Gunnison news-champion., 1910-11-18
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= year asa. Ana NJ sad of saaf
..EaaGa tirst is q l.ne esrl AND deserves
. nne a.aA.
We'd ! aossr did in an my lse'"
sd Dearass. - . ssrt of ieEsoi 10 the
roissasiic isss Of oar essasss. 'Waai
az haprsen next. : Noasar7 Nsaf b
tAers less - hsupeu7-
>othiHg possibly" said he three oi
- toEeskar sslsassss Baznss. b. tn
way had tslssa ne ysrt n the disoss-
sion OF these interesting essnss-.baf
We spoke TOO soon. For even ~ the
Words ieft our mouths ! sag srances
Z gceh. wlhe fscea the French windows
oi the dining room. ~6,ch opened GU
on to the side versada- pointias VITA
sis finger a. some apparition which
had esidenrly Just come wishia his
rang Of vissoa.
i.sos," he said.
! tsHnsa aFoana. bur before ! could
exclsim. Dearest had pushed back her
chair with cry of pleased surprise ana
started forward. Why. Ne the Chil
terms" she said
And so II was Our friends from he
next county had arrived In our mids'.
anheralded even by the noise Of their
motor car. which now made itself plain
" aasdibse A. II chaggsa 1s way slow
y 10 our garage. 50 intent had We been
upoD the telling OF Agatha rfrst's and
EEancepeth's tale
BHf a. ! followed ms vffe With the
hand of hospitality extended TO them
metbing rather iorbidding about the
expression OF her husband. and trou-
bied aoeut that of the lady herself. ar
rested our greetings.
Friends" said Chiltern IN the wear.
led. bored tones that have hscome Ia
hiiuai 10 him as chairman OF innumera-
Bile political meetings. we have come
10 teh yeB-"
We feel II our duty TO tell you. Uput
in Agatha Fourth.
hat you are undertaking a great
resi- ouslh hility IN allowing our former
guest, Miss FinaicOtt to receive the al
tentious Of" There he stopped short
Tor he seemed 20 perceive for the frs
ti.ae Blancepeth and Agatha First. /.
segtsd TRANQUILITY side by side at the
table. But In spite Of this damper. b. /
struggled bravely on with what he had /
evidently come with his mind made up 4
TO say. ny this time We. Dearest and /. /
had gotten .n inkliHg Of what that was
lie he'd come. we could see. to warn us |
AGAINST encouraging the affair be. /
tween Brancepeth and Agatha First /
the report having at last reached him I
In some way or other that 1t was be 1
ing carried on more furiously than 4
ever under our protection. but we had
no doubt. however. that, aside from his 4
personal interest in putting a stop 10 \
the thing. the man was convinced that |
he was acting for Brancepeth's inter- l
ests as well in interfering. since It /
had been true enough that the lad was /
so placed that he could not well afford 4
to offend his uncle. Chi'tern is a fine 1
fellow. all right. but he's a good deal 4
older than am, and a conservative in /
private life as well as public But in /
spite Of his tendency TO preach. and an
obnoxious habit of expecting everyone /
10 toe the mark as vigorously as he 1
does himself. | rather like the old cock
He's deuced popular with men. certain
ly. aud is unanimously returned by his 1
bbAteth FNtll tfttilOn ana llen, as D
another excuse Tor what might other 1
wise seem his unealled for interfer- +
ence in this affair. | rather think he 1
tancied he was doing Dearest and my.
self a kindness In informing us of the
true inwardness of the situation. that
we might at least be able to act with 4
our eyes open. That he meant well, L
ielt no doubt
Nevertheless. | could see that the
part of Informant was distasteful to his
wife. who. in all probability, had been
The means of delaying execution OF
hat duty so long
These things having become clear to
rs, we also perceived that the Hon
Cecil Chiltern could not possibly be
aware of that mornings events, the
eiopement of Miss Simplin and conse-
quent sanction of Brancepeths uncle
npon his marriage with Agatha First
So with one voice and mind, we un
dertook TO enlighten him Brancepeth
and Miss Endicott having grssped the
ibject oi his visit ON the moment OF his
arrival
I feel it my duty" Chiltern began
again, tn paused. lie seemed to have
aifheulty In proceeding. with all our
-stonished tidingful eyes upon him, but
We let him get no further.
SIT downi" cried Brancepeth and L
While Agatha First waved her napkin
at the pair enthusiastically
1t S all right Don't worry. Have
some lunch, 10. Cecil. old boy You
look done!" added young Murray cor.
alaliy. And 1t was rippin hot day,
too
But Cecil was not to be beguiled.
i feel II my duty" he reiterated
manfuliy. But We would have none
OF it at all
oh. hang your duty" urged Brapce.