Fifty years ago when he was a young man there had arisen in the world the great anti-Christ, who had been more harmful than Luther--Darwin, the monkey man. The Protestant churches, as ever uninspired, had first fought, then compromised with him. They tried to swallow and digest Darwinism. But Darwinism had digested them. The anthropoid ape had shaken the throne of Luther's Jehovan God. The greater anti-Christ had consumed the lesser. The Church alone stood firm. She had admitted no orang-outangs to her communion table, and now her policy was justified by its fruits. Her faithful remained the only Christians in Christendom. _Ecclesia Depopulata_, ran the old prophecy, the Church deserted. And the time was near upon them for the fulfillment of the words. France, Italy, Portugal, and even Spain, were in revolution against the Keys of Peter. The evil days were coming, _Ecclesia Depopulata_. But a new age of faith was to follow, so also it was prophesied. The deathless Church could not die. Once again she was to rule a pious world in might, majesty, dominion and power--and her sway would endure until the last day. He fell upon his knees in his bare ascetic study and presently arose refreshed, a fighting veteran in the army that will make no peace but a victor's. XXXIV WHICH BEGINS ANOTHER STORY MAKES DIVORCE SPEED RECORD Judge Peebles Sets New Pace for Untying Nuptial Knots. Cupid went down for the count in the courtroom of Circuit Judge James M. Peebles when five couples were legally separated yesterday afternoon between 3 and 4 o'clock--about ten minutes for each case. This is said to establish a new record in Cook county for rapid-fire divorce. The cases, which were uncontested, were as follows: Rachel Sieglinde vs. Max Sieglinde; abandonment. Harmon A. Darroch vs. Lottie Darroch; infidelity. Mary Stiles vs. Jonathan Stiles; drunkenness. Georgia Connor vs. James Connor; drunkenness. Sarah Bush vs. Oscar Bush; drunkenness and cruelty. None of the defendants appearing, the decrees were entered by default. Georgia read the item twice and smiled bitterly. So her divorce was one of the "rapid fire" variety! They said it had taken ten minutes. She knew it had taken ten years. And Bush, Darroch, those other people--might they not also have walked in Gethsemane? Was this what the papers meant by their humorous accounts of "divorce mills"? She had received an especially vivid impression of Mr. Darroch and never would forget him. His case had come just before her own. He had spoken in a nasal, penetrating voice and she heard plainly every word when he testified. He was a short middle-aged man whose young wife, after ruining him by her extravagance, had run away with a tall traveling salesman. Even after that Mr. Darroch had offered to forgive her and take her back. But she wouldn't come. Then finally he divorced her, as the reporter put it, with record-breaking speed.