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Show FORK, UTAH THE SPANISH FORK PRESS. SPANISH m&rm m NOBODY I HowragHV nAu. r evyiMr eJ a time, he amused himself by ANGELA KISSED MEI" watch- ing Angela and Waring playing their world-olgame across the table; after that he paid a little polite attention to Mrs. Durant and to the clergyman ; and then snatching an opportunity for, he gave his kindest smile to Carol, and for an Instant took the And he monopoly from Armstrong. had hardly looked down once Into her October-broweyes before the mystery of his restlessness was aa clear as crystal, end Illlllard was thoroughly dumfoundod, and confused. It had come upon him, a quarter of an hour ago, aa they exchanged their first superficial sentences, that he was loueller than he had ever Imagined, but he hadn't realized, until this Immediate contingency, that this sensation had carried over until now. He was prevented, by the very limits of the project which had brought him here, from releasing any of hla sincere thoughts; he hadnt comprehended, until he had learned the truth Just now by actual experience, that loneliness Is nothing but an aggravated stute of Never In all his life, not even when he had Iain for months In hospital In France, had he been as lonely as today, and at this moment, when he was surrounded by people he knew Intimately, and when he was enjoined from sharing tn their community of mind. Carol, looking np at him with what wasn't exactly a smile, but was at least a cousin to It that flash of sympathetic Interest-Ca- rol spoke to him under cover of the general conversation. A penny for your thoughts!" she proffered. They arent worth It," said Hilliard. "I was thinking about myself," He continued to regard her steadily, and he was alarmed to dlaeover that he was losing one of the abilities which had made him so sure of himself. He continued to hold. that she, lie vetted him 8hoMny,mercllesfny notw ithstanding that. as he gazed tt her, and perceived the sweet naturalness which was developing out of last weeks shock, he was secretly perturbed. In spite of himself, ho began to see, as though by camera obscure, dim visions of the past ; he was righteously annoyed that they should rise to torment him, and still the visions came. But after all that youve been through." ahe said, "I should think your thoughts about yourself would be extremely interesting I" "Fm afraid they're rather gloomy, Miss Durant, whenever they touch on what I've been through. And when anything like this gathering here today builds up a comparison. I'm sorry, but I cant always master It." "You mean the difference between a family over hero and a family over there?" "Exactly," ho said. "Down to the last detail what wo eat, and where we live, and what wo talk about, and what we think about everything." "Ive thought of that, too," she said soberly. "But HI have to confess that it wasn't until you came It wasnt until after that fltst night at Angelas that the great difference catne home to me. It's made me feel that It's al- d Bjunpuli. pick Morgan of Syra-cuN. T., a faltura In llf, enlisted In the Foreign Legion of the French army under the name of Henry Hilliard, la disfigured bjr Tha French eurgeone hrapneL aak for a photograph to guide them In reatorlug hie face. In hla rage agolnat life he olfera In darlalon a picture poatcard hearing the radiant face of Chrlet The aurgeona do a good lota On hie way geek to America he meeta Martin Harmon, a New York broker. The reeult la that Morgan, under the name of Hilliard and unrerognlaed aa Morgan, goea back to Syracuae to eelllng a mining atock. He la de. termlned to make good. He tella people of the death of Morgan. He flnde In Angela Cullen a loyal defender of Pick Morgan. He meeta Carol Purant, who had refuaed to marry him. She doea not healtate to tall him that aha had loved Morgan. Hilliard flnde he etill lovee her and la tempted to confeaa. Hilliard temple Cullen, hla former employer, with hla mining acheme. K CHAPTER Vic Continued. but" . A good principle, too, Mr. Cullen glanced at hla natch. It'a dinner time, and more too. We'd better get along up to the bonne, or the first thing you know, we'll have servant troubles In our midst. And you didn't bring up that subject anyway I brought It up." lie took Angela's arm puternally. "Just as a mntter of fact," he said, clearing hla throat "As a matter of fact, Mr. Millard where-shoudid you say this property Is located?" e e e e e e e dinner after Shortly Angela, who had Aed to the telephone In answer to a peremptory summons, came back complacent "Dinner she announced. Very quier, Carol said. So and that meant ymrve with us two days more Iinilurd. Do 'you mind ver, "Mind!" Hilliard had risen half out of his chair. Ills tremendous yearning to seo Carol again, and hla violent reaction at the prospect, had greatly Influenced his voice, which was strident, explosive. The Cullens were laughing aloud at Ida confusion. "Hes blushing I" crowed Angela. "Look at him t Look at him !" Indeed, he was crimson to the temhours I IIow ples. Sunday forty-eigh- t he had spurned her! end how he had auffered from that moment until now I To see her again . . . merely to see her I Business was business, and the farce must go on; no matter what else happened, he must bew out hie success; he had ceased to love her, end he had come prepared for guerilla but to see her again I To warfare hear her voice I To watch that smile of hers, and remember the tears ahe had shed for Dicky Morgan t hours I Sunday forty-eigh- t The Cullens were still laughing at him, and In Angelas soprano there was a note of feminine resentment, but Hilliard's ears were suddenly stone deaf. ts ltmiL j, ... r I, CHAPTER VII. Since Friday night, Illlllard had lived only for Sunday ; hla whole existence had been turned to Sunday, and when at last the morning dawned, his greatest fear was that he might not Uve until dinner-time- . ol's On reaching-Carside, he wae both awkward and Incoherent ; and he failed to derive encouragement from the realisation which gradually stole ever him, that the Durants had asked a number of other guests to dinner. Armstrong was waiting patiently tn the alale, and keeping closer to Carol than Illlllard liked, and there was also bright-faceboy of nineteen or twenty who had promptly attached himself to Angela hla name was Waring, and ha was the grandson of the patriarchal clergyman, with the head of Moses and the spirit of youth, who presently Arne down to Join the little group, and tomplete It So that altogether there were nine people who finally Bat down to tables and Hilliard's dream of quiet progress and harbored conversation was shattered In a twinkling. It was all very homelike, and all very friendly, but to Illlllard, sitting there between Carol and her mother, tha occasion was peculiarly acute. lie had long since discarded any residue ef hie active fears; he was conIn hla disguise to the fident point of recklessness, for he had covered the windings of the trail by an Infinite variety of methods; and yet without having any tangible facts to grasp, he was subtly warned to re Win on sentry duty over hla poise. He was gratified that the conversation, after one natural enough eddy, was whirled away from the vicissitudes f Dlrky Morgan, for he had talked r tht particular le fl subject For ... f MrlUiiart.my study, called the "Rljht tor, hurrying. "Just across the llt ... d Hs Was So Close to Hor That Tholr Sloevsa Touched. most pie, and no more there wasn't the slightest use In Armstrong's lolterlol disconsolately In the neighborhood ; I had a maximum capacity of two. Fur thermore, It was removed by severs! feet from the nearest listening post. He was so closo to her that their sleeves touched; ha looked Into tbs beautiful eyes which were so dear, so unsuspecting ; and his will swayed perilously. Had be prepared so Un and savagely for hla requital, only to lose hlj Impetus at almost the first glance of those brown eyes? He reflected that there was nothing to prevent him from being a good salesmun, and from renewing hla predilection for Carol at the same time. The Idea of courting her again, In hla false character, was highly dramatic. , . "I know you won't misunderstand me," he said, his heart shaking, "sad I hope that you wont consider It as too presumptuous but the other day you spoke of Dicky Morgan as a very dear friend of yours. Miss Durant, I want to do everything In the worid I cun for you, end he was my dear friend as well as yours. I'm not disloyal to him, or to you, or to myself but I should like more than I can ever tell you to feel that I had done my utmost to take his place. No one can do that literally I am not so vain but I feel, and I have felt from the time we met each other, Dicky would have wanted us to be friends." Thats thats wonderfully thoughtful of you," said Carol, softly. "And . . . and I think he would have wanted If he'd known. . . Her that eyes were suspiciously dim' and Hilliard's loneliness dissolved Into a great spasm of longing which held him and shook him apd left him weuk with Impotence "Then Ill stay In Syracuse," he said "Provided provided you abruptly. won't be offended If I do have to want to know you for yourself Just a little selfishly. I'm afraid that Isn't very clear its dlfllcult to separate It but you see" "Don't try to explain," she said, sub dued. "1 know how hard all this must be for you and I think perhaps you need my friendship as much as I need yours, Before he could reply, there was t flutter of Indescribable gracefulness before them. Angela was courtesytng In mock obeisance to the floor. Behind her, Waring was watching her pos sesslvely. "If your majesties will wake np half a second," she said, "everybodys going to walk up around the Sedgwick farm tract to get some fresh air. Coming? As they stood together, drenched with regret for the confidences that might forever remain unsatd, a maid appeared In the doorway. "Please, ma'am," ahe said breathlessly, "It's -The Western Cnlon-fo-r wrong almost unendurable that we should ba so warm and comfortable, and well-fewhen over on the 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 Illlllard, with keen foresight, cannlly guided Carol after her mother Into the living room, made for a familiar piece of furniture and It ; It would seat twe pve- - In doc- hall. There you are!" and ushered him Into the sanctum and considerately closed the door. Despite the urgent summons which the average person feels under such circumstances Illlllard was astonishingly tardy In sitting down to the receiver. For one' thing he was still vibrating from his recent stress of passion; for another he knew pretty certainly what the message was going to be, and for a third, he was somewhat emotionally under the spell of the doctor's room. Illlllard had spent a hundred hours In It pleasant hours, so that Involuntarily yielding to Its kindly atmosphere, and all that the at- mosphere tmptied, he took time to survey nil four walls before he took up the receiver. And after he hud listened to the telegram, and ordered a copy mailed to him In care of Mr. Cullen, he took time to survey those walls again, more closely; and this was partly for their Intrinsic significance, and partly because his feelings were ao fresh and tender that he dreaded to return at once to the gathering which, as a whole, couldn't be expected to defer to them. Ills eyes fell upon the doctor's desk, wandered and suddenly focussed hard and piercingly. He went over to the desk and slowly put out his hand and lifted up a small photograph In a metal frame. "Well, I'll be darned!" said Illlllard, Just above a whisper. The turning of the doorknob roused him ; he wheeled with the photograph still In his hand. "Hello P said Doctor Durant, cheer-full"Get your message all right? What's that you've found? Oh. yes Dick's picture." Hilliard swallowed tiard, and found that his voice was queerly out of control. "Ita Its the same one " Yes Its the same as the one you brought back. I've had It there ever since he gave It to me." He took It gently from Hilliards hand; replaced It on the desk. "How that boy would have made good If he had lived I" said the doctor, In tn undertone. "Well theyre welting for us." Hilliard, following him outside, the two Cullens In the hall, and at sight of hls florid host, he collected his wits, end resumed bis part In the play. "Oh!" he said. I I that was from one that was a telegram from the manager of the syndicate. Mr. Cullen; he said It's decided net to try to re syndicate any etock, but to hold It ourselves for the Jong pull everything! put off for three or four weeka anyway. Pm having a copy malted to the house there's some newa in it I thought you might like to see." "Good! That letvee you free, doesn't It? You'll stay on with u Un? Don't say no. I Insist on It "No, I couldnt do that I It'e awful kind of yoa, but" "You talk to him, Angela 1" laughed Mr. Cullen. "You make him stay. blm ov Youve got more influence t don And 7o than I have, anyhow. without e dare to let him get away He passed on, promise understand?" and left them together. said "You walk along with me, sir! And you'd better Imperially. Angela, A reel behave yourself Pm he looked At the same moment that who up Carol, toward yearningly ahead by the doorway waa already young captive to the wily Armstrong, Rufus Waring waa glaring belligerentHilliard. ty toward The masquerader smiled In defeat, of then smiled with sudden realization clinging to him. He the woman-chilsheer affecsqueezed her arm out of d tion. Your gallant cavalier'll cover me and bruises for with horrid welt said warnlngly. "Dont make him Jealous, now!" They-wenow bringing up tha rear of the procession In the hallway. AnI'M make em well again," said I?" aren't gela. "I am a good nurse, lie was convulsed by her air of conthis!" he re quest. method?' He "By the could hardly believe that this wae the and girl he had taught to climb tree, make slingshots. I'll" she stopped and blushed. The others were all on the steps ; these two were In the dusky vestibule. Wari- ng was fretting Impatiently outside. He Would you?" asked Illlllard. Intended only to tease her; but all at once her head came np, and he could He Had Been Observed. see that her eyes wer big and soft and frightened. She was hardly seventeen, and to Illlllard she had never censed to be the child of two years ago. lie bent and kissed her; her Bps were trembling, expressive. "Now weve got to hurry, he said. "Conte, dear I" It was the tone he would naturally use to a child, but ho had an uneasy feeling that he had used It to a woman. Children's Bps aren't expressive. And he had another Intuition still more upsetting to him which was that he had been observed. For on the threshold of the outer door Carol and Armstrong and Rufus Waring, as though turned back to Inquire Into the cause of Hilliard's and Angela's delay, were standing. . . . He could not tell, of course, whether they had actually seen him. It was possible that In the dusk of the hallway he had escaped; certainly there was nothing In the manner of any one of the three, when Illlllard Joined them, to convince him one way or the other. But he knew that he was In a critical situation ; he knew that to any reasonable person who had seen him at that spontaneous little outburst of sentiment, hls motives wouldu't appear to be very opaque. No. the manner of those three who had stood on the threshold was astonishingly casual. Perhnps too casual. . . Hilliard frowned, and tried to glimpse their various expressions. Ahl Waring, striding stlltedly ahead, had thunderclouds on hls forehead, and as for Carol . . . She turned to speak to Armstrong, and Illlllard knew. For the remainder of the first stage of that walk, he spoke not a word to Angela, who trudged along by hls side with God knows what tumults In her bosom. He thought not of Angela, nor concerned himself with the storm he had stirred within her. He was absorbed solely with the puzzle which lay before him, which was to detach Carol as soon as possible, and to explain himself. Otherwise, hls reputation was ashes even now. And. to his unbounded Joy, the came soon at the end of the road, where the party halted for a moment, to take a referendum as to tho route. Armstrong strayed a or two teo far, and on the Instant yard Hilliard wa at Carols elbow. She said nothl.ig, nor did he; but when the march was resumed, he was heslde her and beating hls brains for an Introductory remark. He had to convince her he hud been trifling with neither herself nor Angela, and he walked a good furlong before he could devise sc much an o;eulng sentence. A length he cleared hls throat. "rve Just decided," he said, "that Pm growing old." "Yea?" Rlie was Immeasurably Rweol and distant, and Hilliards courage faltered. "I hav Indeed. I've made a mnt touching discovery. Do I lock grandfatheriy. Miss Durant?" "Not Td hardly aay that." wd U a gesture of gratitude ... "You've I But know? m y permanent thank n growing old, Didnt you ever read Leigh earned Hunt?" - i,.. There waa vole of warmth creeping Into bar breuths hls Illlllard held "Just a little." aad; Say I'm weary, say I'm wnalih hare missed Say that health and ma; Miladi Evry n..J (of Atleia w i.'e coses, manicure n,',, pltltly outfitted e th handy thing Our rtatonabit prict, growing old, but add Angela klaaed met Im Bay He had spoken the lines magnifind humor cently, with the precise Imthem make to which go pathos mortal. "Im glad she fits Into the meter," he said thoughtfully, "because I can understand Just how Leigh Hunt . felt about Jennie." "And how do you think that was?" "and "Very sensitive," said Illlllard, a little repressed perhups .1 He smiled reminiscently. In few are things very there suppose life that make a man feel more mindful of hla own crudity nnd general child a worthlessness than to have the wm It affection," spontaneous testing venture. She looked at h'm sidewise. "More than If If It werent child?" "I think so." Ills tone wee faultless. "A woman can make a man feel like Romeo, hut It takes a very younfi girl to make hlnj feel Ilk Launcelot at my age." "She Is adorable, Isn't she?" Hie heart Jumped at her cordial acceptance of hla statement "Only shee . seventeen, Mr. Illlllard."1 "And said he gravely. "I know," thats why Pm ao conscious of ray own senility. Because all that beautiful Innocence and ignorance tg doomed, Miss Durant who knowa that Im not the very last person to see It? Today, Pm only a much older man, some one she likes; tomorrow, I may be a man without the 'only and the more she liked me, the lass But - there's been she'd show it sort of thing for of that little mighty me In the. last, few years from anybody, and I do appreciate It and Pm not ashamed of it. either." No," she aaid, you couldn't be. Youre too human." She smiled at him, and he was transported at the proof of her sympathy. "If I were In your place, I'd want to feel the same way about It" He thanked her In hls heart lie had saved both Angela and himself, and held hls pristine advantage. But there was no disputing the fact that he had made an active enemy of Waring, and an alert rival out of Armstrong. He smiled grimly as he looked at the man ahead. "Mr. Armstrong seems to be very nervous," he said. "Not that I can blame him for wanting to ba In my place. On the contrary, rra sorry for ' him ' "That shows a very good disposition," she said demurely. "Perhaps It does, and perhaps It doesn't I believe every man owes It to himself to get what he wants. If he does, he's a success ; If he doesnt It's hls own fault." As he said this, they came abreast of the others, and Armstrong, who had heard the final sentence, whirled BOYD V 1 ChrUta E.' Lydia bli Com I fti1 foftb: Jy BOVDPAS) and-de-cr- eplt." toward Illlllard. Regardless of methods?" SSS2 t: de- manded. Why to some extent," laughed Illlllard. Why not? Armstrong delayed, so that the two men were a few paces behind the rest of the group. "Is that your regular creed, Mr. Hilliard?" "My creed Isnt composed of words, Mr. Armstrong, but of actions." They had spoken so quietly that no one perceiving them would have remotely suspected that a challenge had been offered and accepted. Actions do speak louder, of course." "Mine," said Illlllard, "will give yon no offense. But I generally get what I want. "So do I Shall we shake hands on It?" Armstrong was very affable, hut tremendously In earnest. With pleasure. I can count on your generosity, I see. "And I on your courtesy." Thank you." ne went complacently forward; but Inwardly he waa Rterped In perturbation. The mao was so deadly sure of himself. Could It be that he was tacitly engnged to Carol, In spite of what Angela bad surmised, or so nearly on the road to an understanding with her that Hilliard was only making a fool of him-self? cot (ns UtfitieAPJ Nature Always Giveaway "Below and Iti heart. (TO BE CONTINUED.) Walk That Telia Character. peculiar walk Is that of the long stride with the decided swing of the shoulders. This walk Is be seen In authors, actors generally to and artists, and Is characteristic of the art worl the man who has Ideas of hls own t'mmeled by convenl qu!te tlon. It denotes Independence and If accompanied by an emphatic down of the left foot, a stamp l f.cJ resolution and determination. A High Prlcts In Early New York v!UrnVXIWl"h occupation of method was t0 M1 at public auction and to bum revocl able licenses to retailers. Tim best lnw,iX;o at 32 cents a pound and beef pound. Wagee W ceuu a day, cents as Be RecognlMg, KM Influenza, colds and oth due to germs pass by tho par" and find their vlctlmJ "below par." That exproj medically, means that joarJ resistance Is lowered, the j cles In your blood decreas.. spirits an "down," aaya were. A physician has pointed most of us can quite eailly tc we are below par, and then Iti ns to "tonic" ourselves over th of depression until the norms, at is tdttt ha vital e If taking rtnedf fi and mi returns. f. A smoker below par either i smoke or hls tolmcco glree it: GOLD small proportion of hls turn: ment A brain worker below pu sclous that, for some rcemg ha has to overconcentrate him hls work. Other people get ragged ta and with no apparent mx cause; of course, Is because below par. A manual worker finds that W "Jib" most unaccountably. Oik1 "off their feed." and neither fc temptation of a menl nor then! It gives them any pleasure. Some, find that noise wm!1? tlced annoy aiid torture. Othm go sleepy and some get touch soninla. There Is no Vln symptom applicable to everyth It Is therefore necessary and wr to find out as one can dob; tlon our own particular danjr and act accordingly and la to LAST R iodendot Al all dr tttonal C nmi WORD BAM'H, Balt Bo A Possibly Few Know What Really It la Not of Cm Importance. Do yon know the last dictionary? It begins with the last rtnt I lorry word h to aIilaude, ktttlsc thn mean the alphabet, placed la that verso order, and It means aa Is libellulld dragon fly having i bead, narrow face and vT In Transt I eyes." Tho word Is la In tho New ryxommi' Standard diction' aitunl iktthe a Websters New International one short of this, listing Its finil' lot LI i nodi kidney, am a ictQenc o! Sira aeiei lilt her ouhlea, wore bottle row Jhobei tleaei 'ever, prep Zygnenldae," Tl( ebott ceae" and "zyflonmlllnre No wonder you were unacqu with the last word In your dlctw Su You are excused. Kansas City oa thi . ten-minu- thoughtlessly: My. how She looks aa tf a whiff f blow her away."' This must rled Retty all day. for thal he had finished all the "ynd blesses In her prayer this earnest postscript: I God, make nte thicker, fur U ba blowed away." 0, J ,1 '' " H ilie,l! "D nttui vercom rt Edith, who had not aeon her waa a tiny baby, after turned to her mother snd w I d not re i country, lid fly Is a semi-deseded numerously with such thorfi Wanted to Remain Awh'1 r Betty waa looking rather after several weeks' BOt I cnful word! rltory for a distance of 62 for one reaches "Zuider Zee," th or rather the last fairly known term In the dictionary, tween this Dutch sea and the Exit Humorist eon While making a tour of the along were we driving states, try road, when a farmer cam toward us. One of our crowd, morist. thinking he would ha 01 fun with the man, stopped nd taking a small satchel and I'W'B azlne, gave a bad nitty Sunday. When he Httle t the man looked at him w" put hls hand In hla pocket him a card. t0n it were the "I am deaf." Exchange. ihwlu i aa "zythum," explained aa Ml kind of ancient malt beverage,' the Standard calls a very e beer that Dlodorua, though sM' accustomed to It, afllrmed to hut scarcely Inferior to tha Julcad grape." dlctloox Together, then, the two with beer and a dragon fly, mah ly unimportant endings. fro Reading up the column atraap traverse one must omnia," structlons as Armstrong laughed gently. It was like a dagger thrust In Hilliard's unpat1 t L K he Compound , .V |