Gunnison news-champion., 1921-12-30
'-COPYRIGHT BY CHARLES ScRIBNERS SONS

Is AafEFEF VIII you uBs she gnl
tered I supPu>s you wilI really have
TO 20 20 WORK now. wuGt you. StaH
nt.s~
Perish the thought" l told her
thea gave the good reasons Why
there was no hope f1r u In that d
rection. "A fat chance I'd have &c
earn any real money. can navigate
n yachr-a uttlc.-dr1ye a motor. ride
a polo pony. and play fair hand at
bridge and The other great American
game think 'h"ss s-r the SUN tO'A'
q my shining accomplishments.
Y"u rn='r'i return the ring" !
GRAINED -'-elns that sh" was looking
o. .f -rrh"r vrEr@rruIIy You run wear
'' uu som" other finger. you know"
~Yes | sgwus~ / could $50 rhst'
IN" agreed and I'm hla-r n shr Didn't
SNEff O. ." finger %, m" n'hrr haU'
right fhrrr aaL then
Il was less than week after this
mn" faHr-Dur scene with Llse'te thnt
rcrry's letter came. This Is what II
said.
~D,ur S'anuIc.
y Know lusf about how you fei'
lnsi Nu-k when yo1 heard GrautfE-
thor Iusrs"r'- w0l road. md Il isn't
gong vr nuke y"u feel any better now
when r,l you that l knew n It. pro
visions NOR. fhan % yrur ago. when
the VIII wus drawn grandfather
showed Il tn me. end gave me scaled
envelope. which was to open after
his i"Hrh. That envelope ~ knew
nj the uur contained. among other
things. c,,dlr.l 10 the will By IT.
provisions you sr" 10 r-n'lvc n irFury
unHor ccr;rlu conditions which were
70 he rrgva'yd 90 yug NJ such time us
mich, ihIus best
Your portion ~ Grandfather Jas
r"-F property was worth. NJ IT, latest
valuation. s1nI.lhIus Ike si1pWb l.
lies m o perfectly >Gf" repository. sta.
nted between tho lUT'h md lIOrh 10
rrcos ~ longitude west from Green
wirh. md rho EIih pud In'h degrees
north latitude when won Hnd 70. you
ai'I b" able 10 Identify : nv the pres
rurr ~ gjTl with wn hair nud
hiur ewes and small luulo on her lcff
shoulder rI"huld horse which N"
gfrI rides and hog with o split face
half h'nrk nuH hulf white. You will
h" r0"r" than likely To find the tire,
together and n YOU maE" the ne
qualntanc" ~ the gI-I. you''l be on n.
trail ~ your I.rncy.
$50 there you nrc. Srnunic. old boy
there's your fortune. All y"u'ye got
to 4" Is to 90 30 work and HrH II, Pcr.
hnpS hy that tim" you will have nr-
quIrcd the working habEt-whIch Is
what Grandfather Jasper hoped might
prove to be the case.
wishing you great joy IN your
search. I am.
-Your nffectlonate cousin,
PERCY"
Naturally. had a quiet little laugh
over this screed OF Percy's. taking IL
for n Joke: Il poor joke and In rather
bad taste, ! thought. In that mood
handed the letter to Lise,te for her to
read. She didn't laugh. but she did
look bit scoruful and put about. II
you know what mean.
Il don't suppose the blue-eyed giri
would appeal TO YOU" she said.
though the horse and the dog might.
When do you start?'
We discovered that Meridian lo5
west Of Greenwich split the state OF
Colorado just beyond Denver. Colorado
Springs and Pueblo. and the hunting
ground plotted out for me took In
threc-fourths Of the remainder OF tn.
state. slice OF Utah. good bit bigger
slice OF New Mexico. with bite out
OF the northeastern corner Of Arizonn.
just for good measure.
Me for the wild and woolly!" I
brayed Don't you see me rigged out
In nice, hairy pair of 'shaps' and
riding Observation-Disclosures believe
that's the phrase-over the snow
capped peaks or the boundless prairies,
us the case may be7 But Just Imagine
Percy the immaculate pulling a bone
head joke like this!
You are taking II for a joker she
questioned.
"Sure am: and It's a rnther rotten
one at that. should say-considerina
the source"
Then you won't go to look for the
blue-eyed girl with nut-brown hair and
the cunning little mole? Think Of what
you may he missingi"
For just one crazy minute I had a
hunch. or premonition. or whatever
you like TO call II. that the letter might
not be a joke. Grandfather Jasper had
always been bit eccentric-n rich
mans privilege and a rich old mans
incontestable right. What II he Ind
actually done this thing to me.-a
thing scarcely less devastating than
cutting me on without penny? On
the spur Of the moment I said:
IF should go. would you wait for
me. Lisette?"
She took her time about answering
IA good and sufficient plenty Of II.
II think perhaps I'd better not
IL r