Gunnison news-champion., 1910-11-18


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alslle xassee as said -BssE. ssss AZ
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! aia oar sszf ~ garsssas Niss Esask
cost thars. 10 give sas tsss.s ~ sosso
sso. sEsig sssssers szzsxssd skesl-
selves. B.ss she 49, very hssassro1
sary indeed" And Ne saso& hls hsssl
~hsmsse.lss a. sis l.te Gsess s.-s
sasslzd she smsiad ss1k q him.
And yea see q ssaas DO any ha~
after ALL she told him brizh-iy my
being haaa=sEoas ESsFysaiHs has al
~orsed es.s s0r the sess'"
Tkataer'" remarked erssaevesh. ard
emily. aud thres her . slsaes sh..s
made haF fins color RISE
tlasEioHy having thas delightfully."- bsp
come The guest of honor sf car in~
pEonspta isacasoa party. the company
vroceeaea to sro< a very merry one.
For myself. ! never tell more srfi-
liant, aad BraHoepets visa With me in
setssss uY Woafss-se humorous teie-
grams. fiTst 20 Terhane's Aunt eseozey,
aaa then % Nsss > smpia aYprlssns
them OF the beasific state Of the mstrs-
ssonisl pEospects % hinssen sad Arch.
IT'S a pity they can't be here 10
share In the boy which has been the d.
rect result OF their handiWork." sad
young surray. to whom. and TO he
haneee. We had coaiiasa the senslassa-
tai situation between Terhsae and
Agatha sixth.
Rather" I said. Their presence q
the only thing lacking to make this
particular soiree as good as the third
act OF a well balanced comedy. where
ell the characters appear at once ana
compose themselves inso statuesauo
groups about the stage"
Yes he agreed. but n we're going
to have all the characters IN our play
appear. We ought really to have invited
Mrs. Armistead and the three other
Aga has With their American husbands
for luncheon. 10 make II quite conn
ple;e."
"kightl" I agreed. enthusiastically.
Il say wouldn't that have been Jolly 20
And we laughed delightedly. | was SO
eiated over everything in general. end
the outcome OF Dearest's and my
matchmaking schemes in particular,
that was amused at anything at all
But n Murray and we're hilarious
you should have seen those girlsi
Their consciences seemed to be worry
ing them for some reason, for every
half minute they'd get I'D and embrace
each other and ask each other TO for
give them. II Il wasn't Agatha F1rsS
who was falling on Agatha Fourth's
neck. II was Dearest who was falling
on Agatha First's neck
by Jovel II got rather tiresome.
though once in a while, for a change,
they'd all three get up and cIinch SO
tight ! couldn't for the life Of me have
said which was my own wife.
We couldn't get anywhere at all With
the meal. and Braneepeth and I began
to feel quite left out. they kept o. up
so. But when we attempted to fall on
the necks of Solicitor Barnes and oiA
Chiltern, respectively, just by way of
getting INTO the game. we were rudely.
and ! may say almost violently re-
pulsed, 30 that we were unable to find
out what the fUn was in that sort Of
thing at all
IL was on,y when we had quieteA
Gown somewhat. the girls and Brance-
petA and myself, that Solicitor Barnes.
Is DO h-d heretofore been giving his
undivided attention to his luncheon.
condes cended to speak
" here are MIR. Terhune and his--aA
if | may ask" he said.
One wOald have supposed that my
clients nephew. Mr.-ah,-Mr. Ter.
hune-W oaid have had more curiosity
as TO the exact value OF the property
to which he has only just become
heir"
4 suppose they're still standing on
the stairs, just where we lett them"
said my vile. eostatieally. The
dearsl"
Not very comfortable place to
make love in | should say" comment.
ca the solicitor dryly-he was a bsche-
ior himself Bet | presume they hard
" realize where they are. poor things"
And his thin lips parted slightly in
smile OF infinite pity.
But nobody else at the table seemed
at all TO comprehend his sarcasm
Quietly. unobtrusively. my wife ana
exchanged gisnces, and irritatinxlv
Brancepeth and Agatha First
and even the impassive Chiltsrp ana
Agatha Fourth cid the same. Ne Eone
q us saw anything at all queer or out
OF the ordinary in the conduct of
Agatha Sixth and Terhune. You see.
we'd been there ourselves.
And as 2 needle TO its MAGNET. SO dis
the hands of Dearest and myself. as We
sat cat-a-cornsred at the taSle. seek
each other under the cover And with
that clasp the last remnant of the IN
feeling the exciting events OF the mast
sew DAYS had tried TO make between ms