Gunnison news-champion., 1919-11-14

On he Long
Way Round
"a JRaAoGD TB5JB
AAgfily beAind IL screen e -
ocacia bushes. Jack Foed Slammed
down bis portmanteau. and begAa 10
beUsA the dust from his new gray
tro0sers and rsssst shpes.
10 have his arrival Ut an out-oE.ths-
way statioo In the Adirordacks delay.
ed By IN accident. tn the unheard-ce
hoos - o:10 Q. n: 10 have found 10
eoovsyancs. and to have been forced
% walk -four miles along Q hilly road.
had not pleased ths AdairS nsw
chauffeur.
Nevertheless. - Foedrs kssA gray
eyes scanned the estate Of his master
to-be. annoyance gave way to salts
faction.
TAs long. velvet lawns. edged With
eefaniums and asters: the tennis
courts: the graveled walks sweeping
up to the porte-coshere Of the Elisa
bethan house. on the chimueys Of
which siimmered the FIRST rays Of the
sun-all these brought . gieam of
pleasure to the chaufIeur's features.
His lot had evidently fallen Into q
summer Of eden.
Suddenly Ford's glance. in its rapid
survey. lighted upon the veranda.
Even thus early. It seemed. someone
was stirring. There was a swish Of
dainty white skirts and q nutter down
the steps. The girl was pretty. Ford,
no mean Judge. ventured that. Ths
brown hair. rippling in morning dis
array about the shoulders. the ten
derly oval face. the light step. promised
well.
Mentally as the figure drew nearer,
Ford found himself measuring the girl,
- he did all others. by Lucy.
He Judged her twenty-five; that
would be Lucy's age. Ahi II Lucy
had kept her word last summer. but
pshaw! the rich girl had only played
with him. As soon as she came upon
the ugly fact Of his poverty she, had
faded away. At the hotel. when he
had called the last morning. there had
been merely . note with some cruel
lines about the necessity Of luxuries,
the scale she was accustomed to. etc.
The near music In her laugh called
Ford back from his reveries. Lucy
lad laughed like that-an enchanting,
woodland note.
Eagerly he peered through a leafy
crevice. The girl. her head slanted
back. was laughing at great bull pup
tearing across from the kennels. In
its frantic haste the animal had tripped
and plowed up yard Of turf.
"Poor Snip!" the girl said. Come
on. thenw y
A. she turned to continue her stroll.
the pup. bounding up and down. lick
ing her hands furiously, the girls face
came into full view.
Ford stifiened. Tho chin, the up
tilt Of the nose-the straight, white
forehead, glimpsed between the waves
Of hair-above all, the deep hazel eyes
facing life % Openly-these had been
Lucy's. This-was Lucy.
Ford had half won q girl at the sea-
shore ten months before and this was
the girl. He bounded through the
acacias. their delicate petals shower.
ing about his head as q wood gods.
'Lucy!" The cry was sharp and
sudden. The girl paled and started.
But Ford you'd have swore her lips
shaped "Jsck."
II 20. this girl. 70 like Lucy, gained
her balance rapidly.
"Down. Snip l" she said to the growl-
ing dog.
Then tN1ning to the man she went
on with N intense calmness: "You are
mistaken. think. Ny name 10 Adair
ELLEN Adair."
But ths man was not to be put Of.
"Lucyi you don't know" he began.
The deg had ceased snariing.
II assure you," she repeated. my
name b not Lucy: there il no Lucy
here. Come, Snip"
In stupefaction Ford followed the
rustic Of the white skirts over the
gravel. The girl. whoever she was.
was brave. The chin had not quiv-
cred: she was not quickening her
steps. But-that she was not Lucyl
Lucy's hair. voice, walk. eyes, and yet
not Lucyl It was monstrous. II
could not be.
And then, In flash. truth dawned
upon him.
It was Lucy.
But II chauffeurs have griefs they
also have duties.
Only three hours later. before the
porte-cochere stood the small, one-seat-
ed automobile. Idly the new chauffeur,
still In his "gentlemen's" clothes, won