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Show I t Jw?TER Continued. X worries?" jorry. Business way Yes- chleved beam?! at I !n doctor nil Nfrfect c,r' It prln-clple- s, else?" Ideal else." said Hilliard, ab-jjthats no reason for know I bother you with It didnt to apparent" ut DCS. not y hnblt" a,d the doctor advice unless ltU "to offer any for It. Gratuitous advice And did snybody any good. some--en- d It unless It costs And Im then. not often or physician regular t your But If I bad ma,e a confessor. mlnutf Id osli st this present a preacher ajfreat jat you need nore than you do a dretnr. I do," said JBWiard, look. - . . Its out sharply. "Only Just personal things, question. I can very well talk iP' no-tak- said Doctor Durant, as much as It Is spirit's nothing but taut nerves. Its I but your struggle against the nts you put upon yourself. IIow tnov t louve told me so . . . time Ive seen you. Its In your Conimy boy. Its In your eyes. c. And It looks as though the bercnce Is about over lt that Isnt Carol coming up the ur trouble," physical itJej, ' villa ons Ings a. ... omforj) ids ci hotUt whids my ears arent half to be." ii men were on their tlyns oung ? !.d I (!': lw fe piw m bntf then ( the fireplace, peering 'nto the empty grate. He coughed of utter c, and an expression vness crept Into his eyes. He 4 sbnuitly. 41," he said, Just how much yes have cared if you hud?" 't to fr via 1 act I Of 85 stately old lamp stand-a- t behind the sofa; Its gracious and Its light, crept through a shade of painted touched Carol softly. In a jcy of radiance which was Her hands were lying In her lap; she bent her head, and d them studiously. by, I should hnve cared a great " she said. Im always disap-I'- d when I miss seeing a friend of What makes you so pessimistic, f I sudden? Ward reddened, and his eyes grew was a ere lid. height :ws were I e a 111 by ng CUA e ever sj n sor Om nhlpd er. OOAW unplinj he 'Headship! said an accordlonllke 'll" at Biff ored udiS iTiy, ',PP ie tot lb, -- tardily, sort of thing Mr. Hilliard 1" Her tone was e time Interrogatory and re-hf- Fm not speaking of you, he the thing Itself. . . . close or distant . . . It hasnt anything to say about It You'll have to excuse me I thinking out loud . . ." ease do!" she said. "You were he ay to be Interesting. Think lf,ud some more." Uliard glanced sharply at her. toit laugh at me I" he said, almost ;hly. For heavens sake, dont know that the one time you idn t laugh at a man Is when he "Only of I or little, die. room er. lathra' JIM call lerp re be lie tut HI1K mrlo b I" No." Ililllard shook his head. "Ive seen a good many fathers, and next to mine. My own was a wonderful mnn, too, but I never appreciated him. And seeing the doctor has made me wish . . . ob, Its too childish to talk about 1" "If you were really as old as you try to be," she said gently, "youd know thut It Isnt ever childish to be serious about such things as that. On the contrary I And yet there was a time when you wanted me to think you were well over thirty. Why, Mr. Hilliard, youre a boy I Nevertheless, she regarded him . , . not as one would regard a mere youth, but with appreciably more uncertainty. Ililllard had flushed warmly. That was when I wanted you to think a, good many things thut werent true." About you? Her Inflection was an Invitation to further confidences, and It drew Ililllard Incontinently along the path he hud planned and feared to take. Some of them, he admitted. And some were about you. The fact Is, I . . . Ive come on a peculiar errand." He cleared his throat violently; h!s eyes suddenly adored her. Ive come to straighten all that out. Tlease dont Imagine Ive suddenly gone crazy or . . ..or anything . . . and please dont take anything I say tonight to mean weakness . . . because, honestly. Ive thought about this so much that Its rather disintegrated me . . . but Ive got to tell you some things I dont went to." Ills shoulders squared In resolutlqn ; and at the look of pain In his eyes, of pain and despair, her whole womanliness went out to him and had to be crushed, because she was. after all, a woman. Her look to hlin was first of astonishment at his surrender, and, after that, of swift, Ineffable pity for the unnamed forces which were Influencing him. Womanliness hung In the balance; and then. In a flash of perfect comprehension of his plight, she knew that she could speak to him without reserve. He had passed beyond the hounds of conventionality; she put herself, mentally, at his side. If It hurts you to pay it," she said, Ive known youve been . . . fond of me. How could I belp It? And why shouldnt you have the right to think of it? Why shouldnt you have the right to be yourself? Why shouldn't you have the right to talk to me, and to expect me to hear you, and try to understand? You havent thought that do my father Is the only one of us to exthat, have you? The reproof was quisite. Ever since that day . . . the time you played to me." he said. Ive ... p aeen- - ... U k fO Isltw i always seem to be the air when I come n The last time we " about friendship" waa at 'cost a month ago," d hastily, "and In the mean- ynuve been Just as nice and .l! 88 any,)0,ly. I thought you .Jill ow'r your troubles." forf illness wnsnt what you tj - H Hilliard swallowed hard. oumo up here, Miss Du- 0 ave a 'rally serious talk with rpil,,y 8(rlous- - Its been 'led too 0,18 alrcn(JJ- - It took me in.flays lo my courage up It. . and now Iin here, n !e '.1!!! !tn,iw ,10w to begin." " '"nvlly Into the vacant Iiilare 5echiil,m lBld out b,s pnlms with c .t aKdure as though to warm You h e Wllt,'nnlnry blaze. ah,pntly, your father Vt very." ie L PX,raorllnnry man mvari'T lln,nt to the doctor hud edunV 0 cfr'ct upon ber B,ie . ml that wTnmvn ' too" Ilf ' ' , k Ms Im erect, and faced her. I Cttlne to me, when I was tn m m "hnt a great privilege 07 you sympathy J . . . 70 "d bav . . hls advice . when you He had to exert his utmost will ta mnke the beginning. "All I ean explain is that I've made another mistake . . After the first great effort the words came tumbling, passionately, unchecked. It would have been V SO Infinitely better for both of na If I d never met you at all. My life ,na whola serifs of rotatakeai the worst. . . , The worst , Of course, It would be absurdly simple If I were going away from Syra- me, if i were K0nj t0 jpye you here, and go but Im not Fm going to stay here. And I cant think Ita decent not to tell you now that If you . . . knew all I know . . . what Ive been, what I've done . , , you wouldnt marry me If I were the last man left to ask you! . , ii gestured ImWere childishly hopeful patiently. sometimes all of us . hoping for what we know Is Impossible . . . what we know always will be Impossible. . . , Ive been like that and what I hoped was that you could take me on the basis of what Ive been for the lust few months . . . since July . . . because thats the way I take myself. Just a man a man like Juck Armstrong. I hoped we could simply eliminate the past, and . . . I cant get away from It. Ita on my heels every minute. It's what I am, now . . . hut If I went much further hack than thnt, you and the doctor would both think Just what I do about myself . . . and Id have to say good-b- y g to you anyway . . . Just as Im tonight. I hope you can see that Im not telling nil this to you from any other motive except to be quite honest with you. Quite honest for once. I care too much about you to let you live another day without knowing that I cun't go on Its over. . . . Im not fit to he even your friend. Thats all. She sat motionless, nilllard bad turned back to the fireplace. Were you as bad as that?" ahe whispered. Once," he said bitterly, over his shoulder, I used to be a gentleman. But that was a long time ago. She raised her head. Nothing could ever make me believe," she said, that you haven't always been Just as Ive known you since July. Nothing can, and nothing will. What you may think about yourself makes no difference to me. I Dont!" he snld, and his tone was agonized. .Don't you see" "I dont believe you," she paid stead- ... ... mv V "ThTnk Out Loud Somo More." like the fought against . very devil, and" Tve known that, too and youve hoped come to see me so seldom. Id tie at least thut youd give yourself wanted. snld you chance you He stiffened heroically "You forget an Imp1' there was a condition only fa'r atlve condition . . . and Its I n con.,l a W thnt tell you to you to wh. ever. Units I can't ever meet Im here. I hud to tell you." There was a profound stillness. said nt Cant you explain?" she mnk- You're would. lust. "I wish you It-f- ought do-lu- ... ily. Hilliards voice was unstable with his great bitterness of failure. "You flatter me," he said harshly. And besides youre wrong. She was up, nnd beside him, smiling bravely Into his eyes, and he was flogarras ging Ids will to keep his hungry from snatching her, from sweeping her close to him, and . . . What do you think women a ref she demanded, with sweet Imperiousness. Nothing but marble statues or putty ones? Just made to stand around and let the world go past, without having anything to say about It? He retreated to the wall in Dont! I'm the one Dont rwhos driven myself Into this cornenot you ! But you dont have to stay in it always, do you? He stared at her In mystification.don t Dont be silly, she said, and She not I be unrensonnble; Im was his expression touched his sleeve; me think you unchanged. Dont make said I" she are unreasonable "If youre not satisfied, why yon cant you make yourself what over want to be? Instead of broodlng dor U the past, that you cant help, why can help? you think about things you is to live for, there all about Is Living 1 Hedrew In his breath perilously. he saia, But I'm letting you go," dazed. tremulous She stamped her foot in won t alI not; No. youre severity. VQ t low It! Cant you see why? . Well that? tell to you hnve friend even because I want you for a me." If you don't remem-bereWant you!" he cried, and Immobility. to himself, and froze Oh as a friend!" ele ,,dl frlend-w- hnt Surely, as a ou think I meant?" ben . The young mnn shook his I came up here Only know. "I dont to jour to tell you I havent any right . why tell you can't I friendship. aI I haven't as much callousness yor tell you. - but If I did . list atom of faith In .me wouU be can t afford to ha t gone. And you thut Ivesaw ow frlend-neven fur a' ... sheVald steadfastly. "I fan ,h"ycS! nnln" when Ive told In Ills lips were parted . . roved dul.Y..ou ,zednm his eyes the'powder to Im not worth hades." Ho laughed oddly. ,o over and proved already, S : : : n. That's proved, too. . . . Ira proving It Bowl I'm saying It don't you hear me? Im saying It now. And you He put his hand to his forehead, and brushed back his balr, which was trangely wet I cant make It any plainer," be SHld, with helpless finality. "No matter whats happened," she aid earnestly, I cant believe It Isn't coming out all right, go If you'll Just keep on llvlug, and working, and try-n- f . . , and . . ," Here her eyes were so appealing that his own dimmed to behold them. "And you havent been so very dreadful after all, bars you?" Hilliard retreated once again, not treating those hungry, lawless arms of his. "Im Jnst wondering," he said, with a terrible anille, which waa entirely devoid of mirth, "if a man happens to .. d . U Illlliurd. t r . me" S or ess P In you. dont jicltH log me feel very bad. Mr. You owe it to compus-slonatel- irola attitude was vaguely less 'stive of ease. wasnt laughing at you," she Said, ? But what you said was so o oueer." 'hj yes." Hilliards accent was t. "I suppose It was. It must f -- Pit ther, Itr trves hlA I to-- I ably out of the study Into the room. Carol was In the old fa-- r corner of the sofa ; Ililllard was ellbtTi I feet as she the doctor, protesting a sudden for solitude, had waved them m: man as Suppose Id missed you I merely smiled, and made no an-ndid he speak to her until Phi t good i!" she cried to Hilliard. know you were coming up safely i : as swirling. In, Bltdt need It. - And there are so few so Incredibly few people who make you feel like that. One In a thousand. Or, one In ten thousand. People who lift you clear of your trivial little self and make you think In terms of end not of your own selfish ldenf and still dont preach. . , . It rtust be a privilege." "It Isnt only for me," she said. He has enough sympathy for anyone who asks for It ne Isnt very worldly youve noticed that? lie cant believe that anybody, or anything. Is really bad . . . and perhaps thats why people come to him so. Of course, It may be that Just because hes my fa- o Tm library . . , and would come down directly, ludeed, he followed almost on the heels of the messenger. Why. hello. Ililllard," he sold, rather atlltedly. Did you want to sea me? That's too bad Ive got to leave here lu Just a couple of seconds to catch my train, Im going West tonight" Ill take you over," said Hilliard, That'll save you a minute or shortly. two and give us tlmo to chat My cars outside." Why under the circumstances . . Armstrong's glance was divertI don't think I can let you do ed. that take me over, I mean. Tin going West on a business trip and I don't think It would be very appropriate for you to Oh you are!" nilllard felt streaks of Ice coursing along hls spine. Ilow fur West?" Armstrong consulted hls watch nervously. Hilliard," he said, "I like to do things out In the open. There are Just two reasons why I don't think you really want to Invite me to ride down to the station with you. If Im wrong, It's up to you to say so. One of em Is that Rufus Waring has asked me to stop off at Butte Im going a good deal further than thnt and look up some matters for him. I guess you know as well as I do what they are. Hilliard fumbled hls hat "I see. the other reason?" Armstrong suddenly straightened and hls voice had a curious ring to It a ring which electrified Hilliard and awoke the most' petrifying alarm within him. But does one ordinarily mention-cer- tain kinds of people In a mens club? I dont know how It Is where you come from but here, we dont" Ililllard smiled vapidly; It was the ntraost perversity of emotion, for he knew now why Carol had been so explicit In her sympathy . . . why she had been so meticulous to let him realize thnt she wanted him as a friend ; only as a friend . '. . and here Don'tl Dontl" i was Armstrong, concealing with diffihe In a . . . a sort of transition culty the triumph he was hinting at between period, you know halt-waNo," he said harshly, On doesn't, 1 wonder what's coming to hltn. . , I wonder what Is coming to him. . . . but there Isnt anything to keep us I wonder If the whirlwind doesn't get from mentioning anybody we like outside the club, Is there? him both ways." Why not thnt Ill take you down anyway," After the street door had closed be- aaldThen Hilliard. And lets see If we hind him, Carol went slowly along the each other. to understand cant try corridor to the doctor's study and took a brave man to accept the It habit. Ills sheer pleasknocked, out of eyes held little to ant baritone came to her reassuringly. offer, for Hilliard'sowner as a prudent recommeud their Yes?" . or a as compnn-londriver, very pleasant "Are you busy, dear? Few men, on was alreudy however, Armstrong, hearing her voice, with that suggestive on hls hat. catch In It. would hnve confessed to putting a previous engagement had driven over to the station Not when youre around," said the In They silence. Ililllard, parking the runthreshold. on the doctor, appearing about carefully, turned to bis passenUls tone altered suddenly. "Whats ger. wrong? he said. Weve got ten good minutes," he said Carol, hes "'ne. said. Daddy, Your train Isnt even In yet . . . You saw him, too . . . what go ahead and tplk." la It? What Is it?" She was trembling Armstrong, after a momentary deviolently ; the big doctor gathered her lay, put out a conciliating hand. "Old up in his arms without ceremony and man," he said, let's play the rest of carried her over to hla favorite leather this out like two sensible people. Wa chair. won't get anywhere by bickering, and said Doctor Du- I suppose It wont do any harm for ns Fires burning. rant quietly. Burning and burning to put all the cards on the table, and and burning , . . like the ones know exactly where we stand. Of youve seen down In the blast furnaces course, you haven't known me very . . . white hot, and crucible steel long, and I haven't known you . . . comes out of them . . . strong hut suppose, Just to help along the unenough to make permanent things out derstanding, we take each other at of . . He smoothed her hair, nnd face value." she sighed qulverlngly, and lay still. Hilliard winced. "And the steel lasts ten thousand times Well suppose we do. Then what?" as long as the fires thnt made it. I Then you can't hold It np against doat know what's blowing the flames, me for stopping off at Butte on my dear, but hell do he'll do." way out. I havent any motive In It I promised to do It as a favor to Rufe CHAPTER XI. Waring. It Isn't a personal Issue at all. I know exactly how It must apHalf-wa- y down James street, Ilil- pear to you, but . , . Im not that sort llard, driving his runabout In utter dis- of man, Ililllard. I wouldnt have regard of the traffic rules, was reliv- dreamed of It myself. Thats straight! him The masquerader regarded ing, moment by moment, and word by word, the conversations of the earllpr earnestly and yielded to hls evident evening. He had gone to Carol with sincerity. the sturdy intention of betraying himWay down deep," he said, at length, self manfully and tn detail ; but In the I know youre not, but . . , wbata doctors study he had perceived an- that for?" He referred to ArmOh I . . . other, and what seemed to blm a more strongs outstretched hand. unselfish method of achieving the same all right." They shook hands solemnend. He had fancied thnt If he could ly. At the same time It would have preserve Intact the memory of Dicky been so perfectly natural for you to Morgan, If he could prevent the world feel like getting whatever leverage nnd especially thnt part of It per- you could" sonal to the Cullens and Durants Theres no need of that now," from knowing what a despicable thing said Armstrong. Hls smile was prond It was that Dick Morgan had done,ehe and brilliant, and Hilliard withered could save a modicum of pain for under it. those who would otherwise be most Well, I wasnt sure." affected. This conception had Inter(TO BE CONTINUED.) fered to make hls talk with Carol Evidence Stork Had Traveled. he had somewhat aimless Julia bad been over to see the neighbeen under the dual necessity of damnand upon her return ing Ililllard, without Implicating Mor. bors new baby she liked It, to which was asked how gan. And how btingllngly he hud how she replied: Well, mother. It Is all it I How Inefficiently right, only the stork must have been a unsuccessfully On Impulse, he checked the sprnl of long time on the way with It, for It the car, and swerved to the left; he certainly la awfully tanned." was actuated by a sudden desire to run Kept Busy on Social Calls, over to the University club and see The wife of a member of congress Armstrong. lie had no definite plan ns to wlmt he should say or do; he can discharge her social duty In the In nine calls, but a cabinet merely craved to meet hls rival face cabinet to face, and'hnvt It out with him. Man woman must pay more than 600 If to man and this time there should be she makes only one call during the season on each senatorial and no bungling. household. was the in It scorned, Mr. Armstrong, And The body of Thelma (lutke, IT years of age, who was shot last week lu Ihmglas, Aria., by William F. Smith, her lover, who, after slaying the young woman, turned the pistol upon himself, ending hls life, was brought to Suit Iatke for burial. Test suit brought by I'eter E. Van Orden, a taxpayer of the Cache county school district, has resulted In the $400,000 bond Issue recently passed by Hint district being upheld by decision of the supreme court. Confident that they would succeed In bringing the ll)J3 convention of the grand lodge nt Elks to Salt Luke, six delegates from the Salt Lake lodge left Saturday ly apeelul train to attend the annual sessions of the grand lodge In Chicago. C.lcn Messner, property manager for (he Elllson-WhltChautauqua circuit, whs drowned tn Utuh lake near Amclf-caFork. The body was found nenr the point where Messner went down at the time of the accident. Frank T. Milner, veteran organ builder, who drew up the specifications for the rebuilding of the tatwr-uncl- e Instrument about twenty years ago, died In Evansville, Ind., 8uuday, July 4, at the age of 70. Tinned beneath an automobile and rescued without Injury, la the experience of J. W. Snell of Salt Lake, Mrs. K. J. Burt and Mres. A. H Chambers and her three children. The car overturned In a collision. Thirty-fiv- e nurses of the forty-tw- o who-toothe tests passed the requirements of the state board of examiners of nurses and are now declared qualified to become registered nurses In Utah. During the month of June the Salt lake county lied Cross home service department advanced to former aer. vice men $1174.02. This wus $116.70 less than was paid out in May. A fire, the origin of which U unknown, broke out In Thistle nnd wiped out a big portion of the business district of the Uttlo railroad junction. The loss Is about $.'0,000. John Ileleka, 2(1 years of age, Flu-nls- h miner in the employ of the Daly-Weutcouipuny at Iurk City, wus was a when blast most Instantly killed set off prematurely. The Salt Luke finvy recruiting station record of 102 recrulls for the second quarter of 1020 doubles that of any previous year since the Sulf larke station opened. e n st Transportation for y I" Scouts n matter. Jacqueline Anderson, 7 years of age. was fatally burned while lighting a sparkler," during Independence dHy celebration at her home In Salt A parking ordinance hus been passed at Delta. This ordinance requires that cars be parked on the proper aide of the street at an angle of 45 degrees. The First Breshylerlan churfii at Mt. Bleasnnt was burned to tbe ground by a fire which, It Is believed, was started In a fireworks celebration. Another big reservoir project under which 10,000 acres will be reclaimed In Duchesne county Is being Investigated by the reclamation service. Bert W. Austin, charged with operating an Illicit still, was bound over to the United States grand Jury, following hls arrest nt Snlt I.ako. Trailers to be used In building the Cedar-Lun- d post road have been received by tbe Southern Utah Construction company. South Sea Islanders day" will be celebrated July 1G at Lagoon, In honor of the party of New Zealunders who are visiting In Salt Luke. The district forest office ut Ogden has sent 1400 pounds of TNT to Bleasnnt Grove for use In building tbe Mt. Tlmpanogos trail. A new postoffice has been established ut Binturn. Washington county, Utuh, with Mrs. Maud Gregor-so- n as postmaster. Citizens of Bungultch are doing their utmost to encourage travel to Bryce canyon and provide accommodations for tourists. Call has been Issued for a state convention of the newly formed Iathor party, to meet at Suit Lake City, July 24. ... 1 al 120 Boy on the caravan to Bryce .canyon, and Zion nutlomd park Is secured, according to the Utah State, Automobile as' sociation. The Fourth of July celebration In Brovo was participated In by more people and was tbe most successful In the history of similar observances In Brovo. J A movement lias been Inaugurated to mnke the election of a district Judge and attorney In the First Judicial district this yeur a Salt Lake 1ms been chosen ns the next meeting place for the national Chi Omega sorority convention. Ieople who ride on street curs In fare. Salt Lak must now pay a 'nt of 11, Fred Kcmpton, aged Ogdon, was seriously Injured, July 4, suffering tbe loss of the first nnd second fingers of the left hand when nn army rifle shell filled with potash nnd sulphur exploded In bis bund, caused by a blow from a lmtnmcr. Fred Johnson, 27 years of age, a miner, was seriously Injured at I ling-hawhen he was run over by an Johnson was riding on the fender of the machine nnd In trying to get off stumbled in the road. The front and hind wheels passed over hls m I I body. |
