Gunnison news-champion., 1916-12-29
WHEN A MAN SUS-
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kNDA WOMAN
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CHAPTER l.

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rate yet insepafable. Of wheels agog
ana OF wheels awhir. the frolic and the
buatDess Of life. What . voman's
swtseA = 10 her glory. this tale 10 to
tha4; but at night. when the game
(which really fools nobody, 10 over.
the Solse one may be tskAn from the
true md laid aside. tC
II Oil began that day when Forbes
wondered Who she was. He was al
vays wondering who she vas, the
blonde. the brunette. the Venetian red.
tne October brown. on the street. a.
the pspy. in the restaurant. II was .
habit And Why not. Il was his
bread and butter to send the argosies
o. Ms imaginative glance securing the
seas DOR treasure; and whenever he
saw . pretty woman. bows-on he fol-
lowed In her wake. He vas an Illus
tratDr: he drew exquisite colored COW
err for the magazines and full.page
drawings for the celebrated love sto-
ries Of Mr.. Popular Pine. Indeed. he
shared honors with Pinie, and made
quito a. much money.
Every day now for q week. between
three and four In the afternoon. she
had gone BY. slim. trig. supple. She
looked like Somebody; she must be
Somebody. for nobody but Somebody
could have carried her head the way
she Cid. Where her jourpeJ began.
where It ended. he had never bothered
himself to inquire. II satisfied his
needs to expect her at such q time
each day and to realize his cxpecta.
lions. Her hair burned like a copper
beech IN the sunshine, and her face
was ~ white a. milk.
By George! II he went out now he
could follow her. His ingenuity would
nnd Neans Of meeting hss iaCifensive-
~. He knew women t9.eAply well.
From . pretty little mili,nsrs assist
ant. all the way up to the stately car
ina OF all the Russias. their vanity
cried out for perpetuation on canvas
Ting-a-ling! Confound the telephone
at such . moment!
Hello. hello! Yes this IL
Forbes talking. on. tuat you.
Jillsou? What: Eight till
twelve? Deuces what? Oh.
deuces wild. Sure. understand. A
quiet little game Of poker. With the
poor artist paying for the cigars and
liquors. Deuces villa: ! know; you
can make the two-spot anything you
please What? Opening your
aDartment tonight? In the
Drydenf Where's that! Why.
that's only q block or 30 away.
Oh. IN be there. Rather play poker
than eat. By-by!"
Forbes made . dash tar his hat.
ruHhed out Of the studtc apd down the
two flights. madly and peealessly. Too
latpi She was gone. He dashed jill.
soA and his poker party breathlessly
but Auently. Supposing she never
walked past again! It would be Just
his luck.
Az . matter Of fact. the unknown
meant nothing to Forbes aside from
the commercial value Of her face and
hair. He was always hunting for q
new face. Like PINE. he could work
over his ideas Just 20 many times;
after that. fresh invention must be
called into play; the retrousse nose
must give way to the Grecian. and 20
on and 20 forth.
Forbes was philosophical. too. When
he was dead he would be very dead !:
the Hall Of Fame and the Temple Of
Forgetfulness would b all the same
to him. At present he liked travel.
good clothes. good food curios: he
lfked to give expensive teas in his
beautift' studio: he rather liked the
inuOcent admiration Of the schoolgirls
OF a.: and he wasn't too proud to ac-
cept IN OCCASIONAL thousand from the
braakfast-food people and the tinted
0oap manufacturers.
Gave ~ Q new phix, Forbes" said
the editors; this one Il growing
stala."
Al. those editorial degrees OF en-
thpsiasm. which began with slaps ON
the back, paused At luncheons. and
1naIly petered down to the noncom-
INITIAL '.ummums!" A new face; he
must have It: and for two weeks he
ha4 oombed the town In vain. Popu-
larity had its drawbacks: one had con-
tinually to find now props to keep the
sAAAAAB ~ AOA0 SVknOlAu8 ooOuI O09 ears.
Popularity. the new-collar. the new.
hat. the new-shoe kind Of popularity.
which changes completely every six
months. which has to be renewed and
twisted about and readjusted. And
besides. there were those younger
chaps always bobbing mp. with fresh
invantiou. touch Of the unusual. .
noW color.
He renewed his bitter arraignment
Of Jfllson and his baliy house-warming
rne now he was sure that the girl with
U1lk-white skin and the copper-beech
hair had been fortune. knocking 1t his
door tor whole week with that Per.
sistsnce which she accords only her
favoeites. Often unmeritedly. And an
he had done had been to sit tight in
his chair and wond~ Who she wasl
Wei. ahe might pass again tomorrow.
He climbed back 70 the studio.