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

For Just one pecond tho rector's
mother felt an impulse 10 shake Tod
Boyd, GAN Sargent was young lady
Of whom aay young man might ap
prsve--and what was the matter with
Tod' She was beginning 10 be humili-
ated by the fact that, at thirty.two. he
had no, lost his head and made fool
of himself. to the point OF tight shoes
and poetry. over a girl.
Why" and ths voice OF Mrs Boyd
was not cold aa she had meant II TO
be She had suddenly felt some tug OF
sympathy for Tod.
We'll. for one thing. she has a most
dissgreeabie lack OF reverence" he
stated.
Reverence" and Mrs BOYD knitted
her brows Il don't believe you quite
understand her. She has tho most
beautifully simple religious faith that
] have ever seen. Tod"
Tho Rev Smith Boyd watched his
soup disappearing. as II 1t we're some
curious moving object 10 which his at.
tention had just been called.
"Mias Sargent claims to have a new
religion" he observed. she has said
most unkind things about Market
Square church. She says that II is n
strictly commercial institution. and
that its motive In desiring to build the
new cathedral In vanity"
) He omitted to mention Calls further
charge that his own motive in desl<fnx
the now cathedral was personal ambi-
ton Candor did not compel that ad.
mission, II did not become him to act
from pqued personal pride.
Mrs lloyd studied him as he ga1ed
somherly ut his nsh. and the wrinkles
once more returned to her eyes, AZ
aha made up her mind 10 cure Tod's
irrItabiity.
Il am ashamed OF You" she told her
ron This girl IL scarcely twenty II
remember rightly, and I'm sure that
| do. you came 10 me at about twenty.
and confessed TO logical disbelief in
the theory Of creation, which included
~ course. disbelief IN the Creator
You were an iuhdCL an atheist, You
were going 70 reiinqnish your sfudies
and give up all though, IL the church"
Tho deep red " the Rev Smith
Hovds face testified 10 the truth OF
this cruel charge, and he pushed back
his nSh permanently,
Il most humbly confess" no stated.
and indeed he had wrlthed In spirit
many times over that remembrance
However. mother, ! have since dis.
covered that 10 be a transitional stage
through which every theological siu.
den, passes
Yet you won't allow Il to girl"
charged Mrs BOYD, with the severity
which she could much better have ex.
pressed With laugh. When you dis.
cover that this young lady. who seems
TO be In every way delightful. is 80
nisled as 10 criticize the motives OF
Market Square church. you withdraw
into your dignity. with the privilege Of
q iayman. and announce tha, you DO
not approve OF her What she needs,
Tod, Ia 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 cogitstion into
which this reproof had thrown him.
Mother. have been wrons." he
admitted. and ne seemed ever so
much brighter for the confession He
drew his Ash toward him and ate It
Later the Rev Smith Boyd present
Oh himself at James Sargents house,
with new light shining in his heart;
and hr had blue eyes. He had come
90 show Gail the way and the light
I, she had doubts, aud lack Of faith.
and fiqpsut reverence. Il Was his
duty ~ nt patient with her, for this
was the taNlt 81 youth. he had been
youthful himself
GaNs eyclds dropped ard the cor
nerS or her lvs tWHched when Rev,
Smith roy5s name WAS brought up
70 her bu, she dtd her hair In another
WAY. htSh on her head instead ot low
on hor neck. and then she went down.
newilderiuE In hec simple little dark
Niue velvet cut round ~ the neck
4 was afraid that your voice was
ont" remarked Gait. III 4 tone sug,
xrsiiva OF the fact that that would be
sr~xsdy indeed; and she sAssn hAak