Gunnison news-champion., 1915-04-02
CsASrGa AtI
Doom the Caeo.


~ -four o'clocs. or shortly sesar.
Alan vas a~akoaea b. boot heels
rosnaing imgeEatively overhead. and
~eat ea deck agaia. - stand both dos-
~atches-saN the sun Int gp smiling
over a world of tsHsbsed blue water.
crossed the wake of a CsBard liner Ia
bound tor Boston. raised and over.
hauled a graceful but bassneselIke nsh-
srman from Gloucester. BArcus
opined when called to stand his trick
81 eight and saw IL q mile or two
aStern when-stili aching wish fatigue
he was free 10 return to his hssth
- aaOther four hour resi-
This time missuided sonssAermssoa
ondBaed BarCgs 10 iet his crew sleep
ehroush the hrst afternoon watch. Siz
bells we're ringing when. In drowsy A.
prehension that something had gone
ouddenly and radically wrong, Alan
Uaked
he was on deck again almost before
De rubbed the sisepinsss from his
eyes. emerging abruptly frou the half
hGhf Of the cabin to . 1Assie Of sun
hGht that filed the cup Of cay with
sasshed gold. even - hs passed from
opaviction u security 10 realizstion Of
oDasaiste sal extraordinary psstl
HIS arst glance aiseovsssd tAs vhssl
1sssrtsd. the woman With hack 10 him
grading = the tA2yAil. Bascus-ao-
UAsss - - sssa- Ths sscOaA con
00s1 his surniss thaA sAs ssavsaturs
~ soos ~ INTO - Wind. end AOw
- vswin0 - Wildly Into the tssaGA
= stiR II not heavy -. 4 thirl
oADOo1 him, 70 his amAaaosnt. TIE
0n1ncestss AshesmaA oserAaule1
~ esch snss that morning and nov,
~ Vl0hts. veil dovn the nosthsrn hort
0o-eot tvo miles distant. asA stand
~ esHassly Tor the smaller vessel.
oSwtldersl. - Assssd to the Sirl's
- With shout. demaadiAG to
0nOW wha1 ves the matter. She
vuDAsl to him . facs he hardly recao-
AaDslEbut stiI - lidnv underotand.
- tnsvitabls hfsrsace sssmsl Q
lhiA0 snthiRkable; hb bsaia faltsssl
thaa ashel 10 css1ft h. Oaly vAsa
- ~ hsr tearing fraatacally q the
0nlDtss. ststvins - east \ % 80 With
q - aosy tOw1AG . hunlrsl ~ sf
y oStsrn, aDl Whsa on0thse VoaAss-
~ Ola,cs 80 llses~srsd ths Asal
60 sAoul1srs q Ar. Harcus rising
svss the stern q tAs Cory - - strsvs
- Nh himsslf eut q the vaAse-saly
~ dil Alan bsGin 10 apsssciaAs
vAAt had happened
Dvsa %. n IVES With the feeling that
an the world and himself - well had
Osas stark. SAvinG mad. that he seized
- girl and. despite her strugslss tore
hss away from the rail before she bad
0oocssded In unknottinG the painter
"Rossi" he cried stupidly. Rose!
WAats the matter with youi Doat
~ zee what you're doingf"
Defiance inflamed her counteAancs
80 accents. Cant you ever say any
tAinG but Rose! Resell Rosei' 10
there no other name that means any
thing to your Can't you understand
Row intolerable II is TO me! I love
you no less than she-better than she
ever dreamed of loving you-because
| hate you, too! What 10 love that
is no more than love? Can't you un-
derstand?"
"Jud .th," he cried in voice Of stu
pefaction. "But ut-Good Lord,-how
did you get aboard? Where's Rose?"
Where you'll not find her easily
again the woman angrily retorted
Trust me for that"
What do you mean" Illumination
came in binding flash. do you
mean II was you-you whom | brought
aboard last night?"
who else7"
you waylaid her there In the hotel.
substituted yourself for her deceived
me into thinking you-i"
'Of course" she said simply why
not? v hen saw her sleeping there
the mirror of myself. completely at
my mcrcy-what else should | think
of than to take her place with the man
] lovedP | knew you'd never know the
diference-at least | was fool enough
for the moment 10 believe | could
stand being loved by you in her name!
II was only today, when I'd had time
to think, that I realized how impos-
sible that wasi"
sudden slap of the mainsail boom
athwartshlps and a Simultaneous cry
from over the stern reused Alan from
his cOusteruation to fresh appreciation
OF the emergency. With scant consid-
GRAFTON he hustled the woman 10 the
companiouway and below, slammed its
doors and closed her in with the slid
ing hatch-al in a breath-then
sprang to the taTrail. Just in time to
lend a helping hand sorely wanted by
Mr.. Barcus In his efforts to climb
aboard, after he had pulled the dory
up under the stern by its painter
He came over the ra1 in a towering
temper
Il hope you'll pardon the apparent
fmpertinence." he suggested acidly,
- soon as able to articulate coher.
0ty-~but may / inquire II that
bloody minded vixen is your blushins
bYide-tO-hep'' -