The Washington times., 1920-11-06

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PrsaUetAess ard will be released
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By Winston Churchill.
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Cflsiss ssa Naay Other Novels
q Wsrla-WSSe. Popularity.
~ HE distances were great; and
between his dinner parties.
classes. services and visits he
was forced to sit far into the night
preparinE his sermons, when his
brain was not SO keen as II might
have been.
: Indeed-and this-thought was
cynical and out OF characterize
asked himself on one occasion
whether his principal achievement
so far had not consisted In getting
on unusual terms with Eldon Parr
They were not lacking who thought
so, and who did not hesitate TO i'm
ply II. They evidently regarded his
growing intimacy with the banker
with approval, as in some sort
surreme qualification for a rector
Of st. Johns and q proof Of unusual
There could be no question, for
inst anee, that he had advanced per-
ceptibly in the estimation OF the
wife OF another of his vestrymen,
Mrs. Wallis Plimpton.
The daughter OF Thurston Gore.
with ell her astuteness and real
estate, was OF a naivete In regard to
spiritual matters that Holder had
grown to recognize as impermeable.
In an evening gown, with q string
OF large pearls resting on her firm
and glowing neck, she appeared a
concrete refutation Of the notion OF
rebirth, the triumph of an uncon-
scious philosophy of material COM
mon sense. However. in parish
house affairs Holder had found her
practical brain of no slight assis-
tance.
IT think II quite wonderful" she
remarked, on the occasion at which
he was the guest of honor In what
was still called the new Gore man.
sion, "that you have come to know
Mr.. Parr SO well in such a short
time. How did you do II. Mr.. Hoc-
der? OF course Wallis knows him
and sees a great deal Of him in busi-
ness matters. He relies on Wallis.
But they tell me you have grown
more intimate with him than any
one has been since Alison left him."
There Is, in Proverbs or Ecclesi-
astes, a formula for answering peo-
Pile in accordance with their point
of view. The rector modestly dis
claimed Intimacy. And he curbed
his curiosity about Alison for the
reason that he preferred to hear
her story from another source.
A HELPLESS FEELING.
"oh. but you are intimate" Mrs.
Plimpton protested. Everybody
says so--that Mr.. Parr sends for
you all the time. What Is he like
when he's alone and relaxed? Is
he ever relaxed?" The lady had a
habit of not waiting for answers
TO her questions. do you know,
IL stirs my imagination tremendous
when I think OF all the power that
man has. suppose you know he
has become one of the very small
group Of men who control this
country, and naturally he has been
cruelty maligned.
"AlI he has to do Is to say a word
to his secretary. and he can make
men or ruin them-I don't mean
that. He uses his wealth. Wallis
says, to maintain the prosperity OF
tho nation! He feels his trustee
ship. And he is SO generous! He
has given q great deal to the church.
and now" she added. Il am sure he
will give more
Holder was appalled,. He felt
helpless before the weight Of this
onslaught
II dare say he will continue to
- t. af
managed to say.
edness," she proclaimed, examining
him frankly. He feels that you
don't want anything. You always
strike me as so .splendidiy Impair
tiai, Mr. Holder"
Fortunately. he was spared an
answer. Mr.. ssiimpton. who was
wont to apply his gifts as a toast
master to his own festivals, hailed
him from the other end of the
table,
And Nelson Langmaid. who had
fallen into. the habit of dropping
into Holders rooms in the parish
house on his way uptown for q
chat about books. had been struck
by the rector's friendship with the
banker. ..t,r,',-
II don't understand how you
pnanaEed it Holder. in such a short
time" he declared. Mr., PARIS a
difficult man. In all these years,
Pvo been closer to him than any
one else, and don't know him to-
day half as well as you do"
~ didn't manage IT," said Hod-
der briefly.
We'll" replied the lawyer. quiz
ideally, "you needn't eat me up.
I'm sure you didn't do 1t on pu-
pose. II you had---to use a Hiber-
rlian phrase--you never would have
done it. I've seen It. tried before.
70 tell you the truth. after I'd
come back from Bremerton. that
was the ono thing was afraid
of--that you mighn't get along
with him"
A NOTE OF APPEAL.
Holder himself was at loss TO
account for the relationship. 1t
troubled him vaguely, for Mr.. Parr
was the aggressor; and often at
,iusk, when Holder was working
Under his study lamp. the telephone
would ring. and on taking down the
receiver he would hear tho bank
cr's voice. "Tm alone tonight, Mr..
1iodder. Will you come and have
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