The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-06
Al Cupid's Call
 By MAY CHRISTIE
copyrEht, 1921, by the Mcclure NewspApsr Syndicate
 LXVII.- Suspicion.


 "A thiefw repeated Eve, the color ebbing from her face, Isn't that a-- a rather extraordinary thing to say?'
 Her guardian did not finch as he replied:
 There's no good arguing this mat ter. I've had suspicious of you for some ume my dear! Personally, 1 tk.nk this last trick is one of the shabbiest that you ever olayed--and that's saying somethingr
 Eve commenced to brave the situa- ton out, summoning a Score of plau- sible arguments to refute the accu- sation.
 but Darlington Dellairs was in no mood to listen to the girl.
 T know what I know-ands that is, you're at the btoom of this business, Eve You took the money and, did everything you could to throw sus- picion on poor little Miss Drew! Well. you haven't succeeded, let me tell you that. And"--he gave a curious little smile-"there's something else that l must tell you, and it's this You'd better be pretty civil to Miss Drew pdE6lllS lueTe may nave pecu uioSAhS- ] tion in employment, in pursuits or iIt social status, but you could not distin- guish 1t in these hopeful, rollickinS children. They were the budding youths of honest, righteous, justice loving democracy, destined to come to radiant bloom in the equality of Amer ican opportunity,
 This Is the heritage from Valley Forge--equality of opportunity, sus- tained in justice, with maintained au- thority under law and order. This is what made America; it will lead us to future trlumphs.
 | T like to say to you--perhaps you l like me to say 1t, because l am an swerable to you for the policy of the republic I believe l speak what is in | your hearts, and in the heart Of all | America when l say that we ought to have the courage, the appreciation. the | resolution the conscience and tn, 1 judgment to maintain unendangered the inherited foundations of the fath- CTS, and. ever mindful of their sut- ferings, still play our part to human | ity in the generations to come. l can think of an American that can mair- tain every heritage and yet help hal | manity throughout the world to reach a little higher plane.
 But when I pledged our America to world helpfulness. at the same time exact the pledge that America will | cling to her own independence of ac. tion and to her own conscience. WEc can say what tomorrow has for the world? We are only a century and one half from Valley Forge and a cen tury and one-third from the adoption | of the constitution, and yet l can say without boasting that ours is com manding position in the world today. 1 Need Amerfca's Aid l ha ta settle ite present day turmoil and complications without the helpfulness of American | influence and example. Who shall say | if we hold fast to the traditions ot Valley Forge, what the future shal 1 have In store?
 1 T want an America of preserved conscience-I want an America of pre-. clinging to the religious devotion which has been the anchorage, of oul | civilization Who shall say If VI cling to these things what we ma | accomplish, who are already up in th' world, but the sun of our nationai If, has not yet fairly approached its me ridian. It is only morning in our na
 tional life. What is a century ant one third in all life? It is only sna. | of the finger. Who can imagine Il 1 quaffing the cup of rational American optimism what the future may have ir store? I can well believe that lont I before the sun of national life ha passed it's meridian---I can well believ'
 that, with maintained foundations, tn, 100. GOO 900 of today will be the my riads of the future. I like to think o
 them all loyal Americans with .ace to the front, marching on and cn |, achievement, clinging to their tradl tions, and joining in a great swelling chorus: Glory be to God in the High
 est, on earth peace, good will to mem