Gunnison news-champion., 1916-01-28
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suab me
Thea yes haven't given me xp~
Newer mind what ! have or hA~o
ROT Done WslA ~sth me ! am goss6
" tsls plainly to yog n What say
, ass;~@sesul don't hesitate to issss-
rapt ns Nog interest ne partly -
cause yos act isse a sas. partly -
cause you are Q man"
Il haven't any Ba.saers.-
They need shaking sp and rsoA
tastinG ] have nss been uss.nG osas
. ssoarksbse thing that ne two %
tscts are slike. Even the most 80
cura;e naehinery cannot produce toe
Rsik ~'tshout variation. so IL 10 UisA
Humans. XoS ieos so Ike the man
know hock home thai n 10 impossibao
No, TO ponder over you She smiled
into his face. why should nature
produce two psrscas Who are Hisr
taken for each other. and yet give
them two souls. two intallects. totally
Different l. nature experimeBtinG.
Or Is she slyly playing . trick 90 hsr
manity2"
Let Ms call II q trich BY all nassaA
let US call h that
Your tone
Yes. yes" impatiently; -you are
going to say that il sounds bitter But
why should another man have q face
like mine, when we have nothing in
common? What right has he to hsok
like me,"
1t is q puzzle" Elsa admitted
This man who looks like mel
have no doubt h Affects you oddly
probably lives In ease In fact. a gen
tleman Of your own class. whose likes
and dislikes are cut from the same
pattern as your own Well that is ~
n should b.. A woman such as VOC
are ought to marry an equal. . man
whose mind and manners are fitted
TO the high place he holds in your sf-
fection and in your world How many
worlds there are; man made aDd
hesven-made. and each as deadly ss
the other. as cold and implacable, To
you. who have been kind to me, ! have
acted like a fool The truth is. I've
been skulkine My vanity was hurt.
| had the idea that II was myself ana
not my resemblance that appealed to
your interest. What makes you trust
me7" bluntly; and he stopped - hs
asked the question.
why, I Cont know" blaukly. In
stantly she recovered herself. But Z
90 trust you" She walked On, ana
perforce he fell into her stride
1t 10 because you trust the other
man"
Thanks That Is ii precisely; ana
for nearly two weeks I've been trying
to solve that very thing"
After q pause he asked: Have you
ever read Reade's 'Singleheart ana
Doubleface"
Yes. But what bearing has it upoa
our discussion
None that you would understand"
evasively. His tongue had nearly
tripped him.
Are you sure?"
"Of this, that I shall never under
stand women"
DO not try to-" she advised. AN
these men who knew most about wom-
en- were the unhappiest"
They made q round in silence. Many
ah eye peered at them; and envy anl
admiration and curiosity brought their
shafts to bear upon her. II was some
thing to create these variant express
sions of interest She was oblivious.
We stop at Penang'" she asked.
Five or six hours, long enough to
see the town"
we went directly from Singapore
TO Colombo. 30 we missed the town
cofiiiiik out shOuiu hhs 10 see tiidt
cOcoanut plantation of yours"
TT is too far inland Besides, l am
persona non grata there" As. in
deed. he was. His heart burned with
shame and rage at the recollection of
the last day there. Three or four
times. during the decade, the misfor-
tune Of being found out had fallen to
his lot. and always when he was en-
ployed at something worth while.
Elsa discreetly veered into another
channel You will 90 back to Italy.
l suppose"
Yea. I shall 90 to Italy once more.
But first l am going home" He WAS
not aware of the grimnness that en-
tered his voice as he made this state
ment