Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1915-12-03
CHAPTER xI-continued.

eo, inst one second the rector s
,.tber felt an impulse to shake Tod
gmi Gail Sargent was a young lady
4 whom any young man might ap-
,me-and what was the matter with
mn She was beginning to be humili-
nj by the fact that, at thirty-two, he
Nd mt lost his head and made fool
himself, to the point Of tight shoes
I'D poetry, over a girl.
Thy?" and the voice Of Mrs. Boyd
us not cold as she had meant it to
n She had suddenly felt some tug of
Sympathy for Tod.
We'll, for one thing, she has a most
Uagreeable lack of reverence" he
Thted
ReVerence?" and Mrs. Boyd knitted
Sg brOws. 81 don't believe you quite
uieBtand her. She has the most
Faithfully simple religious faith that
lATe ever seen, Tod"
The Rev. Smith Boyd watched his
coup disappearing, as if it were some
atOuS moving object TO which his at
tGton had just been called.
Miss Sargent claims to have new
NlgOn he observed. "She has said
most unkind things about Market
Square church. She says that it is a
Eictly commercial institution, and
Tits motive in desiring to build the
EW cathedral is vanity"
lie omitted to mention Calls further
Charge that his own motive in desiring
he new cathedral was personal ambi-
toa Candor did not compel that adj
Mission. It did not become him to act
non pQued personal pride.
Mrs, Boyd studied him as he gazed
Nnberly at his fish, and the wrinkles
@ce more returned to her eyes, as
&c made up her mind to cure Tod's
rhability.
lam ashamed of you" she told her
A This girl is scarcely twenty. If
remember rightly, and I'm sure that
''A you came to me, at about twenty,
Ha confessed to logical disbelief In
70 'Aeory of creation, which included,
y course, disbelief in the Creator.
'Vu we're an infdel, an atheist. You
we going to relinquish your studies
NC give up all thought of the church"
'le deep red of the Rev. Smith
%uS lace testified to the truth of
" VS. cruel charge, and he pushed back
vs. lSh permanently.
most humbly confess" he stated,
ny indeed he had writhed in spirit
= -Iay times over that remembrance.
aOSever, mother, l have since dis
~'sFed that to be a transitional stage
IO0sA which every theological stu
tat passes"
's' you won't allow it to a GIRL"
y Mrs. Boyd, with the severity
~l'a sne could much better have ex-
. "'sssu with a laugh. When you dis
! ,' II mat this young lady, who seems
49,, y' ID every way delightful, is so
y. NJ as to criticize the motives Of
J.. as' Square church, you withdraw
!, ~ your dignity, with the privilege of
!. .'man' and announce that you do
!" approve of her. What she needs.
S religious instruction"
A.. "1S mad carefully ironed out the
=. lVie wrinkles around her blue
~ W the time her son looked up
~, The profound cogitation into
w, ,nls repToof had thrown him.
~. AO'ler' l have been wrong" he
- as''Sa' and he seemed ever so
A., ~ pIlshter for the confession. He
us nsh toward him and ate it.
|. w., Inc Rev. Smith Boyd present
~ -'nself at James sargent's house,
~ new light shining in his heart;
! rs had blue eyes. He had come
~, Nv" Gail the way and the light.
- Is had doubts, and lack of faith,
4. AIppant reverence. It was his
~ ~ 70 be patient with her, for this
,,@.s ne fault Of youth. He had beer
" c himself.
~ ~ IS eyelids dropped and the cor
ma " Aer lips twitched when Rev.
NJ a BOyd's name was brought up
NJ ~ !, cut she did her hair in another
= ulsh on her head instead of low
hriIs,le ek' and then she went down,
NJ -slns in her simple little dark
: ,svet cut round at the neck.
a., vas afraid that your voice was
,ss.;,. ,enarked Gail, in a tone sug-
t,s. ,S q the fact that tbs. would be
indeed md abe began haul