Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-06-14

| experience, but his new hatred =, NJ,
Church property is always ess,, ward
| cess. Il was the work OF fyo t sc1
70 crawl through a basement minutes
| and Of half an hour to make bs. indow
| arations i''s prep.
He looked at his watch when bo
/ finished. IL was just midnight ~ nad
| hours, or before the fire bersn IN two
be back In the city, establisbinrw YOU'D M
| alibi. his
The fire-whistles in the viua,.
ened Blinor at something after 4 o,.1'aiss' was'
All Of her room was filled with ~ hsock
glare Of the burning parish hopse n lea
Henriette knocked at her door va
THE church is burning down Il.
valley" she called TITS a erand ~ y. the
Elinor was throwing on her ciotsIll.
she must see Ward. She would ~,
her pearls. She would build a nan - A seA
house. She said this over ana oish palish
herself as she struggled down tho ~ 70
new parish house, better than ~. us
with plenty of room for the cbiiSr.oi oia
play in! At least it was nisht 80 70
children safe in their beds Thar, 6 we
for thatl She was too disturbed ~ sod
that she had thanked the God IN sLIe ,guee
she did not believe. "uon
The fire had gained too much 49,,
to be checked. All the efforts oS .g
volunteer department and the small .e
gine were directed toward savins i,au . en-
Saint Jude's must go. as
Elinor watched the destru,,,,.
seemed as though a band had ~. y
itself around her chest Tben sss listened
Ward. He was on the ridge.no,o saW
church roof with a hatchet TIN -, 49,, .le
pole was burning slowly. She copid ~
him chopping. '0u'o SOC
From that time she nevar 49,.
eyes away from him. Other r,o, ner
there She did not see them 81. "e
only Ward battling on the rid9. saw ssW
and nigh above on the steeple tbo s,puse
cross Of his faith. 'o sturdy
once the men on the street below, t,.u.,
inc run force Of the hose on hin, sel a
sa" nun reel saw him recover hir,s.is
by miracle. "''nseH
The fire glare died into the da,,n -
Jude's was saved. Behind n IN a.. ealnt
the charred skeleton of the nart,h Ak Apark
showed how thoroughly voupr He HVuse y
done his work. Not until JUaSs nel
relax. ulu blinor
Ward found her sitting in on. ., a,
chairs along the pavement her hal IN, mS
m It's long braid. her feet thrust Snaa Sul
Siippers, her eyes red from long starlnS
~ ShSlne was being drarssd
away The crowd had dispersed
Ward blackened and depressed v,,
surveying the ruins with heavy hssr,
He turned and saw the girl. '''''-
Just at first he was not sure Of her II.
was Always seeing her, mentally Than
he went toward her. his hand ont
You see,' he said. what an hour NAV
bring forth!" and then, You rectls,,
child, here in slppersr
i saw you on the roof" said Elnor
barely able to articulate "once / thouSh,
you had fallen"
They nearly gos me- It's rather ssa
isn't it?' He Stood bareheaded in m,
cool dawn, and surveyed the ruin
People meet great crises simply
She tried to find some word a,
to say, but what was thsrs
poor child She knew the true inward,
ness of that disastrous night. So. with
pathetic eyes, she turned away.
"I'll go homo now" she said "I saw
The glare-I-' Quite suddenly her lib,
Erembled. II should like to help YOU win
tho new building"
CONTINUED TOMORROW