Gunnison news-champion., 1910-04-01
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TONER wore a mask
"A mistake. iogr Ancestor shash
have been hanged
And 1 along Win hisn. yea woali
imply:~
Are yea hot Irish. 1 have kuoWn
lrishnIen OF the uHuI. 81 Ilillara
They were ia disguise. Bm 1 have
. generous STRAIN OF Irish blood IN me
otherwise . sauuiaat have had ca,
courage 20 fellow Hp an adventure like
this
"Thanks. Tas conlpginseuf Is rathei
ambiguous"
My compliments cannot possibly d,
more ambiguous than your appearanc.
Surely there will he an hour Tor Nv
masking"
1T has already begun. MIR. IIillard
$50 l am the one who rs 20 be un
masked? Well I have only the MAST
nature gave 10 me wish she had
been more liberal But ! shall SEE
what can he done with a."
lie took note Of her teeth and felt a
sudden tinge ~ regret. One may dis
guise the face aud hair. but the teeth
are always the same. Two lower teeth
ON the right side appeared 10 be gone.
the others were brm and glistening
white. II was a pity. for a woman's
teeth are as much her glory as her
hair
Silence The ruddy light on her hair
fascinated him
"W hat is III" she demanded
silenced her You have the most
beautiful hair have ever seen"
''ThaBk you. And yet. for ail you
know. 1t may he line wig"
If II is I shall never Ire sure OF
anything again Am IN prosaic New
iOrk? Have you not by some carpet
magic transported me to old Europe: I:
~ = dose1 co1spirators came IN IN
cOwls to render me the oath 4 should
not be Mt all surprised
There Is no magic. only a mask.
And there is no way of seeing he
hind that?"
"NoDe-absolutely none. ! am told
that you are a gentleman. so I as
confident that you will not stoop 10
use force"
''Only the force Of eloquence. N ever
] may lay claim TO that again"
"YOs are beginning well. for . tell
yoa. Mr. Hillard. ] shall expect hut
the most brilliant wit from you to.
niGht As for me. . shall only inter
pOlate occasionally. Now. begin"
- am not used 70 dancing without
the pole"
"TOa must learn. Dancer
Upon what-H0thing? And how
shall I know that my dancing pleases
yoa?"
Il agree 10 tell you. wear this
mask tonight because ! am taking a
surrepuitioOs leaf ont Of my book OF
cares"
"YOn are, then. seeking \ diversionT z
Nothing more OF less. Do not nat
ter yourself that there Is anything per
bored"
Il am wholly IN your hands" he said
land they are very beautiful hands"
lis there anything more Ueautiful
than u cats paw wheS the claws are
hidden? Never judge . woman by nei
hands" Nevertheiens she buried hei
hands in the depths Of 4 down pillow
She had forgotten her rings She slip
ped them off and managed TO hide
them.
Il promise to remember. Your iet.
ters"- he began difhdeotly. Where the
deuce was his tongue. Was be 10 be
tOngNed tied all the evening before this
Columbine. who. with the aid of hei
mask. WAS covertly laughing ut his
awkwardness?
MY iettersY A woman often writes
what she will not say asA says Shst
she viii not write. Did yoH not ASK
me To disillusion you?"
Yes. but softly, softly. 1 begin toI
believe one thing-you brought me hers
10 teach me a lesson. Gentlemen should
never use the personal column"
Nor should ladies' read II. 1 am not
saving any mercy for myseIf!' with
laughter.
shall Z begin with my past?"
Something less borrifying. II Yen
pleaser'
Il object 10 the word NICE he said.
4 should have preferred miIksop,
Hadn't you better try some new kind
of torturer
This time her laughter WAS relaxed
ana joyful And somehow HiIlard felt
more st ease He was grcwing sccus-
teaseA 70 the mask he streecAeA his
Degs ana 6neerea his neither Ep.
Have yca not somewhere an in
visible cloak"
= bs1 one that night. which pature
lept me-" she answered. rsoafly. y
was so Invisible 70 yoa that ! heard