Gunnison news-champion. [volume] (Gunnison, Colo.) 1905-1932, 1917-03-09

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was ~ basinsD 10 v,slf this NTH
Known hack csuntsy and to examine
IN fauna. Which furpIehed me with the
materials fbe several chaptere4or thnt
great and Denumental w0ek upon
sooloU whieA Win b my nfe's justif-
scatioo- w1s returning. my work ac-
eomplished. when ! had occasjon To
spend . night qt . small Indian village
1t Q point where . certain tributary
the name and position e which. with
bold-opens inte the main river. The
natives were Cucama Indiana. an
amiab,e bat. degraded race. with men.
tai powers hardly superior to the aver
aee Loado0er. had elected some
cures among them upoa my way up
the river and had Impressed them con-
stderably with my personality. % that
! was not surprised to dnd myself ca
eeriy awaited upon my return. gath
cred from their signs that some one
had urgent need Of my medical serv.
Ices. and I followed the chief to one
Of his huts- When ] entered ! found
that the sufferer to whose aid ! had
been summoned had that instant ex-
pired. He was, to my surprise. NO In.
dian. but white man. Indeed, may
say very white man. for be was .fiax.
en- haired and bad some characteristics
Of IN albtnO. He was clad In rags. was
very emaciated and bore every trace Of
prolonged hardship. So Tar - could
understand the account Of the natives
be was q complete stranger to them
and had come upon their village
through the woods alone and IN the
last stage Of exhaustion.
The mans knapsack lay beside the
couch. and I examined the contents.
His name was written upon TAB with.
n N-'Aaple White. Lake avenue. De
tsoit. Mica
From the contents Of the knapsack
Il was evident that this man had been
IN artist and poet In search Of e6ects
There were scraps Of verse. I Do mot
profess to Be . judge Of such things.
but they appeared to me to be singu.
larry wanting In merit.
n was turning away from him
when observed that something pro
jected nom the front Of his ragged
jacket. Il was this aketchbook. which
was - dilapidated then a. you see 4
now. Indeed. ! can assure you that .
nrst folio Of Shakespeare -conld net b
treated with gr H.r reverence than
this relic has been since It came into
my possession. hand II to you now.
ana ask you to take II page by page
and to examine the contents"
He helped himself to q cigar and
leaned back with = nercely critical
pair Of eyes. taking note Of the effect
which this document would produce.
bad opened the volume with some
expectation Of . revelation, though Of
what nature could not imagine. The
nsst page was disappointing. however.
- It contained nothing bot the picture
Of A,very fat man il, pa jacket. With
the legend. Jimmy Colver on the Mall
Boat" written beneath It There FOL
lowed several pazes which were oiled
With small sketches Of Indians and
theie Ways. Then came picture Of
. cheerful and corpulent ecciesiastic
In shovel hat. sitting opposite very
thin European. and the inscription.
Lunch With Fra Cristofero 1t Ro-
safto." EtuAieA ofs woman and babies
aceSunted fssssevssal more pages. and
then there was an unbroken series Of
animal drawings with ssuch explana-
lions q .-Manatee Upon nandbank."
'-Tnftiess apd fheis EsgS'' BLACK
Ajodti Under Mfrhfi Palm the mat
ter disclosing soms sort Of pisiike anil
NAL. and finally came double page
Of studies Of long shouted and very
unpleasant saurians. could make
nothing Of It and said % to the pro-
fessor.
Surely these are only crocodllesf :
-Alligat0rs! AlliQtors! There h
hardly such asthing Asa true crocodile
In South America. The distinction be-
tween themr
II meant that I copld see nothing
unususlr nothipg to Justify what you
have said.
He smiled serenesy,
Try the next page said be.
I was still unable to sympathi.e. K
was fun page sketch Of / landscape
roughly tinted In color, the kind of