Gunnison news-champion., 1917-07-13
wung on uae twice more Ia Ii. same

place
With mad fury I picked him up and
hurried him from me. Thsrr was q
terrific crash Of glass. and then save
fur the disturbance outsil- all was
-tii
~ the iicht-acetyfene -aa
The wrecsa-e OF that ki',ben wa
t-ycnd the descriptive powers Of a
mrrr dramatic critic Bopp Iay sprawl.
~ on the kitchen door near the table
50 here be had struck whcu | threw
AIM Tie table Itself had u,erturued
'n To The weeks supply ot uaur in
-.l-s b"'tles and had apparrut,g bro
.ru most Of them Luclir va, stand
tng pal" and disheveied bur still
.,.aICifuI. in the doorway of the pantry
when. she had been hidinE
After an Interval Bopp aborously
p.rA,,! himself up and waL,d toward
lli- stairway through thr torrent Of
.l-'.l.'-i water which wa -trraminS
s-r.',- the door.
There's your dog biscul be sneer-
~ f"luiIus to ToOtles. vLp had dis
.1,rn.d the b0N aud was .ulping down
f1r r"urents as fast H. 81. could.
Fasting for week, Ha ha"'
Then b." disappeared up-lalrs.
,uHr-i 10 Lucille. She had dropped
mt" rLuir and had burl.7I her face In
h"r lnnd~ She Was cryin.
What the matter. In .l":'' | asked
ryrLrrly
I don't know she ,.hbed. lust
urr'r> guess"
"You ought not to be about at this
tim" - night" | said s;,rnly
i know" she replied Il just came
down To- To feed Too,les
would have believed her II | had
not seen the biscuit IN her mouth
But hat man would not forgive a
small hh on the part Of the woman
10. loves:
Listen to me. Lucille. dear" said
authoritatively. taking her hand. We
are not goin. to fast any more. II
yuuT father were here lie would call q
halt. Here your mother is sick. you
are hysterical. and hardly any OF us Is
IA sVeaking terms with the others.
Besides. We have got TO stop. Our
water supply Is gone"
Lucille looked up. Then II won't
really Ice our fault. will IT, she asked
hopefully. III We haven't pure water
We can't go on fasting. Upton $.
Clair says SO.
And that's the best thing he ever
said. too" ! agreed heartily.
So 1t was de ided that the next day
we'd have new stock Of groceries
come on the supply boat and telephone
tn cook to come back. think the
prospect cheered us wonderfully.
know felt better Immediately. and
persuaded Lucille to 20 back to bed
AMI get some rest before daylight.
She went In to see how her mother
WIS before retiring. There was a cry
from Mrs. Green's room. and I rush.
ell In.
NRs. GREEN HAD DsskPPEARED!
You have guessed correctly that this
is where the element Of mystery en-.
tiers the story. You doubtless wonder,
as We did. II Kesl, the wire Taper.
had made away with Mrs. Green or II
Bopp. baked II lis dog biscuit. had
become villain II the dcepest dye.
We did not come TO any such conclu.
sions at first. OF course. That was
after we had looked all over the house.
up In the attic aud down In the cellar
Then went to X eiit's room. He was
snoring peacefully. ! mistrusfed that
he might be shanmiag and poured u
pitcher OF water on him to see how he
would react TO the shock. should
say that his reactions were perfectly
normal. albeit somewhat picturesque
iy abusive.
Next We haIed Bopp from his room.
He WIS inclined to be suspicious at
arst until We told him about Mn.
Green's disappearance: then he was
all sympathy and Joined our lightly
clad searching party in the hallway.
Naturally. I.ucils feared the worst.
while the res, Of % with masculine
optimism discounted any danger which
might befali the ~ Lady.
But she wasn't hoEseif.'' walled Lu-
cile. shes been acttng funny all the
evening"
Never mind about her," comfor,ed
Kent "A man with J: Y .'tn fan OF
the roof and never hurt himself bit.
A hit Of a bun makes anybody lucky"
Suppose she ID out In all this rain r
"A little water. more or less. won't
make any difference to her after the
last two days" observed gloomily.
Let's not stssd here any longer"
said Bopp In bualnesslike fashion. III
won't do much good to try to guess
where she is Lst's begin systematic
hunt
Lets get on some regular clothes
frst." | suggested
''All right" In chorus.
Lucille dressed faster than she eve.'
had before or has since. and We mcn
with the usual celebrity of the bifurcat-
ed sex. Were ready us soon us she was.
As soon as we had assembled In the
living room once mUre Bopp. by rea-
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