Gunnison news-champion., 1916-01-21
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~Crsix7" Warrington whispered the
word. a. Il he feared the ~or.d might
hear the DEADLY menace IN ais voice
For murder lsaped ap in mis- heart A.
Same LEAPS NJ \ pine kindlins
The weak yoans man got to his
knees. then to his feet HE stsadled
himself by ciuschins the bsck Of q
chair Wtth one hand he fels Ct his
throat teHdsrly
~Hs tried 10 kin me. the black.
guard he crosksd
Craig. n is yogi For ten gears
I've never thought Of you without muir
der IN my heart Newell craig. and
here. right where J can put my hands
upon you, ON. this old Norid is
small" Warrington laughed II Was
q hish. thin sound
The young man looked from his en-
emy to his deliverer. and back again
What new row was this Never be
fore had he seen the bla kgusrd With
that hook IN his DARK handsome. preda
tory face. II typified tear And who
was this big blond chap whose rneers
were working so eonvuisively7
Craig said the Young man. you
get out Of here. and n you ever come
botheriRg me. Ih shoot you Hear
meg"
This direful threat did not seem to
stir Oh. sense Of hearing IN either Of
the two men Suddenly the blond man
caught the door and swung II wide
Craig. a week ago Id have throttled
you without the least eompunction
To-day ! cant touch you. But get out
of here as fast as you can. You might
have gone feet foremost Gol Out of
Rangoon. too. ] may change ry mind "
The man called Craig walked out.
0qusring his shoulders with q touch of
brsvado that did not i'm press even the
plucked pigeon. Warrington stood
listeatns until he heard the hall door
close sharply.
warringtsa whirled upon hin saw
asely. "ThaRAs? Doat thank me.
you weak -kneeA feol!"
oh. ! say, now!" the other pre
tested.
"Be silent! n you owe that scoun-
Arsl anything. refuse to pay n. He
never wOa . penny IN his life witAoxt
shsstinG. Ksso - q his vay; hsep
.sst ~ the wey q ~ ~ whs prefer
10 Zeal Oaly tive Aas1D." ~ With
this advice WarrinGtoa sAepesl 81
inte the hallway anl shit to dooe
Sudely.
Pay the purser and get Q bou Of e.
Gars," Warrington directed James.
Never mind about the wine. shany
want 1t now"
James went out upon the errands i'm
medistely.
warrington dropped down in the
creaky rockins-chair the only one in
the boarding house. He stared at the
worn and faded carpet How 1tnay
everything looked, What . eordid
rut he had been content TO lie in,
Chance; to throw this man across his
path when he had almost forgotten
him. forgotten that he had sworn to
break the mans neck over his knees!
In the very next room, And he mad
permitted him 60 go unharmed simply
because his mind was full of a girl ne
would never see again after tomorrow
What was the rascal doing over here?
What had caused him to forsake the
easy pluekings of Broadway in ex-
change for a dogs life on packet boats,
In a squalid boarding house like this
nd in rA HI
Taper, racing tout. stool pigeon. .
cheater at cards. blackmailer and traf-
hcker in baser things; in the next
room. and he had let him go unharmed.
Ten years ago and thirteen thousand
miles away. In the next room He
laughed unpleasantly. Chivalric fool,
silly Don Quixote, sentimental dream
er, to have made a hash of his ffe
In this mannerl
He leaned toward the window sill
and opened the cage Rajah walked
out. muttering.
When it was possible, Elsa pre-
ferred to walk. She was young and
strong and active. and she went along
with swinging stride that made OBJ
vious serene confidence in her ability
TO take care Of herself. What the un-
knowing called willfulness was simply
natural independence, which she as
serted whenever occasion demanded it.
She loved to proWl through the
strange streets and alleys and stranger
shops, il was a Joy to ramble about,
minus the irritating opportunities OF
guide or attendant II was great fun.
but ii was not always wise. There
were some situations which only men
could successfully handle. Elsa would
never confess that there had been
awkward moments when. being an ex
cellent runner. she had bIithely taken
10 her heels.
In her cool white drill, her wide
white pith helmet. she presented a
charming picture. The exercise had
given her cheeks a bit of color, and
her eyes sparkled and flashed like