Gunnison news-champion., 1908-06-19

as th-ee Other feIers s.se saei-
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re.r daddy ~.s close ax sGnsass rts
chsrce 4oar Aaa phe. sh~ oxuru. az.
be- eida waste no time s-sss suG yollfs
&.ss tisnSser kep l ksf H. psss.a-.
to nee yea hon.e this es~us>xy Id
. ioss the xasss Il ] had wss.~S 70 xi;
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tor razhf opposite me go E,l k.i-eu
sFsuf-sanu gzcie-and l kucsec ms
arm shSos ogf Ike q psseps corn.
ssskeE the minute you uansauy come
the Vas mighty sssck. sat u4iehfy
polite, ! sRo~.a he d ssy shsf tool
ishness sbout being ps.a-sa 10 So h.r
home We'll she cossae ca; ana / cha.;
grabbed. And .hiie ! Vas marching
0n hke a coaaserins here susoru4ias
her that 81 vas . nic. efening / could
hear t8H oa the ~ side. xiss,nz os,
tina; stun bout pleasure aad seaias
her home. Naacy says SAWS sn.
sank yeg. Mr. tsiseukrous. I'm suited
and ] laughed like he'll, And. begosh.
ems. Nancy laughed too And that
settled BiH Tor efer more Oh. It's
nOssins like laugh at III. right time
to kill man OF ian left tosp the
next dsy. tie had too. Aud - disinf
shos ug tell the next fall SET vou
so, sure sing And. beeoshens. yoa
might Just as well haish sam up IN
the same iob-pgi him oui OF town.
Next SUNDAY YEA watch sam Keep
right opposite him. Then sii your
arm Ia action about a second soon.r
Left side. you know her light sally
u be On the lookout. Don't stop %
say any fool sings about the pleasure
Of seeing her home Do u. And.
when sam gifts his work in. laugh
Laugh like bull And git sally TO
laugh l bet you two dollars and ten
cents that sam won't be in town the
dsy,"
Like campaign speech vas the
effect of thisi
sefy objected no longer Tie said
he would do II all Perhaps this. too.
got about. At all events. before the
next sunday. the interest created by
their rivalry was more than equal to
the voice OF the Gospel All the town.
ship would be at church
Sam would not be dislodged He
invented the most diabolical schemes
for seauestrsting Sally TO himself dur.
ing the week which followed-.intu
which guileless Sally often fell-and
which seemed to proclaim her suitor
to be himself. Sam. you remember.
had access to Sally, but SeRy had not
Seny confessed that this looked sinis.
ter. True, he remembered all that had
passed between them. But once before
he had been in error.
So that Seffy. before the weeks
end, began once more-and more
stronsly-to deprecate the necessity
for this public demonstration of his
status. His father demanded II as a
diplomatic necessity, inasmuch as
Sally still retained Sam on q basis no
much like his own as to make the SIT
uation extremely embarra sing 10 even
Old Baumeartner. who Lad let II be
known that he was the active coadiu-
tor of his son. To vanquish SeRy ~as
TO vanquish him. and he if not Sery
himself, screwed Seffys courage to the
sticking point. After this Seffy weak
ened no more. but proclaimed his pur-
pose. 1t was generally conceded that
the one who failed now would have to
leave town
So here was retiring little Sefy
forced by circumstances into a public
rivalry which he detested, and. II
may as well be confessed-feared. II
must also. be explained that Sally's
course in maintaining these two strings
to her bow until the breaking moment
was not only universally commended,
but was the answering custom of the
Nicinage for girls so fortunate as TO
have two strings. 1t was held likely
to force one or the other to the point
and this was the purpose OF rustic
coquetry. And Sallys coquetry was
not only acknowledged: it Was tol-
Grated. and. ! fear, encouraged And.
alas, it had been as sweet to her as
rinous dissipation to men. But nov
it had made not only her own. but
Sefiy's position tremendously more
difficult