Show S A A TT H H H irb B TC H alandi JL LILLIAN ft COPY 9 el 0 y ILL CD DE I 1 j 71 cow onmon SYNOPSIS 8 i at a veatry meeting of the market aquaro church gall sargent listens listen 8 to to a d discussion cu salon about the sale anle of tho the church tenements to hdward 0 allison All lson local traction Irac ilon king and when asked her opinion on of ilia iho church chunh by llev smith ooyd boyd ways ays it la Is apparently a lucrative b agneso bUBl u nean e enterprise n ter prise allison takes taken aall riding in h ills Is motor cor car when lio lie suggests Is lie ile ts is entitled to rest real on nn the laurels of hk hit achievements ithe ilie asks ask tho the disturbing question iv why hy aall returning to her uncle jims homo home from her tier drive with al AI ilson finds disapproval in tile the eyen of rev smith heyd wilo who Is calling thero there at d i bobsled party aall finds the world uncomfortably full of men and allison allason tells jim sargent that hat ills his new ambition Is to conquer the world allison allason starts ft a campaign for or and control of V f the entire system of tile tha J j world aall becomes popular allison allason t r gains control of transcontinental traffic find and arranges to absorb the vedder court tenement lri property pio opert perty of market square church gall I 1 visits vedder e adder court and meets coyd there CHAPTER vill VIII continued you are blaming tho the church with a fault which lies iles in the people protested tho the rector shocked and disturbed aud yet feeling it hla his duty to not gall right ilo ile was ashamed of himself for having been severe her in his mind she was less frivolous than lie ho had thought and what 8 sho 0 needed was spiritual instruction the people aro are lukewarm what else could they be with the watery spiritual gruel which the tha church provide retorted gall gail 1 I am antero ced in knowing what your bour particular now new religion would be like remarked daddy manning his twinkling eyes resting affectionately on tier her it would be a return to the simple faith in god gall told him reverently it Is still in tile tho hearts of tho the Pc people ople as aa it will always be but they have nowhere to gather together and worship daddy manning laughed as ho he de that bit of sarcasm according to that wo we are wasting our now new cathedral Absolute absolutely lyt I 1 and it struck the rec tor ator with pain that gall had never looked more beautiful than now with ther cheeks flushed and her brown eyes snapping with ith indignation your cathedral will be a monument built out of the profits wrung from squalor to the vanity of your congregation if I 1 were were the alc dictator of this wonderful city of achievement I 1 would decree that cathedral never to be built and vedder tedder court to be utterly destroyed I 1 it if Is perhaps just no as well that you sare are not the dictator of the city the young rev nev smith boyd gazed down at tier her from hta his six feet of serious purpose with all his bis previous disapproval intensified the history of market square church Is rich with instances of its usefulness in both the spiritual and the material world with evidence of its power for good with justification tor for its existence with reason senior tor its acts you make the corn com rmon mistake of judg judging ingan an entire body from one surface indication do you there is no sincerity no conscience no consecration in market square church ills ilia deep mellow baritone vibrated with the tha defense of tits purpose and that odthe of the institution which ho he represented why do you suppose our vestry vestryman vestrymen men whose time la Is of enormous value find a space amid their busy working hours tor for the affairs of market square church why do you suppose the ladles ladies of our guild who have agreeable pursuits tor for every of the day givia their time to committee and charity work vork lie he paused for a hesitant moment why klo do you suppose I 1 am so eager for tho building ou on american soil of the most 1 house of worship in the world gas pretty upper tipper lip curled personal ambition 1 she snapped and without waiting to see the pallor which holcli shuck his face to stone she heeled her way out through the mud ito her coupe CHAPTER IX ithe storm center of magnetic at traction brother dones bones said interlocutor ted teasdale commandingly commanding with ft ath his knuckles on his right knoo and his elbow at the proper angle yes nes sir mr interlocutor replied willis cunningham cunnincham whose black faco face makeup seemed marvelously absurd to in connection with fits brown vandyke andele an dyLe brother dones bones when does everybody love a storm 1 I dont know mr air interlocutor ad emitted brother dones bones cunningham touching ching its his kinky wig with the tip ol 01 0 one finger when boes everybody love a storm interlocutor ted teasdale roved hla his eye over the assemblage of fifty or anore in his own ballroom and in a superior fashion the ebony faced semicircle of impromptu minstrels banded together that morning leaned forward with anticipatory grins they had heard beard the joke in rehearsal tit fit was a corker when its a gall gail he replied whereat gall sargent at af whom every body looked and laughed flushed pret prat atily and the bones and tambos made flourish and the interlocutor arts ans W bounced that the self bell help glee gibe club would now sing that entrancing ditty entitled alary had a little lettla calf it was waa only in 1 tho the blossom of the evening at ted Toas Teas dales country house tho the sama being about eleven 0 clock I 1 and the oance was still to be gin lucile Teas dales vivid idea for making tier her house party notable was to induce their guests to amuse themselves and their set had depended upon hired entertainers for so long that we the idea had bad all tho the charm of distinct novelty finet fine no end of I 1 ti one could always be sure sura of having a lively time around luclle lucile and ted Ten teasdale sdale and arly fosland gerald fosland was at thin party fine chap gerald anil beautifully decent in his bis attentions to arly pity they wore were so rotten blied with each other ether but there thera you yo each should have married a blonde gall gail sargent fairly scintillated with enjoyment she had never attended so brilliant a house party ter her own set bak home had a lot of tun fun but this eftis in some way different the were no more clever but there were wore clever people among them that was vaa it there had been a wider range from which to pick which was why annew in new york there were so many circles and circles within circles the men whom luclle lucile and arly had collected were an especial joy they had bad all the accomplished outward symbols of fervor without any of its oppressive insistence gall as an agreeable duty to her new found self experimented with sever alot alof them and found them most amusing and pleasant but nothing more disturbing dick rodley was the most persistent and in spite of the tact fact that he be was so flawlessly handsome as to excite ridicule gall found herself by and by defending him against her own iconoclastic sense of humor he reached her after the minstrel show while houston van aloon and willis cunningham were still I 1 struggling profanely with their burnt cork and he be 19 stole her from under the very eyes of jack earlby while that smitten youth was exchanging wit at a tremendous loss with caustic arly fosland have you seen the new century plant in the conservatory dick asked beaming down downa Lher his bis black oy oyes es glowing like coals lie he strolled with gall to the seat scat behind the rose screen but it was fully engaged and he led the way out toward the geranium alcove where la Is the century plant t ile ho was a tremendously pleasant fellow whon when she walked through a crowded room with dick she know knew from brofn the S there thera Is no century plant he shamelessly confessed looks of admiration just what people were saying baying that they were an extraordinary tra handsome couple there Is ia no century plant he shamelessly confessed 1 I knew it and she laughed 1 I dont mind admitting that it was a point blank lie lie he cheerfully told tier her 1 I wanted to get you out here alone all to myself and ills his voice went down two tones lie he did it so prettily lyl my happy happy childhood days laughed gall the boys boya used to talk that way on the way horns home from school 1 I 1 dont doubt it and dick smiled appreciatively the dullest sort of a boy would find himself saying nice things to you but I 1 shall stop it oh please dont begged gall you are so delightful at it lie he pounced on a corner halt hidden bidden by a tub of terns ferns there was no bench there but it was at lear semi isolated and he leaned gracefully against the window ledge looking down at her earnestly no as she stood outlined against the green of the ferns in her gown of delicate blue sparkling with opalescent flakes 0 just the trouble rouble he pla ined 1 I dont wish you to bf be aware that I 1 am saying saving what you cali pretty things I 1 wish instead to be effective and there was waa a roughness in his bla voice which had bad come for tile the first time she bho was a trifle startled by it and she lowered tier her eyes before the steady gaze which he poured down on her why he was in carn earnest estl then tako take me to luclle lucile she smiled up at him and strolled in toward ill tho ballroom willis cunningham met thon at the door you promised me the first dance he breathlessly in formed unit gall lie he had been bee n walking rapidly ive the second one remember gall dick reminded her as ho he glanced around the ballroom tor for his own partner but gall distinctly felt tits hla eyes following her as she walked away with cunningham 1 I know knoo now of what hat your profile reminds me cunningham told her the Charra Char eaux meaux praying nymph it Is tho the most moat spiritually beautiful of all the pictures in the louvre 1 I wonder which to is the stronger emotion in me just now she returned gratified vanity or curiosity 1 I hops hope its the latter smiled cunningham ning ham 1 I recall now a gallery in ia which there to Is a very good copy of the Char Ch anneaux meaux canvas and id be delighted to take you ill go with pleasure promised gall and cunningham turned to her with a grateful smile 1 I would prefer to show you original he ventured oh ob look at them tuning their drums cried gall gail and he thought that she bho had entirely missed his hint that 1 I at tho the keenest delight in his life would bo be to lead her through the louyre louvre and from thence to a perspective of picture gailer galleries dazzling with all the hues of the spectrum and as long as life eifel lie ho had other things which he be wanted to say but he be calculatingly r reserved e them for the day of the picture v viewing lowing when he would have her exclusive attention so through the it dance he be talked of 13 tt 3 tar far from his heart ile he was a nice chap too dick rodley was on hand with the last stroke ot of the music to claim her tor for hla his dance dy by one of those waves i ot of unspoken agreement gall gail was being rus rushed bed it was her night and she ahe enjo enjoyed it to tile the full van aloon danced with her danced conscientiously keeping perfect time to the music avoiding with practiced adroitness every possible pocketing or even hero hem contacts with surrounding couples and acquitting himself of lightly turned observations at the expiration pi ration of oc about every seventy seconds ands lie he quite approved of her extraordinarily tra so ile he had never met a girl who approached so near the thousand per cent grade of perfection by all the blue ribbon points paints it was while she waa enjoying her second restful dance with vau van aloon that gall swinging with him near the south windows heard beard the honk of an auto horn born and near the conclusion of the dance saw allison standing in the doorway of the ballroom with his hands bands in his pockets watching her with a smile her eyes lighted with pleasure and she nodded gayly to him over van tall shoulder when the dance stopped she aha was on this the far side of the room and was instantly the center ot of a buzzing little knot of dancers from out of which carefree laughter radiated like visible flashes bashes of musical sound she emerged from the group with the arms of two iwo bright eyed girls around her waist and met allison sturdily breasting the currents which had set towards the conservatory the drawing rooms or the buffet nobody has saved me a dance he complained nobody expected you until tomorrow gall all smilingly returned introducing him to the girls ill beg you ono one of my dances from ted or somebody one will he be enough for me unless you can steal me some more of your own he told her glancing down at her from to blue pointed slippers with calm appreciation you are looking great tonight and his gaze came back to rest in her glowing eyes iler her fresh color had been heightened by the excitement of the evening but now an added flush swept lightly over her cheeks and passed ill see what I 1 can cai do she speculated looking at her dance card 1 I think one Is all you get im lucky even to have that declared c ared allison in content the fourth dance down that will just give me time to punish tile tho buffet im hungry as a bear I 1 started out here without my dinner her next partner came in search of tier her presently and the music struck up and allison All lson nodding to his many acquaintances jovially for lie he was in excellent humor in these days of building and planning and clearing ground for an entirely now new superstructure of life circled around to the dining room where le he ha performed savage feats at the buffet soon he was vas out again standing quietly at the edge of things and watching gall with keen pleasure both when she danced and when in tho the intermissions the gallants of the party gravitated to her like needles to a magnet her popularity pleased him biro and flatt flattered eTed him suddenly he be caught eight bight ot of eldridge babbitt a middle aged man who was watching a young v woman oman with the same pleasure allison was experiencing in the contemplation temp lation of gall call just the man I 1 wanted to see an bounced allison All lson making his way to babbitt T 1 have a new freightage proposition tor for the national dairy products babbitt brightened visibly lie hart had been missing something keenly these past two days and now all at once he realized what it was business 1 I cant see aee any possible now new angle returned babbitt cautiously and with a backward glance at the dashing young mrs alra babbitt lie ile headed instinctively for the library laughingly gall finished her third dance down she had enjoyed several sparkling encounters enco untera in passing with dick rodley and sho she was buoyantly exhilarated as she started to stroll from the floor with her partner she had wanted to find cherub marion kenneth and together they walked through the conservatory and the dining room and the deserted billiard room with its bright light on the green cloth and all the rest of the rooms in dimness there was a nar row space at one point between the tha chairs and the table and it unexpectedly wedged them into close contact I 1 I 1 she was waa glad to rescue herself from the whirl of anger with a 9 sharp intake of his bis breath the fellow a ruddy faced thick necked full lipped young man who had bad followed her with his eyes all evening suddenly turned and caught her in hla his embrace gall turning hurried out of the side door to the veranda her knees were trembling but the fresh cold air steadied her and she walked the full length ot of the wide porch trying instinctively to forget the 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