The Washington times., 1921-01-22
The Inside of the Cup
A great serial
OF ROMANCE, MYSTERY. ADVENTURE
ID
A great serial
By Winston Churchill.

; rich had not referred to the middle
ages In vain. For Gordon Alter
bury was a born schoolman. But
he finished by declaring. at the end
OF twenty minutes (much to be
regretted the necessity OF saying
III. that Mr.. Holders continuance
as rector would mean the ruin OF
the church in which all present took
such pride. That the great ma
jority OF It's members would never
submit to what was 30 plainly
heresy.
1t was then that Mr.. Plimpton
gathered courage to pour or on the
waters. There was nothing, in his
opinion-he remarked, smilingly. In
his function as pc peacemaker--to war
rant anything but the most friendly
interchange OF views. He was sec
ond to none In his regard for Mr..
Holder, In his admiration for a man
who had the courage of his convic-
tions.
He had not the least doubt that
Mr.. Holder did not desire to remain
in the parish when IL was ap-
parent that the doctrines which he
now preached were not acceptable
to most of those who supported the
lime magnanamity) that he wished
Mr.. Holder the success which he
was sure he deserved, and gave him
every assurance of his friendship.
HODDER SPEAKS.
Asa Waring wgs about to rise.
when he perceived that Holder him
self was on his feet. And the eyes
of every man, save one, were fixed
on his irresistibly. The rector
seemed unaware of it,
II was Philip Goodrich who re-
marked to his father-in- law. as
they walked home afterward, of
the sense he had had at that mo-
ment that there were just two
men in the room-Eodder and
Eldon Parr. All the rest were
ciphers; all had lost, momentarily.
their, feelings of partisanship and
were conscious only of these two
intense. radiating, opposing CEN
ters of force; and no man, oddly
enough, could say which was the
stronger. They seemingly met on
equal terms. There could not be
the slightest doubt that the rec
tor did not mean to yield, and yet
they might have been puzzled If
they had asked themselves how
they had read the fact in his
face or manner. For he betrayed
neither anger nor impatience.
No more did the fnancier reveal
his own feelings. He still sat
back in his chair. unmoved, in
apparent contemplation. The pos
ture was familiar Langmaid.
Would he destroy, too.
this Clergyman. For the first time
in his life.. and as he looked at
Hodder, the Sawyer wondered.
Holder did not defend himself,
made no apologies. Christianity was
not a collection of doctrines, he re-
minded them, but mode of life. If
anything were clear to him it was
that the present situation was not,
with the majority of them, a matter
of doctrines, but of unwillingness to
accept the message and precept of
Jesus Christ, and lead Christian
lives. They had made use of the
doctrines as a stalking-horse.
There was a stir at this, and Hod-
der paused a moment and glanced
around the table. But no one inter-
rupted.
He was fully aware of his rights,
and he had no intention of resign
ing. To resign would be to aban-
don the work for which he was
responsible, not to them, but to God.
And he was perfectly willing-nay,
eager to defend his Christianity be-
fore any ecclesiastical court, should
the bishop decide that court was
necessary.
To He Continued Monday.