Gunnison news-champion., 1911-09-01

chaEes. ard ! take the responsibiIsxy
soa be- here when you're wanted
Thanks. Toas. he said kina si
csrolessiy I Was sort of hoping yoa
wos4iant locs me 40 Court meets
ae<i Monday. SO n yos aont osjec;
~ Just loaf arosnd the once an then
I've sos one favor 20 ASH. IL q isn't TO.
much. II yoa d bet the Kids come oos
IN the ward once In a while and have
a remp. Id like n
Why mott I answered hin
They re welcome. and SO are yoa
And come to nay house. the same ss
ever. You see. Mr. Nettlewick. you
cant make a friend OF thief. bui
ueither can yoa make Q thief Of a
friend. all at oaae
The examiner made no answer Al
that moment vas heard the shEa
whistle OF a locomotive pulling into
the depot Thai was the train on the
lirtie. marrow gauge road thai struck
into San Rosario from the south. The
major cooked his ear and listened Tor
a moment and looked at his watch
The narrow gauge Was in on time
10. 35 The major continued
So Bob huns around the once.
reading the papers and smoking I pat
another deputy to work in his place
and. after while the first excite
msnt OF the case wore on
One day when We we're alone In
the Office Bob came over to where !
was sitting He was looking sort of
grim and blue-.the same look he used
TO get when he'd been up watching for
indians all night or herd riding
Tom. says he. IT'S harder than
standing on redskins. it's harder than
lying In the lava desert forty miles
from water; but I'm going to stick 1t
out TO the end You know that s
been my style. But II you'd tip me
the smallest kind Of sign-if you'd
lust say. Bob, ] understand why
Il would make IL lots easier
was surprised I don't know
what you mean. Bob. I said. OF
course. you know that Id do anything
under the sun to help you that .
could. But you've got me guessing.
All right. Tom. was all he said.
and he went back to his newspaper
and lit another cigar
1T was the night before court net
when ] found out what he meant. .
went to bed that night with that same
old. hght-headed. nervous feeling
come back upon me. ! dropped a 10
sleep about midnight When | awsAe
was standing half dressed In one
of the courthouse corridors. Bob vas
holding one of my arms. our family
doctor the other. and Alice was sha-
king me and half crying. She had
sent for the doctor without my know
ing 1t, and when he came they had
found me out of bed and MISSING, and
had begun a search.
Sleep-walking said the doctor
An of us went back to the house
and the doctor told US some remarh-
able stories about the strange thjnss
people had done while In that conai-
tion. l was feeling rather chilly after
my trip out. and. as my wife was out
of the room at the time | pulled open
the door of an old wardrobe that stood
In the room and dragged out q big
guilt ! had seen in there. With II
tumbled out the bag of money for
stealing which Bob was to be tried
and convicted-in the morning.
How the jumping mathematics dtd
that get there9' yelled. and eli hands
must have seen how surprised I wss.
Bob knew N a fash
You darned old snoozer.' he ssid
With the old-time look on his face, I
saw you put 1t there. watched You
open the SAFE and take 1t out. ana
you, loohed through the
window and saw you hide 1t in that
wardrobe
Then you blanhety blank, Aop-
cared, sheep headed coyote. what did
YOU say you took II, forr
Because. said Bob, simply. I
aidnt know you were asleep
Il saw ham glance toward the Aoor
Of the room where Alice and Jack and
Zills were, and knew then what II
meant to be q mans friend from
Bobs point % view"
Major Tom paused, and again a.
rected his glance out of the window.
He saw some one in the Stockmen's
National bank reach and draw q vel
low shade down the whole length of
It's plate glass, big front window. al
though the position Of the sun did not
seem to warrant such q defensive
movement against its rays.
Nettlewick sat up straight in his
chair. He had listened patiently, but
without consuming interest, to the
majors story. 1t had impressed him
as irrelevant to the situation, and IL
could certainly have no effect upon
the consequences. Those western peo-
pie. he thought. had an exaggerated
sentimentality. They were not puss-
Aess-iike. They needed to be protect
ed from their frie nds. Evidently the
major had concluded. And wha, he
said amounted TO nothing
May | ask. said the examiner. III
you have anything further to say taa,
bears directly upon the question of
those abstracted securitiee7~
-Abstracted securities. SIR Major
Tom turned suddenly in his chair. his