Gunnison news-champion., 1915-11-19
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Hiltoa Toye a. the kiad oi Amer.
csa vho kHe~ london az NeI as asosi
I.oaaoners. and some other Capitals .
good deal better thau their respective
citizens Of corresponding Intelligence
HIS travels vere mysteriousiy bat en-
viably inserWoVen With business
had an air u enjuy ing himself and a
the same time making uloney 20 pas
Tor has snios meat. wherever he wont
His hotel GAYS Wcre raneh the same al
over EureTe. many appointments. bu.
abundant leisure as hoNevcr. D.
never spoke about his cWn Affairs un
less they we're also those 0i the lis
teusr- and not aiWaes fheH-hah his
scQuaiHtaHces had NO idea how b.
made bis money ana the ether E.a
wondered how he spent his time. OF
his mere interests. which we're many.
Toss made no such sacret but q vas
quite impossible 10 deduce a main in.
dustry from the hvproducts Of his
level headed versatility
Crimmologv. FOR example was an
OBVIOUS By product ii was no morbid
taste IN Hilton Toye bat a scientific
hobby that appealed TO his mental
sUbtlety. And subtle he was vet
win strange simpiicities. grave and
dignified yet addicted to the exprss
sive phraseology OF his less enlighi
ened eouHtrymen naturally sincere
and vet always capable of some IN
geBuous duplicity.
The appeal Of Blanche Macnair to
such soul needs no ANALYSIS. She
had struck through all complexities to
the core. such as n was or as she
might make II. AS vet she could only
admire the character the man had
shown. though II had upset her none
the less At Engelberg he had pro
posed to her inside of two weeks :"
Ms he had admitted without compupc-
tion at the time II had taken him
he said. about two minutes to make
Mp his mind; but the following sum
mer he had laid mere deliberate siege
In accordance with some old idea that
she had let fall to soften her first re
hsal The result had been the same
only more explicit on both sides She
had denied him the least particle OF
hope and he had warned her that she
had not heard the last Of him bv anv
means. and never would till she mar
ried snother man. This had incensed
her at the time. but a great deal less
On subsequent reflection; and such
was the position between that pair
when Toye and Cazalet landed in Enc
land from the same steamer.
On this second day ashore, as GAIA
ct sat over a late breakfast In Jer-
nyn street Toye sent in his card ana
eas permitted to follow it, rather to
lis surprise. He found his man frank
y divided between kidneys and bacon
and the morning paper, but in heart,
mood, indicative of amends for his
great heat in yesterdays argument
A palmer indication was the dov n
right Yet sunny manner in which GAIA
let at once returned TO the contentious
topic.
Well my dear Toye, what do you
think OF n now
I was going to ask you what you
thought. but | guess | can see from
your face"
Il think the police are rotters for
not setting him free last night"
"Scruton?"
Yes. OF course. the casell break
down when it comes on next week, but
they oughtnt to wait for that They've
no right to detain a man in custody
when the bottoms out of their case
already"
'But-but the papers claim they've
found the very things they were
searching for" Toye looked non
plused, as well he might, by an appar.
emily perverse jubilation over such in.
telligence
They haven't found the missing
capl" crowed Cazalet what they
have found is Craven's watch and