Putnam patriot., 1911-04-14

troness. indeed; its main pc cuniary pillar. In recent years her husband had made great fortune,
 and he had bought country seat at
 Bayside, which was the fashionable thing to do. and Mrs. Harwood had
 jeined St. Paurs.
 It had become more and more the custom for the holders of country seats
 10 come down from the city for the
 week end, even in winter. but they
 rarely went to church. It was Mrs
 Morton Harwood's belief that they
 could be made te go to St. Paul's
 In regard to this matter she called
 upon James Kelvin, the stationer for
 merly active in the Hffairs of the z church. but fallen of late into an ana-
 tbv which seemed to he working like
 a dry rot throughout the congregation To Mir. Kelvin the lady suggested the E displacement of the present minister
 who was very willing to go and the a calling of some one in his stead who x svould wield the requisite social infiu- enee-"some one, said she. who can
 laingle with our wealthy people on sterms of equality
 # Mrs Harwood. by the way, was not
 quite able as yet to do this herself but
 sha had one foot over the threshold Rand could see within. She had reason
 to believe that the Rev Philip Lee g Winslow. member of one of the most
 exclusive families in the country. could Z be secured for St. Pauls. He was at
 present in charge of chapel of Grace & church in the city
 # He would be an ideal man for us." < said Mrs. Harwo0d.
 E Mir. Kelvin had no objection He agreed to see several other men in the
 matter. and none of them objected. It
 might not be quite true to say that S they did not care. but it is certain that #fhcy did not exhibit the old time inter 2 est However. they mustered a quo rum at the necessary meeting, and the $ Rev Philip Lee Winslow was called to $ St Paurs of Bayside.
 & Mr. Winslow was a tall. spare young % man with q broad chest and the gen
 eral look of one inured to outdoor eX- 2 ercises. Ills blue eyes were very
 bright. partly by contrast with his bronzed skin, and his teeth were white and perfect Bayside admitted that < he was fine figure of man" His E welcome came naturally from Mrs. z Harwood and her circle, and his ap- 2 pearance in the pulpit of St. Paul's
 was signalzed by the advent of sev-
 eraI large automobiles that never be- fore had been seen waiting outside the church. He was a success in the
 higher social circles, but singularly enough bis own preference seemed to H be for the company of the common # people and especially for James Kel- win and his family
 Kelvin had u very pretty daughter,
 Annie, nineteen at the time, and two boys some years younger The Rev $ MT. Winslow liked to spend an hour s pr two at the Kelvin house of an even Hing singing with Annie or playing the accompaniments for her songs. and he would sometimes enthrall the boys with tales of his unces great stock *flrm, where there were hundreds of \ blooded horses. some of them as wild &as Zebras and not to be ridden by any 8living man except one that had the Especial gift.
 # You could hear the new pastors
 praises from any of the Kelyins. and
 lo one spoke i'll of him. though some #said that he was not overeXertins ..h mself for the rejuvenation of the #church The fact is that there WAS no
 great change throughout the winter.
 St Paul's drifted along in the same
 apathy as before. When the pastor
 was asked what he thought of it he
 would only say; "The situation is very
 difficult. l am endeavoring to get al
 the root of the trouble" # In March there came to Mrs. liar
 woods house distinguished guest. $ He was a tenor of the first rank, or
 very near it. who had sung in grand
 opera during the winter. but was now
 in retirement because of an alterca- < tion with reporter in which the lat
 ter had sustained some slight damage.
 His name was Kassimir or thus he