Gunnison news-champion., 1916-02-25

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the worse tos arink Mslaow was
bosstes0ua. snd Craig wss sslass. fAe
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manages. who polssely SHOOK his head.
manager refused TO break the rules
OF the hotel. Warrington Inferred that
Mallow wss demanding liquor. and his
inference was e0grect. He moved
Iittle closes. sim hiaasa beAiaA sAe
potted palms.
AN right" cried Msl,ow ~WeN %
back to town for H."
I've had enough" declared Craig
sullenly. TLet's cut ,ut boOse aad play
little hasd or two"
''F'ine," Msilow siappel his thigh
as he laughed. Nice bird I'd be for
you TO pluck. Think e sOmethins
else. The billiard hall y opea."
CrsiG sA0oh his head. when Msllow
was arGuosntative II Was no time 10
play billiards.
''Bah!" snarled Mallow. Since y0u
won't drink ike . msa nor play bil
liards. In Tor bed And just - the
fun ives beginning!"
CvaiG nsAssd Nm wssAinely Msl
low stslhsd away. anA Craig. realisiag
that the ntsht was done. followed
Warrtagtsa hal seen and heard
enough. Ne wss tolerably sure. 1t
might have been cut Of pure deviltry,
80 fer - MaIlow was eoncernea; but
Craig haA Joined IN haps - definite
psoats. 4 Gae pais q poguss!
He eyed inAecisivsly tAe saaiss sal
thsn Glaneed tswssd TIE brilliant niGht
sutst1s. h would not be psssibse -
sesso IN thst rson again. % he tip
tOed out 10 the cafe vesaRaa ana
dropped into q comfortable chair. He
would hunt them up some time during
the day. He would ask Mallow for
fifty pounds, and he sincerely hoped
that Mallow would refuse him. For
he was grimly resolved that Mallow
should pay for those halftruths, more
daBning than bald lies. II was due to
Mallow that he was never more to see
or speak to Elsa. He emptied the ash
from his Guilty which he slowed away.
The great heartache and the great
ef disiilusion would not have fallen to
his lot had Elsa been frank in Ran
gOOn. had she but told him that she
was 10 sail on the same steamer. He
w0ubd have put over his SAILING. He
would have gone his way, still believ-
ing himself to be a Bayard, q Galahad
or any other of those simple dreamers
who put honor and chivalry above and
before all other things.
Elsa! He covered.his face with his
hands and remained in that position
for . long while. so long indeed that
the coolies. whose business it was to
scrub the things every morning at
four. went about their work quietly for
fear u disturbing him.
Elsa had retired almost immediate
ly after dinner She endeavored to
finish some initial work on old en-
broiAeries. but the needle insisted
upon pausing and losing stitch after
stitcA. She went TO bed and strove TO
sleep, but that sweet healer came not
to her wOoing. Nothing she did could
overcome the realization of the shock
she I'D received. II had left her dull
and bewildered.
Tho name echoed and re-echoed
through her mind: Paul Ellison. II
shculd have been an illumination; in
stead. she had been thrust into utter
darkness. Neither Arthur nor his
mother had ever spoken of a brother.
and she had known them for nearly
ten years. Two men, who might be