Gunnison news-champion., 1907-06-28

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oe ans ea-e nse as rhssszh J Ne-e .
ossr doz ef the Resnhzrs Standard or
AE.-.d gone .4sd'-
he ~as standing ezee a.c. q icrs
rib. set |. mAxnsAeess tzz-. ss he
Asrl.s these sesd~ a. uss. I was sa-e
~ had really lo~s his niaG thai |
u&s N fke presence - E8sn trais
mad Esr only FOR - irstani thea
M horrot. nv snzs- t.sssed o. .
great Crushing. ali-e.,.st uiax assay
Of pity far Eob. and ! q a-syged ay
head ca my hands and scss 3 =
hard 10 admit r. bss y j. trac-I
vop; sncontFollabiy. In an ins;an;
tn rVom vas aaic; exeep; fnr me
sound ~ my oSn ssfal eri.f I heard
II vas ashamed OF it. bgs I cosld not
stop. The telephone ranx again and
axsin- wildly. shriily eu. there ~as
NJ answer. The stiffness became 80
oppressive thai even nav exn sobs
aaiesed- sasped as the lamp in my
throat choked me. thea Slowly raised
nv eyer.
Nob's towering fzuTc vas in front
81 me His head had fallen forward.
and his arms we're folded acrsss his
breast. But that he staod erect |
should have thought him dead 50
-. 4 a
looked into his face. down which great
tears We're dropping silently
touched him on tho shoulder
Bob. nv dear old chHm. Bob. for
give me. For Gods sake forgive me
f1r intrudiug on yoar misery
] locked at him. ! viii never forget
his face. No hearth broken womans
could have been sadder He slowly
raised his head then staggered and
eraspod the Understand for support
Don't. Jim. don't-dont ast me 70
forgive you Oh. Jim. Jim ny old
friend. forgive me for my ma1uces:
forget what I said TO Yen. forget TIRE
brute you Just saw and iuk e ne as
u old when ! wogl3 have riactad
out my tongue II I he4 caught 9. -Hv-
iug a harsh word 10 the be-. AMI
truesi friend man ewes had Jin trr-
get n all. ! was mad ON uaa
have been mad for ? long time bur e
cannot last much longer know y
can't. and Jim. BY all our past love.
by the memories of the dear old favs
at ST. Pauls and at Iarvard The
dear old days of hope and happiness.
when We planned fer the fu'lre. try
10 think Of me onls as you lvpw ne
then. as YOU know that | should now
he. but for the Systems cure"
The clerks We pounding on the
door: through = glass showed many
forms. They '"' been gathering for
minutes viii Cob talked in his low.
sad tone. a the that no one could be-
lieve came from the same mouth that
a few moments before had poured
forth . Aood Of brutal heartlessness
Rob went to the door The oGAce
was In IN HprOar. Twenty or - Of
B0b's brokers were these. swhast At
not setting = reply - their calls.
Many we're pouring In through the
oster Oalce Bob looked IT them cold
~. We'll. what Is the trouble? Is
It possible We are down to a point
where the stock exchange rushes
over to q mans once whe, his wire
happens to break down."
They saw his blum You cannot de-
ccive stock exchange men. at least
not the kind that bob Browrley EN-
ployed on panic days, but his cool
ness reassured theM. and when they
saw me it was oAds-oa that they
guessed to . man why Bob had ig-
nored his wires-guessed that I had
been pleading for the life Of tho
street"
Well. where do you stand"
Frank Swan answered for the
crowd: The panic 10 in fun swing.
She's cellar-to-ridee pole ripper.
They're down 20 or over on an av-
erage. Anti-People's is doWA to IS.
and still coming like sawdust over a
broken dam. Barry CoAapt's house
and dozen other Of Reinhart's have
gone under. His banks and trust
companies are going every minute.
The whole street will b. overheard
before the close. The governing com.
mittee has just called meeting to see
whether it will not be best TO adjourn
the exchange over to-day and tomor.
row"
Bob listened as II ~ mad beea
master at the wheel in q gale, re-
ceiving reports fro0 his mates.
There was no trace now Of the
scene he had just been through. He
was cold. masterful. like the seasoned
seadog who knS~s that in spite Of
the oceans rage and the viAd's howl,
the wheel will answer his hand and
the craft it's rudAer. Jim. come over
to the exchange" The crowd fol.
lowed along. We have but . AiAute
and want to have you say you for
give me-" he said to me. Il know.