Gunnison news-champion., 1914-11-27


ssiliusss IN order TO speak to 6sts,
~ah whos he easas~a N q sew nsis-
ps~~ u hoo toned coav verratisnL
Al the end the coner~r-sau H"sidsd
shortly and nsads his wsy 10 heads's
side.
son. you doat want to thiuk i'D
putting a spoke in your Wheel" he ne
asarked. shaking hands. ~in in the
habit ef ieoking into a thing pretty
deeply before I bay. That's all III
isok into this one ~ yours too. Yoa
day. see you again"
tine by one the otherr Departed Til
only Getheids remained. He turned 10
Meade with a smile You must come
to the house aud let me put you mp
he invited My cars below. and well
stop ut yoar hotel for your things"
Meade flushed In q bashf,A discom
eDrt.
''It's very good ~ you, colonel" ~
1altered. hut seally ] don't believe J
can You see. know nothing u ysur
sOcial usages. after all I've been q
sort Of hermit all my life. Dad told
De te go 10 the Raleigh. aud ! guess
I'd better stay there. Not hut what
] appreciate year
THAT'S esough." laughed the colonel
"fouW 20 hoae with me- No use o.
UsVtsst. ! want you where I can talk
- yeu sbsSt this invention ~ yours al
any tisne, cay or night. And | want
pes To mset my daughter she u never
esegive me n dent bring her the via
0aa fro0 The west"
- only hope she wont and me a
~ man iRAeel" said Meade
'Pack up ys1r model and well just
obsat mako lsRch." directed Gethelds.
0seAe csop,ted. They left the room.
oAsssAe1 ~ cOrriAers and went down
- sess,s - the Army and Navy bssild-
- - wAsss the e0,oRels mOts
OuAts1.
0sthso1B told the chauffeur te st0p
- the haIeteh and. lighting q cigar.
Gs1tls1 bsck n his seet "ApA hOW b
~ uswss1-yesr fathsr. . Usas-ay
bsyY
'0uite we'll. ce,oas,"
Yea hook like him. boy" satA
0ethelds. Il loved lin when we were
bSth about your age"
He has told me- Meade re,,lis.d
quickly. He feels the same
Just where has he buried himsel::'
the colonel asked.
Meade hesitated. Pardon me. colo
nei can't answer that" he STAN
Dered "Please understand
Il do" said the engineer Poor
low. Somebody framed 1t up. Meade
l suppose You know that?''
'T?" cried Stillman. "Of course. Do
yeu?"
"I knew Howard stillman." Gethelds
said shortly. That's enough"
Thank you. sir" Meades voice fal-
tered as he spoke.
The car stopped in front of the Ra-
leigh. Stillman got out and went in
side. In a few moments he returned
with a couple of extra travelling cases.
which he placed in the ear before re
joining the colonel.
The motor slid away over the asphalt
pavement. and Gethelds began once
more to speak.
I'm sorry Gotz brought up the po-
litical Issue with you. He's rabid
partisan. and his influence is great
Meade nodded SO imagined
Just who is he. colonel?''
u. C.?" said Gethelds why, you
surely know about j. c. He's mem
ber of congress: halls from Chicago
and is pretty wealthy man. He is
also a sort Of political ear
Does he build aeroplanes?"
Does he" The colonel smiled. He
builds 'em for the army. my boy. His
son is a colonel attached to the avia-
ton corps"
No wonder he was antagonistic." "
said Meade.
We've got to win him over" Geth
eds decided. Il asked him to dinner
tonight. and he's coming II We could
only make him see dollars in II for
himself'- He broke or ITS too bad
yos have to use radium''
That is the entire secret u the ship =
returned Meade.
Yes. ] suppose 30. Still. II gives
Gotz a plausible objection. How in
time did you get On to the thing? .
didn't know Howard was ap IN rsdiuw
- that he was rScA. Yos must have
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