Gunnison news-champion., 1907-05-03

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yossseH whas does this giri ~.at
yos 70 eo7 II X is anything IA reason
call It aose. for you kno~ theEe Is
nothing ] SoSt d. 10. you .f the ASA
ing
bobs hys;eriA Sozed. he sEogpee
% the rail seat .; nv side
4 kHo~ r. Jim. ! know IL. and yog
T8Eat forgive rae. The fact Is. Bealah
sauds story has aroused a bot 81
thoughts have been a-stsckinz do.n
cellar late years. for TO tell th. truth
] have some nasty tviuges of con
science every noV and then wsea |
get 10 thinking Of this dollar game Of
ou-s~
I saw tha; the impulslve blood was
fast cooling. and that II would oniy be
. question Of minutes until Bob would
be his cicar headed self
Vow. shat Is it she wants you 10
do persisted. is if case Ct
Money, Of our trying TO tide her father
overg~
Noti.ug of the kind Jim. You
don't know the proud Virginia blood.
Neither that girl nor her father would
accept money help from any one. They
would so to smash and the grave
first"
He paused and then continued ina
pressively:
This Is how she puts g. She and
her father have raked together her
different lcnacies and turned them
into cash. matter of $50 000. and
she got him to consent 20 ict her
come up here 90 see if during the next
six months she might not in few
desperate plunges in the market raa
it up 10 enough TO al least regain the
trust funds Yes. ! know 90 Is Wild
idea told her SO az the beginning.
bat there was no need. she knew n.
Tor she IS not only bright bat she
has the best idea Of business / ever
knew woman To- have. but 81 is
their only chance. Jim. and while !
listened 90 her argument came
around TO her way of thinking"
"But how did she happen to come
to you with this extraordinary
scheme" | interrupted.
Its this way-her father who
knew Randolph d Randolph through
your fathers handling Of the Sea
boards affairs learned of my connec-
ton with the house. and gave her q
letter, asking ., to do what could
to help his "a ighter carry out her
plans. She wants to get a position
with us, If / 1ssible, in some sort of
capacity. secretary. confidential clerk.
or as she puts IL, any sort of place
that will Justify her beias in the of
fce. She tells me she is good at
shorthand, on the aohine. or at cor
respondence. also that she has been
contributor to the magazines. II
this can be arranged. she says she
will on her own responsibility select
the time and the stock, and hurl the
last of the Sands fortune at the mar
ket. and. Jim. she is game The blow
seems to have turned this child into
a wonderfully neryy creature and old
man. am beginning to have a feeling
that perhaps the cards may come so
she will win the Judge out You and
know where less than sixty thousand
had been run up to millions more than
once. and that too, without the aid
she will have, for I'll surely do all
can to help her steer this last chance
into spongy places"
/ Bob in his enthusiasm had complete
/ ly lost sight cf the fact that he was
/ indorsing a project that but a moment
| previous he had pronounced insane.
and with a start realized what this
sudden Transformation betokened. In
evitably. if the project he outlined
[ we're carried out, Bob and the beauti-
/ ful southern girl would be thrown into
close association with each other, and
further acquaintance could only deep
en the startling influence Beulah
Sands had already won over my or
iinarily sane and cool-headed com
rade. As looked at my friend burn
ing with an ardor as unaccustomed
as ii was impulsive | felt a tug at
my heart-strinss at thought of the
sudden cross -roading of his life. high
way But l. too. was filled with the
glamour Of this girls wondrous beau
~, and her terrible predicament APP
ealed to me almost as strongly as it
had to Bob So. although | knew it
would be fatal to any chance of his
weighing the matter by common sense.
! burst out.
Bob. | don't blame you for falling
in with the girls plans. If ! were
in your shoes ! should. too"
Tears came to Bob's eyes as he
Z grabbed my hand and said:
Jim. how can | ever repay YOU for
all the good things you have done fcf
. me-how can l.
Ii was no time TO give way to emo
ticnal outbursts, and while Bob w2s
getting his grip on himself. | went
on: