Gunnison news-champion., 1910-10-14
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why. that's too bad" said my
V4fs sincerely. though sORewhat sur
DFissdly. I'm awfully sorry. dear
GAalA. sna we shall miss you. ot
esusse. but you mustn't think Of
OotnG N your bead aches. Go up
stsivs and lie down q while. why
1sat you. and IN have some tea
ssat up to you. It's awfully good
~ headache" And she spoke to
The fo0tman who waited at the door
- the automobile.
q will. thanks. Sorry 10 mics The
49," replied the SRI. You've -
on0el. Agatha" And With anOther
farewell word or two We left her and
hal started on our way to N0rthbury.
And now comes the very stransest
part Of this rather strange or at least
uAssual attempt TO make q match and
Win a fortune for q friend at one and
the same time on the part a Dearest
end myself. BY Jove. n certainly
1id give me q start whea ] discovered
but this WAS the way It happened
-n0t TO get ahead Of my story
w moo uaouC = Pietty 00hCA IuH
- NOrthbury and had been
eosctstors at an exhibitioa Of some
sathsr fast cricket which l had been
pretty keen about. The two teams
had played even until the second half,
when CorcOran who WAS guarding the
wicket for the Lowshires-but l don Z
suppose the details of the same are
~ very general interest. after all.
Ola thing. but I've never been able
70 make Dearest understand n at
sllI gave up trying years ago IT'S
The only thing in the world We aren I
equally enthusiastic about She won't
admit 1t. but sometimes I'm afraid it's
because she prefers the American
game of baseball! Fancy! But Of
course II she does IT'S all the fault
Of that American stepfather Of hers
for bringing her up in the States. But
then, naturally. he couldn't help
being an American try to remem-
bef that,
Az ! was saying, however, we had
eeen the match played to the end in
spite of the languid interest dis
played by the feminine members of
our party. and had lunched at the
NortAbury inn. a jolly little den Of
. place. and at about half after two
were speeding towards home again.
The roads were fairly decent,
though there had been q good deal
Of rain lately. and the machine had
been running along 40 smoothly that
II did my heart good to see her We
had left the main road when we had
more directly to the castle. and had
slowed dewn as the road turned out
10 be rougher than ! thought-when
the worst happened. ! was driving
myself, and in steering to clear a
3utting tree ! ran the big car straight
into the dickens of a rut and our hind
wheel went in to stay I killed the
engine at once and jumped out to
zee what was to be done. diseusted
enough. can tell you. though Of
courpe l couldn't possibly have known
the thing was so deep. for IL was half
AIled With water This short cut n
q favorfte one of mine. though nv
ebauffOurs have often warned me
against taking a big car through the
vooda that cover wyckon rise at this
point. The trees are 80 thick and
the road SO narrow.
The worst of the business now. as
4 soon found out. was that there was
no Jack to be found in the cars KIT
of tools with which to raise her. and
remembered with chaGrfn that I
had taken ii out myself in hunting
for something else and had left n IN
the garage Even the satisfaction of
tlar-frc ec-ne one else was denied me