Gilpin observer., 1916-03-30
CHAPTER xxvlII.
A Matter Of Conscience.

A Matter Of Conscience.
Ga1 stood at the rail of the White
cap, gazing out over the dancing blue
waves with troubled eyes.
Penny for your thoughts" The i'm
possibly handsome Dick Rodley had
strolled up. in his blue jacket and
white trousers and other nautical en-
bellishments.
"The news in the paper" she told
him. tits SO big"
Dick looked down at her critically
She was so new a Gail to him that he
was puzzled, and worried, too, for he
felt, rather than saw, that some
trouble possessed this dearest of his
friends.
Yes, 1t is big news" he admitted !;
''big enough and startling enough to
impress anyone very gravely." Then
he shook his head at her. But you
mustn't worry about 1t. Gail. You're
not responsible"
Gail turned her eyes from him and
looked out over the white-edged waves
again.
1T is tremendous responsibility, "
she mused, whereupon Dick, as be-
came him, violently broke the thread
OF thought by taking her arm and
drawing her away from the rail, and
walking gayly with her up to the for
ward shelter deck, where, shielded
| from the crispness of the wind, there
sat. around the big table and amid a
| tangle of Sunday papers, Jim Sar-
gent and Rev. Smith Boyd. Arly and
Gerald Fosland, all four deep in the
discussion of the one possible topic
of conversation.
"Allison's explosion again." objected
Dick, as Gail and he Joined the group,
and caught the general tenor of the
thought. Il suppose the only way to
escape that is to jump off the White
cap. Calls worse than any Of you. l
find she's responsible for the whole
thing"
Arly and Gerald looked up quickly.
81 neither said nor intimated any.
thing of the sort" Gail reprimanded
Dick, for the benefit of the Foslands.
and she sat down by Arly. whereupon
Dick. observing that he was much Of.
Tended. patted Gail on the shoulder,
and disappeared in search of Ted.
I'D like to hand vote of thanks to
the responsible party" laughed Jim
Sargent. to whom the news meant
more than Gail appreciated. with
Allison broke. Urbank of the Midcon.
tinent succeeds to control of the A.-P.,
and Urbank is anxious to incorporate
ha Vol t,, I,<,
told me so yesterday"
The light which leaped into Calls
eyes, and the trace Of color which
flashed into her cheeks. were most
comforting to Arly; and they ex.
changed smile of great satisfaction.
They clutched hands ecstatically un.
der the corner of the table, and want
ed to laugh outright. However it
would keep.
"The destruction of Mr.. Allison was
a feat Of which any gentleman's con-
science might approve" commented
Gerald Fosland. who had spent some
time in definitely settling with himself
the ethics of that question. THE
company he proposed to form was a
menace to the liberty of the world and
the progress Of civilization"
"The destruction didn't 60 far
enough" snapped Jim Sargent. "Clark.
Vance, Haverman, Grandin, babbitt
Taylor. Chisholm; these fellows won't
be touched. and they built up their
monopolies by the same method ALI
son proposed; trickery. force and
plain theft!"
Harsh language, Uncle Jim Sar
gent to use toward your respectable
fellow-vestrymen," chided Arly, her
black eyes dancing.
CLARK and Chisholm" and Jim Sar
gents brows knotted. They're moi
my fellow-vestrymen. Either they &c
or ! dol"
Il would like you to remain" qui
etly stated Rev. Smith Boyd. 81 hop,
to achieve several important altera
tions In the ethics OF Market Squar,
church." He was grave this morning
He had unknowingly been ripeninI
for some time on many questions; ant
the revelations In this mornings pa
pers had brought him to the point o
decision. II wish to drive the none,
changers out OF the temple" he added
, and glanced at Gall with smile II
, which there was acknowledgment.
"A remarkably lucrative enterprise
, eh Gail?" laughed her Uncle Jim, re
} membering her criticism on the occa
3 sion Of her first and only vestry NEE,
' ing. when she had called their after
D ton to the satire Of the stained -glas
r window.
{ you will have still the scribes an
J. pharisces. Doctor; those who stan
I praying In the public places, so the