Gunnison news-champion., 1914-10-09

he uss trying 90 sst al in a taotfu
manner. ~ the say. = this property
entalisd7T
4 zHos nothing at an about H. Mr.
Arandal said she. NIrh a pleading
glance al Der lower. a. 81 to inquire
what stand she should take Ia this dis.
trcssima situation.
-n b. is enfaiied he can't seH &, %
said Boorh quietly
II halls true said Leslie some
Whaf obviously Then. Nith mag
HaHlnlily that covered q mulfiude Of
doubl- be- added "Of caarse. : am
oHlg Interested m seefBE that you are
properly protected. Miss Castleson.
I've no doubt yog hold an Interest IN
the estates"
"a cant very well discuss a thing I
know atauiutsIy nothing about" she
said sucCHctly
Most Of f is in building lots and
tac.aries in Belfast. Df course. u was
more la the nature OF a question than
q declaration. The old family castle
leu very much OF an asset take It,"
Il fancy you can trust Coiouei Cas-
tston 10 make the best possible deal
u the premises" said Booth drily.
y suppose so, said the other re.
signedly. "He is a shrewd beggar, lin
convinced of that. Strange. however.
that haven't heard a word from him
since he lett us in London. I've been
expecting a cablegram from him every
day for nearly a fortnight. letting me
know when to expect him"
Are you going TO California this
winter for the flying ?" asked Hetty.
Sara entered at that jlsncture, and
they all sat down 10 listen for half an
hour TO Loslie's harangue on the way
the California meet was being mis-.
managed, at the end of which he de.
parted.
He took Booth away with him, much
to that young mans disgust
DO you know, Brandy. old fellow {"
said he as they walked down Fifth ave
nue. in the gathering dusk of the early
winter evening. ever since I've begun
to suspect that damned old humbug OF
a father of hers, I've been congratu.
lating myself that there isn't the re-
hottest chance OF his ever becoming
my fatherin-law And. by George,
you'll never know how near | was to
leaping blindly into the brambles.
What a close call had"
Booths sarcastic smile was hidden
by the dusk. He made no pretense OF
openly resenting the meanness of
spirit that moved Leslie to these cad
dish remarks. lie merely announced
in a dry, cutting voice:
Il think Miss Castleton is to be con
graduated that her injury is no greater
than nature made il in the beginning"
What do you mean by nature 2"
Nature gave her a father, didn't
it?"
obviously"
Well why add insult to injury?"
"By Jove! Oh, / say. old mani"
They parted at the next corner As
Booth started to cross over to the
Plaza, Leslie called out after him:
Il say Brandy, just a second, please.
Are you going to marry Miss Castle
ton ?"
4 am"
Then. ] retract the scurvy things
said back there. ! asked her to marry
me three times and she refused me
three times. What ! said about the
brambles was rotten. I'D ask her again
II thought shes have me. There you
are, old fellow. I'm a rotten cad. but
l apologize to you just the same
You're learning. Leslie" said Booth,
taking the hand the other held out to
him
While the painter was dining at his
club later on in the evening, he was
called to the telephone. Watson was
on the wire. He said that Mrs. Wran-
dali would like TO know if Mr.. Booth
could drop in on her for few min
ures after dinner, to discuss a very
important matter, if you please, sir %
At nine O'Clock, Booth was in Sara's
library. trying to grasp 2 new and re-
markabie phase in the character Of
that amazing woman.
He found Hetty waiting for him
when he arrived
i don't know what il an means.
Brandon" she said hurriedly. looking
over her shoulder as she spoke. sara
says that she has come TO a decision
Of some sort. She wants US TO hear
her plan before making it final II
don't understand her at all tonight"
1t can't be anything serious, dear
est" be said. but something cod and
narIeless oppressed him just the same.
-She asked me II ] had finally de
cided to-to be your wife. Brandon. /
said ] had asked you for two or three
days more in which 70 decide. II
seemed to depress her. She said she
didn't see how she could give ne up,
even to you. she wants to be near
me always. II is-it is really tragic.
Brandon"
He took her hands in his.
We can FIX that" said he confident.
II. Sara can live with US IL she feels
that way about il Our home shall be