Gunnison news-champion., 1915-04-23

Ahe sas fa0Hznt arSsssy taa1 ~
ehaf ssn SANK without har iesrnias
shsf her loser nved. IA would moi rise
again uYon a v0ria taaan1sd hy Rose
Trsas.
n vas rot true. she told herseH. tia:
peogse never die OF broken hearts
She kneW that. we're he taken from
her she oogid no longer 1--we. .
And sleep overwhelmed her sud
denls. hke a great. dark cloud
bat It's dominion over her faculties
was not OF hong duration. slowly.
heavily. matinoasly she Was rescued
orom It's nirvaRa--eame 10 her senses
With an effect Of one who emerses
0om some vast place of blackness and
esrror, to ind Bsrcus kneelins over
end singerly bat Professionally shaking
her b. the shoulder
And then she sat ~ with cry Of
ny stiiied compassion; for IN the brief
time that he had been absent--it had
Rot been more than an hour-Mr. Bar.
Gus had most unauestioaably been Sc
vereiy used
HE had acquired long cut over one
eye. but shallow. upon which blood
Had dried. together with q bruised and
swollen cheek that was badly
scratched TO boot. And what simple
ortieles Of clothing remained 10 him.
ofter his strenuous experiences Of the
last forty eight hours. had been re-
ouced to even greater simplicity; his
0hirt, for example. nov lacked q sleeve
eAat had been altogether torn away
0f the shoulder
mol" he told her. as soon as he saw
hsr wits we're awake once more
don't waste time pitying me. I'm all
stght-and 80 is Alanl That's the
main thing for you to understand; he's
Otill alive and sound"
But where 10 he7 Take me to
himi" she demanded. rising with .
movement of such grace and vigor
that 1t seemed hard to believe she had
ever known an instants weariness.
That's the rub" Barcus confessed,
OQuattins ON the sands and knuckling
Dis hair. Il dsssent take you TO him
Judith might object. Besides, you can
Oes for yourself IL isn't safe to mingle
With the Inhabitants Of this tight
httls island-and you can't gst to
Nhers Alan b without ningling con-
Gllerably. Sit down, and Ill tell you
oll about II. and we'll try TO hsurs out
what's best to be done. Maybe We
eaa manage . rescue under cover Of
nigAt."
And whsa the girl had ssttlsl her.
Oslf beside hin he launched ints .
1saailsd report
IT'S Katama island, al right" he
announced. but Q change has come
ever the place since l visited II some
vsars ago. Then It was . community
- simplehearted villagers and fisher.
osa; nov. unless all signs fail, It's .
- Of smugglers. I noticed . num-
~ Of Chinese about; and that. taken
= connection with the fact that, when
] ventured to introduce myself to the
Village ginmill and ssh Q few inno-
eat questions. the entire population,
- . child, landed on me like Q thou
oand brick-the two circumstances
1fouc hit thihh VIC " btuulD Dio0 ou y
settlement Of earnest workers at the
gentle art of helping poor Cinnamon
evade the exclusion laws"
With a wry smile. he pursued: AS
for me. ! landed cut back of the joint.
on the nape of my neck. and took the
count, surrounded by lot of unsym-
pathetic boxes and barrels that had
seen better days. And hen | came to
and started to crawl unostentatiously
away. was just in time to witness the
landing Of your amiable sister, that
gang Of cutthrcats she keeps on TIE
pay roll, and Alan in company with as
choice a crew of scoundrels as you'd
care to see. | gathered from a few
words that leaked out of the back door
of the barroom, thst it was as | had
thought-Judith had stolen a boat
from the ship that picked her up, and
rammed it on Nortons reef; and after
she gathered Alan In the schooner of
these smugglers happened along. and
she hailed it and struck bargain with
the captain and signed co-partnership
articles, or something like that. ANY
way, her lot and the islanders were
soon as thick as thieves, and tanking
up so sociably that | actually got
chance TO whisper a word to Alan and
tell him you were all right. and that
he'd find us both down here on the
beach, if luck served him with an es-
cape. That was all | got a chance to
say. for judith marched up just then
and yanked him OF TO his cell. l mean
TO say, he's locked up now in a little
stone hut on the edge Of the cliff. with
the door guarded and the window over
looking a sheer drop OF thirty feet or
80 TO the beach. When I'd seen that
much | calculated it was about time
for me to get quit Of that neighbor-
hood, before Mam'selle Judith nicked
me with the evil eye"
You don't think she saw your" the