Gunnison news-champion., 1921-05-20

moor rar EaE t.-.a I-t, behind IN his
t.-.. ls-rE. -.. --a ro look for Il
We Hs.a'as .. r..-- and uumbey. a
yocls a.a.-e-. .-a'o accompanied
ne Wr art 'r .- -ass half a mile Of
tho re-. tr-ra parrug o' the city to
Fet 70 r-.- Elny.-- home Here the
t-.Lt.ags r'n.t apart, .u the midst
O., r-r.# a-t grassy lawns. and hero
'ae ar lad played freaks. burning
~. lo '..rsa. aE.ggtag blocks. and oft
- aE..ElrF a single house In a block
And L,-y 'n 'ar prowlrrs were st.ll
at their arTa We carried our auto
m-'l~ 3 .'nls openly Ia our hands. and
loos'rl desperate enough. forsooth. 10
kee2 them from attacking us Bu, a;
Doctor II0yles house the thing hap
I~-ed Untouched BY nrr. even as we
came to 1t the smoke and flames burs,
.,r'h
Tho m!scrcan, who had ss' FIRE to
Il staggered down the steps aud out
along tho driveway Sucking out OF
his Goa, pockets w"rc bottles Of 81 bis
~. and h" was very drunk Ny
hrst impulse was 70 shot him. and
! have never ceased rcEre''lng that
dli not Staggering and maundering
to himself With hI0odshot eyes and
raw and bleeding slash down one side
OF his boahlskcrod face. he vas alto.
Fether the most uags"atlng specimen
or degradation and filth had ever
encountered dld not shoot bin, and
he lear I against a tree on the lawn
TO let u 70 b. It was the most alb.
soluto. waut0n act Just as wc were
opposite him. he suddenly drew a pls-
tol and shot Dvmbcy through the head
The u,Nl instant shot him But Il
vas too late DDmbcy expired with
out 4 gruan. Immediately | doubt II
be ever knew what had happened TO
him.
, Leaving the two coTpscs. | hurried
on past the burning house TO the gar.
age. and thrro found Doctor Hoyle's
motor car Tn" tanks were filled with
gasoline. and II was ready for use.
And 1t was In this car that threaded
the streets OF the ruined city and came
back TO the survivors on the campus
The other scouts returned, but none
had been so fortunate Professor Fair.
mead had found Shetland pony. but
tho poor creature, tied in n stable
and abandoned for days. was so weak
from want OF food and water that Il
could carry no burden at all Some
OF the men were for turning II loose,
but | insisted that we should lead Il
along with US, so that. II We got out OF
food. We would have 1t to eat
There were forty-seven OF US when
We started, many being women and
children The president OF the facul.
ty. an old man TO begin with. and now
hopclrssly broken by the awful hap
peutngs OF the past week. rode In the
motor car with several young chill
drcn and the aged mother of Profes-
sor Fairmoad. Wathopc. young pro-
fessor OF English, who had a grieyous
bullet wound In his leg. drove the
car. The rest Of US walked. Profess
sor Fairmead leading the pony
Our progress was painfully slow
Tho women and children could not
walk fast. They did not dream Of
walking. my grandsons. in the way
all people walk today In truth. none
OF us knew how TO walk 1t was not
until after the plague that
learned really to walk. SO IL was that
the pace OF the slowest was the pace
of all for we dared not separate on &C
count OF the providers. There were not
30 many now OF these human beasts OF
Tho r1lu bol 81 do.
diminished their numbers. but enough
still lived TO be a constant menace to
US. Many of the beautiful residences
were untouched by fire, yet smoking
ruins were everywhere. The providers,
too. seemed 10 have got over their IN
scnsate desire to burn. and 1t was
more rarely that we saw houses fresh
ly on fre.
Several Of US secuted among the
private garages In search OF motor cars
and gasoline But In this we were un-
successful The first great flights from
the cities had swept all such utilities
away. Calgan. fine young man. was
lost in this work He was shot by
providers while crossing a lawn. Yet
tuis WAS our only Casualty, though
once . drunken brute deliberately
opened fire on all OF US. Luckily. he
fired wildly. and We shot him before
he had done any hurt
AT Fruitvale. s,;I in the heart ~
the magnificent residence section OF
the city, the plague again smote u.s.
Professor Fairmead was the victim
Making signs to US that his mother
was not TO know. he turned aside into
the grounds of a beautiful mansion.
He sat down forlornly on the steps OF
the front veranda, and |, having lin
gered. waved him last farewell. That
night, several miles beyond Fruitvale
and still in the city, we made camp.
And that night We shifted camp twice
to get away from our dead In the
morning there were thirty OF US.
shall never forget the president OF the