Gunnison news-champion., 1914-02-20

This ix s-~hsi is e0ssasonly called
. road as..s< y sae sssae ealA3. Ss1
sSss aaEFoxlns ssasseals a. . ~ SssH-
N ~ as ss.a s1E.as me sIaasE. Mrs.
Wsaaaall. and a road house Ia me
ssusmar. sg snst rss&ss . p.~sE a. Sss-
xil say hosexer. thai Barton s.s
sa~.ys sept ~esl ~i.hia sas s@H-
This ls The szsx = 81 - re@l De ~
srosb.e he's had. szs ! wont ssy Hs
has faglt. Keep assst. bssrsoH Nc s"s
- scesssnS yos es sayshsns sFos.s
Don't whine stout b.
~BsE nsy pssas 10 ruined" sFesasa
the aoseful one. ITS got b.aes eye
se~ Sot that I blame yes- madam.
bs; yes caE see how
tie gsaliea before the steady iooA
IN her eyes. AID turned s~ay mum
bling
There 10 . Gre In the receptson
room. madam." said the coroner. and
the psepriesors vile TO iooS out tor
you n you should require ans thiss
viii you 60 Ia there and eosapose
yourself before going upstalrsg ur.
you would prefer waiting Until
morning. l shall noi insist on the
er-ordeal tonight"
4 prefer goias sp there tonight"
said she steadily.
The men looked ct each other, saa
the sheriff spoke. Mr.. Drake is quite
confident she-the man is your nas-
band It's az ugly affair. Mrs. NFah-
dali We had ne means of Identifying
him until Drake came In this evening,
out OF curiosity yea might say. FOR
your sake. I hope he is mistaken"
Would you mind telling me some
thing about it before ! so upstairs? 1
an quite caln- | am prepared for any
thins You nssd not hesitate"
As you wisA. madam. You will 90
Into the reception room. II you please.
Burton, 10 Mrs. Wrandall's room quite
ready for her7"
Il shall not stay here tonight" In
not keep the room for me-"
Put. my Gear Mrs. Wrandall-"
4 shall wait in the railway station
until morning II necessary. But not
here"
The coroner led the way to the cosy
little room OF the Office. She followed
with the sheriff The men looked worn
and haggard In the bright light that
met them, - II they had not known
sleep or rest for many hours.
The assistant district attorney was
here until eleven, but went home to
set . little rest. It's been q hard case
Tor oil Of us-e nasty 0ne." explained
the sheriR. - he placed a chair in
front Of the Are fos her. She sank into
u Imply.
Co on. Dloooe," she nurmured, and
she0k hsr hsoA ct the nervous little
woman wAs bustlel up sad inquired n
sAs cexll - saythiHG to make her
0ors eOofOrtahas.
The sAsstl clsasel his throat We'll,
h happensd lasl niGht. Al cay lOaG
we've bsea tsyiaG TO Aa1 eut whe -
y. snl ever sines eight o'clock this
0ssAiaG vo've besa ssoschinG for the
wOoaa whe ca0s hsss With hin. She
has aisappeaFed ~ completely - n
swallowed ~ The earth. Not . siGu
- q clew-nst . shred. There's Aoth-
Ing to show when she left the inn or
by what neaas. An ws know 10 that
the door to that roon up there IVES
standing half open when Burton
passed BY II at seven O'Clock thh
norning-that 10 to say, yesterday
morning. for this 10 now Wednesday.
1t 10 quite clear. from this, that she
neglected to close the door tightly
when she came out, probably through
haste or fear. and the draft in the hall
blew 1t wider open during the night.
Burton says the inn wss closed for
the night at half-past ten. He went
to bed. She must have slipped out
after everyone was sound asleep.
There were no other guests on that
floor. Burton and his wife sleep on