Gunnison news-champion., 1914-04-03

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and nsssss. IT, AsoA q The house -
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her. for - was . vsry Orsat man. -
he wss asas 10 her ealy because -
ives tAs sstAse - Chaila, sAs Asss-
hOsa.
In the order 81 her nature, ChsIlis
thesef0re wss her Saost dearly beloved,
Vivian the least desired and last In
her a0ectiORs - well as In sequence.
Oes os10Cty NuOeA8a. tt< tnItt VI tUe<
perfsctsd . curi0vsly Significant rec
ord of c0ntuGal eRA0Unents. ChalIis
had slwsys been the Wild, waywara,
unrestraiRsd oae. and by far the most
lovsble: Leslie. almost - Good look
ing but with scarcely Q noticeable
trace Of charm thai made his brother
attractive; Vivian. handsome. selfish
and - cherries as the wind that
blows across the icebergs In the north.
Chsllis had been born with q widely
envelopine heart and "a elastic con-
science; Leslie with . brain and .
soul and not much Of heart, as things
go; Vivian with . soul alone, which BE-
lonsed TO God, after all, and not 10
her. OF course she had heart. but 1t
WAS only for the purpose Of pumping
blood TO remote extremities. and haa
nothing whatever to % with anything
SO u1utterably extraneous ss love,
charity or self-sacrifice.
A. for Mr.. Redmond Wrandall he
was very proper and dignified gentle
man, and old for his years.
II may be seen, or rather surmised,
that if the house of Wrandall had not
been 80 admirably centered under it's
own vine and fig tree, it might have
become divided against itself without
much of an effort
Mrs. Redmond Wrandall was the
vine and fig tree
And now they had brought her dear
ly beloved son home to her. murdered
and-disgraced. II it had been either
of the others. she could have said.
Gods will be done" Instead. she
cried out that God had turned against
her.
Leslie had had the bad taste--or
out an agonized Il told you SO" at .
time when the family WAS sitting
numb and hushed under the blight Of
the first horrid blow He did not mean
to be unfeeling II was the truth burst
ing from his unhappy lips.
Il knew Chal would cone 10 this
knew it," he had saiA. His arn IVES
about the Quivering shoSlaev Of IN
mother as he said It
her throat. For . long tine she loohel
into the face of Asr seco.l soa-
How can you-how dare yea say
such . thing - thatr she cried,
aghast.
He colored. a.l lrew her closer -
him.
Il didn't mean IT." he faltereA.
You have always taken siAss
against him." began his nother.
.IHAoaA -
ably.
You say this To me now" she went
on. You who are left to take his
place In my affection-why, Leslie, I
Il"
Vivian interposed Les 10 upeet.
mamma darling You know he loved
Challis as deeply as any of us loved
him."
Afterwards the girl said to Leslie
when they were quite alone: She
will never forgive you for that, Lea.
It was beastly thing TO say"
He bit his lin vhi~A t-e--hi>A
She never cared for me as she cared
for Chal. I'm cory il I've made It
worse"
See here. Leslie. was Chal So
So"
Yes. | meant what ] said . while
ago. 1t was sure to happen to him
one time or another. Sara's had a lot
10 put up with"
Sara, II she had been the right
sort of wife. this never would have
happened"
After all is said and done, vivie,
Sara's in q pOsifion 10 rub il in ON ms