Gunnison news-champion., 1920-01-02

uan.. = ~nIsue was soun1ing fainrH
down the road In front
The head brakeman came YEARLY
back TO the group around the dead
and injured and handed q telegram to
Conductor Martin
Extra twenty-seyen sixty mines
engine and 4 wrecking crew have been
sent back from Demins: that's her
Whistling now" explained the train
man.
JItendra stirred
Never before In all his life had a
fery, potent liquid Ike the one now
trickllng down his throat passed his
lips. The thud OF the wrecked car rs
Il tOppled at last into the ditch seemed
to aid In his awakening.
He sat suddenly erect. looked stu
pldly around Friendly hands helped
him into the Pullman.
Feeling bettsrT-' Buck Williams
had already forgotten his own trivial
Injuries In the sOlicitude he felt for
this timorous little allen peering up
at him with apologetIc eyes
Yes. sahIb." brearhed the brown
man. IL do not understand"
-Oh. It's all over" cheerfully inter.
rupted Williams. We had break
down on the locomotive and came TO
a quick stop. The old wooden diner
crumpled up-that's all. Couldn't eI.
lect anything else, hitting the hill the
way We were. with a big hog like that
N front and the steel Pullman behind
couple of niggers killed-and you
got Ia. worst deal OF any OF the pas
srnEers, / guess.
The somber look In the eyes deep
eued as JItendra scanned his face with
n quaint intentness which was alto
gether new and a little uncanny. VII
Iiams shifted uneaslly as he went on:
''wrecklng crews got the engine on
ne track again: we1I only be II few
n0urs late into FL Paso. Do you think
you q better get OF at Deming and LET
a doctor look you overfT
Jitendra shook his head. Il am not
much hurt. Sahib Buck" he gravely
replied. But how came | TO escape
%" nrei Was / not overwhelmed by
the disasterf'
''Oh. you were penned In under that
old hulk of diner until we dragged
you out. laughed the mining man
But that's done now. Ynu'll be In
Chicago almost the same as II nothing
hnd happened, In two days. 1t was
lucky for both OF US that we were to-
ward the back end of the car
1t was fate" affirmed Jitendra.
with an emphatic pOsitiveness con-
trasting stran ccly with his wee figure.
But you. Sahib Buck-were you. too,
Immersed in the shatterings;"
NIX grinned Williams. Il back.
pcdnled right over tables and chairs
TIL 1 landed In the vestIbule.'
Il seemed to be looking down upon
you the last ! remember musei the
Oriental. fastening his eyes searching.
ly upon the other mans.
Il missed you" admitted Buck un,
hesitntingly. "and grabbed an ax and
chopped down to where you lay. But
I am sure that you would have done
as much for me. Do you remember
what we were talking about when tie
smash Gamer
The brown man salaamed low.
"What says the Ancient Wisdom.
Sahib Buckf The longest way round
Is oft the shortest way home"
Williams threw back his head and
laughed long and loud.
'Scotty, look at this''
He jerked a derisive thumb toward
the chocolate hued. undersized atom OF
humanity standing humbly but firmly
at his side.
Il pulled him out from under
wrecked diner this afternoon. Now
he insists on trailing me until he has
paid the score by doing as much for
me. Do you think he'd make one bite
for Manuel Pacheco and his regiment
of thiovesr'