Gunnison news-champion., 1916-02-11
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uuga axe Elsa had her meals served on
allk she keps a.-rtha xszh her con
-iuuaIiy. promesaaed ouly early IN the
lining and at nishf ~shise the otheF
fsscagess ~ere Al dinner This hest
clear aeck. She walked quickly her
am in &arthas. liierally propeIIing
1ar along. never spoke unlass spoken
90. and then answered. in monosyI
hles. Her thoughts ae~ to . thou
aaG and one things. futiiely and vain.
IN the end.avor TO shut oas the
FartFait OF the broken maa. What Was
H doing. Of what was he thinking.
here would he &c and what would he
She hated n zhf which. no lonrei
lerias sleep. provided nothing IN iea
70 IT, and comDeiied her 10 remain IN
he stuay cabin She was afraid
Early "Wednesday morning she
assed Craig and aialsow. but the TIVE
lad vii enough to step aside for her
ID 10 spcak only with their eyes. She
led Craig with uHadulterated fear.
uailow eragEed along the gambler
henever he tognd chance TO see
sa at clase range.
There's woman. Gaai that beach
7omber has taste.
a teH yoa 20 hook out far her"
craig warned again. Il know what / m
talking a5out
Nlalis~ vhistI,d d ~Ohoi You prob.
ably acted the fool Drinking?"
Craig nodded ailTmatively.
Thought so. Even a Yokohama bar.
maid viii fight shy Of a b0ozer I'm
Going TO meet her when We get TO
singapore, or my names not Mallow 4"
Craig laughed with malice. 4 hope
vou will. II VIII take some Of the brag
cat Of you. Say. let's go aft and hunt
rp the chap. I understand he's taken
up quarters in the second cabin
Doesn't want TO run into me- All
tight; come on. Wen stir him up a
hstle and have some fun"
They found Warrington up in the
stern. sitting ON the deck surrounded
by squatting Las, ars. some Chinamen
and q solitary white man. the chief en-
gineer's assistant. The center of in
terest was Rajah. who was performing
his tricks. Among these was one
that the bird rarely could be made I
perform. the threading of beads D.
despised this act as it enta He'd the put
ting of blunt needle in his beak. He
flung ii aside each time Warrington
handed it to him. Put ever his master
patiently returned it. At length, recog
n.zing that the affair might be pro
ionged indefinitely. Rajah put two
beads on the thread ara tossed it
aside. The Lascars jabbered. the
Chinamen grinned. and the chief en-
The parrot shrilled and waddled back
to his cage.
Fine business for a whole mani"
Warrington looked up to meet the
cynical eyes of Mallow. He took out
his Guilty and fired it. Otherwise he
did Dot move nor let his gaze swerve
Mallow, towering above him, could
scarcely resist the temptation to stir
his enemy with the toe of his boot His
hatred for Warrington was not wholly
due to his brutal treatment of him
Mallow always took pleasure in domi
mating those under him by fear. War
rington had done his work we'll He
had always recognized Mallow as his
employer, but in no other capacity; he
had never offered to smoke a pipe
with him, or to take a hand at cards or
split a bottle. 1t had not been done
extensively: but in this attitude Nal.
low had recognized his managers dis
approval of him. an inner conscious.
ness Of superiority in birth and eduea-
ton He had with supreme satisfae-
tion ordered him OFF the plantation
that memorable night Weak as the
man had been in body. there had
been no indication of weakness in
spirit
Occultly Warrington read the desire
in the others eyes. Il shouldn't do it,
Mallow," he said. II shouldn't. Moth
ing wouid please me better than 70
have a good excuse to chuck yo' -er
tno rail. L non time you had
Of me. ] was sick man then. I'm in
tolerai-le good health at present"
"You crow, | could break you like a
pipe stem" MallOw rammed his hands
Ai4Nt iAH thetN III NthFf ms ANiAA
temptuOusly. He weighed fully tweuty
pounds more than Warrington.
CrOwi Warrington shrugged. In
the East crow is a rough synonym tor
thief You're at liberty 10 return to
your digginEs forward with that I'm
pre- sion, he reIlieA coolly. when
we get to Singapore." rising slowly O.
his height until his eyes were leyel
with Mall0v s. when we get 20 Smea-
pore. I'm going 20 ask you for that
hfty pounds. earned in honest labor
And if | decline 10 ray7" tru5u-
lently.
we II talk that over when We rec d
mort Now" roughly. get out. There
won't be any baiting done today. thank
you"
~Cockalorent" jeered Mallow. Craig
touched his sleeve. but he threw or
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