Gunnison news-champion., 1916-01-28
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kans stared Of the vacant doorUoG.
SAe recoGnized ouly . sense a bewtk
esrDsut This was NOD ooe u shose
childish aasAes of rua~aess shaa -
snussd. annoyed and nysssasl -.
81 had hurt Ain- AsA ho~, TA1O
ha1 bssa t0asshsr thsss days . -
boak. ssd once - haA tahsa - Utno
hsr h RaaG0oa. 0he could an1 nGoAt
inG save thai shs - bsse kind " -
when he nosf n~ede1 kinAneos. 81
tAat sAe hs1 not bssa ssHei1ly oustuna.
oaly syupstheticslly %. He tnsssssss1
her and held that interest hecssss -
YES . type uulike saythias she -
met outside the covers q . book. -
~ss % big and sssOaG. sn1 YEA - -
ish. He had given hes Visions q sAs
character which had casried his uaar
ho0d through all these years of strise
and bitterness and temptation. An1
because Of this she had shown hin
that she had taken II for granted tAaa
whatever he had doae in the past ha1
not put him beyond the pale Il -
friendship. There had been no -
grading eRtanglements. and womsn
forgive or condone all other trana
gressions.
And what had she just said or doae
TO put that hook of dansb agony in bic
face? She swuas impatiently froD
the rail and began to promeRAAe the
deck. still cluttered with luggage owes
which the Lascar stew ards we're moik
ing. Many q glance followed the sup
pie pleasing figure Of the girl ss she
passed round and round the deck.
Other promenaders stepped aside %
permitted her to pass between. The
resolute uplift of the chin. and the
staring dark eyes which saw but innes
visions. impressed them with the fact
that II would be wiser to step aside
voluntarily. There we're some. how
ever, who considered that they had ~
them she would stop shortly. and as .
current breaks and passes each side a
an immovable object, they, too, gave
way.
The colonel fused and fumed, anl
his three spinster charges drew thes
pale lips into thinner paler lips.
These An orleans are impossible!"
And II is scanaalous the way the
young women travel alone. One cas
never tell what they are"
"Humph! Brag and asseFtiveaess.
And there's that rufliaA Who came
down the river. what's he doing %
the same boat? WHAT"
Elsa became aware Of their pveseoes
at the fifth turn. She nodded absently.
Being Immersed in the sea Of cOnjse-
ture regarding Warringtons behavior,
the colonels glare did not rouse in her
the sense Of impending disaster.
The nrst gong for dinner boomeA
The echoiRs wall spoke in the voice
of the East, 0f its Aalliance, Ne con
tent TO drift In . sargasso sec q O.
tanglins habits and desires, Of Ne f.
talism and inertia. II ai1 not hearten
one Or excite hunger. Elsa would
rather have lain down In her Canton
loungng chair. The dining saloon held
two long tables, only one of which was
IN hniibBhOm, tft BtnIWOuT0. ne
saloon was unattrsctive. A punka
stretched from one END of the table to
the other and swung inAolently to and
fro. whining mysteriously, sometimes
subsiding altogether and then Mapping
hysterically and setting the womens
hair awry.
Elsa and Martha were seated some
where between the head and the foot
Of the table. The personally conduct.
ed surrounded them, and gabbed in
cessantly during the meal of what they
had seen, of what they were going to
see, and of what they had missed by
not going with the other asency's
party. Elsa's sympathy went out TO
the tired and faded conductor
There was but one vacant chair;
and as she saw Warrington nowhere,
Elsa assumed that this must be his
reservation. She was rather glad that
he would be beyond conversational
radius. She liked to talk to the
strange and lonely man. but she pre-
ferred to be alone with him when she
did -.
She began as Of old to study care
lessly the faces of the diners and to
speculate ~ TO their characters and
occupations. Her negligent observa-
ton roved from the pompous captain
down to the dark picturesque face of
the man Craig. Upon him her glance.
q mixture of contempt and curiosity,
rested. II he behaved himself and
made no attempt to speak to her, she
Was willing to declare . truce In Ran
COON the man had been drunk, but ON
the Irrawaddy boat he had been sober
enough. Craig kept his eyes directed
upon his food and did not offer her
even . furtive glance.
He was not IN . happy state OF
mind. He heA taken passage the last
moment to avoid meeting again the
s0e man he feared. For ten years this
80 had been rechoaeA among the
lost. MANY believed him heah and