Gunnison news-champion., 1915-07-02
ceWp soe Apo-e etiOeuA


cheerfully. ~ithdrswinx heeA and
hands from long and Intimate con.
munion with the stubborn senius b..
meath the hood Il reckon you-all u
mays well make up yose minds to
christen this hyeh sslubriOus spot
Csmp-for-the-Night You wOat be
goin' no fartheh-not just Z present
Pulling this old wagon through them
desert sands back yondeh has just
naturally broke the heart Of that en-.
gine'"
What. precisely, 10 the tvOuble ??
Alan Law inquired. rousing frsn anx-
tous preoccupation.
Plumb bust ell to hell The chauf
feur explained tersely.
Nothing could be fairer, more ex-
act and comprehensive than that
Ton Barcus conmenteA.
Law nodded q head too weary to
Pespona to the others hum0r. His
worried eyss revtswel the scene of
- bssoh1own.
dered aloud.
Take 1t calm" the sRable chauffeur
advised. "Trettin' won't get you-all
nothin'. n h was ne, PA call 1t .
day, make . FIRE. get then cushions
out q the cyah, and set some rest
You can't DO nothin' till I get bach,
anyway, and that won't be much -
fore sunup,"
Where are you going?" Barcus de-
manded.
"walkin', friend; Just walkin'-"
What for?"
To fetch help-leastways, onless
yove GOT some kick comm and 'ul
rutAer stop hyeA pernanent-"
He turnsl OR asl busiel himssaf
with preparations against his journey.
"N's sinpay things HE this make
me belieive tAis isat, after all, noth-
ing more nor less than Q long drawn
out NIGHTMARE" Aarcss shserved pea
sively.
But Mr.. Law WAS - more attsnA-
ing; he hal turned away and was just
then standing by the running board q
the motor car ard civilly explaining
10 Miss Judith Trine the purpose e
the chau6eur's eApeAitiOn
Discovery Of thio circumstanoo
worked . deep wrinkle between ~
brows - well ~ int the hamor q
Mr. Barcus.
Here. he promised himself, was Q
situation to titillate the Comic Muse
Itself. He pointed out In turn the sew
eral eom uooapf r,ort.. A.. ,,otor 80
derelict In the hollow 0f those swfsl
and silent hills-for all the world like
q mouse petrihed with fright at finding
itself in the midst Of q herd Of ele-
plants; in the car, that aged monona-
MAC. Mr. Seneca Urine, author Of all
their woes and misadventures, smash
ing his teeth in impotent rage to find
himself in close juxtaposition to and
heipless to injure the man for whose
life he lusted with an insatiate pas
sion. the latter standing outside the
car. in polite conversation with Mr..
Trine's mutinous Judth-talk to
her in the friendliest fashion mag
Unable, precisely as if she had not
fallen little short of compassl1g his
death. not once. but half a dozen
times; Judith herself poised On the
running-board and smiling down at
her victim with a warmth entity
even more than the warmth OF -iend-
ship, and at some little distancz Rose,
Mr. Laws fiancee and Judith sister.
eating her heart out with ieaI gsy Of
This new-sprung intimacy Detwasn her
sister and her lover,
BAD business. my friend" ARGUS
mentally apostrophized the u itting
Alan Law.
lie interrupted himself 10 nc know
insiy and with profound convIetion: |
knew it, Now IT begins again"
For Rose had abruptly taken a hand |
n the affair. . gesture of xasperation |
arefacing her call: Alan
To her Mr. Law turned instantly. |
nth snch alacrity that none Who
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