Gunnison news-champion., 1918-08-02
-.-..-i tnnt WINS really worth wnme.

But surely the police"
Mrs. Bryant flushed with anger.
THE police she said. 1T wouldn't
sUT,rls. me at all 20 discover thut the
police are in with the thieves. Look
at the condition Of this country. 1t
has been tcrrur-riddcn for the last two
or three years. You yourself are a
victim. Your poor father"
Actually she had dct,sr.d old Hilary.
She sat forward on tn" edge Of her
chair and spoke with great JUNCTION.
There is a band of organized. In
tellIgcn' bandits working In this neigh
burh"od. Miss Kingston. band n mur-
drr,rs. Ia tho" days uf frmiulSIu. Il
wouldn't aSroul-h IN" at all To discover
that s"u~ woman Is AT the head of IT,
The things that hnvc h""n planned
huy" been 50 h.udlshIy CLEVER
Mr.. Bryant rose.
"Ir shows how drmUrullz'ug such
th.ng> ur"." sh" said. Il assure you
tbs. nry"r l,"k ~ woman's throat
th'>" days without expecting TO see
my p"r.-l."
From 'hnt dangerous ground she
stepped 1uLrEIy 10 rh" burning "f the
parish hug-r. uh.rh She believed wns
n" work "f militant suTrn.r'trs.
"Th" dear rector Is not feminist"
sh" said HIS n~,is'nu'. frar. has
strong tendency In rLar direction. But
he Us wonderful person. rr.Ily. Just
Imagine. scyru'y-aght thou and dol
Lrs was r"Ilrrt"d Iu Sa.u- Jude's
church This m"rnluE for r.hr~lIiug the
parish h"us""'
Sh" turned NJ tho doorway
Hes single and very attractive.
my dear. III" entire village * trying
to marry him. There is Talk Of the
Doctors daughter. common little
thing"
/ When she had gone. ElInor. n little
faint and dizzy. went out on the ter
race. She realized that the barrier be-
tween Ward and hcsself was not only
Of his faith against her unhelIef. There
was the insurmountablc gulf between
his world and her world. She did not
TT Into his life. Into his arm, perhaps;
into his lIfe-ncver.
Walter would try TO get the money.
She must get word to him somehow,
for II the Bryant pearl was recovered
and Boroday given his freedom. mon
cy would not be an immediate neces-
sity.
She paced the terrace and tried to
think 1t out. For Talbot To go back
to the city. an hour; for the delivery Of
the special delivery. another hour.
I Then the police would have to come
out by train or motor. With the best
of luck, 1t would be four o'clock before
/ the pearl could be recovered.
There were dozen possibilities;
| the chief might be out OF town: the
| pearl might be recovered from the
box without his assistance. In that
case he would not hold to his agree
ment with Boroday.
She tried to head Walter of. but she
could not locate him. At none of his
various haunts could she find him by
telephone; he was not at tn. Dago's:
at the taXicab Office he was said to
be laid OF for tie day. As the white
| clouds of the afternoon turned to
| flame in the sunset, Ellrsr's face grew
set and hard.
I'm not blind. I'll get him for
! this"
That was what he had said. He
would go after the money that night,
and there was murder In his heart
Old Henriette, watching Elinor's set
face, grew fretful. She squealed II
a door slammed; brought food that
| I'linnr u Ji,.in
ing a crisis, tried stealthily by tele-
phone to locate Talbot or Lethbridge
and failed.
You'd better eat a bite or two"
she entreated.
! Elinor's nerves, too, were on edge.
T Il don't want It," she said.
"Just little soup!"
"If you bring that tray here again
I shall throw 1t out Of the window"
Henriette was cheered. Elinor,
whitelipped and speeches., was alarm
ing. Eiinor in one Of her rare RACES
was reassuring.
By seven o'clock Elinor knew what
she must do; go to Ward, tell him
what she feared, and how she knew.
She was not craven. but her very soul
was sick. She sought about for some
way to evade the issue or to postpone
It, and finally she struck on one. On
plain note paper she scrawled little
note in n feigned hand:
"An attempt will be made tonight to
secure the fund raised at the morning
service. Be advised and give 1t to
someone else to keep overnight"
But she realized before she had fin.
ished 1t the uselessness of such an at
tempt. Ward would not transfer q
danger.
The night had fallen. A line Of cars
from the country club was carrying
town people and villagers home to the
late dinners Of the golf season. Groups
of girls and men in summer garments,
chatting gayly, passed under the wall