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CHAPTER IV-Continued.

STlTT EN- lN-SCNtinUeC.
y, didn't know I was" she confessed.
concerned about it herself. All at
y cnce l seem to look on it as an old
Shoe which should be cast aside. II
Is so elaborate to do so little good In
the world. Morality is on the in
crease, as any page of history will
show"
L believe that to be true" he hast.
lily assured her, glad to be able to
agree with her upon something.
But 1t is in spite of the church.
not because Of it," she Immediately
added. You can't say that there Is
q tremendous moral influence in a
congregation which numbers eight
hundred, and sends less than fifty to
services. The balance show their de-
Notion to Christianity by a quarterly
check"
Rev. Smith Boyd felt unfairly hit.
That is the sorrow of the church,
he sadly confessed; 1.-The lukewarm-
ness of its followers"
She felt a trace of compunction for
him; but why had he gone into the
ministry?
Can you blame them?" she de-
manded, as much aggrieved as if che
lad suffered a personal distress.
The rector flashed as if he had
been struck, and he turned to Gail
with that cold look in his green
THAT is too deep a subject to dis
suss here, but If seu will permit mo,
will take it up with you at the
house." he quietly returned, and there
was a logged compulsion in his tone.
Il shall be highly interested in the
Defense" accepted Gail, with an az
gravating smile.
There seemed to be but very little
70 say after that, and they walked
uilently up the hill together towards
the yellow camp fire, Tuning inwardly
at each other. Near the top of the
hal her ermfne scarf came loose ut
the throat. and, with her numbed
ennds, she could not locate the little
clasp with which It had been held.
May / help you? ?" offered the rec
cor, constraining himself to politeness.
Thank YOU" She was extremely
sweet about it, and he reached up to
verform the courtesy. The rouz:ed
column of her neck was white as
marble in the moonlight, and. as he
sought the clasps, his fingers, drawn
from his woollen gloves, touched her
warm throat, and they tingled. He
started as II he had received an cleo
Ssic shock, and, AZ he looked into her
ayes, 4 purple xaist seemed t, spring
between them. He mechanically fas-
tened the claspA, though his fingers
trsmbled. Thank you" again said
Gail. and he Ha not notice that her
voice was unusually low. She went
On over to the group gathered around
the fire, but Rev. Smith Boyd stood
where she had eft him, staring stu
pidIy at the ground. He was in a whirl
OF bewilderment, amid which there
was some unreasoning resentment,
but beneath It ell there was an mex
plicable sadness.
Just in time fsT the Palisade spe-
eial, GAIL" called Lucile Teasdala.
: 81 don't know" laughed Gail. 81
khink Of going on a private car this
Sip" and she sought among the group
Dor distraction from certain oppres-
Hive thought. Allison, and Lucille and
Ted and Arly, were among the more
familiar figures, besides a startling
Adonis, proudly introduced as Dick
Rodley, by Arlene, early in the eve
ning, with IN air which plainly stated
that he was a personal discovery for
which she gave herself great credit.
"The Palisades special will not start
without. Miss Sargent he declared,
bending upon her al ardent gaze, and
kestowing upon her a smile which dis
played a flash Of perfect white teeth.
Gail breathlessly thought him the
most dangerously handsome thing she
lad ever seen, but she missed the
eDreign accent in him. That would
have made him oomplete.
I'm sorry that the Paisade special
win be delayed" abe coolly told him.
but she tempered the deliberateness
h that decision Nth an upward ana
Ndelong glance, which she was startieA
10 recognize In hefself as distinct 60
ouetry.
Il have a prior claim" laughed Am
spn, stepping ~ a. taking her by the
arm. "It's my tuSh 10 guide Miss Sar-
gsnt on the twSpassenger sled"
There was sonetAing new about Al
ION tonight. There was the thrill
md the ~exultation of youth In his
<rice, and twealy years seemed to
inve bess trorpse Rem his age. There
rs q. tzEsnslsy a6out him. too. and
ESQ . p~scgsoUAssiike compulsion.
s1asA 6setAsl - - a certain df~sS-
N - ~ tB0seained. She ~