Gunnison news-champion., 1916-02-04

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upon this sree and easy ground .
shosid have 10 ASH aboat yoar ante
eeaeuts. what yoa have done. all about
yea. IN fass- Then. We should sit IN
jss. sEseat."
And condemn me. on hand. Ths1
would be perfectly right"
hui ! might BE- one Of the disseat-
ing judges"
THAT is because you are one wom-
an in a thousand
Ne. ! simply have a mind of my
own. ard often prefer to be guided BY
ii. | am not sheep"
Silence. The lap.lap OF the water,
the hong slow rise and fall. and the
dartling f,yng flsh apparently ciaimsl
their attention.
But Warrington saw nothing savo
the danger. the danger to himself and
10 her. At any moment he might Sing
his arms around her. without his hav-
ing the power 10 resist. She called TO
him as nothing in the world had called
before. But she trusted him. and be.
cause Of this he resolutely throttled
the recurring desires. She was right.
He had seorned what she had termed
as womans intinct She had read him
with q degree Of accuracy. In the
eyes of God he was q good man. de-
pendable man; but he Was not Impos-
sibly good. He was human eRough to
want her. human enough TO appreciate
the danger in which she stood Of him.
Tell me about the man who hooks
like me-" His eaze roved out to sea,
to the white islands Of vapOr low wlying
in the east In what respect does he
resemble me?'
His hair is yellow, HE eyes ere
blue, and he smiles the same way you
do"
He felt the lump rise snA swell IN
Ais threat
IF you stood before Q nisvor you
would see him. But there the re-
semblance ends"
Is he . naa Wis Aoss thiAGs?" .
note Of strained curiosity IN his tones.
Ten years!
In what way % you nean!"
Does he work in the world. does he
invent. build, fihance"
Mayhap her eyes deceived her. but
the tan on his face seemed less brown
than yellow.
mo; Mr. Ellison 10 . collector of
paintings of rugs, of rare books and
china. He's Q bit detached, as dream
ers usually are. He has written a
book of exquisite verses. You
are smiling" she broke off suddenly,
her eyes filling with cold lights.
"A thousand pardons! The thought
was going through my head how un-
like we are indeed l can hardly tell
one master from another. all old books
look alike to me, and the same with
china. ] know something about rugs;
but ! couldn't write a jingle if it was
to save me from hanging"
DO you invent, build, finance?" A
bit of a gulf had opened up between
them. Elsa might not be prepared to
marry Arthur. but she certainly would
not tolerate a covert sneer in regard
to his accomplishments.
Quietly and with dignity he an
swered. Il have built bridges in my
time over which trains are passing at
this moment | have fought torrents,
and floods, and hurricanes. and myself
| have done a mans work I had q fu-
ture, they said. But here l am, q sub
ject of your pity"
She instantly reiented But you
are young. You can begin again.
Not in the sense you mean.
And vet. you tell me you are going
back home"
Like a thief in the night" bitterly.