Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 December 1949 — Page 6

tion was quite black and

town, a: J eit se upon and again she found herself toward mountains were coming. ‘gloser, rising so that they

obscured half of the sky. Ifjabout Dr. Clifton,” he said de-

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come. more Aerribly. heavy than| betore.

- the packing On a sudden impulse she turned

said. “A terrific storm's coming.’ “Help me get up this top," she said, “You press there.

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“Could she ever forget it! But Gilda openly nodded. “41 was very positive that day, BE n't 1?” He smiled, she thought |

some reason with disappointment. / “T will Seg them to reévalue the whole problem with me, They are good men, they must be reasonable men: Together we surely can ok out some means of making this ministry fruitful still.” After a moment she said’ “What brecught you te this de-| “elsion?” : Sn | “It was Connie. Her tragedy”) He halted Detore-her-pain-in-his | eyes, “She came to me for help. I could give her none.” Gilda was moved by his Jor] row, “How can you take the) blame on yourself? It was an-| other who was guilty" She) stopped. “Did you say something | Ba Murray Clifton about: playing ~” {"“Why--I believe I did.” He re-| garded her with surprise, “You, think a great deal of him, don’t |

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her, ” “ e mos You must come In, Gilda” h not | She had been so very sure, as everyone. else was, of Murray's It was a mechanical gadget. He guilt, and this was like the lift- 08. us Ingtinet Joa Shem wht pressed, and the top rose as ifiting of a burdening weight. She Wy gome occult force within the, would not have belleved that her _ |heart could give so surprising a A People fn little knots -stood in leap. Carlisle saw the pulse of joyilts mighty foot. “street, all looking and pointingiin her face, | “Let's go into the churchyard | (horror, the lights went out, witlra snowy beard cams towards must have. cooled off outside,” he said. Almost at once, at the sh trembling. A mighty shaking. as \ tossed who clustered across the: Rtoeqt LAD. earthquake the.sarth, came hurrying over, with Pawnee giunning detonation of great once more in the lead, “It ain’t done yet!” said Pawnee. wind rushing among them. suckHe waa panting. + Carlisle glanced quickly’ up at! blackness. the sky, A new, greater darkness had desrended, with a’ whirling onset of evil-looking clouds over- it. head. “Take thém in” Carlise; said. “Perhaps you'd better go down into the undercroft—the Sunday

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school room,” -he added.

It came rushing

with the speed of a motive. th ‘the furious tain of its ugh the ticks cloud.

insulation!

ig n eT a femme fatale. However, 88 | A mig high ' be repercussions, | stood.

not divulge the contents of the gossips believed Dr. Clifton respon. has assigned one of her reportliste. “The Tower Hill ‘set was |Shouttiig. a in-the fashionable section of I

center of the city she noticed hurled” themselves t the rapid short

ing. «There still was lightness in the higher parts, but the Tower parts] of Te clouds. were_opaque and gloomy clear down to. the horizon. [terror-stricken groups in the low ol a she drove toward Jug-|

a sense of {ll- you? She did not answer.

Again/went on: “You wrong him, Gilda, het, : Ag He's suffering remorse at this

minute.” the west, where she said coldly.

“I'm going to tell you something

“I'd rather not hear it” * “You will hear it, knew she could never reach he said sternly. “Giida, Dr, ClitShe house in time to es- ton was cape a soaking in this open car. Connie,

In justice!”

not—the /betrayer of

aside and rapidly toward] HER EVES widened. 7 two. blocks who . > away. : “That 1 cannot téll you. But he hurry ward had no means even of knowing Carlisle came mg toward) er condition, t fervent plea to me that i t from him of all people.” visiine at. alk

her one

lof Ciirlisle and Gilda, the

“Where's Ynez?" Carlisle asked Pawnee, “Have you seen her?" 8 “I looked for her. But she wasn't there. Big Hoob's at' a meeting of the union. She must of gane paw; or: maybe down to the

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atud goin ww one entire end cf the undercroft > r y Gilda hat are you. . to dot") | was collapsed, none of those in > “I'm going . towe " the room had been Injured, save! ig 7A sald. w to the r" he tor slight contusiéns and cuts 7

At the top of the steps Carlisle! pushed open a trapdoor. Then h fitaisted Gilda to the fiat root af the tower, and they turned toto gaze westward ¥

gether sickening a At I, same time they saw it. Gigantic, Tacredibly malignant and towering.

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at Teast the dread ful pillar Then she heard a. ory; seemed a distant ery, but it was Carlisle beside her. “Bown —down below!” he wis,

Hearts pounding. Jungs Harpe {ing for alr, they raced down the ol wind tay tower steps. hand {clutched . into. hand and almost | across the!

churchyard, A moment,

Ta people were “Clustered in| auditorium below the nave which| wan used for the. Church Schdel, children, X

oe AT THE end of the room oppe< site the stairs a miniature altar] stood on a small platform, It! was for the children, To this shrine of infant devotion Gllda saw, Carlisle walk! rapidly and kneel before the tiny| cross. His lips moved. He was! praying. ~ One by one they moved toward | him, and one by one they slumpen | to a kneeling position, r With the ofhers Gilda hurried forwdrd and knelt beside him on the platform, This had occupied almost no Yet in that instant ishe knew. They all knew, It was upon them. They could see noth-

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It was towering directly above them

| It was about to place upon them Asif to add the last acvess of

| Bereaming fury of sound. Mons of masonry, grinding and

|walls collapsing’ and a dreadful ing and beating at them in the

And then Tt was géne. At first Gilda could not believe!

She heard a receding roar, On the cement floor of the under: croft, inches deep. wss muddy] water which soaked her dress and feet. { They were “alive, was certain, Carlisle helped her to her feet. The looked about. still dazed. | The end of the undercroft room: farthest fron the altar was filled with a hedp.of masonry. : . It eamé over them that a miracle had taken place. Although!

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from flying splinters. They had o/COME and knelt, close-clustered,| ®labout Carlisle at the tiny altar of | the children. . So the avalanche] u Burtied down upori an empty space of floor where a moment before it would have crushed out human lives. { Ghaarisie lifted his face, and heard his voice: "Father, HR nk yout. |

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