I
THE ATHEIST
"I worship no one," cried the atheist. "Divinities are senseless, useless, barriers to progress and ambition, a curse to man. Gods, fetiches, graven images, idols—faugh!"
On the atheist's work-table stood the photograph of a beautiful girl.
II
ALLIES
The Devil, finishing his seidel of Würzburger, eyed the young man quizzically.
"What would you of me?" he said.