Gunnison news-champion., 1915-07-09

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. 80 antas - - suBoso - eaaa
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met sAs go e.osss1U. "Uo0 .
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soodEe.s suav hse~s-
L-ess taaa q ssossA1nG - b.
ssSss~ssd hastily.
"UuSsus. ef esusus." - Uues
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yos -
~ksssyea." ~ ys~aG - ~ I'd
fervensly. -tossesd'"
That b hasdlx GnllnmA@
"A Rsan--hseses sossunl 49, you
should shses yossseA sUav'"
'hiSmph'- - 0uss1 rPushaBs
you're sieht"
Their banter was - Uonsci a
subtle object. nsssely. - suansuss no
etrl Who fosloSsd. susDssss1 ~ her
lovers arm.
In the course of ~ onAe ~ hogrs
Roses jeslessy Of her sisser's new
found friendlinsss with Aka had
become scusely eviAent. TIE least
eourtesy which circumst~oces nos
and again aemaaaed thai ~ show
judith os seem . boor. Sas easarh
to ciead the countenaace u Alan )
b. treaked
Nor. indeed. Was Nose sltaee her
destitute Of plausible excuse foS This
liug d was uRaeHisble thai be-
tween Alan and Judith . boad Of m.
pathy had grown ouf Of the trials ana
hardships thss had Of late suh cred
in commoa. II Was unAenisble-bui
even In his most private thO1ghts
Alan denied h hercely judith on
the other hand. not only acknowledgsd I'd
IL freely to herself but sscretly de-
rived . strangely sweet sRd poiGnani
pleasure from the know ledge that she
loved SO madly and hepelessly.
That her love Was hopssess she
knew but too we'll Evea Though Alan
might not be altogether inAiAeFent to
her. after all that had pssssd between
them. his loyalty to Rose vas un.
shakabie. And not Sos vsrl1s would
Roses rival have had Il etherwise
She could not have loved hin rs she
did had he not been so unmoyably
true. As II was. sinee she could not
ope her love might be returned, shs
was content to love and TO pronise
herself that. If opportunity ever Of
tered she would not prove unready tc
sacrifice herself for her love.
And at times she caught herseF
praying that such opportunity would
he accorded her, ana quickiy. and
that the sacrifice it should demand
would be complete
Now prayers are sometimes an
swered when the booa Graves 10 good
Slowly and painfully these four
toiled aloag sa s6scure trail that fsa
lowed the winaings of the little ss~eF
until . branch struck into the main
stream cd 20 discOvesel - them yet
another trail leeAinG tass the west
ward canyon.
Then again slowly ed painfully
they plo1ded % following blindly -
other trail biased BY Fates as bin1 q
they.
Above them, on the road they hal
sban1Oned The crimson racer foo6set
back to the point where it had passet
Judith and Barcus; its occupants -
scended, explored. and came pressot
ly upon the trail Of the fugitives.
Bloodhoun1s could not have sst
tied down upoA a scent with msre
good will and eagerners than Mr.. MAJ
rophat and his faithful aide
The sun was high and blazing above
the canyon when the pursuit came
within rife shot of the chase.
A spiteful shot reused the quar-
tet from . pause of lethargie disAAS
due to tardy appreciation of the fsc'
that they had penetrated witlessiy -
most to the end Of q blind alley.
A hasty council of war armed Alan
with Judith's revolver and posted hiu
behind . bowlder commanding the ~
proaches TO the chasm The Weapon
a powerful As had . range sufhcieal
to numb the impetuosity Of the ~
sassins and keep them under covel
and out of sight of the desperate e.
says the fugitives were making 4
cJmpass an escape.
For In the shed behind an abanAOaes
log cabin-souvenir. no doubt Of some
forgotten prospector-Barcus had un
earthed length of stout hempen rope
With the aid of a rusty shovel he
had hacked this into two equal lengths
One OF these lengths he proceeded ia
make fast around his own waist, then
around Roses. The other he left To
be similarly employed by Alan and
Judith. For 1t WAS agreed that they
must climb. and while the elf offered
no problem to daunt a mountain climb
er of any pretensions. il was consid
cred best that the fugitives shoul1 be
hitched up in pairs against any pos
sibility of a slip. The pairing had
been determined by the act that
Barcus boasted some slight eNperience