Gunnison news-champion., 1915-12-31


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ste ossers
HIS Bsrser grinn~d ressasa2sS
Noe saa sae coson~s dsus G~s oa
~ea ~ sazrcdses shS Gs~s = saar
osx i ] doai
= an fulAy czpabSz a spsAkiux 10
him vsshs.f aas susroauasson what
sssr." she laughed .<ass. Ia ~iA b.
vsry kind of you
tnen he hsd s.s.e she uasssd oscr
shss impulse 20 alien - her character.
An sSsosase sExsneer . man Sith .
ps-si perhaps . fugitive from Justice.
aad becasse be iooked like Arsnsr
eissson- ssse ~ss seessas hss scasasuf
snoe- sossseshinG. then. could break
shEoazh her reserve and slsosnsss
6Ae bad travelled from san Fraacisco
" Colombo. unattended save by an
elderly usaiaen who had risen by grad
sal stages fsen Hsrse 10 companion.
~ who eoAla not b. usaae TO reuseIa-
esr thai she wss ne longer . nsrss. IN
al these sous months Elsa had not
made hall . dozen seQsaintanoss. saa
q shese she had mot sought one. Vet.
she was askinG ~ Uaeet Q stranger
vh< - only recon mendafioa ~as . ssar
Guaar likeness 10 another uaaa. The
pUrser WAS right. u WAS very irresu-
las.
"PoB0t q CO.." she murmured She
SEARCHED among the phantoms moving
70 and fro upon the ledge: but the
man with the cage Was gone Ii Was
really uReanny.
Elsa Chetwood Was twenty ave
hthely built. outwsrdiy reposeful. bat
dynamic within. Education. environ
Rent and breeding had somewha
smothered the glow ing iires She was
. type of the ancient repression of
woman. which finds ITS exceptions in
the Aspasias and fielens and Cleo
patras OF legend and history. In fea-
lures she looked exactly what she Was.
well-bred and well-born. Beauty she
also had. but Il was the cold beauty Of
northerR winter nights. IL compelled
admiration rather than invited It,
Spiritually. Elsa Was asleep. The fre
WAS there. the gift Of loving greatly.
only 1t smoldered. without radiatinG
even the knowledge Of its presence
Men loved her, but in awe, as one
loves the marbles Of Phidias. She
knew no restraint. ana yet she had
passed through her stirless years rs-
strained Her Independence wss In
herent and not acquired. She had laid
Gown certain laws f0s herself TO fol
bOW: and that these often clashed with
ths laws Of convention, which are fst-
tsh 10 those who divide eeciety into
thFee classes. only Rilaly anusel her
Right frea wSsaS shs knew. snl tAss
sxAcs1 her.
her immediate relatives were asal;
those who were aistantly related re-
nainel 20, ~ they had no part In hee
Ne nor she IN theirs. FfOn hse father
- ha1 Inherited . remarkabls aal
seb1e0 serant Judgment Te -, 1aces
we're 0enerally book covers, tAey ~
Dslls1 - attracted; anA So found
large and sndiminishinG intsrsst -
- lAculty - psessinG bach ths ssS-
ers end reading the text OfNsa 49,
tered covers held treasures, and often
the editions De luxe were swindlss
But In between the batterel covers
anl the exquisite F1orentiRe hanltool-
ing there ranged q row Of mediocre
books; and n was among these that
Elsa found that her instinct wss not
wholly infallible, as viii be seen.
Today she was facing the first prob
lem of her young life, epochal She
was. as II were. to stop and begin life
anew. And she didn't know she
wasn't sure.
There were few passengers aboard
There were three fussy old English
maidens under the protection Of q still
fussier old colonel. The quartet
greatly amused Elsa Their mods were
abrupt, and they spoke in the most
formal manner. She was under grave