Gunnison news-champion., 1910-03-18
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would ssSer have aIs-werrd bsr
- inquiry had she ssss .sscsssd
u. for psnss~a 10 the sov af tn~
was she chipping. the -suVsd. i
clipping WIZ the saay ~ke
from Nine Ansof' coasEssascss<
aentseaaaa who ,eap~a out cs sse
dow, ! IA ts.rgoasass~r eaH
There Was acsthcr q torssai hscsn aIlz
nor formal esdsne. oaly sosr sf7r
lines. Eai sbcse implsed "ne flHz
and t.istiactly tho writer had a. ar
sire for further commemorative "1FIfa
gentleman Who leaned ous of she iH
aoS" he read aaa reresd SLOWLY
am sorry 20 ,earn that ms ssne'ns
tnrbed yoa. Where Was reason. Al
particular moment VAS nappy
That Vas all " Sos sa"seh she
had laughed She vas y tads ham
ously Inclined. net to sas .sisctses of-
A comic opera star wousd aav~ s"u-
her press ageui round To sse y bat aG
vertising coGid i~ got ouf cf tlsr iHH
dent. a priIaa donna would have aT
pcaled to ber primo tenor Ter tif
same purpose. gepfieweman >ars
moreoVer. she lived within the radi
the oiiis'iai radius. at the Mad
square braach Of the postetssce. Ilr
su'h was the poStuIark ComnHlr
sense urged him 10 dismiss the wto'
! affair and IauGh over Il a~ -the iad
In the fog" had done Hut comniol
sense often gees about with a ppslauf
strut and rs something 10 avoid "a
casions. Here was n harmless pa~ti Ir
he pursue. common sense aawiih
standing. The vein 20 roman nee ts biu
1 was strobg and all the comasercia
blood ~ his father could not suhi
gate u He rang for papes aud b
messenger and wrote. Mime. AngD.
There In a letter for you In thf
mail department of this Office" Ths
time his initials were not necessary
Once the message was on its way b,
sought Merrihew. whom he found
knockine the balls about In a spiritlss
manner
"A hundred TO seventy five. Tan"
'For what?"
course"
Mako " cigars. TEST 20 80 ister
ct"
"Cigars. shea."
ferent game. At 1910 AIerrihew
eyes began 20 haunt the cleck. aud III
lard grew merciful for various rua
sons.
What time das the ,arformanre
end ?" he asked.
AT 1850. but n takes shout twent,
WiRutes To scfape oG the makeup"
herrihew put his cue in the rack
He made on for the coat soom
/ Hiilard laughed and went up To the
writing repm 10 fulfill a part Of his
destiny lie took the k.tter out and
read 1t again. Ne replaced the letter
In its blue covering. and then for the
6rst time his eye met the superscrip.
tion Like a man entranced he sal
there staring The steward had
broaght the letter TO him. and in his
first excitement this had made no I'M
preston upon his mind. He had seen
nothing peculiar nor strange And
here II WAS. NOT his initials. hut his
aame In full
She knew who he was.
In n fashionable quarter of the cit,
There steod n browBstone house. viii
grule~ane turrets. winding steps and
RIaring polished red tiles There
was u touch Of the gothic. of tn.
renaissance. ~ the old Enelish maD
or; IuSI a touch. howe'sr. kind
Of blind mans bun at a Iouse A
very rich man lived here. but for ten
months In the year he and his family
Suffered about the social centers of the
world Md. with house like this on
his bends "ne could scarce blame him
Twice n week during this absence a
caretaker came I'm. fourished a feather
duster and went away again. Society
reporters always referred to this house
as the palatial residence"
This morning a woman stood in the
aleove window and looked down into
the giistening street The venetian
red Of her hair trapped the reflected
sunlight from the opposite windows
and two little points of silver danced
in her blue eyes An. but her eyes
were blue-blue as spring water in the
morning. blue as the summer sky seen
through a cleft In the mountains. blue
as lapis lazuli. with the same tbers OF
gold And every feature and contour
Of the face harmonized with the mar
velous hair and the wonderful eyes
beautiful face. warm. dreamy. ensag
ing. mobile. II was Det the face Of
worldly woman: neither was il the
face Of a girl u was too emotional
for the second. and there was not
enough control for the first
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