Gunnison news-champion., 1918-08-02
CHAPTER TX.

H." 'ugE. EIlrr lunCLLng alone In
'a.. nr'a.-. which commanded a view
u DO. sHl'-v.
'I hryl-hr ont n letter from Boro-
'"r .' -aI Producing H. II" wrote
lr yesterday morning, but dld not
s'"i' af rh" Dagp's until an hour or 50
ago
III" Da-n wns the owner Of IA cnm-
t'Iushnu.. far dnwntown-u s"r; ~
uu@.r""r.I l,a-Ius house. Its safety
fr Tf."' .rT rh" others lay In tlr"
E..r HAT 70 '..s ... rllru'.Ir from m"
uTH-r a- Well u- lower walks 81 lIrr.
IuH. Hn'.re In BIS .nyIrab rupncIry us
.'".r'-. an~ nhl, 10 come and 20 with
7u' ~u-f....-.
T.nmt ..H'f n"' read old HIlary'+
-~sr.'r -Mu.. .nI only three had
sran. ~. I."rrIry old Hilary him
.".r ..1 Z. r.r.
I'.r ur rh-u-h r wh,1r Talbot
&c.. n -nuHn uIE She was rather whit"
.L.H -n.. I.ua.-I rr.
"I'.~ .n.g. ru- Bryant pearl" sh" In
nrir.-..! "i:"r~'Hy says thut II ~"
~h."' r"'' Dr. hn.h b. win l", him Eo.
II" n't.rs -,ru'nrI"n is hnncing on II.
II" Er.aa'- nr" influential"
Sha r-aa rar last paragraph nloud 20
him:
"Ou your ul.s boys do whnt tel
you Mall ra. rrarI In plain box 90"
',u'i"" h,aH4 .HrfDr- Mail II duwut"wu
In ih" city. II ".,rylhln- Is an riGh'
III hr nLfr 'u -,r uui 10 Nottingham Iu
w"'E. perhaps loss. This w.II may"
IN" church ruu unnecessary and re-
Hove E'Iror's mind. | s"" y"u got III"
purish house. It was fooIhurdy and
asclc-s."
Tuln"' rus" and stretched himself
"W"ulrrru day FOR golf" hc said
Nov lets have the pearl and l am
of.
Eliuor'S eyes were ptiful.
"W"uldn't any other pearl do?''
He glanced down at hcr qulzzlcnlly
"Wh"r"'s ..r mind. ETnor7 II you
lose s. < 81 want 1t back will any
other do do Why? Do you want the
Thing yuIrsclff"
II hnv, given If away" snld Elinnr.
Under his golf tan Talbot turned
rather grny.
u WHOM
9Th" Jewels We're always mine" pro
tested ElInor. defending herself. you
have always told me that. / thought l
had n right"
''To whomT'
81 put 1T In the almsbox at Saint
Judc's this morning"
''Then 1t may still be theref"
81 don't know"
"In the name of Godw Talbot broke
out "Whnt possessed you to give the
thing away? Thim or no whIm, you
have no right to risk the rest of US. II
that thing Is traced back to you, You
know what 1t means"
"Nobody saw me"
But Talbot was pacing up and down.
There's only one chance" he said.
"I'll send special delivery to the
chief telling him the thing is In the
almsboN. II it's still there. he'll get II
and return II. If It's already been dis
covered. mt least he can claim to have
known Its hIding-placc"
Talbot dIsGusndly reinQulshed his
golf. and in the library of the hall
wrote the anonymous letter to the
chief. Then. In his gray car. he set OFF
for the city to mail the letter.
when he was in the car. the engine
throbbing easily, Ellnor ventured to
put her hand on his arm.
Last night" she said rapidly, "Wnl.
ter threatened all sorts Of things: that
he would get the morning collection nj
Saint Jude's, that he would kill Mr..
f-;. 4,
Talbot 'patted her hand.
1--WE will get this fixed up 30 1t won't
be necessary: and as for the other. you
know Walter. He was mad with
jealousy last night. That's all talk"
On that wild ride Talbot had little
time to think. but, such as they We're,
his thoughts were of Elinor and her
caprice.
ITS the preacher, after ALL" he said
to himself. ITS enough to make old
Hilary turn over"
From that his mind wandered to
Walter He knew Hun, the violence Of
his temper. the madness Of his passion
for the girl. Talbot was uneasy.
Elinor had an Unexpected visitor
that afternoon. IL was the Bryant
woman.
White, but very dignified, Elinor
came into the drawing room. But Mrs.
Bryant had not come about the pearl.
You must forgive Sunday visit"
she said. But have taken Mr.. Bry-
ant to the country club, and wanted
so much to come to see you"
Elinor's color returned.
at is very kind of you to come"
Mrs. Bryant's small, birdlike eyes
darted over the room. The house was
distinctly good form. Perhaps the girl
might be an acquisition to the social life
of the village. After all. religion was
becoming very broad. Even the best
people