COPYRI GAT 194 BY THE RED BOOK CORPORATION SYNOPSIS. mo At = meeting of RBquare church Qall Bargent listens to a fiscussion about the sale of the church anements to Edward E Allison, local traction king. and when asked her opin- mn of the church by Rev, Smith Boyd, | says it is apparently a lucrative business snterprise. Allison takes Gall riding in| = motor car. When he suggests is titled to rest on the laurels of his wehievements she asks the disturbing ‘Why? Gall, returning to her | Jim's home from her drive with Al- | finds id disapproval in the eyes | Rev, Smith Bovd, who is calling there | \t a bobsled party Gail finds the world | ncomfortabliy fuil of men, and Allison | tells Jim gent that his new ambition is to cong the world, Allison starts a | npaign consolidation and control of | entire transportation system of the | Gall becomes popular and Aunt | ul necessary to advise nial probabilities Al if trans the Market Vestry he jue sti on ’ ‘ her el ison hsorb t 4 - CHAPTER VIil—Continued. | — "How about the Cre rt t island su Ripe any ked the heavily time,” and ashes gemmed ers have been ¢ ng, but 00 strong ticular Alli situation | iat n 8s non for an ar 3 decided traction &-CDRHODES | |, | if the Old Boy comes along and offers me enough money, I'll go to hell” Still laughing, Allison telephoned to | the offices of the Midcontinent rail | road, and dashed out to his runabout just in time to see Tim Corman driv ing around the corner in his liveried | He found in President Ur | a spare man | who had worn three vertical creases | in his brow over one thwarted ambi | tion. His rich but gprawling railroad | system ran fairly straight after it was | started for Chicago, and fairly | straight from that point until it | became drunken with the monotony of the western foothills, where it gangled ! angled its way to well way far soutn | arriv- after a and the rattling, from its course direct entrance It approached and was compelled to around, hired fer entrance to coming in which otherwise, ing there dusty and road ! York north, that New from the cireln ad no city. i completely over tracks, to gain a boat inured ry Passengers over well but thes | Midcontinent, Was a nted ! when Ney York, no mat had come iroad road cou journey sight of what di narketir today, vinland made medi mediate provide { ack tube I'm Cor: and then he an drew a wheezy breath. gr d the senile shadow very guage, impossible lan ute of taken in entrance straved mq avery { il room on nis and his glance had ce to the yre than red streaks on the hed ADRCT D# big and terest ue appr con the sight island, I Transporta- un- L1H ened un ng, and I'm think mbpants and job picking up, sw forward his « right been ‘ve and hair. "Some and in s I hold ma is about nteresting of this prop to waste back and only much held two of ntl Urbank leaned knee “The api at re are 8¢ roads nent roach the Mid and they a8 we are the East, and Nugget City, touches g¥ystem any point are prop the L and the Siive IBeless erty wo far and C., in rknob concer: od: in tha we % i : in the est, whieh our White Range branch at its southern termd i nything with ai on » smiled Allison opose to sell these ones However, Mid the to the i I propose to al them.’ remen sorb 'n nineat w with Urbank son's ibered All for. the job lots and rem. traction 1 TTS, and leaned » look at This list isn’t complete,” he judged with a serious 1 Adil rned to #SON in his eye nd Allison to the desk There ro ains an aggregate of three hundred and twenty of road to built in four ches. In addition to wenty-year ontract a hundred-mile strateh of the In. iand Pacific, a track right entry into San Francisco, and this,” he displayed to a preliminary copy of an ordinance, authorizing the immediate building of an eight-track tube through Crescent island to the mainland sibly you can understand project better If 1 show and he spread out his sketch If it had been possible to reverse the process of time and worry and wearing concentration, President Ur. hitched a oser miles be short stret this, I have a t V8 Urbank “Pos- thia whole You a map,” little pocket “All | Know is a Guess, and | Don't Tell Guesses.” with gratification A compliment of this sort from shrewd old Tim Cor man, who was reputed to be the foxi- est man in the world, was a tribute highly flattering That's right.” I know approved Tim. "Al iz a guess, and | don’t tell guesses. This is a big job. though, Fddie A subway to Crescent island. under proper restrictions, is just an ordinary year's work for the boys, but this tube pokes its nose into Oakland | bay.” “I'm quite aware of the size of the | job,” chuckled Allison. “However, Tim, there'll be money enough behind | this proposition to fill that tube with | greenbacka.” Between the narrow-slitted and | puffy eyelids of Tim Corman there gieamed a trace of the old-time genil “Then it's built,” He rose and | leaned on his cane, twinkling down on | the man whom, years before, he had | picked as a “comer.” “I've heard people say that money's wicked, but they never had any. When I die, and from with his Inspection of a brow as smooth Instead, his lips went dry, he craned forward his neck at funny angle. and projected his with the foolish motion of a! that nap as a an goose, “A direct entrance right slam into | the center of New York!" he ex claimed, cracking all his knuckles vio lently one by one “Yedder court! | Where's that?” “That's the best part of the joke,” exulted Allison, with no thought that Vedder court was, at this present mo ment, church property. “It's just where you said-—right slam in the cen. ter of New York: and the building into which the Midcontinent will run Its trains will be also the terminal building of every municipal transpor tation line in Manhattan! From my station platforms passengers from rectly into subway, L.. or trolley. When they come in over the line which is now the Midcontinent, they will be landed, not across the river, or mn some side street, but right at thelr own doors. scattering from the Midcontinent terminal over His voice, which had begun in the mild banter of a man passing an idle joke, had risen to a ring so triumphant that he was | almost shouting. But—but-—wait a minute!” Urbank protested, He was stuttering. “Where {doen the Midcontinent Crescent island tube?” “Right here,” and Allison pointed to his map. “You come out of the tube to the L, and C., which has a long- time tracking privilege over fifty miles of the Towando Valley, and termi nates at Windfield. At Forgeson, how: ever, just ten miles after the L. and IL. leaves the Towando, that road’ “Is crossed by our tracks!” Urbank eagerly Interpreted. “The Midconti- nent, after its direct exit, saves a detour! Then (it's a Straight Allison, get to the on again out west— Why, It will have a three-hundred- mile shorter haul than even the Inland Pacific! You'll put that road out of the business! You'll have the king of transcontinental lines, and none can ever be built that will seve one kink!” as he bent over the map you split off from the Midcontl main line and utilize the White branch; from Silverknob- and his mouth dropped why--why, you cross the range the Inland Pacific's tracks!” and his voice cracked Edward E. Allison, fled to its very fortably, “Here nent’s Range God!” “Why onLen big over own his grati com vanity sat back smoking, Core, smiling and awoke “1 suppose gement,” we can come to he mildly Urbank looked at him still In a daze for a of the creas then they faded away ‘You figured all this out to me,” he 10 8 do we get In? some al suggested and a trace into his moment, 4 came back brow, came remarked ‘On what tern CHAPTER VIIL Golden Altar, drunka decry The Mine for the Vedder Court if weak de Crook and senile cach other leered gave leared arr juarter its space was an the asphs i: t was oo sven for the childrer purpose of a wooden benc upon whick indeed, why been placed inted and and rotted, lke all he reat of the neighborhood they As for its tmuantis; the sort of i had ever uld they? bad long ago it. to become sal, a 1 1OORS sathereplintered exactly expect to were birds one might They find in such foul nesta were of any nations, but of just rieties: stupid and squall furtive; but they they thelr « rowded two main va , or thin and and the SPACES, Wore bore, in poison of «¢ d bad se yr insufficient breathl werage, and unwholesome food an 1 utte of At Gail twin on lectrie the Sargent klingeyved Rufus white beard rippled ond walstcoat button slowly the length of and again, the girl studying every de ui] with acute interest. They stopped Mission blue lettering years of monthly place Coupe freah-cheeked and with her the Manning, § i flown to w hee! was whose his sec They the court back in front of with its ugly nearly erased by Tempie red and once used as a saloon So this is the chrysalis from the butterfly cathedral i= to commented Gall, as Manning door open for her, emerge,” held the and before she rose she peered again around the uninvit. ing “court,” which not even the bright winter sunshine could relieve dinginess; mather, the sun only the more dismal by the ugliness more in detail “This is the mine which the gold which is to gild the altar.” as serted Manning, studying the side walk here. You'll apoil your shoes.” “1 want to see it all this time be " insist and placed one daintily shod foot on the step. “Then I'll have to shame Sir Walter Raleigh,” laughed the silvery-bearded Manning, and, to her gasping surprise, he caught her around the waist and lifted her across to the door, whereat several soiled urchins laughed, and one vinegary-faced old woman grinned, presenting in Manning a familiarly respectful curtsy as he passed. There was no one in the mission ex. cept a broadshouldered man with a roughly hewn face, who ducked his head at Manning and touched his fore. finger to the side of his head. He was placing huge soup kettles in their holes in the counter at the rear of the room, and Manning calied attention to this, “A practical mission,” he explained “We start In by saving the bodies.” “Do you get any further?” inquired Gall, glancing from the empty benches and the atroclously colored “religious” pictures on the walls to the windows, past which eddied a mass of humanity all but submerged in hopelessness, “Bometimes,” replied Manning gravely. "1 have seen a soul or two even here. It is because of these two or three possibilities that the mission is kept up. It might interest you to know that Market Square church spends fifteen thousand dollars a year in charity relief in Vedder court nlone.” Call's eyelids closed, her lashes curved on her cheoks for an instant, and the corners of her lips twitched. / “And how much a year does Market Square church take out of Vedder court?” “I was walting for that bit of im- pertinence,” laughed Manning. “I shall be surprised at nothing you say since that first day when you char acterized Market Square church as a remarkably lucrative enterprise, Have you never felt any compunctions of conscience over that?” “Not answered Gall prompt ly. She had started to seat herself on one of the empty benches, but had changed her mind. “If I had been given to any such selfinjustice, however, | should reproach myself now, 1 think Market Square church not only com- mercial but eriminal.” “I'l have to give your tisement,” smiled Manning “These people must live somewhere, and be Yedder court, being property, is exempt from once,” soul a chas Cause where in up where we were don’t because the city if improved bulldings, | they would be gO, would compelled to charge no “In order to make the responded same ra Gall "Out - ph —————————— He Dropped Behind to Slip Something Which Looked Like Money. gont You're ar (O08 good by % th pleturesquely tealth reputation of having been Tell why sare church’ he wicked me you belong to Market Sg Because it's so nkled de sinner “When an old every other clair himself put ywn at her has lost tabilit ¥. vestry.’ He dropped behind on their way the door, resped he bas to to surreptitiously slip sc looked like with the roughly h and as he stood talking, loyd came in, not quite breath , but as if he had hurried here,” he ‘es slender hand in iis eyes turned “You recognized and she You sing lately.” “No.” he replied me to the ewn coun money, lesaly “1 knew sald his own: you were cold. my pink laughed up at him haven't been over to Will you “T'H have the very our music selected,” and. midst of her brightness, the sudden som- in Simple little conversation; quite trivial indeed, but it had been attend ed by much shifting thought. To be gin with, the rector regretted the ne cesgity of disapproving of a young lady so undeniably attractive. She was a pleasure to the eye and a stim | { | | one of pleasure. back to him. ‘The night of the tobog: gan party, when she had stood with her face upturned, and the moonlight gleaming on her round white throat, He had trembled, much to his later sOTrTOW, her warm neck. the visiting niece of one of his vestry: men, who lived next door to the ree tory. Gail jerked her pretty head impa- tently. If Rev. Smith Boyd meant to be as somber as this, she'd rather he'd stay at home, However, he was the rector, and her Uncle Jim was a vestryman, and they lived right next door, “You just escaped a blowing up, Doctor Boyd,” observed “Daddy” Man. ning, joining them, and his eyes twinkled from one to the other. “Our young friend from the West is harsh with the venerable Market Square church.” “Again?” and Rev. Smith Boyd was gracious enough to smile. “What Is the matter with it this time?" “It Is not only commercial, but erim- inal,” smile at red spot repeated Manning, with a sly Gall, who now wore a little in each cheek Rev. Smith Poyd's cold eyes turned green, as he glanced at this daring young person. In offending the dignity of Market Square church she offended his own. “What would you quietly asked “Retire from business,” she In formed him, nettled by the covert gneer at her youth and inexperience laid aside a new perplexity for In moments such as wus far " have us do?’ he ae from minis displayed a quickness of proportion to cause ‘The trouble Market Square church is tha! no God, The creator has to a formula this the rector terial, and he fo out the whole they been reduced Daddy Mamming pain of any answer “You're a religious anar have saved the rector the hist.” he charged Gall Her face softened “Hy “1 am oted follower » divine spirit, the divine law; but for it | yrgotier glie re fh Of the no means,” plied the divine will, not of the chi these things “You don’t ng,” the rector That torted ireh ; ian f« know what told her isn't all What being a be that ilent hould nit Activities Women been graduated school took ight thy in the wo: have an Atlanta attory Found That Enemy Could Shoot A corres fie sends this he pondent, se gE news of himself the Britis} were occupants of in the same the trenches w nose I wpital perience nt He ueighboring He had come perm ith a hole through inquisitive from fre beds ward and he re ere just by was gponsive. ‘I got this Noove Chapel. Pal o' could shoot; | me if 1 give me ‘ead an’ tanner an’ 1 got pipped’ the surgeon could only plug of such a man with cheek mine said the said they em & chance looked at couldn't hit I stuck up 'E got 's Of courses the em Noss Seville Nights. in all the principal plazas and gar dens of Seville moving picture screens are erected and small tables and chairs set out, the exhibitors either making their profits from the drinks rental of chairs at two cents each. Thousands of people go to the different plazas and gardens, and the entire life of the city for about four months centers around these moving picture shows. 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