Gunnison news-champion., 1910-06-03


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ssofase fiaf scssHarei.~ sad EnarI.
ssru5elisz ouf has aais,is and ci.sai.iz
saeIa visa crushing fesgo.
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on his aam
4 a lsve yoa.~ he marsassroa a. hc
soat - Hiss har hand. And 4 l. .s.
aislsossarabio for yua o. hear Hac suv
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Il forbid you 80 say taai'~ Eui fhr
longing of she worid was in her cvos
as she isrossad dewn at his head
TITS is what conos - American
girls marrying these s.aamd fosessp
ers." gro~,ea tis< tcsicr haartaa
% Maliy. why did you DO Er-
a ana almost Italian. Mr. NaIiy l
had Bo choice Ia the master The az
fair was prearranaed rs cur pareI.sS.
after the cossfiaeniai fashion,
When IiiIiard aud la signorina were
at length alone he asked. when shall
! see yos again.
Who kno~ss some day. perhaps.
when time has softened the shar,
edges ef this moment Tomogrow
shall write. or very soon"
"Noa viii send for nIeg" with oaecr-
ness and hape
Why notg There is nothing wrona
IN oar Friendship. aud . prize II
{ Fronlise
Il promise. Goodby, Fur litiie
while | have lived in paradise. W'ber-
ever ! may be. at the worlds end.
you have hat 10 call me in mouth.
in year. a decade, I shall come
e.oosihs"' Without hooking at her
again he rushed away
She remained standing thsre as nlo.
tionless as a statue. HE had not asked
her IL she loved him aad that was
well. But there was not at that mo
ment In all the length aud breadth Of
Italy a loseIier woman than her high.
ness the Principessa di Monte Blanca.
Meanwhile the prince. raging.
mounted his horse. Eh. well, This
time tomorrow night the American
should pay dearly for II all
And the weman-he could newer
understand her. Eut for her fooi's
conscience he would not have been
riding the beggars horse today. She
was now too seif reliant. too inteili-
/ gent. She was ucr father over again.
soldier and diiflpmat.
lie was rid past the confines of the
villa when a man darted out suddenly
from the shadows and seized the bride
AT last. my prince,"
| "GiovanniY'
| Instinctivcly the prince reached for
his saber. knowing that he had need
Of it. but the scabbard was empty.
He cursed the folly which had made
him lose IT. Oddly enough. his Thought
ran swiftly back to the little casa In
the Sabine hills. Bah. Full Of cour-
age. knowing that one or the other
would not leave this spot alive. he
struck his horse. with purpose this
time. to run his man down. HUT Clio
vanni did not lose his hold Hate and
the nearpess of revenge made him
strong
mo. no. he laughed. 'She is dead
my prince. And IL was not going to
seek yoa. I was going to let he'll claim
you in its own time. But you rode by
me tonight. This is the end"
The prince unhooked his scabbard
and swung 1t aloft. But Giovanni was
fully prepared. lie released the bri-
die, his arm went back. and his knife
spun through the air Yet in that in
stant in which Giovannis arm was
poised for the east the prince lifted
his horse ON its launches. The knife
gashed the animal deeply in the neck.
still on its launches. it backed. wild
with the unaccustomed pain. The lip
Of the road. Mt this spot rotten and
unprotected. gave way. The prince
tried to urge the horse forward. The
hind quarters sank, and the prince
| tried In vain to slip from the saddle
There came a crash, a cry. ana horse
and rider went pounding down the
gorge.
Giovanni trembled. and the sweat ON
his body grew cold. For several min
utes he waited. dreading. but there
was no further sound. He searched
mechanically for his knife, recovered
1t and then crept down the abrupt
side of the gorge till he found them.
They were both dead.
Holy Father. thou hast waited sew
en- years too long" Giovanni crossed
| himself.
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