Evening star., 1925-10-20

I to herself. 1t surprised her. but there
! IL was. She maze up her mind alsu
! not to see him uniil she had seen
| Waterman again. She could not dis.
| suiSe from herself the fact that she
| was most unhappy. She knew per
| fectlN we'll that if her father saw
| her he would guess il, and guessing
ii. though he might not ask her why,
he would be distressed If she With
held her confidence. No. she could
not see him until she had had time in
which IL get better grip upon her
self She could adjust herself 10 what
she had 1" face, but she must have
lime. Church was the safest place
she would go To church.
Waterman arrived ;tt the church in
time for the recerStonai. Slandin.
there he heard the diminishing voices
of the Choir. the last throb of the
organ. the final halle leiuiah, the ulli-
mate Amen. Il had been. ecclcsias-
ticHlil speaking. an exciting morning..
The rector II d fired Il bic gun in the
battle Ihat was just beginning between
the fundamentaists and the modern
lists. Must. or mus; not the doc
trine uf n" Virgin Brti he accepted
"a part Of the church : creed? That
was the question upon which the
fight conVergcd. The fashionable
audience dispersed. gosSipinc excited
ly. IIeresN was in the Park Ave
nue. air.
But Doris Was not interested in
the doctrine "f the Virgin Birth. She
had scared herd tha rector's ser
mon. Sn, smiled brightly aS she
came up the aisle.
Lets go for Il walk" She said.
1t was :. lovely, soft October morn
ins. The air WAS bland. the sun was
bright. there Ms II" wind at III. The
skies We're almost l!k" the skies of
Paris in the mon II - May. The
hand Of nature VIZ softly lid upun
.ihe stone an' brick nj mortar of
the city. I, WAS New York weather
At it.s very best. and there j. no bet
ter metropolitan weather the wide
world over.
"Rulln. " said Doris. a. soon as the.
were "ut "f ,tr.~h"t Of th,. church
door. I've been thini>in-."
About wh4J?''
''.,b',ut Jim
'YeS. YES. | know. 50 nave l."
RolIin, I've been wondering if we
are doing quite right"
what dc YOU mean"
Isn't there some possible way bv
which | cen test the truth Of that
girls story
Waterman was considerably Jared
by his. Heaven knew whet might
not turn UD Il his fiancee We're al
lowed t" continue thinking along this
line. Put" he objected. Il thought
hat YOU We're thoroughly convinced
th9r She was telling the truth"
So | am-So far as ANYBODY can lac
convinced by story that is unsup-
ported by indepe endent evidence
After YOU left last night | couldn't
sleep. | beat my brains for hours
trying to imagine what motive she
might have for lying to me. but il
didn't seem possible that any such
motive could exist and il doesn't now"
My dear girl, I'm afraid there isn't
anything more to do about it, And
YOU mustn't go on torturing yourself
like this. What's the good"
II know. | know, Rully. and ii isn't
fair to YOU 10 lei YOU see me like
this. But ] have been trying to think
what ] should do in such a case. say If
| were a lawyer. II this girl took
the witness stand and testified against
my client as she has testified against
Jim Stanley, what should | do:
have seen my father try several cases
in court. and I've heen wondering
what he would do if he were trying
this case
Waterman was increa singly uncom-
Portable. 1t was no part of his plan