The Washington times., 1920-11-25


ed sertaIIy here by permission OF the
MCMILLAN Co., has been made into
"a action picture by Cosmopolitan
Productions and will he released
az a Paramount-Artersft picture.
BY Winston Churchill,
Author Of Orchard CarveL" "rhe
Crisis' and many other novels
OF worldwide popularity.
The bankers manner suddenly
changed. reverted to what II had
been. He arose.
I've tried to do my duty as |
saw II, and II comes to this-that
VIC who have spent the best years
of our lives in striving to develop
this country have no thanks from
our children or from anyone else"
With his hand on the electric
Switch, he faced Holder almost de-
family as he spoke those words, and
suddenly snapped off the light, as
though the matter admitted or no
discussion. In semi-darkness they
. sroped down the upper flight or
stairs.
CHAPTER VII.
THE KINGDOMS OF THE WORLb.
When summer arrived. the birds
o! brilliant plumage or Mr. HOO
drr's flock arose and flew lignuy
away, thus reversing the seasons
Only the soberer ones came nutter-
Ing into the cool church out OF the
binding heat, and settled here ana
there throughout the nave. Ihe
ample Mr.. Bradley. perspiring in an
nInaca coat. took up the meager
collection on the right Of the center
aided. had gone abroad on one or
those periodical, though lonely
tours that sent anticipatory shivers
OF delight down the spines OF for
cign picture dealers.
The faithful Gordon Atterbury
was worshiping at the sea, anu
even Mr.. Constable and Mr.. Plimp-
ION, when recalled to the CITY py
financial cares, succumbed to the
ragan influence of the sun. and were
usually to be found on Sunday
Mornings on the wide veranda OF
the country club, with glasses con-
tanning LIQUID and ice beside them.
and surrounded by heaps OF news
papers.
TO judge by st. Johns. the city
vas empty. But on occasions. pc
rore he himself somewhat tardily
hid though impelling attraction
fodder occasionally walked through
Dalton street of an evening. II not
IN St. Johns, summer was the sea
.on in Dalton street. 1t flung open
;,s doors and windows and moved
,ut on the steps and the pavement
md even on the asphalt; ana inc
music Of it's cafes and dance nails
throbbed feverishly through the not
lights. Dalton street resorted
neither to country club nor church.
Mr.. McCrae, Holders assistant
seemed to regard these annual phe-
uomena with q grim philosophy
u relic. perhaps. Of the CalVihlsIlc
ieterminism of his ancestors. he
preached with the same imperturpa-
bility. to the dwindled congrega-
tions in summer and the enlarged
ones in winter.
But Holder was capable of no
such resignation-f resignation II
were-for the self-contained assist
ant continued to be an enigma; ana
II was not without compunction that
he left, about the middle or July
on his own vacation. He was tired,
and vet he seemed to have accom-
plished nothing in this first year OF
the city parish whereof he nad
dreamed.
DEPRESSING EXHAUSTION.
And IT was, not doubt for that
very reason that he was conscious
Of a depressing exhaustion as MS
train rolled eastward over that same
high bridge that spanned the not
and muddy waters of the river. He
felt a fugitive. In no months since
he had left the theological semi
nary had he seemingly accomplish
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