Gunnison news-champion., 1916-01-14

side She wanted 20 tei hsm uhssr had
really drawn her interest Bsf u
seemed 20 her shaz tss Momeu; ts a.
80 had passed
syulsures, Eox I detesf shem--
She pointed toward a Sand bar uEan
which stood several OF these sbosai-
Eable birds a..d an sdjssaHt. soses.sn
ana aio1f AT Lucknox they we're
red headed. I do not reeoliect seeiae
cae OF thea nv but I admire the
kites. they ionk much like our eagles I"
"ARd thus aeaiH the eve nislea iis
Us. There is nothing that aies -
Fapaciogs as the kite"
I Little b. Httle she drew from . IN
a sketch here a phase there. She Was
I given elimgses iufl the life OF the
East such as no book or guide had
/ ever given. ana the boat vas circliag
I toward the landing al PRONE before
they became aware Of the time.
/ Warringt N rushed ashore 10 fad
the dry goods shap Ills social reaeWp-
tion vas On the way n vanity went
for anything. II was stirring and
tIneling with life again. With the
money advanced by the purser he
bought shirts and collars and ties and
as he possessed ne watch. returned
barely IN time TO dress for einner tie
Was not at all disturbed to learn that
the iBquisitive German. the colonel
and his hdRety charges had decided
70 proceed 10 Rangoon by rail Indeed.
there vas a bit OF eAEltation IN his
rnnner uE 10 Observed me vacant
chairs Paradise for two whole days
And he proposed to make the most
OF II Now his mind was as clear of
evil as a forest spring He simply
wanted to play: wanted to give rein
to the lighter emotions SO long pent
up in his lonely heart.
The purser used to these sudden
changes and desertions in his passen-
ger lists. gave the situation no
thought. But Elsa saw a mild danger.
oil the more allurine because il hung
nebulously. What harm could there
be in having q little fling? He was
30 amazingly like outwardly, so aston
ishingly unlike inwardly. that the situ-
alton had for her a subtle fascination
against which she was In nowise In
clined to fight. She WAS not wholly
ignorant Of her power She could bend
the man II she tried. Should she try
They were like two children, settins
out to play a game with fire
She thought of Arthur Had he oone
the length of his thirty-nve years with
out his peccadillos? Scarcely She
understood the general run of men
I well enough to accept this fact Whom
ever she married she was never going
to worry him with questions regarding
his bachelor life. Nor did she pro-
pose to be questioned about her own
past Besides, she hadn't married Ar
thur yet; she had only promised to.
And such promises were sometimes
sensibly broken. These thoughts
I flashed through her mind, discounect.
edly while she talked and laughed.
1t never occurred to her to have Mar
/ tha moved up from the foot of the
table. Once or twice she stole glance
at the woman who had in the olden
! days dandled her on her knees. The
glance was a mixture of guilt and
I mischief, like child's. But the glance
had not the power to attract Martha s
eyes. Martha felt the glances as
surely as If she had lifted her eyes to
meet them. She held her peace. She
had not been brought along as Elsa 3
guardian. Elsa was not self-willed but
strong willed, and Martha realized that
any interference would result in es-
arrangement. In fact. Martha beheld
in Warrington . real menAce. The ex-
traordinary resemblance would natu-
rally appeal to Elsa, with what results
she could only imagine Later she
asked Elsa If she had told Warrington
Of the remarkable resemblance.
Mercy no! And what is more, I
do not want him to know. Men are
vain as a rule; and should not like
( TO hurt his vanity by telling him that
4 ! sought his acquaintance simply be-
cause he might easily have been Ar
l thur Ellisons twin brother"
The man you are engaged to marry"
We'll, Martha?"
Il beg your pardon, Elsa; but the
/ stranger terrifies me. He is some.
thing uncanny,"
/ Nonsense, You've been reading
tales about yogi"
/ 1t is a terrible country"
1T is the East, Martha. the East.
/ Here a man may wear a dress suit
I and bowler without offending any.
one"
And a woman may talk to anyone
she pleases."
You have been with me twenty
years" began Elsa coldly.
And love you better than the whole
world And | wish eosild guard YOU
always from harm and evil Those
horrid old Englishwomen ="
"Oh: so there's been gossip already ?
You know my views regarding gossip.
So long as | know that | am doing
no wrong. ladies may gossip Their
heads of. I'm not a kitten"
/ You are twenty-five, and yet you're