Gunnison news-champion., 1910-11-18
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ess asrHz this nlsai thai Ve 3 heref
fllier detaiis 9f the t-ieis and triaaia
tions thai had hesef the pata OF this
hcw hapay pair. which explained ana
accofused Ger many hitharto unac
countsble hsppeuiuss Of our o~A ex-
peaiance
Among other things it Appeared thai
Branae, $50 Vas. % coarsa. the owner
Of The checked coat had seen IN the
automobile In she vosds aHd hat the
coat We had found in Terhune's cioseg
iafer had or y torHn a Tsse Hsi lance to
a. The young man had run down from
his uncle's place m his machine shat
day. he told rs. 20 meet Aga shs First
In the woods BY = -earrsnnensent wirh
her. which. of course. explaiBea 1he
business oi her assumed headaehe and
refusal 70 so to Nar-hiury ~i,h US
They had been 90 .igea TO keep their
attachment a secref evidently enough
on seoouH; Of BFancepeshs uncie's de-
termination 10 marry him 10 Miss s Ia
PIN But when w Protested against
their bavirg left us out Of their conf.
dence brancsperh explained they had
thorghf d best because they feared
that Cecil Chiltern. who. il seemed
~as "a eEest friead and pc ilcal ais O.
his despotic uncte. wouid hnd cot iron
ss. probably through my whes friend
ship for his wife about BTancepeth's
engagement 10 Agatha FIRST. Ga which
event BrsnceDeth led convinc d Chil-
tern would feel n his duty 10 inform
said despGtic uncle. Thereby" as the
yogne man himself pat 1t. raising the
cAiee OF a row for Ho,hing. don't you
.nOw
re had al first. il appeared. called
upon Agatha tlndicott when she was
staying az Chilterr house. and courted
her openly. bat on hearing OF the Sim.
pin comp ication, ChiiteTn. who hated
he possibility of being dragged iHto Q
family row. as much as he dis iked TO
he responsible for offending his power
fW friend and ally. had objected vehem-
entity and had forbidden a continuance
of their intimacy. at least for as long
ms II was In his power TO demand obe-
dience. That Is, while the girl was
guest under his roof. which decree
had forced Brsncepsth TO cease his at
tentions temporarily, when our invita-
tion to make one OF our house party
had mercifully remase ed the other prin-
cipal In this romance to Wyckhon cas-
tie. change OF scene. which while n
did not utterly remove her from the
sphere of danger. since chance visit
on the part OF either her former or
present hostess 10 either mansion
might reveal all. stil afforded her
better opportunity to see her lover.
state OF aaa.Ts which naturally
explained Agatha F1rst's reluctance TO
nave my wife make the trip to Chiltern
house. where she feared mutual revela
tons might be made which must neces-
sarily expose the secret of Brance-
peth's coartsh OF her, continued as It
was, in spite OF and against Mr.. Chill
terms EXPRESSED Nish. II was also
made pain to Gs that Agatha Firsts
devotion 10 Terhune sprang from two
sources. 1t was assumed partly TO
throw Mrs. Chi'tern OF the scent in
case she should make any attempt to
ind out whether Biancepeth were still
continuing his attentions. In case of
awkward questions she wished my wife
10 be able to say with truth that her
guest was Interested In some one else
That some one else chancing to be Ter
hume. She had also indulged In her
Irritation with Arch, she admitted
With most engaging laugh and teas
ing glance at her lover, partly because
she had conceived a fondness for the
old boy. but softened this shaft BY add
ng that she liked 10 talk 10 him be
cause she had discovered that he knew
Brancepeth. and she was there or able
20 talk about her lover. though she
could not often see him Terhune's
Iondness for her society-for being
with Agatha First thought. could be
explained even more simply. he had
quite given hiuself away that time
when he had SO nSively nfided to me
his belief that the sirl was in love with
him. II wasn't in his nature 10 have
resisted an opportunity of that kind
Rut. of course. did not tell the rest OF
them that. had TOO much regard for
NY friend. So | spared him, even
while ] laughted inwardly at the eyre
gious sef-conceit of the old boy.
1t was all rather complicated. to be
sure. but very interesting at that. and
Dearest and | listened absorbedly as
they. told az this and that hair-breadth
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