Gunnison news-champion., 1909-04-23

tAe unqualified endorsement of ScoFp& ~
medical leaders-hetses than any amount
They are not given away to be exrers-
Renied with hut are sold hy all aaAlaD y
oa4sclnes st reasonA bic prlces.
think me an indolent dreamy. uuso-
ciable fellow. Yet | am young man.
and sometimes I have a fancy-the SUI
perstitious would call IL a prcscutl-
ment-that my part in life l. not vet
altogether played. that. somehow and
some day. ! shall mix again In great
affairs, ] shall again spin policies IA a
busy brain. match my wits against my
enemies, brace my muscle to figit a
good fight and strike stout blows Such
Is the tissue of my thoughts as. with
gun or rod in hand. ! wander through
the woods or by the side of the stream.
Whether the fancy will he fulalled
cannot tell. still less whether the scene
that. led by memory. lay for my new
exploits viii be the true one-for
love u see myself once again In the
crowded streets of Strelsau or be-
meath the frowning keep OF the castle
Of Zenda.
Thus he'd. my broodines leave the fu-
ture and turn back on tn, past Shapes
rise before me In long nrvay-the wild
frst revel with the king. the rush with
my brave teatable. the night In the
mont the pursuit In the forest. my
friends and my foes. the people who
learned to love and honor me, the de~-
perate men who tried to kill me- And
from amid these last comes one who
alone Of all Of them yet moves on
earth, though where l know not. yet
plans (as I do not doubt wickedness,
yet turns women's hearts to softness
and mems to fear and hate. Where is
young Rupert Of Hentzau. the boy who
came so nigh TO beating me? When his
name comes into my head I feel my
hand grip and the blood move quicker
through my veins. and the hint OF
fate the presentiment. seems TO grow
stronger and more definite and 20
whisper insistently in my ear that
have yet hand to play with young
Rupert; therefore I exercise myself in
arms and seek to put OF the day when
the vigor Of youth must leave me.
One break comes every year in my
quiet life. Then l go to Dresden, and
there l am met by my dear friend AMI
companion. Fritz Won Tarienheim.
Last time his pretty wife Helga came
and lusty. growing baby with her
And for week Fritz and I are to-
Gether. and l hear all OF what falls
out in Strelsau. and In the evenings a.
We walk and smoke together we talk
Of Sapt and Of the king and often Of
young Rupert, and as the hours grow
every year Fritz carries with him to
Dresden little box; in it lies a red
rose, and round the stalk Of the rose
Is 4 slip Of paper with the words writ
ten. 'Rudolf-Flavia-al And
the like l send back by him. That
message and the wearing OF the rings
are all that now bind me and the
queen of Ruritan.3. for-nob;er. as
told her, for the act-she had followed
where her duty to her country and her
house led her and is the wife Of the
king, uniting his subjects to him nv
the love they bear to her. giving peace
and quiet days 10 thousands by her
self sacrifice. There are moments
when I dare not think Of it. but there
are others when I rise i'm spirit to
where she ever dweIls; then can
thank God that love the noblest lady
in the world. the most gracious and
beautiful and that there was Nothing
in my love that made her fall short in
her high duty.
Shall ! wee her face again-tbe pale
face and the glorious hair: OF that I
know nothing. Fate has no hint. nv
heart no presentimenf do not knew.
In this world perhaps-nay, Il il like
E-never. And can ii he that s>re-
where. In 4. manner whereof our nesA
bosnd minds have no appfehensSsn.
she and will be together aeaiu. with
nothing to come between "a, nsthine
- fsrSiA Our Ls~e: That know pet.
~ wiser heaAs than ni.e. Bvt II IL
BE neverLh I caA never hsSA svsrt
csovesse again With hee q Issk Ds>
ber fnce - kDSW frUo h.r her tSv&
wAy. thea. tbs si6e tie erave I YIN
I've ~ becsoes tie Daa vAou -
bsseA snA Ter tie stAsr - I nue
nv Q dzea1sess s,seP.
rR ENDl