Gunnison news-champion., 1915-12-17

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you've beeu shroueh lot you knsN-
gou eaghf to hass ssapped IN bod--do
vog really eani this on top Of all7r
Go ahead 4" said scruson I'm have
a driuk when Eoa vs dome somebodg
give nae q cigarette meanwhile"
Cazalef saIpiisd the cigarette.
s-ruck a match. and held II Sith -
falterins hand The two mons eyes
ne; STRANGELY across the fame.
To tel yas al exactly vhai han
gsnsd yoa caH beiisSs ms or not as
yea Hks Nou Woat forset that !
snsW euerv inch of the E-uund--ex-
cegf ous sl-e-sd bar tAaf explained
i-sas Cazzlet tu-asd % Blanche
as-h a siznifCarf facs tuf she aHly
lre~ az iach asa-er s-ih We'll i
Has lr -hs l--ls crssak. Ehsrs the beat
hauss i rhs; Matted Tor Hy nan.
ffs usEsr carae-tv shs river ! heard
he r1rrar. hus r. NssHt tisnry era
ssr that wanted te see bu; the man
xho sas ccHins tc see him Even
tuaiiy I tnoaEh; ! must have made g
mistake. OF he might have changes
lis mind and come by road The
aressinz -ang had gone at least |
supposed II was that by the time u
vas almost quite dark and ] landed
and went up the path last the back
premises TO the front ef the house So
Ear hadn't seen a soul or been seen
by cne. evidently bat the French win
dows we're open In what used 20 be
mys fathers library the room was
all III up. and just as | got there a
man ran out into the food of light
and"
4 thought you said he brushed by
YOU in the dark" interrupted Toye
7 Was In the dark: so was he in an
other second: and no power on earth
would induce me to swear to him. Do
you want to hear the rest scruton. or
are you another uneelh ver?"
Il want to hear every word-more
han ever'"
Toye cooked his head ct both ques-
tion and answer, but inclined II quick
ly as Cazalet turned 70 him before
proceeding
Il went in and found Henry Craven
lying in his blood That's eoepei-it
WAS 90 found him-lyine Just where
he had fallen In q heap out Of the
leather chair at his desk. The top
rigbt-hand drawer OF his desk was
open, the hey In II and the rest Of the
bunch still swinging A revolver lay
as II had dropped upon the desk-it
aad upset the ink-and there were
artrlf ges lying loose in the open
'rawer. and the revolver was loaded
swept IL back into he drawer. turned
he kev and removed II with he ounch
But there was something else en- che
,esk-that silver mounted truncheon
and mans cap was lying on III
floor | picked them both up. My
first instinct, | confess it, was to re
move every sign of manslaughter and
TO leave the scene TO be reconstructed
into one of accident-seizure-a
thing but what it was,"
He paused as If waiting for a ques
ton None was asked Toye's mouth
might have been sewn up. his eyes
were like hatpins driven into his head
The other two simply stared
1T was a mad idea. but I had gone
mad" continued Cazalet. Il had hat
ed the victim alive. and 1t couldn't
change me that he was dead or dying
that didn't make him a white man
and neither did 1t necessarily blacker
the poor devil who had probably suf
fered from him like the rest Of us
and only struck him down in self
defense. The revolver on the dest
made that pretty plain. II was ou'
of the way, but now l saw blood al
over the desk as well: II WAS soaking
into the blotter, and 1t knocked tht
bottom out Of my idea. What was Il
be done' had meddled already; how
could | give the alarm without givint
myself away TO that extent, and Goo
knows how much further The mos
awful moment Of the lot came as
hesitated--the dinner-gong went on il
the hall outside the door, | remem
Der watching the thing on the foo
to see II it would move.
Then lost my absolutely.
/ turned the key in the door, to Civ
myself a few seconds grace or start
/ II reminded me of the keys in m,
hands One Of them was one Of thos
1 little round bramah keys. II scene,
familiar TO me even after so rlan,
/ years. ! looked up, and there was m,
fathers Michael Angelo closet. witt
/ its little round bramah keyhole.
/ opened il as the outer door va
knocked at and then tried. But M
mad instinct of altering every pos
sible appearance, TO mislead the %
1 lice, stuck to me to the last And
took the mans watch and chain int
the closet with me, as well as tn
cap and truncheon that l had pickle
up before.
Il don't know how long was abov
ground, so to speak, but enc Of m
fathers objects had been to make hi
retreat sound tight. and could scarce
] ly hear What Was rOiup or, in the roryrr