Gunnison news-champion., 1912-05-31

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so Miss haclairs evtAsetly thouGht,
tnAGiAG fro0 hAs nAnaer. However
sAs saswsro1 frenkly enough. end
even ashantly sadsA the information
that the gentleman had something TO
tmpart to her Of the utmost import
eace. sarcsstically sskinS me II I
1idn't wish I could - there and over
hear. But sit aewa. Hope. until tsal
vsu ell that hes sccurrea."
He went over tAs vsrtsus events h
1stsil, watching saOsrly the ezpres-
saea upon her face ~ she listsssA m
tsntly. only occasionally tnterruptinG
Vith some pertinsat inquiry The hsht
osll 90 that she sat partially In the
sAaaow, where her eyes could not -
soaA. vet - eaperieResd no diAculty
= eoaprshenaiRG the various moods
With which she met his narrative, the
selor changing In hsr cheeks, hsr sup
pie fern bending toward him. Or lean
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tDatisa. Ne bs0aa With Neb's report.
pDpsetinG word BY word, - nearly -
- ssull recollect, What had passed
bstwsea Hawley and her father. He
UosseA to inquire n she had ever
Asard The name Bartlett. but her re-
0ly was merely q negative shake a
the head. When he described their
missing the train, she was, apparently.
Dot convinced as to the Generals de-
parture upon NJ, although finally agree
ing that, n he really believed the re-
port that the man sought was else
shere, II would be characteristic of
him to accept the FIRST means of get
eng there. II he only knew | was
might be 20 aiaerent. but. oh. we are
oil of us just cropping In the dark"
Then Keith turned to his chance meet
ing with Miss Maclaire, and repeated
carefully their conversation, dwelling
particularly upon the few admissions
which had slipped through her lips.
These did not seem important to eth
er, although they treasured them up
and talked them over Then. having
exhausted the topic. silence fell be-
tween them. Keith asking the privi-
lege OF lighting a cigar. Hope, after
watching him apply the match think
ing what a fine face he had as the
rudy flame brought II forth with the
clearness of a cameo leaned back,
drawing aside the semblance to a lace
curtain. and staring forth. without see
ing into the street
Somehow, 1t was hard for her to full
" rea ize the situation, and how close
ly II affected her. The swiftly passing
events the complication arising SO
suddenly. apparently out of nothing.
left her feeling ~ though she must
surely awake from Q dream. She could
net comprehend what II was all
about: the names Bartlett and Phyl-
lis had no clear meaning they repre-
Sented nOtnlng Dut knduOWs. ana thls
other woman-this music hall singer
what could there be In common be
tween themf Yet there must he
something of vital import
ance TO her father-something which
had already cost her brothers, life.
That was the one thing which made IL
seem an actuaiity-which brought n
home TO her as a rugged fact But for
that-and keith-keith sitting there
before her-she would have doubted 1t
ell And Yet even Keith had come
into her life SO suddenly. so unexpect-
edly, as TO leave her dazed and un-
rertain. that she extended her hand
end touched him. as though TO make
sure of his actual presence
What Is II. Hope
''Oh. nothing-nothing." her voice
breaking In a little sob. 1T is SO silly,
but I was just wondering II you were
real-everything seems so impossible.
rappof bripr ypV mind TO grasp the