Gunnison news-champion., 1915-11-19

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Is thss sor 4 saas came ssoa-s =.
Gaaoa. ] saess ! SsS ~i=e~ added
Taye a. tasl9h he ~s< fa4akinx Of
sanashiax else. Tkere xas no so-r
q faalsas " his voice. bss he sas
saakiae nae ieff shsuss.
= say yos We csf yourself
= esass rs nothing KNIFE toe
sharp. ps.sse don't ~orry, Captain
AglHsar. I was goinG to say oaiy got
on a. Gaasa. and they coasaat give
me a room to Uyse6 ! had 10 &c in
sish Cazs'st, thsss hoo I ssx *
mach Of him.
L Eas Teye's thssd and separate IN
dapandanf attempt to introduce shs
name ana fame OF Cszaicf AZ natural
TOPIC of conversation Twice his hoss
had listened ~ish adamansine polite
ness. this time ~ wa~ esioyine quite
had at the Rag, and he ieaasd saca
IN his chair
~Nos we're rather impressed with
him. weren't your" said Captain Ayl
mar Well frankly. I wasn't. bat n
may have been my fault
= was only going to ash you one
thing about MIR Cazales." Toye said
and ! guess I've q reason Cor asking
though there q no time TO state II now
What did you shink of him. Captain
Ayimer on the whole2v
All. there you have me. on the
whole is Just the difficulty" said Ayl
mer answering the straight question
readily enough. 4 thought he was q
very good chap as far as Naples. but
after Genoa he was another being Eve
sometimes wondered what happened In
his three or four days ashore"
Three or four. did yos say?"
And at the last moment Toye would
have played Wedding Guest to Ayl
mer's Ancient Mariner.
Yes; you see, he knew these Ger
man boats waste a couple of days at
Genoa. so he landed at Naples and did
his Italy overland. Rather a good idea
] thought, especially as he said he
had friends In Rome; but we never
heard Of 'em beforehand. and I should
have let the whole thing strike me bit
sooner II ia been Cazalet. soos
enough to take . handbag and .
toothbrush. eh? And I don't think ]
should have run It quite 30 fine at
Genoa, either. But there are rum
birds in this world. ana always will
bel"
Toye felt one himself as he picked
his way through St. James square
II IT had not beea just after lunch he
would have gone straight snd hal Q
cocktail. for Of course he knew the
only place for them. What he dil was
to slue round Out Of the square, and
to obtain for The asking st another
old haunt, ON CockspuF street. the
latest little timetable Of ecntinentsl
trains. This ~ carried. not oa foot
but In q tsxi. - the Savoy Hotel,
where 1t kept - busy In his own
room for the best part Of another hour.
Rut BY that ttno Milton TOve hooked
more than an hous older thsn oa sit-
ting down - ~ writing table with
pencil. paper 80 the littls book of
trains; he looked horrified. he looked
distressed, and yet he looked crafty,
determined and immensely alive. He
proceeded. however, to take some Of
the life out OF himself and to adj still
more to his apparent age by repair
ing for more inward light to q Turk
ish bath.
Now the only Turkish bath. accord
ing to Hilton Toye's somewhat exclus-
i've code. was not even hundred
yards from Cazalet's hotel: and there
the visitor Of the morning apain pre-
scented himself before the afternoon;
now merely little worn, as q man
will look after losing a stone an hour
on warm afternoon, and a bit blue
again about the chin, which of course
looked little deeper and stronger on
that account
Cazalet was not in; his friend would
wait and in fact waited over an hour
In the little lounge. An evening paper
was offered to him; he took il listless-
ly. scarcely looked at it at first. then
tore il in .his anxiety to find something
ne had quite forgotten-from the
newspaper end But he was WAITING
as stoically as before when Cazsiet
arrived in tremendous spirits.
stop and dIne!" he cried out at
Ince.
Sorry | can't; got to go and see
1mebody" said Hilton Toye.
Then YOU must have a drink"
No, ! thank you" said Toye, with
he decisive courtesy OF total alb
tainer.
You look as If you wanted one; you
ion't look a bit fit" said Cazalet, most
kindly.
Nor am l. sir" exclaimed Tore.
4 guess London's no place'for me in
the f-.ll Just as well too, | judge
st1ce I've got to light out again
straight away"