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meeting of the Market
Gall Bargent listens to
discussion about the sale of the church
tenements: to Edward E. Allison, loeal
traction king, and when asked her opin-
fon of the church by Rev. Smith Boyd, |
saye it Is apparently a lucrative business
enterprise. Allison takes Gall riding In
his motor car. When he suggests he Is
antitled to rest on the laurels of his
achievements she asks the disturbing
question: “Why 7" Gall, returning to her |
Uncle Jim's home from her drive with Al-
fison, finds cold disapproval in the eyes |
of Rev. Smith Boyd, who Is calling there, }
At a bobsled party Gall finds the world |
uncomfortably full of men, and Allison |
tells Jim Sargent that his new ambition |
is to conquer the world. Allison starts a |
campaign for consolidation and control of
the entire transportation system of the
world. Gall becomes popular. Allison |
gains control of transcontinental traffic
and arranges to absorb the Vedder court
tanement property of Market Square
church, Gall visits Vedder court and meet.
ing Boyd there, tells him that the cathe
dral Market Square church proposes to
build will be out of profits wrung from
squalor. She becomes the center of mag
weiie attraction for the men of her aunt's |
social set At a meeting of the seven
financial magnates of the country, Alil-
SOT nizes the International Transpor-
t: 1 company
At A vestry
Square «aurch
CHAPTER XI—Continued.
For just second the rector's
mother felt an impulse to shake Tod
Boyd. Gail Sargent was a young lady
whom any young man might ap
prove-—and what was the matter with
Tod? She was beginning to be humili-
ated by the fact that, at thirty-two, he
had not lost his head and made a fool
to the point of tight shoes
and poetry, over a girl.
“Why?” and the voice of Mrs. Boyd
not cold as she had meant it to
She had suddenly felt some tug of
sympathy for Tod i
Well, for one thing, she has a most |
he
one
of
op
ail,
was
be.
disagreeable lack of reverence”
stated
“Reverence?” and Mrs. Boyd knitted |
her brows. “1 don’t believe you quite
understand her She has the most
beautifully simple religious faith that
I have ever seen, Tod."
The Rev. Smith Boyd watched his |
p disappearing, as if it were some |
fous moving object to which his at- |
tention had just been called
“Miss Sargent claims to have a new
religion,” he observed. “She has said |
unkind things about Market |
Square church. She says that il is a
strictly commercial institution, and
that its motive in desiring to build the
new cathedral is vanity.”
S50U
cur
most
He omitted to mention Gail's further
charge that his own motive in desiring
the new cathedral
tion
mission
was personal ambi
Candor did not compel that ad-
it did not become t
bim to act
fron
Mrs. Boyd studied him as he gazed
somberly at his fish, and t
returned
p her mind
piqued personal pride.
he twinkles
more to her eyes, as
ade nu to cure Tod's
lity
“1 am ashamed of you.” she told her
“This girl is scarcely
I remember rightly, sure that
I do, you me, at about twenty,
and confessed to a logical disbelief in |
S01. twenty It}
and I'm
came to
the theory of creation, which included
of course, a digbelief the Creator
idel, an atheist. You
were going to relinquish your studies |
ind give up
in
You were an
all thought of the church.” !
The deep red the Rev. Smith
Boyd's face testified to the truth
thie cruel charge, and he pushed back i
his fish permanently.
of
of
“1 most humbly confess.”
and indeed he had writhed
many times over that remembrance
“However, mother, 1 have since dis!
covered that to be a transitional stage |
through which every theological stu. |
dent passes.”
“Yet you won't allow it to a girl,” |
charged Mrs. Boyd, with the severity
which she could much better have ex.
pressed with a laugh. “When you dis
cover that this young lady. who seems |
to be in every way delightful, is so |
misled as to criticize the motives of |
Market Square church, you withdraw |
he stated,
in spirit
a layman, and announce that ‘you do |
not approve of her.” What she needs,
Tod, is religious instruction.”
She had carefully ironed out the
tiny little wrinkles around her blue |
eyes by the time her son looked up |
from the profound cogitation into!
which this reproof had thrown him.
“Mother, 1 have been wrong,” he |
admitted, and he seemed
much brighter for the confession.
drew his fish toward him and ate it
Later the Rev. Smith Boyd present. |
and he bad blue eyes. He had come
and flippant irreverence, it was his
duty to be patient with her, for this
was the fault of youth. He had been
youthful himself.
Gail's eyelids dropped and the cor
ners of her lips twitched when Rev,
Bmith Boyd's name was brought up
to her, but she did her bair in another
way. high on her head instead of low
on her neck, and then she went down,
bewildering in her simpla little dark
blue velvet cut round at the neck.
“f was afraid that your voice was
out,” remarked Gall, in a tone sug
gestive of the fact that that would be a
tragedy indeed; and she began haul
mr
x
“You haven't been
C.D.RIHODLS
ing forth music.
over for so long.”
Rev. Smith Boyd colored. At times
the way of spiritual instruction was
quite difficult. Nevertheless, he nad
a duty to perform. Mechanically he
taken his place at the plano,
standing straight and tall, and his
blue eyes softened as they automat-
ically fell on the piece of music she
Of course it was their fa-
vorite, the one in which their volces
had soared In the most perfect uni-
son.
For an instant
the brown eyes and the blue ones met
He was a tremendously nice fellow, |
after all. But what was worrying him?
“Before we sing 1 should like to take
up graver matters,” he began, feel |
ing at a tremendous disadvantage in |
the presence of the music. To obviate |
this, he drew up a chair, and sat fac- |
ing her
in the
“I have called this evening |
capacit: of your temporary |
Gail's eyelids had a tendency to!
flicker down, but she restrained them. |
She was adorable when she looked
prim that way. Her lips were like a
rosebud. Rev. Smith Boyd
thought of the sinile, and
him.
“You are most kind,” she told him,
suppressing the and demons
which struggled to pop into her eyes
“1 have been greatly disturbed by
the length to which your unbelief has |
apparently gone,” the young rector
went on, and having plunged into this |
he began to breathe more
This was familiar ground.
on the
himself |
cast it be- |
imps
freely
Gall rested a palm edge of |
facing him, supported on
fully modeled arm. |
seriously now
“However,' on the rector. “1
not expect able to remove
the spiritual errors, which I am com-
pelled to judge
mulated, by any
logic,” he
beauti- |
ier face had set!
one
3
went
do to be
that you have accu
means than
resumed “May 1
His
serious, and full |
and the musical |
made patient, log-
attrac
assented,
other
voice was grave and
earnest
alone of It
discussion
“If ¥
him
of sincerity,
seem tive
like,” she
with wiliful
thought had
might be
ou smiling
deception. The
wecurred her
her own to
to
duty
understanding
accepted gravely
an hour or so
very happy.”
always at home
Friday evenings"
“Scarcely
that it
Thank
will
he
you,”
you give me
I shall be
nearly
and
Gail.
week,
“1 am on
Sug
anyone calls
we have din
evenings.”
interested
never given
herself to exactly define
her own- attitude towards theology as
distinct from religion, and she felt
that she should do it, if for no other
than avoid making impul
erstatements. Rev. Smith Boyd
would help her to look squarely into
gested
and
ner
She
quite early those
began to be sincerely
project. She had
time quite
on
to
sive ov
he had a very active Intelligence. and
was, moreover, the most humanly |
Be- |
they could finish by |
singing.
“I shall make arrangements to be |
over as early as you will permit,” de- |
clared the rector, warmly aglow with |
the idea. “We shall begin with the |
very beginnings of things, and, step |
by step, develop, I hope, a logical
justification of the vast spiritual revo i
lution which has conquered the!
world.”
“1 should like nothing better,”
mused Gall, and since Rev. Smith
Boyd rose and stood behind her and
filled his lungs, she turned to the
plano and struck a preliminary chord,
which she trailed off into a tinkling
little run, by way of friendly greeting
to the plano,
“We shall begin with the creation.”
the rector, dwelling, with
pleasure, on the idea of a thorough
progress through the mazes of relig-
fous growth. There were certain
vague points which he wanted to clear
sides, always
MAnd wind up with Vedder court.”
She had not meant to say that. It
Just popped into her mind, and popped
“Even that will be taken up in its
due logical sequence.” and Rev. Smith
Boyd prided himself on having al
ready displayed tin patience which
he had come expressly to exercise
Gail was Immediately aware that
he was exercising patience. He had
reproved her, n@ertheless, and quite
coldly, for having violated the tacit
agreement to take up the different
phases of their weighty tople only “in
their due logical sequence.” The rec
tor, in this emergency, would have
found no answer which would stand
the test, but Gail had the Immense ad
vantage of femininity,
“It altogether depends at which end
we start our sequence,” she sweetly
reminded. “My own impression is
that we should begin at Vedder court
and work back to the creation. Ved:
der court needs immediate attention.”
That was sufficient. When Allison
called, twenty minutes later, they
were at it hammer and tongs. There
was a bright red spot in each of Gail's
cheeks, and Rev. Smith Boyd's cold
eyes were distinctly green! Allison
had been duly announced, but the
combatants merely glanced at him,
and finished the few remarks upon
which they were, at the moment, en-
gaged. He had been studying the tab-
leau with the interest of a connois-
seur, and he had devoted his more
earnest attention to Rev. Smith Boyd.
“So glad to see you," sald Gall con-
ventionally, rising and offering him
her hand. ¢If there was that strange
thrill in his clasp, she was not aware
of it,
“l only ran In to see if you'd like
to take a private car trip in the new
subway before it is opened,” offered
Allison, turning to shake hands with
Rev, Smith Boyd. “Will you join us,
doctor?”
For some reason a new sort of
jangle had come into the room, and
it affected the three of them. Allison
was the only one who did not notice
that he had taken Gail's acceptance
"
“You might tell us when,” she ob-
served, transferring the flame of her
eyes from the rector to Allison. *1
“No, you
informed her; “because
any hour you set.”
it will be at
was fairly beat
en, her white teeth flashed at him
humor. “Suppose
tomorrow morning.”
that hour,” stated Do«
answer to a glance
Allison. He felt it his
in touch with public im
Also, duty
that she
we Say
o'clock
“I am free at
loyd, in
inquiry from
duty to keep
provements
beneath his
“You'll
think,” and
very much interested, |
Allison glowed with the
pride of achievement,
then he suddenly grinned.
at the
waiting
be
TH
ue
subway stops edge of Vedder
court
There was another
embarrassment, in
Rev, Smith Boyd
not to glance at
however,
of
little
which
pause
Gall and
were very careful
each
Rev
other
Smith Boyd
and without conscious men
fold the sheet of music which had long
the
edge
laced on
at the
since been § plano.
“Why stop of
as if the words
of her by the
the music radk,
the removal the
“Why not go on
through, and demolish Vedder court?
it is a scandal and a disgrace to civi
lization, and city, as
its present proprietors!
little jerk, much
been jolted out
ward slam
had
SONNE.
awk
of which
succeeded of
straight
to the well as
Veddeor
annihilated, torn
to
court
down, burned
of the earth!
uld condemn
should be
up, swept from the face
The board
it as
mmission sh
of health
the
condemn
insanitary,
building o« ould
it an unwhole
some!”
Rev Smith Boyd had been 14
in a strong wrestle within himself,
the spirit finally Conquered the h
held his tongue. He remem
bered that Gall was young, and yout!
to extravagant
of forbearance
his aid that he
able to acknowledge how beautiful she
was when she was stiffened
Allison had been viewing her
mingled admiration and respect
“By George, that's a great idea.” he
thoughtfully commented “Gail, 1
think I'll tear down Vedder court
vou!
m
and he
was
His spirit
strongly to
prone impulse
caine gO
Was even
for
CHAPTER XII.
The Survival of the Fittest.
mous jewels, met Gail. Lucile
Arly, Ted Teasdale and Rev. Smith
Boyd, at the foot of the subway stairs,
introduced himself with smiling
ease as Tim Corman, beaming with
much pride in his widespread fame.
“Mr. Allison couldn't be here,” ex.
plained Tim, leading the way to the
brightly lighted private car, “We're
to pick him up at Hoadley park. Miss
Sargent, as hostess of the party, is
to have charge of everything”
The side doors slid open as they ap
proached, and they entered the car
peted and draped car, furnished with
wicker chairs and a well-stocked buf
fet. In the forward compartment were
three responsibledooking men and a
sibles. a fat gentleman who did not
seem to care how his clothes looked,
leaned into the parlor.
“All ready?” he inquired, with an
air of concealing a secret impression
that women had no business here
Tim Corman, who had carefully seen
to it that he had a seat between Gail
and Arly, touched Gail on the glove
“Ready, thank you,” she replied,
glancing brightly at the loosely ar
rayed fat man, and she could see that
immediately a portion of that secret
impression was removed.
With an easy glide, which increased
with surprising rapidity into express
speed, the car slid into the long. glis-
tening tunnel, still moist with the
odors of building,
Tim Corman had adroitly blocked
Gall into a corner, and was holding
her attention.
“Ed Allison is one of the smartest |
boys In New York” he eonthusias. |
tically declared. “Did you ever see
anybody as busy as he is?"
“He seems to bo a very energetic
man,” Gall assented, with a sudden
remembrance of how busy Allison had |
alwavs heen. .
-—
“Cets anything he goes after.” Tim
informed her, and screwed one of his
many-puffed eyes into a wink; at
which significant action Gall looked
out at the motorman. “Never tells
his plans to anybody, nor what he
wants. Just goes and gets it.”
“That's a successful way, 1 should
judge,” she responded, now able to
see the humor of Tim Corman’s vol
unteer mission, but a red spot begin-
ning to dawn, nevertheless, in either
cheek.
“What I like about him is that he
always wins,” went on Tim. “Nobody
in this town has ever passed him the
prunes. Do you know what he did?
He started with two miles of rust and
four horse cars, and now he owns the
whole works.”
Gill knitted her brows. 8he had
hieard something of this marvelous
tale before, and It had interested her.
She had been groping for an explana-
tion of Allison's tremendous force.
“That was a wonderful
ment. How did he accomplish 1t7”
“Made ‘em get off and
boasted Tim, with vast pride in
fact. “Any time Eddie run across
man that had a street car line,
choked it out of him. He's a wizard.”
clouded in
managed to gather
possibly used
his royal
“You mean
po
what metaphor, but
that Allison
first-principle
pathway
that he
methods
Lo success
drove them «
“Pushed off!” chu
“Anybody Allison likes
with the friendly fami
Tim Corman
‘em ckled
18 lucky
of
Tim
' and
Harity
patted the
man, Gall on
“It occurs
apportus
“'m = i posed
ing
1
car,” and
to me that I'm neglecting
Gall, ris
to be running
QOOY
my ities,” observed
this
she
part-
going to the glass
looked into the motorman’s com
which and ha
of mysteric tools
middie of the
ment, was large d seats
in it, and all sorts g
and appliances in
floor
Tim. (
the
orms Allison's personal
right the
ili, 48
niative, was on
invited,
pon Lhe
spot
“Come on oul’ hie and
opened the door, where three
Len
responsibledooking immediately
“Show how It works. Tom
directed
So it Edward E
standing quite alone «
her
Allison,
platform
the
and
and
sores
was (hat
nm the
Park station, saw
trial
approaching iri;
run slowly, and run
dart forwards, and perform
of experimental movements
rushed
car stop
backwards
all
before
with a
the
down to his
girl
brown eyes
platforn
rosy-cheeked
her
lips parted in a
standing at
w heel sparkling. ber
red of ecstatic
k
the
mile
s#8, her hat off and her wavin
. a“
yn hair flowing behind her in
=
p of the wind
Ww
#
introduced Himself With
Ease as Tim Corman.
a highly pleased motorman, while a
short, thick old man, and a careless
fat man, and a man with a high fore
head and ons with a red mustache, all
smiling mdulgently, clogged the space
in the rear. :
Allison boarded the car, and greeted
his guests, and came straight through
to the motorman’'s cage, as Gail, In
response to the clang of the bell
pulled the lever. She was just get
ting that easy starting glide, and she
was filled with pride in the fact
“You should not stand bareheaded
in front of that window.” greeted All
son, almost roughly; and he closed iL
Gail turned very sweetly to the mo
torman.
“Thank you,” she said, and gave him
the lever, then she walked back into
the car. It had required some repres.
sion to avoid recognizing that dicta
torial attitude, and Allison felt that
she was rather drstant, and wondered
what was the matter; but he was a
practical minded person, and he felt
that it would soon Bow over.
“I've been neglecting this view,” she
observed, gazing out into the rapidly
diminishing perspective, then she
glanced up sidewise at the tall young
rector, whose eyes were perfectly
blue,
He answered something or other,
i
i
i
i
:
i
i
“Boosted you to the girl.
a peach!”
Alligon looked quickly back at the
platform, and then frowned on his
zealous friend Tim.
“What did you
about me?”
“Don't you worry, Eddie: it's all
right,” laughed Tim. “1 hinted to her,
#0 that she had to get it, that you're
about the most eligible party in New
York. 1 let her know that no man
in this village has ever skinned you
Bhe wanted to know how you made
this big combination, and 1 told her
you made ‘em all get off; pushed ‘em
off the map. Take it from me. Eddia,
after 1 got through, she knew where
to find a happy home.”
Allison's brows knitted in quick an.
ger, and then suddenly he startied the
subway with its first loud laugh He
understood now, or thought he did,
Gail's distant attitude: but,
Bay, she's
tell Miss Sargent
straighten it out,
“Thanks, Tim,” he chuckled
talk business a minute i
hold up the
tion because | got a idea
night. Those bulldings are unsafe”
“Well, the building
to make
bad
fnew
have considered
Tim
“That's
a living,’
what | think,” agreed All)
Tim Corman looked u at him
shrewdly out of his puffy slits of eves,
p
he
being
forward
girls and Te me
with !
said, and the bush
concluded,
“I get
talk
you,”
¥
n
ORE
went
The
ntly
back pres
arrival, Gail
Boyd
res
and,
brought Hey. Smith into
crowd, whereupon they pived the
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