Gunnison news-champion., 1907-04-26

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aS-to-Hsorro~ voice ] had ever heard.
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eSsaissie beasss Of the xirl. this voiee
q hers spelled rs ~as into my brain
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erieutai essence Mature. euvirOa
ment the secsrHy 81 a perfect mar
rage hsse ever caE.l ais.ed 10 con.ti
tute me loyal 10 nly chosen ons. pet
a. ! sto0a siieut. lise oae dumb. alb
sorbing the details 81 the lese-iaess of
this young stranger sho had 50 sud
oVer NE thai here Nas . woman IN
tended % euiizhten moa who could not
gaaeratana trai shaft which Ia all
ages has WishaH. warning pierced
rsseus hearts and s9uls-loxe al FIRST
sight. Had thcrc na; been Katherine
Blair. wife aad mo hur-EatheTiae
isiair Randolph who Giied my love
world a. The noauday August sun fills
the cid fashioned well with nestIing
warmth and resfrd shaac-AfteT this
interval loui. iuE back st The past. 1
dare ask the auestion vino knows
bat that ! too might have dfftca from
tss secure anchorage Of my slow Yan-
kee blood and fioatcd iato the deep
waters
Beauty. the eyEic's 81 r is in the
eve uf the boholder. or ~ an gHeIe ct
vision -mcrc product U hme-liabt
paiut of view. desire e-huf Hcuiaa
sands vas beauty beyond cavil su.
peri0r 10 all aualys sis. o. definite as
the evening star agaiasr the tW.lieht
sky. In height medium. g.rlish. bH
with figure maturgly modelled
charmingly full and rounded. yet b.
very perfection OF proportion escauin %
sugges ion Of 'plumpness The head
surrounded and crowned with a wealth
of dark golden hair. rested ON neck
that would have seemed short had iis
slender column sprung less gracioasly
from the lovely lines of the breast and
shoulders beneath. II was on the
face. however. aud finally ON the eyes
that ones glances inevitably fingered
the face rose-tinted. with dimples In
either ~ the iIll cheeks. entering
laughing prots against the sad droop
that brought slightly down the corners
of mouth TOO large perhaps for
had been less exquisitely perfect The
straight. thin-nostriled nose, the broad
forehead. the square. full jaw almost
as low at the points where they come
beneath the ears as at the chin. sug
gested dignity and high resolve cOu-
Piled with q power Of purpose. rare In
woman The combination of forehead.
jaw. and nose was seldom seen. Had
1t been possessed by . man 1t would
surely have driven him to the tented
field for his profession. But the great
est glory of Beulah Sands was her
eyes-large. full. very gray, very blue.
vivid with all the glamour of her per
sonality. full of smiles and tears and
spirituality and passion; one instant.
frankly innocent. they Illuminated the
face Of blonde Madoana; the next.
seen through the extraordinary. long
jet-biack eyelashes underneath the
finely penciled black brows. they ca
resscd. coquetted, allured. | afterward
found much Of this girls purely physi
cal fascination lay in this strange
blending of English fairness with An
dalusian tints, though the abiding
quality of her charm was surely in an
exaltation of spirit Of which she might
make the dullest conscious. As she
stood looking at Bob in my ONCE that
longago noon, gracefully at ease in a
suit of gray. with gray -feathered
turban on her head. and tiny lace
bands at neck and wrist, she was very
exquisite. exceedingly dainty, and.
though southerner of southerners. very
unlike the typical brunette girl who
comes out of Dixie land.
This girl who came into our ONCE
that July Saturday. just in time TO in.
terfere with the outing Bob Brownley
and ! had laid out. and who was
destined to divert my chum's hereto
fore smooth nowirg river of existence
and turn it into an alienation of roar
ing rushes and deadly calms, was truly
the most exquisite creature one could
conceive of. l know my thought must
have been Bob's. too, for his eyes were
riveted on her face. She dropped the
black lashes like a veil as she went
on:
Mr. Brownley. | have just come
from Sands Landing. ! am very anx-
ious to talk with you on a business
matter. | have brought a letter to you
from my father II Won have other