Gunnison news-champion., 1914-02-27

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point 10 hsr woo1erful effort ct self
control The men lsoaed sway hast
liy. They hessd her draw tuo or
lhree ssep. euaverinS breaths: they
could slnost fssi the tension that she
Was exerc6inG over hesueif.
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and spDke vssy gently. but with pro.
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dhink q veatusiae sut ia shis wretchea
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kind a folly. surely yos vin be
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the oosnR b0o1s ths busseu. Neas
ths win1Sv S1ss1 the - shs went
swiftly tSwasa 4, her syss fastened
upon the 49, that m through the
center Of II: . still. white ridge that
seemed witAsat beginniAg o. cad.
With nervous fingers the atteoAant
lifted the sheet st the Aeal Of the
bed and turned n bach. A. Ae let 1t
fall across the chest of the dead man
he drew hack anA turned his face
away.
She bent forward and then straight.
ened her hgure to its full height, with.
out for an instant removing her case
from the face of the man who lay
before her: . larklhairel man gray In
death, who must have been beautiful
10 look upon in the hush of life.
For q long time she stood there
looking, as motionless as the object on
which she gazed. Behind her were the
tense, keeneyed men, not one of
whom seemed TO breathe during the
grim minutes that passed. The wind
howled about the corners of the inn.
but no one heard it. They heard the
beating of their hearts, even the tick
ng of their watches. but not the wall
Of the wind.
Al last her hands, claw-like in their |
tenseness, went slowly to her temples. |
Ter head dropped slightly forward, |
nd a great shudder ran through her |
0ody. The coroner started forward. |