The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1915-11-26

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quits diaaeult Nevertheless. he had
q duty To perform. Mechanically he
had taken his place at the piano
standing straight and tall. and his
blue eyes Eoftened as they automat
ically fell ON the piece OF music she
had opened. or course IL was their IA
vorfte. the one in which their voices
had scared In the most perfect uni
son Gail glanced up at hin a. abe
brushed purely imaginary neck Of
dust from the keys. For an instant
the brown eyes and the blue ones met
He was u tremendously nice fellow
after all, But what was worrying him
Before We sting should like to take
up Eraver matters" he began. feel
Ing at q tremendous disadvantage in
tho presence Of the masic. To obyiate
this, he drew up 3 chair. and sat fac
Ing her. Il have called this evening
In the capacit: OF your temporary
rector"
Calls eyelids had . tendency to
flicker down. but she restrained them.
She was adorable when she looked
prisn that way Her lips were like q
rosebud. Rev Smith Boyd himself
thought OF the smile, and cast II DO.
hind him.
you are most kind" she told him.
suppressing the imps and demons
which struggled to pop into her eyes
u have been greatly disturbed by
the length TO which your unbelIef has
apparently gone" the young rector
went on. and having plunged into this
opening he began TO breathe more
freely. This WAS familiar ground
Gall rested a palm on tho edge OF
the bench behind her. and leaned back
facing him. supported on one beauti.
, fully modelled arm. Her face had set
seriously now.
However" went on the rector, Il
do not expect TO be able to remove
the spiritual errors, which | am com
PEELED to Judge that you have accu-
mulated. by any other means than
patient logic" he resumed. May |
discuss these matters with YOU" His
voice was grave and serious. and full
OF earnest sincerity. and the musical
quality alone Of II made patient. log
ical discussion seem attractive,
III you like" she assented. smiling
at him with willtul deception. The
!cked thought had occurred TO her
Eat II might be her own duty to
broaden his spiritual understanding.
Thank you" he accepted gravely,
III you will give me an hour or so
each week | shall BE- very happy"
Il am nearly always at home on
Tuesday and Friday evenings" sug.
gcsted Gall. Scarcely anyone calls
before cightthirty. and we have din.
ner quite early on those evenings. "
She began to be sincerely interested
In the project. She had never given
herself time to quite exactly define
her own attitude towards theology as
distinct from religion, and she felt
that she should do II, u for no other
reason than to avoid making impul,
sive oyerstatcments. Rev Smith Boyd
would hclp her to look sQuarely into
her own mind and her own scnl. Tor
no had very active Intelligence. and
was moreover. the most humanity
torceful cleric she had ever met. Be
sides. they could always finish by
singing
Il shall make arrangements to be
over IA early as YOU will permit de-
clared the rector, warmly aglow with
tho idea we shall begin with the
very beginnings OF things, and step
by step. develop, hope, a logical
justinca;son Of the vast spiritual revo.
luton which has conquered the
world"
Il should Ike nothing better"
unused Gail. and since Rev, Smith
Boyd rose and stood behind her and
hlled his lungs. she turned 10 the
piano and struck preliminary chord,
which, she trAlled of into q tinklinx
little run. by way OF friendly greeting
to the piano.
We shall begin with the creation. -
pursued the rector. dwelling. With
pleasure, on the idea OF . thorough
progress through the maIes OF reiig,
ioas growth. There we're certain
vague points which he wanted to clear
UP for himself
And wind up with vedder court. ="
She had not meant to say that II
Just popped into her mind. and popped
oT the end OF her tongue.
Even that will be taken up In It's
due logical sequence, and Rev, Smith
RoSd rrided himself on having al
ready displayed the patience which
he had come expressly TO exercise,
Gail was Immediately aware that
he WAS exercising patience, He had
rerroved her, nevertheless, and quite
co,dly Ter sst!ag violated the tacit
agreement to take up the different
phases Of their wctshiy topic only lin
their due logical sequence" The rec
tor IN this emergency, would have
found no answer which would stand
the test. but Gail had the immease al.
vantage Of femtain,ty.
1t altogether depends at .hich end
we start our sequence. she sweetly
reminded MY own impression Ia