Gunnison news-champion., 1920-01-30

skestysns Daauruay,. snnosnesa ~
AushanA ~ ffiead, ~ banhse
tAeeo. has csamlsu1sne1 -, b pu.
eAass so0e securities Hur his inseitu-
liea. anA shall say svsR 0uaday vitA
Amt 0elinn' and Adella.s
9suston started out % his .trip late
oaturday aftsznoon. driving HI este
moolle himself. He had uever been 10
SAortvtlle. excspt escs By train. and
Il dusk. % hs entered village garage
wsll % his roVta, Z disturbing discov.
~ trouhled hip not . little. A rain
storm bad come up, and he sought
uhelter for himself and the aufomobile
sntil Il was over.
How far II II to ehoFtvillsr hs In
1uired Of the garage man.
s8ix milea You -. this 70 Long
Prairie. named after the long stretch
between the two towns"
Trust0n was wasned that the pral-
~ road wqs q short cut. unpaved.
might - sort Of rutty on account Of
he rain, and was advised 10 take
he regular turnpike. Leasning. how.
svef. that the latter route was indi.
rect and much longer. he determined
70 faee darkness and uncertainty. and
started out to get to Shortvills a.
quietly - WAS possible.
Two miles covered, Truston knew
tAat be had fallen Into q nest cf III.
0culties. n souBs way be had strayed
from The shallow dirt road and was
humping over ciods and stones. Il had
begun to rain again. He passed NO one
Qn the route. nor any house. and Long
Prairie be found well fitted it, name.
and was very long indeed.
Trubton tried to locate the wagon
hail again. and made for ! Giow a. Of
camp nrs at q little distance. he
lrovs up 70 Il. to nnd two rough-ap-
pearing fellows resting on the ground
Ia the glow Of the IRE where q thicket
u saplings afforded some shelter.
'-Can you help me fnd the road and
direct me to Shortvillef" he asked.
sSure. We can," replied one Of the
men. and both approached the auto
ran over the well-dressed motosist.
noting the heavy watch-chain and the
opulent diamond ring he wore. Then
one Of them spoke rapidly In . low
tone to the other. Truston was sud-
denly seized and dragged from the ma
chine. II WAS useless to struggle. for
his assaiiants were great. husky spec-
mems Of the hobo class. and outcry
was useless. They proceeded to DE-
spoil Truston Of all about him that
was Of value. and the portfolio etn-
tanning the securities. y .t,sgs;
"You can walk the rest Of ne Hsy.si
chuckled one Of the men. we nesd
the auto to make our estaway. I
say fress'
whackl Out Of the dusk into the
ilrs giare appeared Z young man. wiegd.l
Ing . heavy walking -stick. whack Il
Just q stroke one had knocked Aat
down one man. the second perforned
the same service for his companies.
Coolly the intruder picked up their
scattered plunder. thrust II Into the
auto and turned to the amazed Victim
q the ,footpads With the words:
snow, then. Mr.. Truston, presume
you were headed for Shortvills. Get
n. m take you there
~But-but-" stammered the rescued
man. You are Roy Denbyi And you
have saved me q small fortune. And
how came you here. right in the nick
Of timer
~Oh. I was walking home to Long
Prairie after . cali on Adelia." coolly
replied the young man. And. knowing
not which to admire, his audaclty or
hls esorage and fortunate pesssace.
Adam sTruston mentally decided that
he would not further opQoss ~ cosrss
q ne lovs
. Fiction Concerning earpossa Sea.
The Sargosm sen In the north At
iantic IL an ara through which no
ocean currents pass. Il u compara-i
lively still water, forming . sort Of
eddy into which seaweed tends to
drift. Writers OF fiction have held
that the dead ships Of the ages have
found resting places In this eddy and
have peopled them with the spirits. of
lost uariners. The idea 10 pure DC.
Hon. The Sargona sea may be navi-
gated without experiencing any dim-
Guilty with seaweed and without seeing
. 0sEsliet.