Gunnison news-champion., 1915-07-16

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your charity, = sAsf NJ
Any Say pos hke ouf q ns -
insoasssbss 70 yos TO sAtnk - . 6ase
love him snd eoossss \ 70 you n
yoa besrudze me the huDiltnsion of
stoovins to kiss q mas ~Ae doesat
want my Gisses-n voc sse % afraid
OF losing him whine I live and love
hin-very xen. thea'-
Win . passionate gessusx Judith
tore epea the bosom Of her waist.
Offering her flesh to the muszse Of the
sevolver
a cry broke from the tps Of Rose
that vas like the CRY Of soriors child
punished with cruelty that passes tts
understanding She fell back against
the wall The revolver swept up
through the air-but its mark was
her own head rather than Judith .
bosom.
But before her finger found strength
TO pull the trigger the man at the
table startled from his sleep BY the
SQUAD OF angry voices. leaped from
his chair With . violence that sent \
clattering to the hoor. and hurled him
self headlonG across the room, i'm
prisoninG the wrist of his betrothed
with one hand while the other wrestel
the weapon away anl passed n 70
yulfth.
-Rose," he cried thickly, what Goes
this mean? Are you mad? Judith"
Dragging the bosom 0f her waist
together. Judith thrust the weapon
into it's holster and turned away
BE kind to hef, AlaA," she said N
an uncertain voice: she didn't under
stand and-snd I soadeA her beyond
endurance In afraid Forgive NE
but be kind 70 her alwaysl"
Somehow, bliAdly. she stumbled 81
Of ths cabin into the open, possessed
~ . thought whose temptation Vas
stronger tAaa her powers 0f resist
ance. Whist nese had failed 10 -
sonpaisA niGht nov serve - resolve
ou11ehs psUeesa. Nsas. - ~
hsssslf. bittssiy would sssh TO htnAss
hse But shs neant - 70 assaAss ths
matter thst nOss sAosh go - sss-
pect snl - moved TO intsgfese.
neual the sAoul1se ~ the D0uo-
tAtA. - the rOa1 aloas the edge u ths
elf9, she IVES sure of freedom fs00
sesesvatioa-
Anl YEA, such 10 the incOnsisteney
u tAs hanaA aaiaal. ths tnstinet fse
self pfeseevettsa ives stroaese tAaa
her purpose: when q touring car sWunG
round the mountain and shot toward
her, she checked herself hastily anl
Jumped aside In ample time to escape
being run down.
The next instant the machine was
lsrching to q halt and the sonorous
accents OF seneca rrine were salutins
~:
-jH1ith! Yos hsrsl What the eevu!
Where We ye been? Where are Marr0-
phat and jimmy"
Digging the nails of her hngers pain
fully into her palms. she bresthed
deep. fighting down hysteria. reassert-
ing her self-control in 20 short q space
Of time that her father failed to ap-
preciate that there vas anything N
common in the mind of The gin
"Whersr ~ demanded aAsrily -
she approached the car, where. I
want TO know. ere Marrophat anl Nm
my? Haven't you seen or heard aay-
thing Of them They lefv Ne ct "a
O'Clock this morning. to 90 after.
Dead" the girl interruptsl 80
tentious. eyeins him strangely.
Il don't believe NJ" the on naa
screamed. aghast 4 won't believe T.
You're lying to me. you ja1e, You're
lying"
Il am not" she broke in eoldfy. Z
am telling you the plain truth i.
They followed us all morning IN that
red racer. firing at us an the while.
Finally they caught up with us here.
about noon-came up this road shoot
ing over the windshield. II was our
lives or theirs. We turned the hydrau-
lie stream on them and washed the car
over the clih. II you don't believe
me. get somebody TO show you their
faces"
She Indicated with . gesture two
forms that lay at q little distance
back from the roadside. motionless
beneath . sheet Of canvas-the bodies
Of Trine's creatures. recovered by the
mining gang and brought up for .
Christian burial
But Trfne required no more confirm
alton Of Judith's word The light
nickered and died in his evil old eyes;