Gunnison news-champion., 1912-11-01

- so0nR. - OaG ssss -
,urus q - s.aroO ssuse nos - -
mnA.
rNs pows-su hsn1 e Ttsszao .
Wood. RESTING % szs Srsssan Fsssgne
tssu. s&acssd 4 vsH nss essssuk -
an s~oEox- - sspsaasd.
RAnaospk Mason thEusx sGzoas ~
tssss H. payer whicA - ssa nsdD
ont Sign that he sssd-
axed his signature and laid Il @ ~
lssssr o. ressspassoe under hD
elsnched hand His ssoe darssI<sd y
trust he said. thai my words are -
sellizibse . have t<lice said thai ]
~oa.d na consent % az escrow
"Tsers shall Ne no ssesoN. saso
Kanae.ps Mason.
leaned forward IN his chair. ~tseV
then" - said. ia Ar. Weed to osssio
this assignment
4 shah give n to him." replsed Rao
dolDh Mason. Thea he pichea up to
assignment and handed II TO the Unitr
ed States marshal TAKE this" -
said. "ana leave on the table the 20
pers under yosr hand"
The shadows " the resolsse face
OF Thomas n. Wood vanished. kie ga
up. pat the assignment into his pockNe.
buttoned his erea. coat. took up hio
driving gloves from the table. baae ~
eood-evenine and weaf out OF The
room. down the stairway To his borses
I came bach wouderinely to Raar
ioiph Mason. His boast that he would
be here to prevent the ruin of Garnea
was idle. HE .sther had speedea tha1
ruin The l.tterney regarded him with
cold serenity.
Have VOC IN act" he asked. ~ano
interest in he success of John A. Coz
nett?"
Il have .lot," he said. Then h<>o0
tinued. ike one explaining briefly -
an annoying query. Il am inserests1
only In removing this man from his -
hce. In correcting thereby the wrong
u his appointment.
All" said the attorney. Il under.
stand. then. why you SO readily cA
from under US the 0ely possible foot
hold against this man-thst of an 60
crow. With Wood once out of ofiicA
the delivery Il this paper might have
been eajoined"
Sir replied hasaa, "yeur purpose1
himsy trick vas patent evsa to Wood"
Perhaps" said the attorney. "bA
IN . shipwreck no plank caa be -
lowed to pass. You had - right -
come into this affair, 4 poe he'd -
regard for MIR. Garnett's Dsril"
Since ] came into H. affair."" -
piled Randolph Mason. "Nr. 0arnso
has never been In peril"
This conversation with ITS last e.
igmatic answer of Rana0lph MasSo
was interrupted by tho ahrupt en-
trance of Margaret Garnett.
She spoke to RanAoapA l1asoa,. y
nOring the rest Of us = thouxh -
were tnterminably distaaA
You, even yor," she 80, "ssus1
not defeat him. Hs gOt vAat - vanH
ed IN spite Of you"
Mason regssdsl hsr viGA Q lsasupo
", ironic interest
Thomas B. Wood" b rsplisA -
got nothing"
Nothing" she REPEATED. 10 yes
call q control Of my fathers railrosA
nothing? control of ni1lioas nOtA
ing? seat in the UniteA OtsAss -
ate nothing? And what havs yOs tsh
en- from him for n? indeed, what havo
You taken! A paltry fsAssal Oace.s
1have TAKEN" replied RanAoapA Ma
son, the little that - -, anl I Aavs
sivsa nOtGns." Thea - sASsl -
though hhewiss h eHplaaa1Ssa - ~
rest Of us, n the rsnsvsl q a.
man from his bfhce II vas - - -
tention that ~ should sAAaan sny -
ent nom John A. 0asusn."
Then" So crisA ~ Aavs
failed"
4 have ~ ssHsl,. sspsssl R.s
eoapA Masoa. spsakiaG vieA sell pr>
cisaoa. This assaGnnsot q stoc>
Was delivered - fhsoas =. No. ~
coasiAsrattoa q IT, rssaenseasa q -
once. eucA contracts ers ~ ~
AGAINST public policy. r. Cu>sA
seated Fuel kailreoAs vsn rpeuss -
recognise the vallA1ty q - ser.e
ment. and it canost - sassvcsI -
the courts. II caans4 avail SAis ~
that the paper 10 In leonl ssru -
secites another aAl vaaal es>sySeeD
tion' Whea H. Dsviae ounsaosv,tteo
was IN fact TIE resiGnakssa q q "a
eral OAce."
The atnosphess q Q vscAsry r,ss,a
Asout John A. Garrett vas lsss -
plessive than that atnospAsre a a.
Aster fallen thus swiftly = h,s AaurA
lef. Tae wondrous vitaa1ty q ~ -
ure vanished; the light 40 fssn t.
SILVER. the blood from the pprc,,a,e.
Then. a. by some nastsrf.l 80
gong to the very springs Of ME. 4
Al splendidly returned. she looaS
steadily at Randolph Masoa. her eye