The Washington times., 1920-11-02

fact that his body had risen from
the grave, had been seen by many,
and even touched. BY divine commits
sion there were bishops, priests, and
deacons In the new hierarchy. and II
was through the Apostolic Success
sion that he. their rector, derived his
sacerdotal powers.
There were, no doubt, many OBJ
scure passages In the Scripture. but
mems minds were finite; catholic
acceptance was imperative. and the
evils of the present day-a suffcient-
ly sweeping statement-were wholly
due to deplorable lapses from such
acceptance. The Apostolic teaching
must be preserved. since It transcend
ed all modern wanderings after truth.
He'll, though not definitely defined
in terms of flames, was no less
state of torture future, by impli-
cation) Of which fire was but faint
symbol. And he gave them clearly
to understand that an unbaptized
person ran no. inconstderatle risk.
He did not declare unqualidedly
that the church alone had the
power to save, but such was the
inference.
CARRIED TO. LUNCH.
1t was entirely fitting. no doubt.
when the Fluctuations of certain OF
the older Pensioners on his initial
sermon were over. that Mr.. Holder
should be carried westward to
lunch with the first layman of the
diocese. But Mr.. Parr. as became a
person of his responsibility, had
been more moderate in his COM
ment. For he had seen, In his day,
many men whose promise had been
unfulflled. Tightly buttoned, silk
hated, upright. he sat in the cor
ner OF his liomusine, the tasselled
speaking-tube in his hand, from
time to time cautioning the chauf-
feur.
"Carefullyw he cried. Tive told
you not to drive so fast in this
part Of town. I've never got used
to automobiles" he remarked to
Holder, land 1 formerly went to
church in the street-cars. but the
distances have grown 80 great
and I have occasionally been an
noyed in them"
Holder was not given to trite
acquiescence. His homely COM
posture belied the alertness OF his
faculties; he was striving to adapt
to the sullen broadening and
quickening OF the stream of his
life. and he felt certain excite
ment-although he did not betray
tin the presence of the financier.
Much as he resented the thought,
1t was impossible for him not to
realize that the mans pleasure and
displeasure were important; for.
since his arrival. he had had
delicate reminders of this from
many sources.
Recurrently, 1t had caused him a
vague uneasiness, limited at a
problem new to him. He was jeal-
Gus of the dignity of the Church,
and he seemed already to have de-
tected in Mr.. PARIS manner a
subtle note of patronage. Nor
could Holders years Of provincial
ism permit him to forget that this
man with whom he was about to
enter into personal relations was a
capitalist of national Importance.
The neighborhood they traversed
was characteristic of our rapidly
expanding American cities. There
were rows of~dwelling houses, ones
ultra respectable, now slatternly,
and lawns gone grey; some OF the
houses had been remodeled into
third-rate shops or thrown together
to make manufacturing establish
ments; saloons occupied all the IA
vorite corners.
Flaming posters on vacant lots
announced, pictorially. dubious at
fractions at the theaters. 1t was a
wonderful Indian summer day, the
sunlight soft and melting, and the
smoke which continually harassed
this district had lifted a little, as
IA9 60 h0 20 hi q
Holder read the sign on a lamp
post. Dalton street. The name chung
in his memory.
1--WE thought, some twenty years
ago, Of moving the church west
ward" said Mr.. Parr, but finally
agreed to remain where We WERE"
The rector had conviction on
this point, and did not hesitate to
state it without waiting to be en-
lightened as to the bankers views.
A WISE DECISION.
'Tt would seem to me a wise de-
window, and wholly absorbed in
the contemplation of the evidences
of misery and vice, with this pow
erty at the very doors of the
church."
Something in his voice impelled
Eldon Parr to shoot a glance at his
profile.
Poverty is inevitable, Mr.. Hold
DER" he declared. The weak al
ways sink"
Holders reply whatever IL might
have been, was prevented by tho
sudden and unceremonious flight of
both occupants toward the ceiling
OF the limousine, caused by. a deep
pit in the asphalt.
. what ara you doing, Grafton"
Mr.. Parr called sharply through
the tube.
Presently, the lawns began to
grow brighter, the houses more
cheerful, and the shops we're left
behind. They crossed the third
great transverse artery of the city
mot so long ago, Mr.. Parr re-
marked, n Quagmire, now lined by
hotels and stores with alluring dis
plays in plate glass windows) and
entered wide boulevard that
stretched westward straight to the
great park.
This boulevard the financier re-
called as a country road OF slay.
IT was bordered by a vivid strip Of
green; a row of tall and graceful
lamp posts. like sentinels, marked
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