Gunnison news-champion., 1915-12-17

Ns gives foa feF " Fossf hss<.f
ends and gsmisss. too. b. dose Ths
perst part vas ecttiHg os; a; IN
other end INTO the cellars there ~ers
heaps OF empty bottles &c move. ca
b. ens befor. there vas rgom to epeT
the Bsanhose door aud % sauirm og
over the slab and ] Thought they rams
like q peal OF bells baf ! pat then
all hsck again. and agpareutly
nobody overheard IN the scuilery
The big dSg barked n; me M
blazes did again the other day
bat nobody seemed to hsar him sirheT
! go; to my boat. tipped fellow O.
the towing path tc tass e back an
pas Tor it-why hsvsut -hs Vciics s.
hold of him 7-ana ran ao~a % n
bridge ever the Wsir I sssppsa a b.
car with a smart shaver suoking Il
pipe at the wheel I shoaid haas
thought he'd have cerns forward o.
the reward that ~zs Fsf Ep: bat | pr
tended I was late for dinuer | had II
town. and | bet him drop Hs a; N
Grand Hotel he cost ne a fver. bu
I had on a Waisscost hHsi With notss
and Id more than Eve minutes n haad
at ChariRg Cross Il yog want &
know. Il was the time IN hand tha
gave me the whole idea Of eoublins
back to Genoa. l must have been hal
way up to town before ! thought o.
~"
He had told the whole thing as b.
always could tell an actual experi
ence; that was one reason why II rams
30 true to one listener at every point
But the sick mans sunken eyes had
advanced from their SOCKETS In cumu
lative amazement And HiltOa Toye
laughed shortly when the end was
reached
You figure some on cur credulity'"
was his FIRST comment
Il don't Agure on anything from
you, Toye, except Q pair of hAnAcu6s
~ . Arst installment,"
Toye rose In prompt sccspssnee Of
The challen0e seriously, Casalet.
you ask us TO believe that you aid oil
this to screen . man you ailnt have
time to recoGnise,"
I've told you the facts."
"Sh, 8ocDe yoo u DSttoI teH
them to the police" Toye took his
hat and stick. scrutcn was struggling
from his chais. Blanche stood psest-
Bed dove under q serpent's spell, as
TOye made her . saraonic bow from
the landing door "You broke your
side of the contract, Miss Blanche,
/ guess It's up to me to complete"
Watt"
1t was ocruton's raven croak; he
hac tcttered TO his feet
Sure" said Toye, If you've any
thing you want to say as an interested
party"
"Orly this-he's told the truth"
We'll, can he prove it,"
Il don't know" said scruton. But
I cant"
Your" Blanche chimed in there.
Yes. I'd like that drink first. If you
don't mind. Cazalet" 1t was Blanche
who got 1t for him. In an instant.
Thank you I'd say more il my bless
ing was worth having-but here's
something that is. Listen to this YOU
American gentleman: I was the man
who wrote to him in Naples. Leave
n st that . minute: IT was my second
letter to him: the first was to Austro-
/ liza, in answer to one from him y
Was the full history OF my downfall I
got . warder to smusgle It out Thak
letter was my one chance"
Il know n by heart" said Cazalst.
1T was that and nothing else thaG
Q A.
Ito meet Ne when l came out!"
Scruton explained In q hoarse whispef.
Toto keep me from going straight
to that man, as I'D told him | should
in my FIRST letter, But you can't nit
these things on to the day OF The
week; he'd told me where to write
to him on his voyage, and | wrote to
Naples. but that letter did not get
smuggled out My warder friend had
got the sack. ] had to put what I'd
got to say so that you could read il
two ways So told you Cazalet vas
going straight up the river for a row
and you can pronounce that Two
ways. And ! said ! hoped / shouldn't
break a scull-but there's another way
of spelling that, and 1t was the cher
way ! meant" He chuckisd grfmly.
I wanted you to lie low and Isr ne
lie low if that happened. I wa--ed
just one man in the world to know I'd
done it. But that's how We came to
miss each other, for you timed 10 70 a
tick. if you hadn't misread ne ablut
the river
He drank again, stood straightar nd
found fuller voice
Yet ! never meant to do il ur SIS
he made me, and at the back OF ny
brain ! never thought he would I
thought he'd do something for ne.
aftt- all he'd done before Shall I
tell you what he did?~
Got out his revolver" cried Caz,-
let in voice that was his own Justin.
cation as well