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NOIX)DY war -_T
6�tiOLW01qfIY HALL
GODERICIL ONT.
t'•"'' ,n`• ~'w ,n • tow walrn woala
here lathe' as 5 blaming upon the ears
at any other man oohs, "for speaking
as though you loved him And toe
•11 you did for him. Perhaps you
know airway . . . Perhaps you eaa•t
know . • but Pm hyla• to toll yea.
because be was . be was o•e of
ray very dearest Mends."
IIID brain snapped; ho peat down
to her.
"You loved htm—loop" as said, an
controllably.
SYNOPSIS,
CHAPTSR I.—la a ease hospital at
Meanly. Prance, his face disfigured be-
yond recognition, an American soldier
se^•`. In the French army attract& at -
Walton by hie deep despondency. Asked
by the surgeon& for • photograph to guide
thorn in making over his fack ha offers
la derision a picture of the Savior, bid-
ding them take that u • model. They du
so, making a remarkab:e likens•..
CHAPTLIt ll.—Invalided tome. on the
boat he meets Martin Harmon, New York
broker, who Is attracted by p•• remark-
able features. The •x -moldier elves his
nam. as "Hoary Hilliard." ant; hr home
as Syracuse, New York. He left there
under a cloud, and 1. embittered against
lila former fellow townsmen. Harmon
makes him a proposition to sell mining
•tock■ In Syracuse, conceallne hi. Iden-
tity. He aocepta It, seeing in It a chance
to make good sad prow• he has been un-
derestimated.
CHAPTER III.—In Syracuse "Hilliard"
On reality Richard Horgan) Is accepted
as a stranger. He volts James Cullen. a
former employer, relating a •tory of the
death of Richard Morgan. and t& sur.
prised at the regret shown by Cullen and
his youthful daughter Angsia. While at
the Cullen home Carol Durant. Morgan's
dormer fiancee, makes • oalL
She didn't speak, at 'ret; ahemere-
ly looked at Ifllllard And sgrew\very
white, ■nd her lips quivered. Ies-
eutiy she swayed • little, and .reach
out with her hand toward the bac
of • convenient chair. Armstrong
stepped toward her, mei Augela ('ni
len Slipped an arm around her will
"He's . . . deudr she repeat
and her tone was not yet free from
certain Incredulity, as thuugb'the fu
were of Itself Imposelhle, and it
statement mr It subject to dlecussie
"Yen, Miss Durant."
She moistened her lips; her eye
were very bright, unnaturally bright
Po that llllliord was fasclnatsd, and
appalled.
"Yom . . . You know that?" she
eked. ngalrr with that queer Inlleelor:
f amuses doubt.
"Yrs. I know It."
The Where were atiradln:; as 'w-
ives; dlr. ('ullen, enntehing ill the lira
1)11)1 of C0II.ela1.111 t.) present Itself.
fumbled for his ,hnit,•hter'0 mitt hand.
w Lich 00111 rzhline)1 the tt •-phy u bet-
ter man hnd icon.
"Ilrre's whtlt Wry sure horn, Coed!
1.."•k' 'rile Croix de (iu.•rrei I" )11
t9 think at anything hit whet Le
{ 'Ip 1
/•t 1 r proud n
f f F.In) • 1_
etre: yes." the raid ieerily. aril I •. k
t arms/' la her p11110 F i• •Irul ped
h v eyes for n r•lomvnl, thea' In ,1 •,1
v"1 to /he ierN of Hillis, 1 s. "1 3.11111
Tori ,Unna ward to user
Hlrllard's steal wait very mho
WeNul. "No, 1'in sorry,
Orta 5410)51 .1"IUIUt"tl.'ally ; IIICU an at
mare he flung himself out of the chair
and took to tramping the fluor In a
hurricane of emutiou. His face was
set in granite; he .'aught sight of It la
a mirror, halted and himself was
suualed by the transcendent mask
whn1, covtre,I his soul lu revolt. The
work of the surgeons was not fat
short of mlratvlous; he couldn't upset
lt, not by any effort of his will. The
eyes might Medi, or lower, or chill—
the other features were still calm and
strong 1n their splendid glory. itv.n
nov, the face whlotl he saw rellected
In the mirror was one to convert the
moat hurried of n11 passing strangers
to a new, If unformed. *assurance In
the brotherhood of man.
"You dirty blackguard!" avid H11
hard, showing his teeth. He went
"1 wouldn't have believed it could
be true." She gave a long, tremulous
breath, and looked about her, half -
dazed and half -perceptive. Her eyes
strayed back to Hilliard. "Tell me
about it," she said, almost inaudibly,
"Carol, dear!" Angela was stimulat-
ed to active sympathy. "Sit down --
please! Oh, Mr. Hilliard!"
"No—yes, I , 1'11 sit down!"
Her eyes seemed magnetized to HtI-
Ilanl's. "Only I want to hear --1 want
to bear!"
"Tell her from the beginning," said
Cullers, mopping his forehead. Get
a glass of water . . . anything
else. Carol?"
She shook her head. "Tell me!" Me
said. "I want to know!"
So that Hilliard, Inspirited by the
realization that he was under the pro-
tectorate of the shadows, and gather -
Ing fresh assurance with every sen-
tence, 'vent through that tragic nar-
rative a second time. And as he told
the tale of Dicky Morgan, he was
greatly engulfed by the surge o
Morgan's grievances; his vole
bled with righteousness; he
lost his loathing for the part h
ed, and played It with every a
his energy; he was a defends
a saltness and a Judge for Dick
gen all In one --and 1119 venlict
acquittal bliss Durnnt's eye.
left hie fnce.
"Miss Durant!"
.,-.• • • • • • .
Alone In the appointed guest room
of the Cullen home—for Mr. Cullen
had been as good as his word, and
f Dicky sent a car to fetch hie visitor's be-
e Dickyra- longings—Hilliard lighted a cigarette i
gradually minor(an �d ption,uired 1e. but alnce he 1 pada been
e Play- notorious for lira taste in cigars) and
torn of I grinned expansively. Leisurely he be-
nt. and gars to undress, but
y Mor_ before his slices
were quite unlaced, he sot back con -
was far Portably in his chair and meditated.
s never •'All serene so far." he said. "But
st_ "And that,"she said presently, "Is when Carol came in . .." He shook
all there la to tell?" his head vigorously. "Well. It's over
til• . anyway. The doctor .
' II -
"lint's the end," said Hilliard elm- !lard's face darkened. 'There's Hthe
ri ply. And In the long hiatus which man I want to get at! Pious old hypo-'
followed, he was wondering
wondering mites! And he didn't think i d
Her eyebrows rifted, and her nos-
trils dilated the merest trifle. Her
breath was coming more rapidly now;
she was oearing the breaking point
of her reeletance, and n11 of them
ew It. The moment was agonized'',
longed. Hilliard, gazing without a
ver at the girl he had thought he
ed beyond all else 1n this world or
next, was singelnrly relaxed as
observed her cytnptoms. She had
renlly cared, thett so mach
the greater pity that she hadn't kept
him caring , . . na she might.
"Can that be posslbler she old,
hardly abuse n whisper.
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Ye vered to AN Paris of the Tows
aimless
thought's. with no beginning and
cnncluteve outcome, but the central ng -
are. flitting, elusive, was always Carol
Durant. He told himself fiercely that
he hatIsi her, that for two vengeful
yenrs he had hated her, that Ile hnd
come beck to Syrneuee primarily to
see her again, with his whole eon for "
the wounds In his heart, the wounds
of hle body, still . n red,
why couldn't the surgeons hnve,cnt
away Ills memory, and left him peace!
He was prodigiously relieved when
lir. Callen, well-meaning but awk-
ward, blurted out a paradox of eulogy.
Armstrong, eager to relieve the eon—
Rested ways of thought, ventured Intim
the realm of phatItiele—nnd something`
In his manner caught illlllard'm atten-
tion. The man was actually possessive
--end ifIIIInM having no envy of his
possesafon, cursed hint on general
principles nevertheless. And then
Hilliard was again In demand; .there
was a flood of incoherent questioning,
and he was giving details. answering
queries, volunteering Information
which might never' have been asked,
describing Neullly, the hospltat, the
surgeons, the nnr50it,- the whollj Indo-
scrile hle atmosphere of France in
wartime. Ile was strengthening his
position, phrase by phrase; his Insou-
ciance redoubled; he had laid a rock
(foundation never to be successfully
assailed. There came en abrupt
pause; Mb'i Durant roes and came to
him, and he was on his feet to meet
her.
"Thank you," she said, giving him
her hands. Ills heart missed a beat;
his Mood ran gelid. "Thank you. if
you can . . • 1 wish you'd talk to me
agnln before you go . . . alone .
I wish 1t very much. You've made
me
to be in the family! Sort of hate to
let him make money out of this deal,
but it's all In the game. Coals of Orel
But ten thousand's a lot from the dot.
for . . • we'll nay ten thousand."
He closed, bre eyes dreamily; cad
his thoughts reverted from Doctor
Durant to the doctor's daughter.
"Carol—Carol!" he murmured, "One
minute there, I thought I'd crack And
I was 'one of her dearest friends.' 1
was, was I? And she loved me ----once.
Once! Pity It Wnsn't twice! Pity she
and the doctor didn't say so the night
they kicked me out so neatly. Well•
business is business . • After
they've made their money out of it,
and found out this man Hilliard's
some little gold-plated g P ted whlrlwl•d all
y himself . • . Gad! can't I see their
faces when they get the troth of it!"
With the eignrette drooping from h
lips, he stood up and swept a cle
space In the table. From les aultca
he exhumed a tablet of thin transpa
ent writing paper of a kind not sold
America; It was the paper on ehl
the letter tes Cullen from Richard Mo
gen had been written, and ft was sheer
luck that Hilltenl had brought the re-
mainder of the tablet from New York
with him. He tossed a blob of ink
from his fountain pen and Inspected It
cel t i ca l ly:
"I foo black " he decided, and went to
the bathroom, where he half -em tied
the reservoir of the pen and refilled 1
with yyater,
"That ought to be Just about rlgll
. .. sort of pale and mysterious an
war -strength."
Ile dented himself at the table, too
the pen In his left hand and Inscribed
circles on the paper; scribbled a
• • meaningless sentence and laughed
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remarkable performance was begun.
The Cullens, father and daughter,
'Dior I were wafting for him. They greeted
him cheerfully; and he Was glad that
Y. grief badn't clung to their eyelids; he
ed It,, would have felt depress,s1, even al-
though he would terse sensed the hid -
atter den compliment. Quick to grasp the
o me nearest handle of diplomacy, he flaw
with that ebeerfulnese on his nen part
ed toy would belp the situation. for new that,
y of I lib duty as a courier was over, there
as was no need for long protracted tuel-
ould I ancholy.
es a It was a cheerful trio th
Hilliard Was Staring Fitted!
pensively back to the letter, stud!
gazed at the floor.
"But after all!' he said, "no in
what she or anybody else did t
. .. and If I can kill two birds
one stone, and he what I've want
be—all except this damnable w•a
going 'bout it She acted
though this Infernal lying letter w
please her—that's not the point; 1
quicker way to get at the doctor. . 1
Well, It gets her a, letter I never 10-i
tended to write . . , and Dutout's
war cross, too . . that'll make It all
the easfer. . . . ell give her that -
Angela wns going to have ft, still.
• . . So i was 'one of her dearest
friends,' was I? What's that worth to
Henry IIIlliard. bringing back the'
news from the front?" He sniffed'
scornfully. "Ten thousand doltnr•s-1
hope. And the doetor'II make owe
out of It... • Gad! that's turning
other cheek with a vengean
Hanged 1f I don't almost wlsh
lose h1s rotten money! But that ea
be helped—I'll get some satlsfact
somehow,"
He
reread d
the
u
n
nit
fl h
ell note, fold-
ed It, creased It heavily for verslmlll-
tude, and gave It the final examina-
tion.
down to breakfast; there was up ez-
hllaratlon about it, but at least there
was no somber clow of gloaming.Angela, I. -hind the cuffa urn, had oe-
enelonal moments of pe teemed'', but
that was to be expected, arid eon-
doned ; indeed, Hilliard held hlulaelf to
be greatly fuvnrpil by even terls.
She was Imaginative, and Milliard's
pose was calculated to appeal to it live-
ly llnlglnntlun. Ile treated her nut as
nty a young girt, but with the ren,,,
the deference which belongs to a mateet(
ce ! I woman, a mitre's' of a houaehold, and
h'd a hostess to er own rtgbt. She was
n't! -- -
ion
is I 'Business ... Is business," he said,
nr ( musing. "That was a pretty sporty
se , thing for me to do . to tell her
r- there was a letter. Bit of • chance.
In too. And after smashing our engage,
eh ment she could stand there and tell
r• me • • . oh, rubbish! So suppose we
sal • • . fifteen thousand from the
doctor! Rut confound It—the better
salesman I am, the more I get nut of
him, the more be makes! Whew!
Where's the satisfaction in that? .. "
His pupils had narrowed again, giv-
ing the lie to the sweetness of his
smiling mouth. Then the smile faded
t and Hilliard was staring fixedly at the
document In hie hands,,
t "1 woftder who In thunder that man
d Armstrong Is?" said the Masquerader
who had prided himself that he no
k longer cared,
CHAPTER V.
— 4
He wakened early; and in that state
of half-conscious revery which bum less
of worldllnees In It then perhaps any
• other state of human existence, he lay
vegetating, subtly aware that he was I
very peaceful and content; but pres-
ently, when hie brain had 'owned and
stretched Itself, and begun to set
about its usual functions (or, In other
words, when Hilliard was sufficiently
aroused to resume his usual Introspects
tiveness) he was extremely unhnppy,
and not In the least vningtorinum.
m
He scowled, and struggled to reme-
whnt It wee that bad risen out of
elr and fingered him Inst night,
he very Instant of hest droppinteoff
leap. Not the Cullens, nor Carol
self, nor Armstrong , , . hot welt 1
moment i Who was Armstrong?d
nee nnwhither, Armstrong? A
comer to Syracuse (thnt Is, within
yearn) rind already proprietary—
lard frnned, and ruhhed hia eyes,
wondered ngew. He was a trifle
Recd and a trifle ashamed of him-
wns It credible that he maid he
us of a man who had merely sp-
rinted what Hilliard had no fur -
Interest In? How Inconslatent .
yet how superbly eharacterletic of
n naturist Hilliard chuckled to
elf in recognfti(,n of 9 and Ma-
d the proposition as unworthy of"
er attention. Dismissed it yes
a a child Illumines a rubber hall
an Mantic cord attached to It gi
m below stairs • Japanese g
ed softly and Hilliard, without d•
soother instant, heaped to the
Half an hour later, bathed.seny
and dressed het dald
at least, I can be glad you were
there , to help him, but I wont to
know much more , so Infinitely
much n ors . . ."
1 A fleeting imputes. clnwed at H11-
liard's Judgment; he yielded to It
blindly. it meant the Repetition of
tilt plan of action, it meant a tri
more of danger; tine a gratuitous re
at thnt, but It wee genlus—genius!
"Mins Durant!" He made sure th
the,others were hey-nn(l the rndge
Ms voice. "Mice Durant! I sold
actor no word to yea; that alas true as
far as 1 knew the truth, but there's
one letter he started to write—Just at
the lust ... It wasn't addressed to
&dyone: I didn't know who ft was for.
I brought It with me on the chance
that 1'd And out. I didn't want to
speak of It baton every one, heceues
tt It's yuan, I thought you'd
imer Ton understand, don't
you? I'm almost
poeltin it was meant for you. It's
only a few lines . . . he wasn't ev
strong enough to finish It . . r
got It at the hotel now. May i bring
It to you tomorrow?"
She held her breath for an Instant
7.
"Funny bow some people can be
ambidextrous anti take so long to
renlize It. if i hein't caught a bullet
In my arm, and trled to write left -
hamlet, in the hospital, Cd give myself
away up here In no time. {Vriting'e
fie I too blamed distinctive. Hut, as 11 Is,
sk Left Hand. very Targe and Matti, la
I Henry flllliarrl—" Ifere he shifted
at the ceCn to the other hand—"And
of Right—nnd, small and curlicue, 1s
pone dead Dicky Morgan—'one of her
he dearest friends.' 11111 glad i killed flint
chop off—he never ane.nnted to a h
of beans anyway. Rut this ifillia
person—ft live wire, holy, a live wire
Anil with a grin of so oniC hump
he wrote on the fllmsy paper, slow
and a little Irrrvitally, as though
physical dlseonlfor-t :
"Neullly, 7-19-15.
"No matter what ,you ever. think, a
matter what you have ever thought,
have loved you."
lie grimaced, pondered diligently,
vs end made a eorrectlon.
"1 have nlw•nys loved you more than
my own life. Yo,, salt) my Ideals had
• fallen— do yen think no now? 1 don't
ill I her
rd thin
!" at
r• to e
lye him
In a i
Wile
new
n two
i Hill
and
amo
self;
jello
prop
ther
and
busnn
hims
misee
furth
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with
Fro
shim
laying
floor.
shaved
her mouth' quivered. Elbe looked at
him searchingly.
"Surety. 1 . . . 1 I l ve just scrotal
no the corner. Mr. Hilliard. The brick
house. Can yam come early?"
"How soon?" Ha was telling Mo-
sel/ that h1a former pass/Ions were
atrepoted; she was no longer able to
bin. Hts Inaplr•tfon was
ctly commercial.
lesorningt At ... oleve•r
gladly."
SIM I Wast 1e Meek vow 1
deareel ; 1 think they're almost what
you would have (hent. And It may be
Oat simply because of that, i've loved
you more every day, and—"
Hilliard sat back. and his eyes were
softly' luminous.
"Suppose, by the luck of the very
devil, 1 should fall In love with her
aralnr he said aloud. "Suppose I
should!" He tossed away his dpntb
ung reefed his head In his hands. "Oh,
Carol! I did mire ...1" lila shoal-
,
•
r
and captevated, and no was 1
her father—most assuredly he was! 1
So charmed, In (net, that Instead of
leavingfor his Is office at half -post eight.
he lingered until half -past nine; so
eaotivated that an his Ilmno.r"n .118111
'errs' nnwn ins tong, steep
James street, he foul -I himself
Ing a new degree of credit to
slots:.' for the simple reason
►,i,•ky Morgan had gained the fu
teem Ili such P friend as H111Iar,1.
.1 mighty 'Mee young man, th
Cutler. A man of soundest jud
through and through. A man of
!tent Intellect and razor-edged
its. Had he not mild. and furl
luntrntfuns from ilk broad . .
exactly what Cullen himself -had
In regard to labor, and that
transportation, end produ
half a' dozen yea re? Culla.
and smiled triumphantly,
man god to hear has Qet
approved, expanded and ltlltfl
axioms by another wise
itack on the wide
hadcurledup eourlortabee
Mock and. beside her, 'lima
Jnyinc n elgarette.' He
Soo, this rare Interlude
looked ucrons at Angela,
his stars for the lovit .
made 1111s quiet hour ,
Sbe lifted her eyes.
Mulling et her and bl
obi for any shame a
use she had aryl
easy blushes. r
"1 . . . suppose
to Carol'srett
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Ing at the first avail.
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