Gunnison news-champion., 1916-02-04

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tiat i.szisra ai.ar braas of t...a
alNays res.aafe a. sas..e -
s.iaassse b. h.ss zfsaa yss a. "a
- i1ssa as hisaosy q
fie saSs yos saaass ratsrH 10 ths
a an rera=niag oa the ssry asas
l51ifs ! caa hzs
Than he was lysae7~
Nsi snaireiy d. ses sno9 xh.s
has todd yea. saa ! raaIly Do nos
The fsof is. Cxasg N q prosos-
ssssai g. .lbser aaa . Varuaa aisn nos
o ~ aas ~ has trscks sa ssara. Il
s8srsG aias.
And kaoeing myself thaf he ~as a
-oiesssoEssA ! save ns weight to his
eassatsoas. Lsssssss. % is hone ss Hy
siRass- The worst ssoanarel ss.-
aag has certain rights oa my ship
g he behaves himself. thai is ssss.c.eHs
70 me >os. What Craig told me
esRt matter. bs; II nsaEiers thai l
aHned him A word 80 anyone else.
-ad y arap him al Penang tomsrros.
10 set eat the best way he can shigs
lassing there this time Of year are
aerally fuIi-sp. Win yog have
aag7"
We. thanks. BEf 4 xsh 10 say that
Is very decent OF yoar Warning
on rose.
\ have trsveied too hong not TO
-neoenize maa when I see him.
rep in any nisht after ten. Il yoa
care to"
a shah he glad TO accept your hos
riialisy"
Oai side. Warrington sougnt Elsa.
and as they promenaded lightly re
counted the episode 81 the morning.
Elsa eNpress.d her delighs in laugh
ter that was less hearty than mali-
ciogs. tiew clearly she could see the
Pictarei And then the ever-recurring
comparisons; Arthsr Wouid have gone
hy. Arthur world not have bothered
himself. FOR he oe ested scenes and
-7u-s --1w few real men s-.e had
net, mel who walked through life
naturally. unlettered BY those seli-ap.
plied manscles called What will pee
pie say?''
Let US go up to the bow" she in
vited. Il myself have q little story 10
ell"
A school Of porpoise were frolick-
ing under tie cutwater Plop, plop!
they went Finally all save one sank
gracefully out Of sight The laggard
crisscrossed the cutwater q dozen
nat tn h..u hxa hos
extremely clever he was. and then,
with q plop' that was louder than any
previous one. he vanished into the
deeps.
Il love these oriental seas" sale
Elsa, with he arms on the rail and
her chin resting upon them She
wore no hat, and her hair shimmered
in the sun and shivered in the wind
And yet they are the most treacher-
Gus of all seas. There's not q cloud In
sight; in two hours from nov we may
be N the heart Of . winter Storm
Z sm srstsfsl for that Mercy!
Think Of being sAipwpscksl oa . Ass-
ert island with the col0ael end his
three spinsters, Proprteties. fr0n
mornins until night. And the chatter
ing tourists Heaven FORBID"
You had a story to tell me" he sug-
gested. His heart was hot within him.
He wanted to sweep her up In his
arms and hold her there forever But
the barrier Of wasted opportunities
stood between.
''Oh. yes; | had almost forgotten"
Sha stood nm and faIt Cor uapaarin~
strands of hair. Il find the world
more sraasing day by day ! ought to
feel hurt, but ! am only amused.
spoke to the colonel this morning.
merely to say howdy-do. He stared
me in the eye and deliberately turned
his back to me-"
THE doddering old"
There, there! 1t isn't worth getting
angry about"
But, don't you understand It's
all because of me. Simply because you
have been kind to a poor devil, they
start in to snub you. you Ill go back
to my old seat at the table. You
mustn't walk with me any more"
Don't be silly. II you return to
your chair. II you no longer walk with
me. they'll find a thousand things to
talk about Since | do not care, why
should YOU"
Cant l make 1t clear to you'" des-
perately.
Il see with reasonable eyes, IL that
10 what you mean. The people know,
mine own people. understand Elsa
Chetwood."
So her name was Elsa? He re-
peated it over and over in his mind.
She continued her exposition.
There are but few, gently born.
They are generous and broadminded.
They could not be mine own people
otherwise. They are all care about.
I shun mediocrity. as | would the
rlapua. | refuse to hermit IN To touch