The Washington times., 1920-12-21
The Inside of the Cup
A great serial
OF ROMANCE, MYSTERY, ADVENTURE
By Winston Churchill.

have como to Christianity. We
shall never have what Is called
Socialism until there is no longer
any necessity for IL. until men. OF
their own free will, are ready to
renounce selfish, personal ambi-
ton and power and work for hu-
manity, for the State"
Mr.. PARIS gesture implied that
he cared not by what name the
thing was called. but he still ap-
peared strangely, astonishingly
calm;-Hodder. with all his fac
ulties acute, apprehended that he
was dangerously calm. The man
who had formerly been his friend
was now completely obiiterated. and
he had the feeling almost OF be-
ing about to grapple, In mortal
combat, with some unknown mon
ster whose tactics and resources
were INFINITE, whose victims had
never escaped.
Tho monster was in Eldon Parr-
that is how II came to him. Tho
wary, relentless demon was aroused.
1t behooved him, Holder. to step
carefully.
"That is all very f1ne. Mr.. Hold
der, very altruistic, very Christian
I've no doubtful tho world doesn't
work that way" (These were the
words borne in on Holders con-
sciousness) what drives tho
world is the motive furnished by
the right of acquiring and holding
property. If we had q division to-
day. the able men would como out
on top next year"
Tho rector shook his head. He
remembered, at that moment, Hor-
ace Bentley.
what drives tho world is a far
higher motive. Mr.. Parr, the mo-
tive with which have been fired the
great lights of history, the motive
of renunciation and service, which
is Transforming governments, which
is gradually making the world a
better place in which to live. And
we are seeing men and women i'm
bued with 1t, rising in ever increas-
ing numbers on every side today"
Service" Eldon Parr had seized
upon the word as 1t passed and held
It What do you think my life has
been? I suppose" he said. with a
touch of intense bitterness. that
you. too. who six months ago seem
ed as reasonable a man as I ever
denunciators. 1t has become the
fashion today. thanks to your So
cialists. reformers and agitators, to
decry a man because he is rich. to
take 1t for granted that he Is a
thief and a scoundrel, that he has
no sense of responsibility for his
country and his fellow-men.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY.
The glory, the true democracy
OF this nation, lies in its equal OPP
portunity for all. They take no &C
count of that. of the fact that each
has had the same chance as his EEL
lows. No. but they cry out that the
man who, by the sweat Of his brow,
has earned wealth ought to divide
it up with the lazy and the self
indulgent and the shiftless.
Take my case. for instance-it Is
typical of thousands. l came to this
city as a boy in my teens, with
on a farm. I swept the floor,
cleaned the steps, moved boxes and
ran errands in Gabriel Parkers
store on Third street. l was in
dustrious, sober, willing to do any
thing, 1 fought, 1 tell you. every
inch of my way. AS soon as
saved a little money I learned to
use every ounce of brain l possess
ed to hold on to 1t. i trusted q
man once, and 1 had to begin all
over again. And 1 discovered, once
for all. If a man doesn't look out
for himself, no one will.
To BE Continued Tomorrow.