Gunnison news-champion., 1916-02-04

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\ used 70 learn shale pages from
0kori.s and reciee them 30 the trees or
- the parrot Il kspf nae from soing
0ad. ! believe In camp J handled
eooliss none Of shssz oouid speak a
Uord uf English. I didE have James
~izh me at thai time 80 Id declaisa.
nsrely TO haar the soaad Of nay voice.
Afierward ] harmed that the coolies
hooked apon me as holy man They
belseved I xas nightly Offering pray.
srE 70 one of ms gods. Perhaps J Was;
che god of reason An thai seems Ike
. bad dream nov +"
Are yea going TO take Raiah wits
Bout"
Wherever go Looks sfYly,
aoesnt it. for a man of my size to tote
around parrot oaEe7 Bat I don
care what people think Life is too
short It's what yes think Of yourself
thai really counts
That is one Of the rules I have
1aid down for myself II only We all
might SO through lie with that ideai
There woaldHt be any gossip OF scan
aaL then"
some day I am going 10 tell yoa
why ! have lived over here all these
years"
i shouldn't. not if it hurts you"
''On the contrary. there's kind OF
happiness in uHbardeniRg ones con
science. | called that DAY in Rangoon
for the express purpose of telling you
everything but / couldn't in the pres
enee Of third person"
But always remember that !
haven't asked you"
Are you afraid to hear it?"
No. What | am trying to convince
you with is that | trust you and that /
give You my friendship without reser-
vstions"
He laid his hand on hers. strongly.
God bless you for that"
She liked him because there was
hacking In his words and tones that
element of fattery SO distasteful to
Der.
Would you like to sit next to me at
che table,"
May IL" eagerly.
IN have Martha change her chair
for yours. Do you speak Italian"
Enough for ordinary conversation.
h Is q long time since ! have spoken
shat tongue"
Then, let us talk II ~ much %
osssible At the table. II only TO annoy
those around U.S."
Craiu baA hoor nyc;c~ 49, 49, -,.,,
~. Set the wind in that direction?
An idea found soil in his mind, and
Grew. He would put q kink, as he
vulgarly expressed it, into that affair
He himself wasn't good enough for
her. The little cat should see War
rington's ultimatum of the night be-
fore burned and ranked, and a man Of
Craig's caliber never accepted the in
evitable without meditating revenge,
revenge of q roundabout character,
such as would insure his physical safe
~. There was nothing loyal or gen
erous or worthy in the man. There
is something admirable in a great ras-
cal; but sordid one is a pitiful thing.
Craig entered the smokeroom and or
them sitting together, and he smoth-
cred a grin. Couldn't play cards, or
engineer pool, Ell? All right There
were other amusements.
That afternoon Martha chanced to
sit down in vacant chair, just out Of
the range Of the cricketers. She lolled
back and idly watched the batsmen.
And then she heard voices
She is Elsa Chetwood I remember
seeing her pictures. She is a society
girl. very wealthy. but something of q
snob"
Martha's ears tingled. A snob, in
deed. because she minded principally
her own affairs,
They think because they belong to
the exclusive sets they can break as
many laws of convention as they
please. Well, they can't. There's al
ways some scandal in the papers about