The mirror., 1923-11-08
now accompanied by Mr.. Ashton, the sec

retary.
A smile of greeting and the two hurried
to the vestry; Darlington regaining his
seat just as the Choir boy turned to the
audience, raising his eyes until th,y rested
upon the figure of the Christ in the gor-
geous stained-glass window. The sun
burst forth, pouring its golden light upon
the window, Illuminating the benign face
of the Christ, and causing the losenge-
shaped panes of glass to gleam as so many
jewels. Emerald, crimson, wine-colored,
golden, and pearly-white, they cast their
rays diagonally downward and across the
pews filled with splendidly gowned women
and men in smartest frock coats. The
rich, heavy, crimson carpets of the aisles
Wed with the chery-stained pews and
woodwork in adding to the scene ct splen-
dor. Overhead, the vast arches, with cor
nices of white marble, supported splendidly
wrough, candelabra clustered with Easter
lilies in glass; all aglow with incandes-
cent lights. The soft, flowing, yet stirring
music of the organ, whose pipes lowered
amongst the arches, Aoated downward;
filling the edifce with vibrant chords,
sweetly enhancing.
Above the organs melody, rang out the
rich tenor voice of the youthful soloist-
fIord, now lettest Thou Thy servant
Depart in peace, according to Thy word;
For mine eyes hath seen Thy salvation,
Which Thou hast prepared
Before the face of all people
To be light unto the Gentiles
And glory unto Thy people Israel"
Here the sixty white-surpliced Choristers
took up the refrain, singing the words in
mighty chorus of duets
In the vestry room, Messrs Scott and
Ashton found eight hundred dollars in the
offering. Ashton looked obviously at his
companion and said despairingly-"Two
hundred short of our needs"
Scott stroked his chin meditatively, then
slapped knee a resounding whack. "I've
got it'll" he cried. "The aims from the
party last night-we'll borrow it until
tomorrow"
"Good!" replied Ashton.
"Then you take this to Miss Paul. I'll
run home and get the rest, and join you
at the station in twenty minutes" and the
two men rushed to their waiting motors.
A half hour later, George harrington,
seated beside his wife and facing Miss
Paul and Roland Scott in the latter's
motor car, were speeding along the avenue,
homeward. Large fakes of feathery snow
were falling fast; and Miss Paul was
saying to Mr.. Scott-T was fortunate in
thinking of you-but I never dreamed
that you would kidnap the church treasury
and use it for bail money"
They all laughed, and Scott, depositing
his silk hat upon the cane which stood
between his knees, grinned whimsically.
"By Jove!" he answered. "Its hard to
tell what an old man will do when
young lady calls him up with signal of
distress"
"There! there!" laughed Alice. "Have
care; or maybe I'll tell Mrs. Scottl"
ooh you mustn't do that or I'll surely
be left out in the cold, cold snow" he
gasped, looking facetiously out of the car
window and shivering apprehensively.
Alice met the grins of the Barringtons
with sly wink, and observed-"Well-if
I ever find you sitting out on the doorstep
IA grass-widower, I'll surely set my
cap for you."
"There now-hear that? I was just say
ing that you vamped me into stealing the
collection. What's poor, helpless, old
codger like myself going to do?" pleaded
Scott
"You old tease! If you don't stop your
nonsense, why I'll sue you for breach of
promise-so there!" replied Alice, sim