Gunnison news-champion., 1913-12-12

aSaS of man tss. . Uoasaus Per
has Oaf Of shst wreck. l crsxs.a INTO
shs Nortd again . .seEe sh.nS I bsea
SIMPLY becsase ! Hsssss hse. sxalkssx
IN obsesrisy. my only inspssssssn the
asse VI an hoDorsbi< as1sa or sa o.
yoEtsnity for ssRseance. Nine xas
The lite q ~ ssnhs u sA< assert. e.
seciatiaS ~ish he SoSsss scum. IN
constant contact wish sAvaGery 4
eoald not MOOD ~ . ascsuf Woman.
or be q usaa saonG usea- There Was
nothiHS lsfs me bss " brood over
wrongs. and plot revenGe. l keoame
morose. savage. nSere cxeatUre Of
discipline. food for pe~dsr. n vas ne
more when I frst met you Bu; With
that meeting the chains snapped. the
old ambitions Of life retained You
~ere a mere girl from the East: you
did not underssand. nor care about the
snobbery of army life No. II was not
thaf-you were above II. Yos trusted
rae treated me as a friend. almost as
an equal I loved you then. when we
parted ON the trail. but went back TO
New Mexico to fight fate. n Was such
q AENf1ttlrr Fsf* al Htsl<4fiitI fBff&
rode with memory tueeing at nay
heart ! grew to hate myself. but
could never forget you"
she drew nearer. her hand upon his
ssm. hsr face uplifted
And yoa theaeht I did not eareg"
~tio~ could 1 dream you did7" sl
most bitterly. You we're gracious.
kind-but you were . majors aauGh-
ter as far away from NE ~ the stars.
never heard from you. not even Q
rumor 81 your wAereab0uts came to
me scross sAe psains. I supposed you
had retsrnsd nast; 80 passed eut Il
my life forever. TAsa tAat uiGht ~rAes
we rode into DO1os $40 yes again
saw yeu N the yellow laRe HIGHT.
watching W pass. heard yos ssh What
troops tAese wsss. sal ksew In
stantly eli ~ AGhtiaG evt there IN
the dessert hal bsea vsin-shat yea
were forever the oae, oae woman"
Il remained for ths.," sAe eoafssssl
softly. hes lasAss va
AT Do1Oe?"
Yes. ct De10e. I knew ysu voull
come. nust eOoe. ooae iatuitisa
seemed to tell me that we sAoull neet
again. o.. I wss - happy the sisht
you came! Ne ooe Aal tOsd me your
troop AaA bssa es1essA IN. II wss hks
a dream cOne true. when I saw you
leading your horss sssoss The paraAs
could har1ly rsersia fvea calling
out to yss befOse then sA ! aiA no1
care whst they tAO~OAt-ios ny sol
der hsl ssoe hsoe fvsa the wsvs"
"swsethssst the Asep voice fsltes
ias. "nay-nay ! kiss yes!"
''Of oousse yoa nAy"
fh0os ~ -. 80 she clunG 70 -
as - as0s ~ ~ Glssslv. u -
liks . 1Suao- - ~, this su1Aea, ~
eaUssas1 eussuaAss. RusAnss - ~
~ u ~ go.
- net nisuo1ssueao1 -" -
usUs1 seftly. 4 % not ssae 70 yUs
essasse Of what has happsnsA. ~
OoN0e ! en- al0ae end helpless. n yes
ho1 steppeA from the panks that night
q DoA9e. would have answered even
- - now"
Tea love ns!-levs nsf" - ~
Vsatsl.
Tea"
Even 90 he looked down upoa her
uUeurned face, there was borne back
uDoa hin . realization Of their pre-
1beaneat. His eyes swept over the
ssrrssnaing desolatioa, the two dead
beAiss lying notioaless In the snow,
the stiHenihG pony, the Arear hillsiAe
Which shut them In. The sight brought
him back to consciousness with .
shock. Minutes might mean much
now. Dupont had disappeared over
that ridge to the right, in the direction
Of Black Kettles camp. How far
away that might be was altogether
guess work. vet what would inevitably
occur when the fugitive arrived among
his friends. and told bis story. could
be clearly conceived. Even IL the
man believed Hamlin killed, he would
recall to mind the girl. and would re-
turn to assure himself as to her fate.
Knowing her helple&ness, the practi-
cal impossibility of her escape alone.
. return expedition might not be hur-
ried yet. beyond doubt. this isolated
in . few hours. And when these dis
covered the truth they would be hot
upon a trail where concealment was
impossible. The only hope of escape,
and that far from brilliant-as he re-
membered the long desert ride from
the distant COW camp on the Cimarron
lay in immediate departure. Every
moment of delay served TO increase
their peril. Even beyond the danger
Of Dupont's report to Black Kettle,
this snow-bound valley was not SO far
away from that chiefs camp as to be
~afe from invasion by young warriors
IN search of game. All this flashed
-pon Hamlin's consciousness instant
y. even as his heart thrilled to her
frank avowal
This is s. strange can hardly
realize the truth" he said gravely.
but. dear one. we must talk else