Gunnison news-champion., 1919-02-21
-Your fe'io- towns man.

W T'sI' il ~. No. JOY -. * @'AEf III
Wnsh'ugi"n ~. -" all worried by .he
resolution of E-u-- 'iry uu'il u h~Cnn
% Cruuhl. un.'~r the .-r,.s. i. BILE stack
OF M- Wight ga 10" lGL h~ sub
r.it'"d d r.I-.rr uJ-s1 which s0- lucid
tnd Hccr'rUfr sfa'e'r"utE pr"~.rr"d in
the MOS, uupr.'sTIdsug IuHnT-sr won
GnIy"r~1I Udmtrutlau and VII b" re-
nleu'~rs,l d like fDr 10 Ontrlr-i" rIcel-
leurr u.N '.T having B"hl"s ID ns.e OF
he most m~u"rrrri- vt"r"ri"s ever
gHlu,t IN l.. Tnr.t Siai.-- s.'uA'e.
hrr,- 9. ."nc Lr'a'" 'isy hiusslf. co,n-
psl.,I nj 'h.- l-r--I-..r.,. tore" ~ nrEE-
u..u' Zoo ,h, r.l.prr "r Mr. Wright. Wa
phgrr,i 'u rri'r" fr, 'I hls position. hi'
rc~"Iu'I"I having t.o.n r~j~"t.d hy
Su'r NJ - 'D
W'h a'a' prOl" md JOY h"nrh OF
lh.- --.u' rhlns TINT my friend ind n"-
cumr'U-h.I'
Gu.ue uur with ~" crowd that .ye-
nlrr '.-r Soil, ND Mr nui hr-
pufarrDn.-r Tho latter I'D NOT -I--r
70 m" md w1"n n-Eci Su''y u
.cuN Wi. hum" with her sh" a
rw"rrd cu-'rs "Nu. 'hnuk YOU"
huy. L,r d n'' nI.uI Of my history
Soon u.'rr lie ui-.'us Z the n""
,,ur .l,u dn,- or -o 'a',r II ruHy hnv"
b,'u-l had u-.-.. ru y"-l my self N
.uuIras.,-'l hy o. r"u rul suhti" force.
Il WIS thIus 81. lu'aur n." O. heat
su' ~ real 0s FIR" n,.l r....-- terrible. u
seemed to u". f"'i II first In IN" n'.
tliud" of my play fellows. They de
ntrd tn" the ruuaI.r,r an" Intimacy
which had enjoyed before. They
Nh.,r"rrd together Ia my presence. In
iII th0, hnd not failed to observe thnt
Henry Wills had taken leading pnrt.
Tho Invisible. lnnuuhlc. mysterious
hing wrought great chang" In me II
followed n, through the day and lay
Gown .lh m" at night. wondered
Ohnt lad done. l carefully surveyed
my clothes. They looked all right to
mc. My chuructcr was certainly no
verse than IT had been. How II preyed
upon my pruc" md Trst nud happiness
-tha, mysterious h.Idcn thing
ON" day Uncle Peabody came down
I, see me md | walked through the
village with him. We met Mr. punkei-
berg who merely nodded and hurried
along. Mr.. Bridges. the merchant. did
not greet him warmly and Chnt with
him ns he had been wont to do. | saw
that The ThIng-us | Ind come to
think OF lt-wns following him also.
How It dnrkcurI his face, Even now
| can feel the aching OF tn. deep.
bloodIcss wounds uf that day. could
bear It better alone. We were trying
10 hide our pain from each other when
We said guod-by. How quickly my
nnclc turned AWAY and walked toward
the sheds! He came rarely to the VII
ingc Of Canton after that
May Ind rcturned-a warm bright
May. | had entered my seventeenth
year and the work OF the term was
epIshcd.
Having nothing to DO one afternoon.
I walked ont on the road toward Og'
densbUrg for look at the woods and
felds. Soon l thought that l heard the
sound OF Galloping hoefs behind me.
I looked back and l saw Sally round
Ing the turn by the river and coming
toward me at full speed. the name Of
her pony flying back TO her face. She
pulled up beside me Just as l had
imagined she would do.
Bart. hate somebody terribly
said she.
"Whom?'
"A man who Is coming to our house
on the stage today. Granny Barnes 10
hying to get up a match between US.
Father says he IL rich and hopes he
will want to marry me. / got mad
about IT, He Is four years older than
Lam. Isn't that swful7 am going to
BE- just as mean and hateful to him a.
can"
81 guess they're only foolinE you."
said.
mo. they mean 1t. have heard
khem talking It over.
"He cannot marry you."
"WhyT'
1t seemed to me that the time had
come for me to speak out. and with
burning cheeks l said:
Because / think that God has mar
Y1ed you TO me already. Do you re-
psmber when we kissed each other
By the wheat field one day las, sum
perT
"Yes."
We had faced about and were walk.
lng back toward Canton. l close BY the
pony's side.
''May kiss you againr'
She stopped the pony and leaned
toward me and our lips met In 4 kisl
he thought Of which makes me lay
lown my pen and bow my head q mo
msut while think with reverence d
tbat pure. sweet spring Of memory IL
whose waters I love to wash ~
grit
4 guess God Ass married - ssaiA.
declared.
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