Gunnison news-champion., 1915-10-22
tounfN Treasurer

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Rad been at Uplaads In his fathers
time be must be getting an old ma n,
and no doubt shaker on points of de
tail than he would be likely to admit.
Cazalet instanced the alleged hearing
q the gong as In itself an unconvine-
ing statement. IN was well over a
hundred yards from the gates to the
house, and there we're no windows to
open IN the hall where the gong would
be rung.
I've dreamed of the old spot SO
often he said at length I'm not
thinking of the night before last-I
meant in the husband now 10 think
OF a thing like this happening. there,
in the old governors den, of all
placesl"
Seems like . kind of poetic jus
tice," said Hilton Toye.
1T does. 1t is," cried Cazalet.
fetching moist yet fiery eyes in from
the fields. Il said to you the other
night that Henry Craven never was a
white man, and l won't unsay 1t now
Nobody may ever know what he's dons
to bring this upon him. But those who
really knew the man, and suffered for
II, can guess the kind of thingi"
Exactly" murmured Toye, as
though he had just said as much him
self. His dark eyes twinkled with de-
liberation and debate How long is
1t, by the way, that they gave that
clerk and friend of yours?"
A keen look pressed the startling
question; at least. it startled CazaIet.
you mean Scruton? What on earth
made you think of him."
Talking of those who suffered for
being the dead man S friends, | guess"
said Toye. Was it fourteen years ?"
THAT was it,"
but | guess fourteen doesn't mean
fourteen, ordinarily, if a prisoner be
hayes himself?"
"A little more than ten"
Then Scruton may be out now"
"Just"
Toye nodded with detestable
aplomb. THAT gives you something
to chew on" said he. "Of course,
don't say he's our man"
Il should think YOU didn't" cried
Cazalet, white to the lips with sudden
fury.
Toye looked disconnected and dis
tressed. but at the same time frankly
puzzled. He apologized none the less
readily. with almost ingenious cour-
tesy and fullness. but he ended by ex-
planning himself in a single sentence,
and that told more than ths rest of his
STRAIGHTFORWARD eloquence put to-
gether.
IF a man had done you down like
that, wouldn't you want to hill him the
very moment you came out, Cazalet?''
The creature of impulse WAS on at
q tangent. I'd forgive him IL he did
II. tool" he exclaimed. I'd move
heaven and earth to save him. guilty
or not guilty. Wouldn't you in my
place."
TT depends on the place you're in,
guest" And the keen dark eyes came
drilling into Cazalets skull like
augers.
L thought told you" he explained
imuatiently We were in the Office
together; he was good to me, winked
at the business hours | was inclined TO
keep, let me down lighter in every way
than | deserved. You may say it was
/ part of his game But | take people
as | find them. And then, as | told
you, Scruton was ten thousand times
4 more sinned against than shining"
Are you sure? II you knew it at
3 the time"
Il didn't I told you SO the last
night"
Well, I mustn't ask questions" said
Hilton Toye and began folding up his
newspaper with even more than hii
usual deliberation-
"Oh. III tell you," cried Cazalet IN
graciously. It's my own fault for tell
ing you so much II was in lettel
+ from Scruton himself that I heard the
whole thing. I'd written to him-to