen ; he said It's decided not to try to re syndicate any stock, but to hold It ourselves for the Jong pull every thing's put off for three or four weeks anyway. I'm having a copy mailed to tho hbuso there's some news In it I thought you might Uko to see." "Good! That leaves you free, doesn't It? You'll stay on with us then? Don't say no. i Insist on it I" "No, I conldu't do that I It's awful kind of you, but " "You talk to him, Angela 1" laughed Mr. Cullen. "You make him stay. You've got moro Influence over hint than I have, anyhow. Anil don't you dare to let him get away without a promise understand?'' He passed on, and loft them together. "You walk along with me, sir I" snld Angela, Imperially. "And you'd better behave yourself I'm fiercer At tho same moment thnt be looked ycnrnlngly toward Carol, who up ahead by tho doorway was already captive to tho wily Armstrong", young Ruftts Waring was glaring belligerent ly toward Hilllard. Tho masquorader smiled In defeat, then smiled with sudden realization of the womnn-chlld clinging to, htm. Ho squeezed her arm out of sheer affec tion. "Your gallant cavaller'll cover mo with (torrid welts nnd bruises for this!" he snld wurntngly. "Don't make him Jealous, nowT' They were now bringing up the renr of, tho pro cession In tho hallway. "I'll mnkc 'em well again," said An gehii "I nm a good nurse, nren't I?" lie was convulsed by her air of con quest. "By the old-fnshlonofl method?" lie could hardly belldvo thnt this was the girl he had taught to climb trees, nnd mako slingshots. "I'll " Sho stopped uud blushed. The others wore all on the steps; these two wero In the dusky vestibule. War ing wns fretting Impatiently outside. "Would you?" nsked Hilllard Ho Intended only to tense her; but nil nt once hor bend came up, nnd hn could He Had Been Observed. see that hor eyes were big nnd soft and frightened. She wns hardly -seventeen, and to Hllllnrd she had never ceased to be the child of two years ago. He bent nnd kissed her; her lips were trembling, expressive. "Now we've got to hurry," 'he snld. "Cora, dearl" It was the tono he would nnturnlly use to a child, but ho had an uneasy feeling thnt he had used It to a wom an. Children's lips aren't expressive. And he had another Intuition still moro upsetting to him which wns that he had been observed. For on tho threshold of the outer door Carol nnd Armstrong and Ilufus Waring, as though turned back to inquire Into the cause of Hilllard's and Angela's delay, were standing. . . . Ho could not tell, of course, whether they had actually seen him. It wns possible that In the dusk "of tho hall way he. had escaped ; certainly there was nothing in tho manner of any one of the throe, when Hllllnrd Joined them, to convince him one way or tho other. But he knew that he was n n critical situation ; ho knew that to any reasonable person who had seen him at that spontaneous little outburst of sentiment, his motives wouldn't appear to bo very opaque. No, the manner of those thrco who had stood on the threshold was aston ishingly casual. Perhaps too casual. . . . Hilllard frowned, and tried to glimpse their various expressions. Ah I Waring, striding sllltcdly ahead, had thunderclouds on his forehead, and as for Carol . . . She turned to speak to Armstrong, and Hilllard knew. For. the remainder of the first stage of that walk, ho spoke not a word to Angela, who trudged along by his side with God knows what tumults In her bosom. He thought not of Angela, nor concerned himself with the storm ho hud stirred within her. Ho was ab sorbed solely with the puzzle which lay before him, which wns to detach Carol ns soon ns possible, and to ex plain himself. Otherwise, his reputa tion wnsa8lie.s even now. And, to his unbounded Joy, the op portunity enmo soon nt the end of tho road, whero tho purty halted for a moment, to take a referendum as to tho route. Armstrong strayed a yard or two too far, and on tho Instant III' Hard wus at Carol's elbow. Sho Bald nothing, nor did ho; but when the march was resumed, ho was beside her and boating his brains for an intro ductory remark. He had to convlnco her ho had been trifling with neither herself nor Angela, and he walked n good furlong beforo ho could dotlsc so much as an opening sentence. At length he cleared his throat, "I'vo Just decided," he sain, "that I'm growing old." "Yes?" She was Immeasurably swwt nnd distant, and Hilllard's courage faltered. "I havo Indeed. I've mndo n most! touching discovery. , . , Do I look grandfather, "Mlse Durant?" "No; I'd hardly say that." He made a gesture of gratitude. "You've enrned my pern.AA.V wmiine But I nm growing old. How. do I know? Didn't you over rertfi i-figl Hunt?" "Just n little." Thero wns a vraco of warmth creeping Into her voice, Hilllard held his breath: Say I'm weary, say I'm sad; Say that health and wealth hav missed me; Say I'm growing old, but add-- Angcla kissed mot Ho had spoken tho lines magnifi cently, with tho precise humor nnd pathos which go t6 mako. thorn im mortal. "I'm glnd sho Ms into the meter," he said thoughtfully, "becauso I can understand Just how Leigh Hunt felt about Jennie." "And how do you think that wns?" "Very sensitive," snld Hllllnrd, "nnd perhaps a little repressed nnd de crepit." Ho smiled remlnlscently. "1 supposo there nro very few things In life that make a man feeA more mind ful of his own crudity nnd general worthlcssncss than to havo a child's spontaneous affection," It wns tho testing venture. She looked nt him sldowlse. . "Moro thun If If it weren't a child?" "1 think so." His tono wns fault less. "A wonmn can muko a man feel Uko Rotneorhut It takes n very young girl to make hlnufeol Uko Lnuncelol at my age." "She Is adorable, Isn't sho?" His heart Jumped nt her cordlaUaccopt- unco of his statement. "Only she's seventeen, Mr. Hilllard." "I know," ho satiV gravely. "Anil that's why I'm so conscious of my own senility, Becauso 'all .that beau tiful Innocence nnd Ignorance Is Roomed, Miss Durant who knows thru Vm not the very last person to see ltt "Today, I'm only n much older man, somo ono sho likes; tomorrow, I may bo a man without tho 'only, and the moro sho Uked me, tho less she'd show It But there's been mighty little of thnt sort of thing for mo In the lost few years from any body, and I do nppreclnte'lt, nnd I'm not nBhnmcd of It, either." "No," sho snld, "you couldn't be. You're too human." She smiled at him, nnd ho was transported at tho proof of her sympathy. "If I wero In your place, I'd want to foel tho snmo way about it." Ho thauked her In his heart. Ho hud saved both Angela lihd himself, and held bis prlsttno advantage. But there was no disputing tho fnct that ho hod mado an active enemy 'pf Wnrlng, and an alert rival out of Armstrong. Ho. smiled grimly ns he looked nt the man nhend. "Mr. Armstrong seems to bo very nervous," ho snld. "Not thnt I can blame him for wanting to be In my place. On- tho" contrary) I'm sorry for him." "That shows a very good disposi tion," sho said demurely. ' "Perhups it does, and perhaps It doesn't. I believe overy man 6wes It to himself to get what he wants. Jf he does, he's a success ; if he doesn't it's his own fault." ' As he said this, they enmo abreast of the others, nnd Armstrong, who hnd heard tho flnal sentence, whirled toward Hilllard.. "Rcgnrdless of mothods?" ho de manded, "Why to some extent," laughed Hllllnrd. "Why not?" ' Armstrong delayed, so that the two men were a taw paces behind, tho rest of tho group. "Is tluit your regular creed, Mr. HUUnrdr ''My creed isn't composed of words, Mr. Armstrong, but of actions." They hnd spoken so quietly that no ono perceiving Mhetn would have re motely suspected thnt a challenge had been offered and accepted. "Actions do speak louder, of course." "Mine," snld Hllllnrd, "will glvo yoa no offenscrBut I generally get what I want." "So do I Shall wo Bhnke hands on It?" Armstrong wns very affable, but tremendously in earnest. "With pleasure. I can count on your generosity, I see." "And I on your courtesy." "Thank you." Ho went complacent ly forward; Wit Inwardly ho was steeped In perturbation. Tho mnn was so deadly sure of himself. Could It bo that he was tacitly engaged to Carol, In spite of what Angola had surmised, or so nearly on the road to nn understanding with her that Hll llnrd wns only making a fool of him self? Armstrong laughed gently. It was Uko a dagger thrust In Ullllnrd's heart. "One chance in a thou sand!" (TO I3M CONTINUED.) Walk That Telle Character. A peculiar walk Is that of the long stride with tho decided swing of the shoulder. This walk Is generally to bo scon In authors, actors and artists, nnd is characteristic of tho art world the man who has Ideas of, his own, and Is qulto untrammclcd by conven tion, It denotes independence and, Jf accompanied by nn emphatic planting down, of tho left foot, a stamp in fact, resolution and determination. . High Prices In Early New York. During tho British occupation ol Now York In Revolutionary days, tlu method was to sell in wholesale lota at public auction and to Issue rovoc nblo UccnPOH to retailers. The best flour then sold for $14 a barrel, bucoa. nt 32 cents a pound and beef at 11 cents n pound. Wage were leu (Mm &0 ceata ft day. HOME TOWN Hjww IIELPSfe NUT TREES FOR ROADWAYS Walnut Bring Eight Dollars a Bushel, 8aya Writer In Making Sug gestion for Planting. Maples, poplars, elms, willows nnd tho nllnnthus aro seen along roadways nnd In parks wherever public ambition for shnilo hns been suftlclent In de gree to Induce authorities to put In trees of one sort or another. For the most part our northern highways are unshaded except by" such trees ns may accidentally spring up by tho rondsldo, nnd, after competition with various enemies, finally reach above the fonccs, wrltos Robert T. Morris, n member of tho American Forestry as sociation of Washington, in The American City on "Nut Trees, for Bonds and Parks." Trees for city roads and parks, pnr,tlctilarly in tle larger cltlo?, are often enough nolected by somo nurseryman favored by tho political powers hat bo, and tho nur seryman furnishes what ho wishes to supply tho uncritical "purchnsor. Tho tlmo for thin sort of procodurn Is passing, and people nro beginning to nwnkon on tho subject, Progress In civilization along this lino will mean that wo aro gradually to dispose of tho kind of Uo,o3 that furnish nothing but bunches ot'leavos which In dms season Utter tho ground and when swept up contain nothing moro thnn Incidental trash. Now, If theso Irecs1 were to glvo plnco to nut trees and fruit trees, thero would bo very much besides leaves to bo swept up In tho autumn. Ono of my friends. In Illinois told me thnt In 1018 ho, re ceived $8 per busherfor his black wal nuts of n particularly good kind, nnd thnt some of the trees boro as many as 14 bushels to tho trco. BESTOW THOUGHT ON GARDEN Promiscuous Planting of Flowers, Trees, and Shrub's Is Not to Be Recommended. " Tho main planting of any country place should bo of trees nnd shrubs. Flowers should bo used ns decorations. Thoy may be thrown In freely about tho borders of tho place; not In beds In tho center of tho lawn. Thoy show olf better when neon against ft back ground; this background may bo fo liage, a building, a rock or a fence. Where" to plant flowora is really moro Important than what to plant In (font -of bushes, In tho corner by tho steps, against the foundation of tho residence or hothouse, along a fence or walk theso aro tho places for flowers, a single petunia plunt against a background of follago Is worth a dozen similar plants In tho center of tho lawn. Too many flowers make a plnco ovorgaudy. Too much paint may spoil tho effect of a good budding. Tho decoration of n yard, as of a house, should bo dainty Tho open-centered yard may bo a picture, tho 'promiscuously-planted yard mny he a nursery or a forest. A little color .scattered In hero and thero puts th finish to tho picture. A dash of color gives spirit and' character to the brook or pond, to tho lodge of rocks, to tho old stump or to the pllo of rubbish.. Wjll-KeptLawne in Cast. Persons traveling through tho citlea nnd villages of Connecticut arid other New England stntos often comment on the beautiful lawns thero, tho Okla homun remarks. Even out' in the coun try the yards aro covered "with a fine growth of grass, "well watered and neatly trimmed. It Is srtld New Englandors aro bo careful with thoir lawns that thoy will not use rakes in gathering tho cut grass after a mower goes over It. In stead they sweep tho cut grass away. Thoy usscrt that rakes tear tho roots of tile grass and otherwise damngo It, Famous Pennsylvania City. " In tho belfry qf tho ancient court houso at York, Pn., hung n boll given by Queen Anno to St. John's Kplscopnl church. This bell wns rung when tho J Declaration of Independence was signed, when Cornwnllls and Burgoynn surrendered and . when Washington passed through York, Tho boll Is now on view In the vesttbulo of St. John's church. In the Presbytorlan cemetery In York Is burled James Smith, a signer of tfie Declaration of Independ ence and captain of tho first military company organized In Pennsylvania to fight Great Britain. Faith Before Doubt. As a general thing, tho reason a man thinks Iio'b having a good time when ho Is spending a lot of money Is beeuuro ho knows ho will doubt It next day. Dallas News. An Average Man. "What Is your Idea of tho average man?" "In a city he's a fellow who's always waiting for the ralso that never comes; takes his meals off tho arm of a chair until ho gets married and after thnt eats In tlm kitchen with his coat oK; never spends moro than BO cents on amusements In ono day, until after bo's married, rind then" never spends more than a quarter, and whenever thoro's a street parade downtown ho'H alwayn sornowhera along tho lino of march," Blrtnlng ham Agc-Ileruld. . n j S&A i a' iv .! 351 i --j?l . jT I M si m A ii II . - V "V , , . . 4,f &22ji.
