Gunnison news-champion., 1916-02-25


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ewp weehsr's bsrshplsce sixssss; sAs
80 pot sstse bsen thas. just free fveo
hss school Gays IN Isaly. Win she
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- sact alnost inssastly. whise wsaa-
10 aor ~ fo1Ase - eo0s into tAo
hvtaG ssOa.
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MIA DsaAsllv sAeptsd q oace. rhs
stsaaoss soOhs . sinGle pAssse, whicA
U1na answsss1 n excslasat n formal
laalisa. This ~ spsa ene eSssttoa 70
snsthss. Nh. EIhsoa TUNED est v
be . sch0olnoAs 81 hss 0Gther's, 81
-. Ma. - inAsstasl their vsry
ssoa. WhaA n0se was nss1s1i
The EllisGas bought the house 81
hvsd eutstly within n. osctsty. sn1
eAsss was . Oo0d deal - h h tAsa
small ksntuckiaa city, ssciety waited
ies then ss ssessscA 81 aeSay sss -
nittanee, but waited n vaia. Mn. n
kssa nsves went snyvhess. bsss sOa
AstAus Was . sluAeut anl pss1esrel
his bssas. - evsatuslly seetsey tntse-
auced itss1l PsFssos whe i0n0sed \
must BE interesting WA h bscans
knOwn that Mrs Ellissa ha1 beea TIE
scAssanate q the bssuttlul - srists-
ssasie wife q Gessrsl CAstwss1;
vAsa the bssal baAkss sSistly spssaA
H. infsgnaAisa that the Ellissas wsss
eoossstsbay s1ppliel WITH stschs 80
bsalD q . haGh OsAss. ssetsty csar
eluAs1 that h sOxl1 - ven ~ ~
81 - history. ia essl1 esns
1n4ee.
WIN ~ lathss Asal, ma bseans
% nucA q hone n the Ellissa hsuse
- - hse Own. But never, nevee any-
whore n ths house. IVES there tnAiCar
ti0a Of the existence Of . brother, -
like Arthur that under normal cOndi-
tions II would have been Aificut 70
tell then apart. Even when she used
10 20 up TO the garret with Mrs. Elli-
son, to aid her In Fummaging some Oll
trunk, there came to light none Of
those trifing knickknacks which sny
mother would have secretly chung to.
no matter to what depth her nesA and
blood had fallen. Never had she seen
among the usual amateur photographs
one presenting tive bOys. Once she
had come across . photograph Of .
smooth faced youth who was in the
sct Of squirting along the top Of ~
engineers tripod. Arthur had laugh
that Il represented him when he had
had ambitions to build bridges.
To build bridges. The phrase awoke
something in Elsa's mind. Bridges.
She sat up in bed. mentally keen fof
the FIRST time since dinner. Il have
built bridges in my time over which
trains are passing ut this moment. ]
have fought torrents. and floods. and
hurricanes, and myself"
He was Paul Ellison, son and broth
ef, and they had blotted him out of
their lives by destroying all physical
signs of him. There was something
inhuman in the deliberateness of it.
something unforgivable.
They had made no foolish attempt
TO live under an assumed name. They
had come from New York to the little
valley in order to leave behind the
scene of their disgrace and all those
who had known them. Arthur was an
inveterate traveller Half the year
found him in Europe. painting a little.
writing . little less, frequenting the
lesser known villages in France and
Italy. He did not care for horses, for
hunting. for sports of any kind. And
yet he was sturdy. cleareyed. fresh
skinned. He walked always; he was
forever tramping of to the pine-hood
ed hills. with his painting kit over his
shoulders and his camp stool under
his arm Later. Elsa began to under
stand that he was . true scholar. not
merely an educated man. He WAS be
saAes . linguist of amazing facility. .
pianist who Invariably preferred as
his audience his own two ears Ar
thur would have been . great drama
| tist o. . great poet. IL II he
I'D fought for prizes coveted by man
kfDA, II he had thrown aside his
dreams and gone into the turmoil. il
| - haA taken up . mans burden and
| carried il to success. Elsa. daughter
| e Q Dan who had fought in the great
| aeUaa frU0 His youth to his death,
| Esa wns not meant for the wife Of q
arUaRef
Paul EIlisoA- What was his crime
| IN rumDariscn to his zNpiafiOn of il ,