Gunnison news-champion., 1920-11-26
SOMETHING
IOIO.ELSS
BY r. RAY BAKER

tH nus -t'r-'. U ana MS Ertlul-
S.-Hs "t u.s-snI.l,--- ~ ere not lost on
N"rla '."..-s.rl-. She s..-sarsl What
had s"l- ar.n- v.fl CLIFFORD. and she
wished she Dua.i ooasp.e Llm. or Try
10, a !a'eErr r.,. l.u-lIfy.
L. rh- rsrr and 8 huIf they had
known each other M,~.a r.z-- had
ss'u t..T.-I 80 90 at s4-. lie was
m,rr, -rarr-d H.unGr yuuu. mau.
wl'f ".r- tha' laughed with G1ucIus
blue '-h'- md a m"utifgI ~ arrl.
white teeth fhH' assisted ru The opera
u0n-aui b" haG ,r-ru,-i rn she'd all
trouble as ulI.'u'E -h,7ls water. H..
~as assistant cashier 10 the bank u
which Nr CT.mmuns wa. rr,-s.fsrt:
and thar .s hau Do" hapF~n.-d 10 meet
N''!a >h" Ha- anxious FOR Clifford
10 TELL her l.- troubles. but 81. would
u"f a~- hIm several times D.. np-
psar'- uu rh- puIut 81 uuiu-umlu.
h'u~eI'. for be- Irau,d forward In hi.
chair and his eyes uttered words that
s'"n"ri preliminary to unfold o.. -
Crr' hu' hc switched the subject be-
f"r" giving even an lnEIlrs n~ 10 rb.
nH'uT" NJ ~" subject. and talked ~
plain. "v"ryaa mauer~. which iisnp-
pointed M'-.a. nevertheless dill upJ dis
courage her
She knew things soon we're 20 each
climax, for CLIFFORD hHd l,-.u ar,lu-
'ki' wny '"r week. ant each time
she saw him u was c,II.ur rnr nrrv.
Gus strain ha1 h'7rpn" nE-ra,n'rA
So 'hn parr.Har r',f.nr IrA rhich
Te has" 20 1'-aI n--,-l u.r,,urrully.
81" played ara -rrs for h.m and
they 'r."l 'h'0r hard at rr.hnagr. and
D" 9,ur h"ra. a' '.n n.0n-E-
When ID" ofwrri rh. door 10 leave
d" s'u"r' r'..uHr.l-ly wish me hand
"n N" knot, mu, INK on" font restless.
Is. arI mad" he'I"re the secret WAS
nh"Ur O." hc LIYulrrd.
Media h" said ruttiIns the knob
and looking from her. there Is some.
Thing thni has been prryIng on my
mind for -sumrJhlus serious. !
have confession to make. and l.
but. on second thought. don't believe
"un tell you tonight. Good night"
And O." was gone, while she stood
op'n m"u'hod and wondering.
The neat evening at the dinner tn.
hl" M"'lu's father acted quccrIy. He
upset ih" sugar once and spilled his
coffee and during the meal spoke
srurrriy Il word
What's the matter. SamueIya his
wif" inquired sollctousIy. Has some
thing g"U" wrong NJ the haukT"
"oh. rn'hIn- much. D.. returned.
hut hh n"I vouchsalc an explana.
tion.
"G"udnc>s' It's catching" MrI1
told herself as she left the table auI
went 'ur" rhr library to read. Sume
"h"r" She had misluId her handk~r-
chief, aud She went back toward ,h.
dining room presently to look frr o.
Her parents remained seated AZ tho
table "Ud her father was speaking r
low tones but his words were PERFECT.
y nudIhi" to Media They had rut
heard u"r approach. so she crop, ouf
Of their range NJ vision and IIsieucI
l"u uusr not breathe n word =
this :" soul. her fnther was sayIu-
ITS very serious matter. II Il cr'
about Town It might cause critical
SliuHtion-might even result In a ruin
on th" bank. II doesn't take much ,u
start such thing you know"
Media waited eagerly and anxlou~Iy
for the next words
The fact Is somebody has got AWAY
with r-u thousand dollars" Mr.. Clcfn.
mons continued "We discovered II
this niu. ming. and only the directors
md mH >.-if know it-CNCept, Of course.
the person who has the ten thousand"
DO you suspect anyoner" his wife
inquired
Yes. although we have no evidence
We have n defective working on the
case now, and have hopes the mystery j
will he solved and matters straight
ened up without publicity"
Media crept away to her room.
where she threw herself on the bed
and wept.
Poor CIIff." she sobbed. ITO think
he has got Into such a mess. But
I'll not go back on hIm-not even II
he goes to prison. He wouldn't DELHI
erately steal. He must have needed
money badly and intended to pay /,
back"
The girl slept little that night. and
In the morning was up early. She
could scarcely wait until evening for
Clifford was to call nj o'clock. She
was fearful he might leave town or
be arrested in the meantime, so she
called him on the phone and received
assurance. he would be on hand.
Eight o'clock came. and Clifford was
although appearing as wor-
ried as ever, or more so. They start
ed a cribhase game In the library
while Mr.. and Mrs Ciemmons shut
themselves in the living room.
ITS got TO come tonight" Media
decided. Shufiling the cards.
Before either had rounded the board
once they tossed their hands on the
table.
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