The Washington times., 1920-12-17
The Inside of the Cup
An Inspiring Story of Love and Spiritual Uplift With
MANY Dramatic and Human Scenes

meht enc eSh0u mn" ""''N
were going.
ITO see a friend OF mine. and a
friend OF yours" ne told her. He
does not live far from here"
The grinning. hospitable darkey
appeared in answer to the rectoTs
ring.
Good morning. Sam" he said;
sis Mr.. Bentley in?"
Sam usher ed them tremendously
into the library, and Mr. Bentley
rose from the desk in the corner.
This is Miss Marcy, Mr.. Bent
ley" Holder said.
Mr.. Bentley took her hand and
led her to chair.
'Mr. Holder knows how fond !
am OF young women" he said. Il
have six OF them upstairs-so / am
never lonely"
NEW FRIEND.
Holder turned his eyes from her
face. Miss Marcy has been lone
w." he explained, land ! thought
we might get her n room nearby.
where she might see them often.
She is going to do embroidery"
why, Sally will know OF
room" Mr.. Bentley replied. Sam"
he called.
.Yessah, yes. Mistah Ho'ace." Sam
appeared at the door.
ASK Miss Sally to come down, II
she's not busy
A hgure fitted through the hall
and into the room, which Holder
recognized as Miss Growers.
Mr.. Holder has brought us
new friend and neighbor. Sally
Miss Kate Marcy. She is to have a
wa
often"
Holder watched Miss Growers
procedure with a breathless interest
why Mrs. McQuillen has room
across the street. you know, Mr..
Bentley"
Sally perched herself on the edge
of the armchair and laid her hand
lightly on Kate Marcy's.
Even Sally Grover was powerless
to prevent the inevitable. and the
touch of her hand seemed the sig
nal for the release of the pent-up
forces. The worn body, the worn
nerves, the weakened will gave way,
and Kate Marcy burst into a par
oxysm of weeping that gradually
became automatic. convuisive, IKE
a child's. There was no damming
this torrent, once released. Kind
ness. disinterested friendship, was
the one unbearable thing. -.
I'VE must bring her upstairs.
said Sally Grover, quietly shc
going to pieces
"Hodder helping, they fairly car
ried her I'D the flight. and laid her
on Sally Grever's own bed.
That afternoon she was taken to
Mrs. McQuillen's.
doctor's wish to send her to hos
pital.
az it's only a question OF getting
back her health, shed better die
she declared. "We've got but one
chance with her. DR.. Giddings, to
keep her here. When she finds out
she's been to a hospital. that Will ne
the end OF it with her kind. We'll
never get hold of her again. III
take care of Mrs. McQuillen.'
Doctor Giddings was impressed
by this wisdom.
AS the weeks went by. the re-
lapses became fewer. something
was at work, as real in its effects as
the sunlight, but invisible. Hodder
felt it. and watched in suspense
while it fought the beasts IN TINS
woman. rending- her frame in
anguish.
On the au!eter days Of her con
valescence she seemed, indeed, more
Madonna than Magdalen, as she SAT
against the pillows, her red-gold
hair lying in two heavy plal's
across her shoulders, her cheeks
pale; the inner, consuming nres
that smoldcred in her eyes died
down.
Little by little her interest was
aroused. her pride in her work
stimulated. None was more sur
prised than Holder when sally
Grover informed him that the en-
broidery was really good: but IL
was thought best. for psychologicai
reasons. to discard the old table,
cover with its associations ana De-
gin a new one. On occasional eve
nings she brought her sewing ever
to Mr.. Ben.ley's, while sally reao
aloud to him and the young wo nan
in the library. Miss Growers taste
in fiction was romantic; her voice
(saye in the love passages. when she
forgot herself) sing song but new
and unsupported realms were
opened ND for Kate Marcy, who
would drop her work and gaze
wide-eyed out OF the window, into
the darkness.
A GREAT EXPERIMENT.
And 1t was Sally who must ue
given credit for the great expert
ment. although she took Mr.. Bent
lev and Holder into ner confidence.
On II they staked all. The day
came, at last. when the new table
cover was finished. Miss Grover
took it to the Woman's Excha ng',
actually sold It, and brought hack
the money and handed 1t to her
with a smile. and left her alone.
An hour passed. At the end of 1t
Kate Marcy came out of her roo n.
crossed the street. and knocked at
AZ Rnnflcy,a lhraIN.