Gunnison news-champion., 1916-03-10

leaned with his hands tense upon the
desk Paul sustained the hook. his
eyes sad and his face pale and Grave.
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Yes. II - |, the univcky penny; on
GalahaA, N aesh and blood and bose.
shouldnt I set white over II, Arthur. h
isat worth while. can see thst you
haven't changed much, unless II Is
that yOur hair 10 little paler ct the
temples. Gray! In wager I've q few
myself" There was . Aippaacy IN his
tone that sst0nished warringt0a's Owu
essA. - eestsinly this light nsckery
dil - esne from within. At heart
hs was ssber enough.
- s1saAy TIE tAunAesing heaa q ~
pslse he crossed TIE eusa, rAghtsA The
chalk. s1acksl tAs books anl laid
then - - Assk. AFthue a. 81
~ ssVo - tusA his heoA - - -
~ - oanslssAsl Onss ~ assnAsrs
Nov. ArtAus, r'vs saiy . littss
whtas. Z - - hy your eyes that
you sse esatuetnG up ~ sorts of ~.
sible thiAss. But nothing u going -
happen. ! en- sOing 10 tslk TO yOu;
then I'm going away; anl tomorrow II
wM - easy 10 cOavince yourself that
yca have seen only ghost. Sit down.
IN take this chair at the left."
Arthur's hands slid from the desk;
In kind of collapse he sat down. Sud
denly he laid his head upon his arms,
anl q great sigh sent its tremor across
his shoulders. Warrington felt his
heart swell. The past faded away;
his wrongs became vapors. He saw
only his brother. the boy he had loved
20 devotedly. Arty, his other self. his
scholarly other self. Why blame Ar.
thur? He, Paul, was the fool.
Don't take it like that. Arty," he
SAID.
The others hand stretched out
blindly toward the voice. "Ah, great
Cd. PAUL."
Il knows Perhaps I've broodel too
much." Warrington crushed the hand
In his two strong ones. The main
fauh was mine. ] couldn't see the
length Of my nose. threw a tempta-
tion in your way which noae but q
denigoA could have resisted. That
night. when l got your note telling me
what you had done. I did q damnably
foolish thing. I went to the club har
- drank heavily. I was wilA - hsap
you. but I couldn't see how. At TIVE =
the Dorning I thought ! saw the way
Drunhea men get strange ideas Into
their heads. You were the apple Of the
mothers eyes; I WAS only her son No
use denying IL. She worshipel you;
tolerated me. came back to the
house. packed up what I absolutely
necoe4. and took the first train west
1t an depended upon what you'd do
foa ~ ne 90. Arty. old boy. I sup
psse yOa were pretty well knocked up
whea you learned what I haA done
And tAea y0u let things drift. II was
only na1ural. I had opened the way
for yoa- Mother. learning that was
. thief. RESTORED the Aefalcation tt
save ths family honor. which was youl
futura We were always more or less
Aara pressel for funds. did no,
GAnb1a. ~. wasted . Iot The moth
q gave ~ - allowance Of i've thou
Sad each- To tAis I managed to add
ansthee Eve aAd yo1 another four. Yoy
wseO always borrowing from me.
nevee QaestioaeA What you did with It
I VgaA1 - Co1 -! Il would have
SAVED - . 1t q trUubSe."
H. hao1 u ~ reaaxeA anA slipped
ffe0 tAs caasp.
-0aDo q tAese tAiaes win sound
b1stee. - TIE heart beAinA them isn't
- - What I thought to be . srea,
All gSseig1s thinG- I Was sober Wher
I reacAe1 Chicago. I saw my deee
fru0 another angie. Think Of Il; VI
coah have givea our joint note q
0o4heris hank for the amount OK
t1enAegDon would have aiscoucted il
. second II was too late. ! went
- n few hundreds haA gave cut