Gunnison news-champion., 1916-12-22

hat ASins. n Was . dainty cssae1oa.
and Il skiDnod the loag waving gyaas
and gsatly sailed down across the top
x . st1ntsd besh.
lnea glanced at her low slipDess and
~ trsacAsroas glint of water unAes
he grasses hnes dssp IN soae plaess-
She vas about 70 tara fro0 the spot
md md como harefooted farmers bog
70 help hse out in hsr prsdicansnt-
Whea she noe3eed. appearing from ~
hind so0e bushes near tie sDring.
young man He vpes high boots. lift'
cd his cap TO her. boldly vaded ofter
her hat and restored II 70 her. In the
interim lnez had noticed that second
nan directly at Tie spring was nllins
some bottles with the water.
She thanked the stranger very
much. Impressed with his courteous.
0annerly ways. and left the spot won
1sring who hs might he. but surmis-
ing that he was one of the group who
were visiting the site Of the new sum-
mer resort regularly.
Il was about . week later that. ~
ines came in from the garden. her
aunt announced . visitor waiting for
her In the little parlor. She vas sur
prised to find that this was the young
man who had rescued her runaway
hat.
Il represent the new syndicate
~hich ID to operate the summer resort
here. Miss Walton" hs stated. I'VE
have been looking over your spring
property. The truth 10. We fnd that
its water 10 Of rare medicinal value.
TO add spring equal in its virtues 70
the famous sDas abroad IL to have .
very valuable feature in our general
equipment. We wish to secure the right
to use 1t and to build . pagoda, park
the surroundings and establish drink
ing fountains and baths. The negotia-
lion has been left entirely In my
hands. l have decided to offer you
dve thousand dollars."
"Oh, what . blessing!" cried the do
lighted lnez. with that l can better
provide for my dear ones"
Five thousand year on q ten-year
lease" concluded the young man. and
lnez sat fairly stunned with amaze
ment.
"You cannot mean III" she gasped.
why. l offered the land for one thou
sand dollars outright when first
came here"
That may be true" spoke Alvin
Hughes, "but its value was not then
known. l might have bargained If !
had been dealing with . man. but
i you"
He paused; he did not 90 on to tell
Of all the good he had heard Of this
sterling young woman and the chival-
rtc and noble In his nature that bade
him protect her interests.
And 10 Ines was NO longer Lady
Hard Luck" And later she became
Lady Thoughtful. and Lady Interested.
when she learned that the syndicate
managers, when they found out that
their representative had acted like q
man OF honor instead Of taking easy
advantage Of an inexperienced young
lady, promptly turned him adrift.
She could mot get the sufferer on
her behalf out Of her mind. She 10
Gated him at last through . friend
nlling . rather poor position.
| He had brought her comparative
opuleacs. surely comfort and B com
potency. He was the one In hard luck
now. and all for her sake.
| A womanis wit brought about q
mssting. A woman's love ruse, genu
ine and supreme. Alvin Hughes would
not share her fortune. Her loyal af
fection was SUFFICIENT. and he was the
kind Of . man who could make hii
way rapidly when the smile Of brave
encouraging woman was his-all hii
own.
80 Lady Hard Luck became old
Lady Bountiful. her sweet life nlled
not only with the love Of loyal man
but scattering its perfume among al
those with whom her radiant nature
came In contAct.