Gunnison news-champion., 1916-01-21
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Thai nighf Martha xruse Q lso>9.
Iarsag the srifisaG of n SIS junps1
q every sound. . footssep u ~ hnH.
shs shsstinG II aoor . voice csllsns
~ the ssr~st. And yet. Martha ~ss
saiity Of versormiuG ouly whaa -
eoasiasrsd " - hsr bssaaen dsy.
NJ Dear Mr. Arthur: do NOD
tnaT what to nake Of " His Hkenans to
vau = the most gnheard al thing hr y
. iriis bigger and broader and he wears
Dc 5esrd longer Thsfs all the differ
suce. When he came on the boa, shaa
ziit Il Was hse a hand ch,tching q; my
rgat And you know hoe romantic
E.sa is Tor al she bsIseves she is pro.asc
J IN certain tha; she sees yos in this
Sanger Who calls himsan warrinxfon
o. only von had had the foresight to fol-
iuw us. a sailing or .wo later And noU
ilsy'u he together for four or Ave says.
deUn 10 Singapore I cont Hhe ~
There's something uncanny In the thing
What n she did forbid you To soleDUe
Thsre are some promises women uae sssn
10 break. Yoa should have followed
Neither of us has the slightest tDeo
what the man has done to exile himself
IN this horrible land for ten years He
stiH behaves himself like q genfieman
and he must have been one In the past
But he has never spoken 81 his home
of his past Of his people. We don't even
know that Warrington is his name. AnA
you know that's sign this something -
wrong ! wonder " vou have any rela-
tIves hv the name OF Warrington I be-
giu to that mans face IN my droams
] am worried d'ur Elisa is a puzzle.
She has always been one to me. ! have
.~E~k 4
vet I know as little Of what goes on In
her mind AZ a stranger would Her ia
Their. yon know. was soldier. Of ferce
loves and hates her mother was a hand
some statue. Elisa has her fathers scorn
for convention and his indsspendence.
clothed IN her mother's inpenetrable
mask. Don't mistake me Elsa Is the
most adorable creature TO me and ! wor-
ship her but ! worry about her 7 he
lieve that " would he wise on your part
70 meet us IN San Francisco. Give INV
love and respect to your dear beautiful
mother. And marry Elsa as fast as ever
you can.
fAe ~ q ssissMG wss MILITANT snl
warm. Elsa SGT In . cAsis on the Asch
of the tender, watching the PasssAaess
% they came sboard 4 laree toustst
party busslel shout. rvamasel smoaG
the heaps q Meesee. 80 sAostel
questi0ns u their unhappy csaluctss.
sAs sew nsoGkly standing n tAs
bow. A stsaoss tsuak. . kit-hao. . bs1-
dinGAaG. 60 - taevtaabss parpsa
cage, pspess1 q hjs esst. ~ vas
wstcAinS witAoet intessst - saetse-
mest tks stpeaa passing ~ - As~A
the 0sheplank N his nasass eo0s.
vesy yell; n - ~ -, ~ vsul1 -
on With TIE lxGsaGe Nov - vsub1
have hhe1 10 ssestiea ~ ssosr1lao
~ 0ester! Elea bsUaa - sas 81
eusso f8e ~ tneessot - Woevtn0nnn.
Ne wss the eouaterpost q Asshue -
s0a. lie had male his fostuas sGoinsa
o11s. He ives . mystery. Why sAsulAar =
he interest her! Her mind ives nN1
ice, nor was her heart . steAs -
pitted him. always woaAeFinG whoa
IVES back Of II all. She would be in
singapore; after that their paths would
widen and become lost in the future,
and sAe would forget all about him,
save in a shadowy way. She would
marry Arthur whether she loved him
or not. She was certain that he loved
her. He was, besides. her own eort;
aAA there wasn't any mystery about
him at all He was as clear to her as
glass. For nearly ten years she had
known him. since his and his mothers
arrival in the small pretty Kentucky
town. What was the use Of hunting
Q fancy. Yes. she would marry Ar
thur. She was almost inclined TO cable
him to meet her in San Francisco.
That there was real danger in her
interest in Warrington did not occur to
her. The fact that she was now will
ing to marry Arthur. without aDalys-
ing the causes that had brought her
to this decision, should have warneA
her that she was dimly afraid Of the
stranger. Her glance fell upon the
manAarin's ring. She twirleA II round
unAecidedly Should she wear II or
put n away! The question remained
suspended She saw Craig coming
aboard; and she hil her face behind
ner magazine. Upon second thought
she let the magazine fall She was
quite confident that that chapter Was
cbeosA. Craig might be Q scounArel,
bst - was no fool
4 hnp c.dr rrcm Sne Se,.crrB
whistle drew her attention to the
sangplank. The last man tc come
aboard was Warrington. He immedi-
ately sought James: and they stood
together chatting until the tender drew
up alongside the steamer of the Brit
ish-India line. The two men shook
hands finally. Warrington added =
friendly tap on the Eurasians shoul-
der. No one would have suspected
that the white man and his dark com
panion had been 'shipmates." in good
times and in bad, for nearly a decade.
Elsa. watching them from her secure
nook. admired the lack of effusiveness.
The dignity of the parting told her Of
the depth of feeling
An hour later they were heading for
the delta
Elsa amused herself by casting bits