The Washington times., 1920-11-15
By Winston Churchill.

BY Winston Churchlll.
Author Of Orchard Cssvei.' -Tse
CrIsis- and Many Other Novels
Of Worldwide Popularity.
at PICKED It up on the table,"
he explained.
"Then you haven't read IL.
You ought to. As clergyman. IL
would interest you. Religion treat
Cd from the economic side. you
know, the effect Of lack OF nutri-
ton on character. Very unortho-
dox. OF course"
1T find that / have very little
time to read" he said. 81 some
times take a book along in the
cars"
your profession 70 not SO leis-
urely as IL once was-I often think
II such q pity. But you. too. are
paying the penalty Of completely"
She smiled at him sympatnetically.
How Is Mr.. Parr? I haven't seen
him for several weeks"
He seemed well when l saw him
last" replied Holder.
Hes q wonderful man: the
amount Of work he accomplishes
without apparent effort 10 stupen-
dous." Mrs. Constable cast what
seemed ttHldtlNc BidHtC az thS
powerful head, and handed him his
tea. 81 wanted to talk to you about
Gertrude" she said.
He looked unenlightened.
About my daughter, Mrs. War
rem. She lives in New York. you
know-on Long Island"
Then he had remembered some
thing he had heard.
yes" he said.
A BIT OF HISTORY.
"She met you at the Fergusons'
just for a moment when she was
out here last autumn. What really
nice and simple people the Fer.
gusons are. with all their money"
Every nice, indeed" he agreed,
puzzled.
81 have been sorry for them in
the past" she went on evenly. "They
had rather a hard time-perhaps
you may have heard. Nobody ap-
preciated them. They were en-
tombed. so to speak, in a hideous
big house over on the South Side.
which fortunately burned down, and
then they bought in Park street,
took a pew in st. Johns.
81 suppose the idea Of that huge
department store was rather diff
ficult to get used to. But ] made
up my mind It was nonsense to
draw the line at department stores
especially since Mr.. Ferguson's was
such a useful and remarkable one
so i went across and called. Mrs.
Ferguson was so grateful it was
almost pathetic. And she's a very
good friend-she came here every
day when Genevieve had Appendix
citis."
ashes a good woman" the rector
said.
"And Mani adore Nan. every
OF one of these exquisite, blue-eyed
dolls her father imports. Now, IL
were a bachelor. Mr.. Hodder"-Mrs.
Constable left the rest to his imag-
ination.
He smiled.
FAMILY HISTORY.
TN afraid Miss Ferguson has her
own ideas" Running through Ho J.
der's mind, a troubled current. were
certain memories connected with
Mrs. Warren. Was she the divorced
daughter, or was she not?
But l was going to speak to you
about Gertrude. She's had such a
udTu tiHle' pour ucdr, my HcdTt Hds
bled for her." There was a barely
perceptible tremor in Mrs. Con-
stables voice. "All that publicity.
and the inevitable suffering con-
nected with 1t! And no one can
know the misery she went through.
she Is so sensitive. But now, at
last, she has a chance for happiness
the real thing has come"
1.-The real thing" he echoed.
Yes. She's going to marry a
splendid man, Eldridge Sumner. l
know the family well. They have
always stood for public spirit. and
this Mr.. Sumner, although he is lit
fla oyer thirty was chairman of