The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-01-31
The Inside Of the Cup
A great serial
OF ROMANCE. MYSTERY. ADVENTURE
By Winston Churchill
A great serial
By Winston Churchill.

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.seu.t-Artersft picture.
A IIsON. with absorbed fascina-
"A ton. watched the people; en-
\ countered here and there
recoenitions from men and women
with whom ne had once danced ana
dined in what now seemed pre-
vious existence Why had they
come? And how had they received
the message? She ran into littie
man, a dealer in artists supplies
who once had sold her paints ana
brushes, who stared and bowed I'M
certainly. She surprised him oy
taking his hand.
did you like it?" she asked I'M
pulsively.
"It's what I've been thinking TOT
years, Miss Parr," he responses.
thinking and feeling. But l never
knew II was Christianity. Ana
never thought-he stopped anu
looked at her alarmed: =.
"Oh." she said, 81 believe In H.
too-or try to-"
She left him, mentally gasping.
without. on the sidewalk, Eleanor
Goodrich was engaged in converse
ton with a stockily built man, IN
cIined to stoutness; he had a brown
face and a clipped, bristly mustache.
Alison passed involuntarily, ana
saw him start and hesitate as MS
cIe.r direct gaze met her own.
Redloe Hubbell was one OF those
who had once sought to marry her.
she recalled him as an amiable ana
aimless boy; and after she had gone
East she had received with IN
credulity and then with amusement
the news of his venture into aitru'
istic politics. 1t was his ericiency
she had doubted, not his sincerity.
AN OLD FRIEND.
Later tidings, contemptuous and
eventually irritable utterances or
her own father, together with ac-
counts in the New York newspapers
of his campaign, had convinced her
In spite OF herself that Bedloe Hub
bell had actually shaken the seats
Of mower. And somehow, as she
now took him in, he looked IL.
His transformation was one OF the
signs, one of the mysteries OF the
times. The ridicule and abuse OF
the press, the opposition and enmity
Of his childhood friends, had de-
welcomed the man Of force she now
bebeId, and who came forward 10
greet her.
. "Alisonv he exclaimed. He had
changed In one sense and not In an
other. Her color deepened as the
sound Of his voice. brought back the
Iapsed memories Of the old init
macy. For she had been KIND 10
him, kinder than to any other; and
the news of his marriage-to
actually induced in her certain
longings and regrets. When the
cards had reached her, New York
and the excitement of the life into
which she had been weakly, II some
what unwittingly, drawn had al
ready begun to pail.
Pm so glad to see you," she told
him. "Tve heard-so many Things.
And I'm very much in sympathy
with what you're doing"
They crossed the street, ana
walked away from, the church to-
Cether. She had surprised him and
made him uncomfortable.
you've been away so long ne
managed to say. perhaps you DO
not realize"
.Oh, yes, 1 do" she interrupted.
81 am on the, other side, on your
side. 1 thought Of writing you. when
you so nearly won last autumn
You see it. too?" he exclaimed.
Eyes. I've changed, too. Not so
much as YOU" she added. shyly.
IL always had a certain sympathy,
YOU know, with the Robin Hoods
WONDERFUL MAN.
! He laughed at her designation,
both pleased and taken aback by
her praise. 80 But he wondered II
she knew the extent of his criticism
: of her father.
THAT rector is a wonderful man"
The broke out, irrelevantly. Il cant
f.get over him-I can't quite grasp
tthe fact that he exists, that he has
dared to do what he has done.
Z That brought her color back, but
lshe faced him bravely.
l "You think he is WONDERFUL
Ithen?"
"Don't your" he demanded.
4 She assented. "But / am curious
ITO know why you do. Somehow,
never thought of YOU
"As religious" he supplied. ana
you? IL / remember rightly
Yes" she interrupted. re-
yolted. too. But Mr.. Holler puts II
so-it makes one wonder.
HE has not only made me won
der" declared Bedloe Hubbell, en-
!phatically. 81 never knew what re-
iirion was until / heard this man
last Sunday"
Last Sunday"
"IIntil then, I hadn't been inside