Gunnison news-champion., 1914-07-03


saavsoyeo N lAy ss.S ous eeE sSSz os Aes
personal sesoaxiHSs. preparsiory 10
yaeksnS sheG Tor ae.>a<S.Ee. ~asa
sara estered her room.
1hey Fesarasd each o-her steadily.
lsestso.is.sy tor . snors spsce of
anne.
''Isssss hAs juss esls~d ~ 70 ASA
what the aevu I meant ~ lesss.ss
1im make . fool Of himself" sad
Sara. wish . pscslsar hztse s~s~sed
smi,e on her lsps.
Eierty offered Ho eounseut. but assar
a moment eraveiy and rather slstfsily
allied sfsention 10 her preseni eecar
,afioa bs . significant asant of hsr
ssad and . saaaeaed annie.
Il see~ said sara. without emotion.
II you choose 10 60. kietty. ! shall
sot opDose yea"
Ny position here 10 . fsiss one.
Sara. I prefer to go"
This morning | should have held
a sword over your head"
N 10 very diNlcult foe nae to rsaliss
all thai has happened."
"fou sre free to depart. Yos sps
free N every sense Of the word. Your
future rests with yourself nay dear
ut hurts me more than I can tell
to feel that you have been hating me
all these months."
1T hurts me-pow"
Hetty walked 70 the window sad
looked out
What are your plansy' sars in
auired. after an interval
= shall seek employ ment-and wait
for you to act"
IT You mean7"
Il shall not run away. Sara Nor do
I intend to reveal myself to the au-
thorities. l en- not morally guilty Of
crime. A year ago ! feared the con
sequences Of my deed. but l have
learned much since then. was Q
stranger In q new world In England
we have been led to believe that you
lynch women here ss readily ~ you
lynch men. ] now know better than
that. From you alone ! learned my
greatest lesson. You revealed to me
the true meaning Of human kindness.
You shielded me who should not.
Even nov I believe that your first
impulse was . tender one. ! shall
not forget 1t. Sara. You will live to
regret the baser thought that came
later on. I have loved you-yes, al
most - q good cog loves his master
II 10 not for me to tell the story Of
that night and all these months to
the world ! would not be betraying
myself, but you. You would be called
upon to explain. not l. And you would
be the one to suAer. when you met
me on the road that night I was on
my way back to the inn to give my
self into custody. You have made II
inposs1bls fer ne 70 Do % row. Ny
lips 80 sealed II reses with VOC.
Sara"
i 0asa js1no1 h1 IN the broad win-
esw. rhsso vas . strangely eaalts1
lssG IN ~ 1nso. q GilAed bis6ca0s
hung suspsAAsl n the easement WITH
out . word. sAe threw opea the WIN
Cow screen. The gay little canary IN
the gilded cage cooked his head anl
watched her with alert eyes. Then
she reached up and gently removed
the cage from its fasteninss. Putting
II down upon the window sill, she
opened the tiny aoof The bird hoped
about his prison in . state Of great
excitement.
Hetty looked On. fascinated.
| At last Q yellow streak shot -
through the open door and an instaae
later resolved itself into the bobbins,
Auttering dicky bird that had LIVED
in . cage al it's life without an hour
Of freedom. For . few seconds 1t
circled over the tree tops and then
alighted on one of the branches. One
might well have imagined that he
could hear its tiny heart beating with
terror. Its wings were halfrsised and
futterins. it's head jerking from side
to side in wild perturbation. Taking
courage, Master Dicky hoped timo-
rously to q nearby twig. and then ven
tured . flight to = tree top nearer the
window easement Perched in it's top
most branches he cheeped shrilly, as
| il there was fear in his little breast.
In silence the two women in the
window watched the agitated move
ments of the bird. The same thought
| was IN tne min0 Oh eech, tne sAnae
question, the same intense wish.
A brown thrush sped through the
air, close by the timid canary. Like
. flash it dropped to the twigs lower
down. it's wings palpitating in violent
alarm.
"Dickyi" called Sara wrandall, and
then cheeped between her teeth.
A moment later Dicky vas nuttering
about the caves; his circles grew
smaller, his winging less rhythmical.
till at last with q nervous little fiutter
he perched on the top of the window
shutter. 30 near that they might have
reached to him with their hands. He
sat there with his head cooked to one
| side.
"Dickyi" called Sara again. This
time she held out her finger. For some