The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-22
The Inside Of the Cup
49, A great serial
OF ROMANCE, MYSTERY, ADVENTURE
By Winston Churchill.

/, | should not be here unless | were
prepared to be specific"
Eldon Parr shifted slightly. His
look became inscrutable, was
riveted on the rector.
II shall call your attention nrst
to a man OF whom you have prob
ably never heard. He is dead now
he threw himself into the river
this summer. with curse on his
lips-I am afraid-a curse against
you. A few years ago he lived
happily with his wife and child IN
q little house on the Grade Subur-
ban, and he had several thousand
dollars as a result Of careful saw
ing and systematic self-denial.
"Perhaps you have never thought
of the RESPONSIBILITIES OF great
name. This man, like thousands OF
others in the city. localized you.
lie looked up TO you as the soul or
honor, as self-made man who
by his own unaided cfrorts-as you
yourself have just pointed out
rose from q poor hoy to position
of power and trust in the com
munity. He saw you prominent
layman in the Church OF God. He
was dazzled by the brilliancy OF
your success, inspired by civiliza-
ton which gave such opportunities.
He recognized that he himself had
not the brains for such an achieve
ment-his hope and love and ambi-
ton were conferred in his boy"
At the word Eldon PARIS glance
was suddenly dulled by pain. He
frightened his lips.
That boy was then OF happy.
merry disposition. so the mother
says, and every summer night as
she cooked supper she used to
hear him laughing as he romped
in the yard with his father. When
| first saw him this summer II
was two days before his father
committed suicide. The child was
lying, stifled with heat, in the
back room of one Of those DESC
late lodging houses on Dalton
street. and his little body had
almost wasted away.
while was there the father
came in, and when he saw me no
was filled with fury. He despised
the church, and st. Johns above
all churches, because you were of
it; because you who had given
so generously to it had wrecked
his life. You had shattered his
faith in humanity, his ideal. From
a normal, conlented man he had
deteriorated into monomaniac
whom no one would hire. physi-
cal and mental wreck who needed
care and nursing. He said he
hoped the boy would die.
THE LAST PENNY.
"And what had happened? The
man had bought, with all the
T. La1 IN, he Z
solidated fractions. He had bought
it solely because Of his admira-
ton for your ability, his faith in
your name. 1t was inconceivabie
to him that a man Of your stand
ing, a public benefactor. sup
porter of church and charities,
would permit your name to be con-
nected with any enterprise that
was not sound and just. Thousands
like Garvin lost all they had, while
you are still a rich man. 1t Is
further asserted that you sold out
all your stock at a high price, with
the exception of that in the leased
lines, which are guaranteed heavy
dividends"
Have you fnished?" demanded
Eldon Parr.
mot quite on this subject" re-
piled the rector. Two nights after
that the man threw himself in the
river. His body was pulled out by
men on a tugboat, and his worth
less stock certificate was found in
his pocket. 1t is now in the pos
session of Mr.. Horance Bentley.
4 hanks to Mr.. Bentley the widow
found temporary home. and the
child has almost recovered
To BE Continued Tomorrow.