The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1915-10-22
CHAPTER Iv--canslnued.


y didn't know was" she confessed,
concerned about 1t herself. "All a,
once seem TO look on II as an old
shoe which should be cast aside. l,
IN 20 elaborate to DO 80 little good In
The world. Morality Ia on the In
crease. 90 any page OF history will
SHOW"
Il believe that to bo true" he hast
lily assured her. glad to DO able 10
agree with her upon something.
But II 10 In spite OF the church
not because Of IT," she Immediately
added. You can't say that there ID
a tremendous moral influence In q
congregation which numbers eight
hundred. and sends less than City "a
services. The balance show their de-
votion TO Christianity by q quarterly
check"
Rev, Smith Boyd felt unfairly hit
"That Is the sorrow OF the church,
he sadly confessed. the lukewsrm
ness OF It's followers"
She felt a trace Of compunctlon for
him. but why had he gone into the
ministry
Can you blame them" she do
msnded az much aggrieyed as II she
had suffered personal distress
BEEN struck, and no turned to CAT
with that cold look in his green eyes
THAT is too deep n subject TO dis
Guns here. but II you will permit ma
I will take It up with you at tn,
house he quietly returned. and there
was a logged compulsion In his tone
4 shall be highly interested In the
defense" accepted Gail. with an az
gnvating smile
There seemed to be- but very little
90 say after that. and they walked
silently up the hill together toward.
the yellow camp hro, Tuning Inward,
at each other, Near the top OF thu
hill her ermine scarf came loose al
the throat, and with her numbet
hands. she could not locate the iittl,
clasp with which II had been held
MAY help your" offered the rec
TOR. constralnIng himself TO politeness
Thank you" She Was extremely
sweet about II. and he reached up e
perform the courtesy The rounded
column Of her neck WAS white a,
marble Ia the moonlight, and ~ h.
sought the clasps, his fingers. drayr
from his woollen gloves, touched hel
warm throat, and they tingled. III
ktarted as II he had received an cleo
Aric shock and. as he looked into heI
eyes a purple mist seemed TO sprins
between them, He mechanically tas
tened the clasps though hts fingers
uembled Thank you" again said
Gail. aud he did not notice that he,
voice Was unusually low, She wen,
on over to the group gathered arounc
the Are, but Rev Smith Boyd stood
where she had left him. staring stu
pidly At the ground lie was In a whir
VI bewilderment, amid which there
Was some unreasoning resentment
but beneath it all there sas an mex
plicable sadness
Just in tune for the pallsadc spe
cial. Gail" called Lucille Toasdaie.
Il don't know" laughed, Gail. -,
think OF going on private car thI,
trip" and she sought among the grous
for distraction from certain oppres
~ive thought Allison. and Lucille anc
Ted and Arly, were among the more
familiar figures. besides a startiin,
.Adonis, proudly introduced ~ picl
Rodley. by Arlene. early In tho eve
ntng, with an air which plainly statet
that he was personal discovery fol
. which she gave herself great credit
"The Palisades special viii not star
without Miss Sargent" he declared
ben ding upon her an ardent gaze. ans
hestowing upon her 4 smile which dis
played a fash Of perfect white teeth
Gall brsatalessly though. him tn,
nrcst dangerously handsome thing sh,
hsd ever seen. but she missed ths
foreign aceen, in him. That woalt
have made him complete.
Tn sorry that the PalIsade s?eeia
wu be DELAYED" she cooily told him
bat she tempered the dellberatsnes:
ot that decision with an upward and
sitsipaS glance. which she WAS startled
TO recognize in herself as dss,inct co
quetry
i have prior claim. laughed Alh
son, stepping w and taking her by thu
arm Its my turn 20 guide Miss SAr
gent an the two.passensev sled
Thsye Was something new about Al
lison tonight. There sas the thrill
and the exul;ssion o. youth In ht'
voecs, and twenty years seemed e
have been dropped from bis age. Their,
was an intensity ahog, him, too, anS
aisc proprietorl,kc compulsion
which decided Gsil on q certain diver
sssa sAa bad entertained She va