Gunnison news-champion., 1916-01-07

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hsso vscant STAGE shs onpass sss ssoo
haaaalAy EvtAentiy tAe pusser -
oscsasd - ~ thorouxh in ssGasa -
Der wisAss d wosad irok I<s~ coa-
sDs6soss 10 1ahe The iutrodscssoa N
the nan vho hsr almost vnsds hsr
CRY cut W astonsshmen.
Mise CheswoOa Mr. Warringtou
This ~as a. tar as the p1rser ~oeid
unb.nd
The eoioneIs eyes popssd. the
hands Of the three maidens fustered
Warrington bowed askwaEdly. for he
~as decidedly confused.
"tis'" Doomed the German Wat
DO yoa tina un
And from soup TO coffee Warrsngtoa
eluded lodged. stepped under and ran
around the fusiliade of questions.
Else laughed softly There we're
breathing spells. II be sure Under
the cover Of this verbal lombard
uent she found time to inspect tn.
stranger The likeness. 10 close at
hand. started 3 ringing IN her care
and q futter in her throat II Was al
most unbelievabie. he wss bigger.
broader. his eyes we're keener but
there Was only one real 6tnereace
this man was rugged. whereas Arthur
~as elegant II vas - n natuse had
taken two forms from the ssme mold.
end Aad finished but one q them. His
voice IVES not uapssasaat. bSt sAsss
wsss little sharp psisas q hassAssss
- h. due euite possibly - H. a~sa.
4 sn nsch tnaersstsl n sAa4 Itssls
parrot q yours. ] have hsas1 sbsst
hin"
%! suppose you've hsarl whes
they esn ss'" His eyes ls0hs1 ssrsaOht
lnss hess. snthA0ly.
Parrot Z Cot Yss wM ysu sAsv
him - tonOrrOw?"
4 shall be very hapVy ~"
But an The while - was pssslinG
Ssss the psrssr's unsccssntsbss setisa
- eselbssassly iatseAsctno HIN - this
or0wn-eysA. O0aAsaSAtnns1 y0aa0
!. Ve0AA. Never bseess - 80 Q
thing oecurrs1 49, thsss bsaAs. fsua.
- - sscas6soallv bsoa soshsa -;
- t1Is susstisa naaG q hin. hhs Q
'oaso bsas - . -. = nunG by e.
eAGlishnAA. - onewoso1 \ eourtst
OHsly, snd subsiAel. He - bssa
saubbel too many tinss ~ - have
learned this lesson. u nsvse essered
bis bead that the intps1uetioa might
have been brought abOut ~ The Giri's
intePost. He WAS too mOrtally shy Of
women TO conceive of such . p0esibil
fty. So his gratitude WAS extendsA 70
the purseS. who. on his side, regretted
his good-natured recommendations u
the previous hour
When Elsa learned that the man q
her side was to proceed to RangoOa,
she ceased to ask him any more ques-
tions She preferred to read hee
books slowly. Once. while he ives en-
gaging the purser, her glance raA
over his clothes. She Instantly berated
her impulsive criticism Is q bit Of
ooW Cu0ulbnHtSB. Nc tAD8lU u
the coat were shiny; the winged col
lar gave evidence Of having gone to
the native laundry once too often, and
the cuh buttons were Of ordinary rupee
silver. The ensemble suggested that
since the purchase Of these habili-
ments of civilizatios the nan haA
grown. EXPANDED.
Immediately after dinner sAs retiseA
tt her stateroom. conscious that her
balance needed readjusting. She -
heard and read much lore concerning
reincarnation, skeptically; yet here,
within call of her voice. Was Arthur,
not the shadow of . substance, but
Arthur. shorn Of his elegance. his soft.
lazy voice. his half-dreaming eyes, his
charming Incidence Why should this
mans path cross hers, out of all the
millions that ran parallel?
She opened her window and looked
up at the stars again. She wondered
what this man had done to put him
beyond the pale. Ii was not possible
that dishonor lurked behind those
frank blue eyes. She turned from the
NfhucN anu lureN open one OF her
kit-bags, delved among the soft fab
rics and silks and produced a photo
graph She had not glanced at it dur
ing all these weeks There had been
a purpose back of this apparent neg
lect The very thing she dreaded hap
pe1ed Her pulse beat on. evenly, un-
stirred She was a failure
In the photograph the mans beard
was trimmed Nalois; the beard of the
man who had sat next to her at dinner
had grown freely and naturally. fun.
Such . beard was out of fashion. save
among country doctors. 1t signified
carelessness. Indifference. or q full life
wherein the niceties of the razor had
OF necessity been ignored. Keenly
she searched the familiar likeness.
What an amazing freak of nature II
was unreal She tossed the photo