The Huttig news., 1917-07-28
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 CHAPTER I-Old Hilary Kinpsto, starting with Socialism drifts into .oo'' sn arcny' ah an ana ;, ga,thers round him in the hall of accomplished desperadoes who roh the rich. incite seditons and arm tho ra Deinous. a,sa HIS amotherless daughter. Elinor, ing, to no law and no Christ. ''"
 CHAPTER II-In an attack on the Az rarian bank messenger. old Hilary is killed, but is not suspected of comnIicitv Boroday brings the body home to the hall. s-e CHAPTER III-Ward assistant rector of St; Jude's, makes call of condolence on Ennor, who consents to have her fath- sanctity. The chief of police recoenizes Boroday and is suspicious CHAPTER Iv-After the funeral the band meet at the hall and agree to go on as before, Elinor acting in her fathers stead. Huff asks Elinor to marry him and she consents. though she does not love him. Boroday Is arrested and threat ened
 CHAPTER V-Boroday in jail. Talbot plans raid on the Country club The friendship between Ward and Elinor ripens to something deeper She envies him his faith.
 Elinor watched the destruction. It seemed as though band had fastened Itself around her chest. Then she saw Ward. He was on the ridge-pole of the church roof with a hatchet. The ridge pole was burning slowly. She could see him chopping.
 From that time she never took her eyes away from him. Other men were there. She did not see them. She saw only Ward battling on the ridge-pole, and high above on the steeple the sturdy cross of his faith.
 Once the men on the street below turned the full force of the hose on him. She saw him reel, saw him re- cover himself by miracle.
 The fire glare died into the dawn. Saint Jude's was saved. Behind 1t in its park the charred skeleton of the parish house showed how thoroughly young Huff had done his work. Not until Ward had descended safely to the street did Elinor relax.
 Ward found her sitting in one of the Nhtio dtOhS lhC Iff still In It's long braid, her feet thrust into slippers, her eyes red from long staring.
 The fire engine was being dragged away. The crowd had dispersed.
 Ward. blackened and depressed. was surveying the ruins with heavy heart. He turned and saw the girl.
 Just at first he was not sure of her. He was always seeing her, mentally. Then he went toward her, his hand out.
 You see," he said. "what an hour may bring forth P And then, You reckless child, here in slippers!"
 'T saw you on the roof" said Elinor, barely able to articulate. "Once I thought you had fallen"
 "They nearly got me. It's rather sad, isn't it?" He stood, bareheaded in the cool dawn, and surveyed the ruin.
 People meet great crises simply.
 She tried to find some word of sym pathy to say, but what was there, poor child? She knew the true inwardness of that disastrous night. So, with pa thetic eyes, she turned away.
 "I'll go home now," she said. q saw the glare-I-" Quite suddenly her lips trembled. "I should like to help you with the new building"
 "Finel" said Ward heartily. "Wen get to that before long,"
 'If you had fallen"
 He was not listening. It came to her then how far apart they were. To her his falling would have been an end of all things; to him, it would have meant the beginning of useful eternity.
 "If you wait little, I'll run around and get my car and take you up."
 She sat down again, obedently. She was glad to be with him little longer.
 Until recently, the work of the band had always seemed vague abstrac- ton. Now one of it's results lay before her. And there were other things fresh in her mind-old Hilary. dead of his revolt. against law, and lying In state before an altar erected to God he had not recognized. And Ward, watching her windows and thinking her the em- bodiment of what a woman should be.
 Over her bitterness rose hot wave of anger against Walter Huff. She had forbidden this thing and he had done 1t.
 CHAPTER VII.