Gunnison news-champion., 1907-01-18

t'itf IL AiAt - AAshtS a."
Mosquiu' >. fosguf the sardoaic-lipDed
stranger ! had mes in FriaFGs. foE-
sot everything save the little ticket
that had accidentally slipped into nay
package. aud which announced that
some one had rented a blue domino.
And here vas Hlse DoaIino at my
side. just simply DYING TO have me
talk to her
= am madiy in love win yoa" I
began. 4 have followed Yea often.
have seen sou in y8nr box at the op-
era. 7 have seen voa whirl up tifth
avenue in your hne barouche. and
here al lasf I megt you c~sped
my hands fazsIauately
Niy 1autifui barouche' My box
a. Tho opera the Eid mimicked
What cheerful Anauias you are"
Thou ART tHe most enchanting
creature In an the universe Thou art
even turquoise a patch Of radiant
summer SKY, eyes of sapphire lips"
Archaic, very archaic. she inter
rurted
"Disillusioned 10 ten seconds"
cried, dismally How could youg"
she lauEhed
Have YOU NO romance Can YOU
not see the fitness OF things9 II you
have not box at the opera. you
ought at least 90 make believe You
have. History walks about us. aud
YOU call the old style archsiei That
hurts"
"Methinks. Sir Monk"
There, That's more like it. ry
my haldiom. that's the styie'"
odds bodkin. you don't tell me-"
/ There was a second ripple of laughter
from behind the mask. 1t was rare
music.
Il could fall in love with YOU"
There once was a Frenchman who
said that as nothing is impossible. let
ms believe in the absurd. I might he
old enough to be your grand mother"
lightly
Perish the thought"
| Perish IL. indeed"
The mask 10 the thing" I cried
] enthusiastically. You can make love
TO another mans wife"
"Or your own. and nobody Is the
wiser. er."-cynicaIly.
| We are getting ga
"Yes. we are getting ~. bOth In
wears ana In folly What are yOa -
/ ing IN Q monks robe7 Where 10 your
motley. gay fool"
/ Il have laid II aside for the night
ON svch occasions as this. fools dress
as wise men. and wise men as fools;
everybody goes about in disGatse.
How would yoa go about to psch
out the fools s?"-curiously.
beginning with myself"
Thy name is also CsnAOr'"
Look at yonder Cavalier. He wab'
blee like q ship in distress. In the wild
Effort to keep his feet untangled from
his rapier. III wager he's = wealthy
plumber on week days. Observe Anne
Of Austria. What arms, I'll lay odds
that her great grandmother took In
washing There's Romeo. nov, with
pair of legs like an old apple tree.
The freedom of criticism is mine to-
night' Did you ever zee such ridicu-
lous ideas of costume, For my part.
the robe and the domino for me All
| lines are destroyed: nothing is recog-
! nizable. Ny, my. There's Harlequin.
too, walking on parentheses
/ The Blue Domino laughed again.
You talk as II you had no friends
here. ."-shrewdly
But which is my friend and which
! is the man to whom | owe money!"
What Is your tailor here, then"
Heaven forbid, Strange. isn't il.
: when fellow starts in to pay up his
bills, that the tailor and the under
! taker have 10 wait till the last"
The subject is outside my under.
standing"
But you have dressmakers'
4 seldom pay dressmakers
All, Then you belong to the most
exclusive set"
Or perhaps I make my own
dressee-"
"Sh." Not 50 loud. Suppose some
one should overhear you?"
1t was a slip of the tongue And
yet, you should be lenient TO all"
Kind heart, All. | wonder what
all those Interrogation points mean
the black domino there?"
Possibly she represents Scandal"
Scandal. then. is symbolilzed by
| the interrogation point o.
Yes Whoever heard of scandal
4 coming 10 a full stop, that is 70 say.
i a period ?"
! Il learn something every minute
| 4 hundred years ago you would have
! been a cousin to Mile. de Necker."
Or Nine de Stael'
| oh. if you are married.
Il shall have ceased to interest
| you7"
On the contrary Only marriage
would account for the bitterness Of
| Your tone. What does the Blue Dom
ino represent."