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CHAPTER I
—1—
The events to be related began
upon a certain afternoon and early
evening when Doctor Greeding be
came for almost the first time in
his life furiously angry. Call these
events coincidence; yet it is per
missible to suggest that if human
passions be supposed sometimes to
have a force of their own, so that
a violent emotion in one individual
may without any physical action on
his part project itself and impact
upon other individuals, then these
occurrences will fall into an or
dered pattern.
Doctor Greeding’s own experi
ence had persuaded him that inci
dents do occur, and conditions do
arise, for which there can be no
natural explanation. Certain epi
sides in his life, certain unique
traits which he recognized in him
self had long since convinced him
of this.* l
Thus his sense of smell was far
more acute than normal. If he
came into an empty room, he knew
instantly who had last passed
through that room. In the same
way, perhaps from a peculiarity of
structure which his oculist early re
marked, he Could see with some
precision in the dark. Incidentally,
his eyes sometimes shone like those
of an animal; and Mrs. Greeding
might be startled, when they both
awoke at night, to see her hus
band's eyes thus gleaming.
Doctor Greeding cultivated these
unusual capacities—taking care, for
instance, not to smoke, lest he blur
his sense of smell; but this was a
matter as much of inclination as of
choice, for he had a dog’s distaste
for tobacco. Mrs. Greeding, and
his daughter Nancy, respected this
feeling on his part. Mrs. Greeding
never smoked at all, Nancy never
when she was near him.
But he had other gifts not so def
initely physical. For instance, he
sometimes knew what a person was
about to say before the word was
uttered. Or when he approached a
street-comer, or a closed door, he
might find himself perfectly sure
that when he turned the comer, or
opened the door, he would discover
a certain person or scene.
aiso, ne naa naa occasionally me
experience of wishing very much
that something entirely out of the
ordinary run of expectation would
happen—and having the wished-for
event occur. But this he attributed
to his luck. Doctor Greeding was
in fact a child of good fortune. Life
ran well for him. He had married,
with the deliberate intention of fur
thering his career, the girl he
chose; and their life together had
been all that he had hoped. He
had desired one child, a daughter;
Nancy was their only child. He had
sought material and professional
success, and found it
And in other ways, in the small
incidents of daily life, luck was
likely to break in his direction. His
mother—she was a simple woman—
once told him that he had been born
under a caul. "So you'll always be
lucky,” she explained . . .
The thing began with Ira Jerrell,
a wealthy business man near Doc
tor Greeding’s own age, whose life
the Doctor had saved by a difficult
operation. From that day, as a not
unnatural consequence, their friend
ship had steadily deepened.
Today Jerrell had telephoned Dr.
Greeding and made an appointment
to lunch with him, at their club.
During the luncheon they spoke of
casual matters. Afterward, Jerrell
started to light a cigar, then hesi
tated.
"Light it Ira,” the Doctor bade
him, smiling. “The window’s open;
and if any tobacco can be tolerable
to a sensitive nose, it is yours."
So Jerrell scratched a match. He
was a man physically fit lean and
hard. His thick hair contributed to
jthe yeuthfulness of his appearance;
but there were betraying lines at
the comers of his mouth. He said,
after g moment, quietly: •
"I want to have a talk with you,
Ned—about Nancy.” There was a
•low color in his
The Doctor nodded. “Yes, I
know."
Jerrell looked at him curiously.
“How can you know?” he asked.
Doctor Greeding only smiled, and
Jerrell said: “Ned, I always have
a feeling, in talking with you. that
you know what I'm going to say.
You’re a curiously understanding
man.” He chuckled. “I should not
like to try to keep a business secret
from you."
"If I could read your mind, I’d
have been-able to retire long ago,”
Doctor Greeding remarked.
"You don’t—speculate, do you?”
inquired. He had never in
vited the other to participate in any
uuhuwaa auau.
Greeding shook his head. “No.
At least, I never have, I’m natural
ly cautious, and—it hasn’t been nec
essary.
Jerrell finally spoke again.
“Well, you’re right, Ned." he
said. “It is about Nancy. . . .
She’s a beautiful, a lovely girl.”
“Why, yes,” Doctor Greeding
smilingly assented, rather amused
at the other’s indirection. “I think
so.”
After a moment Jerrell came to
the point
“Ned,” he said, “here it is, in
words of one syllable: If—well, I
should like to marry Nancy.”
Doctor Greeding’s heart quick
ened its beat; but he held his
tongue. Jerrell went on, hurriedly.
“Of course, I haven’t spoken to
her,” Jerrell explained. “It seemed
to me that under the circumstances
I ought first to come to you—my
old friend, and Nancy’s father.”
And he continued: “I see quite
clearly the difficulties in the way.
I am twenty years older than she
is, twenty-two or -three years older.
That is an obstacle. Then I have
known her, as a child and as a
young woman, for years; but she
has thought of me as an old man—
who grew older—for as long. That
is another obstacle. There may be
still others. It may be that she is
—in love with some one her own
age; and it may be that even if she
were not, you and Mrs. Greeding
would object to her marrying me,
either because I’m so much older,
or for some other reason.”
He hesitated, and when Doctor
Greeding still held silent, he went
on:
“I don’t want to—distress her, if
she—already loves some one else,
some youngster her own age. And
I don’t want to embarrass you or
Mrs. Greeding, by putting you in
the position of opposing her mar
riage to me.”
He hesitated, said then: “That’s
the situation, Njd. What do ~ you
think?”
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ing chuckled. “Well, Ira," he said,
“I can't pretend to be—surprised.
I’ve not been blind to your new in
terest in Nancy in these recent
months. Mrs. Greeding has told me
some things about your visit with
them in Georgia.” He added calm
ly: “And Nancy’s fine. I should
have been more surprised U you
had failed to discover the fact"
He went on, thoughtfully: “Nancy
has friends, of course—boys her
own age. A girl of twenty-two is
very much a young woman; but a
boy of that age is still a boy. She
has a troop of these youngsters at
her heels most of the time; but no
one of them more often than the
others.” He smiled. “I feel sure
the field is open,” he said.
“How about you? And Mrs.
Greeding" Jerrell asked bluntly.
The Doctor hesitated, then went
on: “The difference in your ages
may seem to her an obstacle, as
you say. She may feel it a barrier
too great to be surmounted. On
that point, I cannot speak. That is
for Nancy to decide.”
Jerrell said simply:
“Of course, in the last analysis.
But would you and Mrs. Greed
ing—”
The Doctor met the other man’s
eyes straightforwardly. “I know
you pretty well, Ira,” he replied.
“If Nancy loved you and wished to
marry you, Mrs.. Greeding and I
would be—gratified.”
Jerrell chuckled with a quick,
youthful pleasure; but he sobered
then, and he said gratefully:
“Thanks, Ned. I appreciate your
attitude.” And after a moment he
added: “I— love Nancy, Ned. And
I’m not so old as my years. I’ve
lived decently, taken care of my
self. I believe—if she came to
love me—I could make her happy.’
Doctor Greeding nodded. “I
know as much about you—physical
ly—as you know yourself.” He was J
proud of his tone. It was dispas
sionate and calm, with ho hint in
it of die excitement he felt |
Jerrell colored. There was al
ways In him something deeply lik
able. He said awkwardly:
"I know this is an old-fash
ioned proceeding, my speaking first
to you . . . And I don’t want to be
rebuffed. Are you sure she is—
■free?” , -
“Perfectly sure,” Doctor Greed
ing promised. "I have her confi
dence. If there were anyone, I
would surely know.” 1
Jerrell smiled, qnd his fcyes light
ed. “Thanks, Ned," he'said. “I
shall bank on what you say.”
Doctor Greeding drovo back up
town in • complacent triumph. He
had no least misgiving of what was
to come . . . Edward Greeding
was the only son of a Maine farm
er. Even as a boy on the farm,
he revealed some unique and un
usual quality; and his mother’s
pride furnished a driving motive
force. By his own labors he,put
himself through Bowdoin and aft
erward through Harvard Medical
school, where he ranked second in
his class.
By the time he had finished his
hospital work, both his father and
mother were dead. In Cambridge
he had learned to value the at
mosphere of dignity and pride
which surrounded somefof the fine
old houses there. In one of them
—that of Doctor Bendon—he was a
welcomed visitor; and he shrewdly
decided that if Myra Bendon were !
his wife, his career would begin
under good auspices. He wooed the
girl—she was a little taller than
he, plain and awkward, not beset
by suitors—and won her. Later,
when Doctor Bendon died. Doctor
and Mrs. Greeding came to live in
the old house that had been built
by her great-grandfather a hun
dred years before.
Mrs. Greeding would have pre
ferred more modern surroundings;
but her husband insisted. There
“Thanks, Ned," He Said. "I
Shall Bank on What Ton Say.”
were In the old house many thing!
—furniture, silverware and the like
—which had been old and fine when
the house was new; and Doctor
Greeding had a keen appreciation
of these possessions. He took pride
in them, took pride in having
achieved them. But Mrs. Greeding
kept the old things from a sense of
duty. There were a few things—a
vase, a modem painting or the like
—which she had bought and against
the Doctor’s protests insisted on
keeping; and her own dressing
room, her particular domain, was
decorated and furnished in a mod
ernistic vein.
The house stood on half an acre
of well-landscaped grounds, with a
One bay hedge in front, and flowers,
and a pool where goldfish swam,
and a tennis court The tennis
court was at one side, and the wire
screen designed to catch stray
balls was itself overgrown by vines,
so that the court was hidden from
the eye of anyone not actually with
in the enclosure.
This afternoon—it was a day in
May, when spring was already full
blown, and the sun was warm—and
only a little while after Doctor
Greeding had assured Jerrell that
Nancy was heart-free, the girl was
playing tennis with Dan Carlisle.
This young man was an assistant
professor of economics in the uni
versity, and. his book on the busi
ness cycle had already won respect
fid notice and was used as a text in
die business school. He telephoned
Nancy soon after lunch; asked
whether she were free. She told
him,-eagerly, to come; and at a
little before three he arrived, to find
her driving balls against die batter*
board at the end of the court
Doctor Greeding did not suspect
that those great plans he bad
for Nancy were guessed by half the
world; but they were not as secret;
as he supposed. Thus when Dan'
arrived, he peered through the gate
in the screen around the court,
and hissed sharply. Nancy heard,
and called, “Oh, hello!” and she
came swiftly toward him.
“Sh-h-hl” he warned her, finger
on his lips; and he looked right and
left, cautiously. “Are we alone?”
he whispered.
"idiot!" she laughed. "Yes, or
course. Mother's gone to play
bridge—won't be home till late."
“Ahl" . Dan sighed contentedly.
"And your father won’t, either. So
it’s perfectly safe for me to show
myself I”
“Don’t be silly, Dan," Nancy in
dignantly protested. "You’re not
exactly an outcast, you know.”
He insisted with mock gravity:
"Indigent instructor plays clandes
tine tennis with daughter of wealth
and beauty." He shook his head.
“That’s bad,” he said.
Nancy cried, half-irritated: "Just
for that, I shall beat you!” She
spun her racket “Rough or
smooth?” ,
"Rough,” said Dan; and the
racket fell.
"Smooth,” she announced tri
umphantly. "I’ll take the serve!”
So Dan stripped off his sweater
and crossed to the farther court,
and Nancy’s racket rose and swung
in a free full circle. The ball
clipped the line, went untouched in
to the backstop.
"Weren’t you ready?” she called.
“Sorry,” he confessed with a
grin. "You ought to wear a veil
or something, Nancy, or black your
teeth! How can a man keep his
eye on the ball?”
—-“You'd better watch this one!”
she retorted, her cheeks bright
and served again. But the ball
came back, low and fast on her
backhand, and at her feet; and
thereafter Dan managed to keep
his attention on the game.
Yet—inattention might have been
forgiven him. Nancy was slender,
with loose dark hair; and she wore
one of those scant tennis costumes
calculated to permit the greatest
possible freedom of movement, with
no sleeves, and a skirt which even
in repose scarce reached the knee.
Her bare legs were golden brown
from three months of southern sun,
and her arms and throat were the
color of honey. Dan thought her
like that classic figure of Diana
with the stag. Her movements were
liquid and effortless; her body
flowed through a succession of pos
tures, each beautifully composed,
like a fine work of art, which the
eye recorded and remembered.
Dan himself was no work of art
He was taller than Nancy, but so
broad of shoulder and heavy of leg
that he seemed short hnd almost
chunky. He moved about the court
with a robust zest and a reckless
waste of energy. His stroke seemed
awkward, but had a surprising ef
ficiency and pqwer. Nancy had
learned her tennis in a good school,
and played easily and well; and she
did in fact win that first set from
him, though by sheer stubborn per
sistence he carried It thrice to
deuce.
But in the second set his superior
pace began to tell; the balls he
hit had a steam behind them which
when they struck her racket com
municated the shock to her hand,
to her wrist and arm. Little by lit
tle, her returns began to drift faintly
to the right of the spot where she
aime4 them; she made errors. He
broke her serve . . .
“Golly, Nancy,” he protested,
“you’re blazing! Too hot?”
“Of course not!” She laughed at
him. "You’re no iceberg, yourself, ”
she retorted. “You’re red as beef!
It makes me hot just to look at
you."
"Want to call it off?” he urged.
“No sense killing ourselves.” • '
(TO BE CONTINUED)
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LESSON-:
By REV. HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST.
Dean of the Moody Bible Institute
© Western Newspaper Union.
Lesson for December 6
PAUL’S PARTING COUNSELS
LESSON TEXT—I Timothy 8:6-16; H
Timothy 4:16-18.
GOLDEN TEXT—I have fought a good
fight, I have finished my course, I have
kept the faith. II Timothy 4:7.
PRIMARY TOPIC—Paul’s Last Let
ter.
JUNIOR TOPIC — Paul Awaits the
Great Adventure.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP
IC—Passing on the Christian Torch.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOP
IC—Transmitting the Gospel Heritage.
The apostle Paul was an example
in many things, and not the least
important of these is the manner in
which he was constantly on the look
out for young men who by the call
and blessing of God would take up.
the gospel ministry. He realized
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that if the Lord tarried he and his
co-workers would pass on, and the
work must needs be carried for
ward by younger men.
Not only did he seek out such
young men but he “followed
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and present usefulness, hinders
young men and women from obtain
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tian service. The fields are white
unto harvest but the laborers are
still few. Let us pray them out and
help them on their way.
Our lesson centers around the
counsels of Paul to his young friend,
Timothy. Written near the end of
his life, the letters are filled with
all the sweet earnestness of his
great soul. They present four im
portant truths which merit the care
ful attention of every Christian, and
particularly of the Christian worker.
I. The Gain of Godliness (I Tim.
6:6-8).
In a world which knows little
but the urge to gain material riches
we need to emphasize the fact that
it is still true that a man is not
profited if he gain the whole world
and lose his own soul.
The great gain of godliness is
that inner fellowship with God
which brings true contentment of
spirit.
II. The snare of Riche* U Tim.
6:S-11).
The pages of human history are
full of the names of those who have
fallen into this trap of Satan. Sad
to say, not a few of them have been
Christian leaders.
Notice that it is not the money
itself, or the amount of it that con
stitutes the danger. It is the desire
or the “mind to be rich,” and “the
love of money" that “is a root of
all evil." Hence Paul’s admonition
comes to each one of us to “flee
these things and follow after right
eousness, godliness, faith, love, pa-,
tience, meekness.” What a sermon
in a dozen words! '
HI. The Fight of Faith (w. 12-10).
Christianity is not only an inward
grace which reflects in “godliness
with contentment" and in fleeing
the snare of riches, but it is a daily
fighting of the good fight of faith.
It is imperative that there be “a
good confession" (v. 12), coupled
with a keeping of God’s “command
ment without spot, without re
proach, until the appearing of our.
Lord Jesus Christ.”
The servant of Christ, in view of
the coming of the One who is “the
King of Kings and Lord of Lords,”'
is to live a consistent, clean, and
irreproachable life.
IV. A Divine Deliverance (HTim.
4:16-18).
“All forsook me," says Paul.
How tragic 1 How weak and (inde
pendable is the arm of flesh! “But
the Lord stood by me.” How glori
oust How mighty and gracious is
our God!
The follower of Christ may find
himself without a human friend or
supporter. Those who stood by in
younger and more successful days
may have disappeared. But let u*
remember that our trust is in God
who has never failed any one of his
children. "He abideth faithful, he
Cannot deny himself.” (H Tim.
2:13).
Fight the Geed Fight
“But out yonder in the wide for
est, who knows what storms are
raving tonight in the hearts of men,
though all-the woods are still? Who
knows what haunts of wrath and
cruelty and fear are closed tonight
against the advent of the Prince ad
Peace? And shall .1 tell you what
religion means to those who are
called and chosen to dare and to
fight, and do conquer the world for
Christ? It means to launch out in
to the deep. It means to go against
the strongholds of the adversary.
It means to struggle to win an en
trance for their Master everywhere.
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