Gunnison news-champion., 1921-01-07


10 tswis-rrneni. which. judging from
ready verE1ng on anger.
whist do-- the man meanY she
ASKED hUrrieiiy OF the pre.che-. who
s,ood r-a rest You said ! xas TO
ohooss aaf nov he refuses Did this
one Dot come piefgsdr-
i En afraid not my dear. ! did
not trrE. bat be claims otherwise.
He Is rot q PoneA man.
She .roEfed Shelby. standing
straight Indignant. her eye. flashing
coIdly
-AUf y01 Won't marry meT
= can't-thats aIl.- be s,arp-
rnered oh. bill What I'D you want
to pic me out for7-
The girls eyes rested hard on his
face 'n=l wandered slowly down the
line of the others and her lips set
firmly
-ws.L then. this play has gone far
enouEh she said shortly. -Tye been
square wl'h you all. bu; ainr going
10 BE- u 7fs n fool 81 no longer Now II
Is tine 'n- you gents 10 get out o. here.
] pointed out the feIlo- Td take an
tber. amt another one o. the bunch
III even took nt ain'' so crazy
bout -.t'in' married: IT'S only b.causs
be said u was the wiII o God rhsr
] have Now Tn done picked my
man m there ain't nu,hin' else here
I'd touch with raIr Of ronEs 20 yuu
nigh rs well save your breath nnh
get ou' | don't want to talk any more
TO ar ~ YOU
- my dear child
-S' 'hHt' I'm no dear child: I'm
4 w0r m this place Is mine. even
~ Il re shack. You g.r right out
o h' 'he whole KIT an cahoodle OF K,
you
81. vas the FIRST 10 slide forth
thrO. The half-open door glad F.
enou 20 escape into the cool night l
air. Ice burning rs though on fire. /
his "a y n tumuli Of emotion. lie .
had -ense Of hunor left. fms, m |
lid - feeling OF mortlHcation and |
regrC Src had been justly IndIg- |
mani he felt profoundly sorry for |
the r.-' he h.d played. by heavens! |
She rs some girl: no mere wlshy.
vast --eniure 10 be laughed at and
igno-, He'd like to tell her so. Per
hap would; there would be reno
tion a''"r awhile. when those fellows
werc a'l gone. Her burs, Of anger
woult lie away and she would shed |
tear = mortihcation. II would be |
a nc. hing then II he could 20 back |
thero nII alone and comfort her; ex- |
plain '0w II happened and show her (
how possible II was for him to ,
MARI
IL could see the men plainly I
enou-n. outlined in the light. as they .
desr. n1rd the steps one by one and /
then faded away In the darkness 4
The we're dlsconsolate. dIscomfted I
bunrh. With dOwucnst faces and silent I
lips, The preacher and Mccarthy cnme
last. III" former sim tnIking. his voice
implor'ng. but evidently 10 no purpose.
for something behind kept Impeillng .
him forward and even while he chung
IN The step for one final effort the door
sla mined IN his 'ace and Shelby heard
the sharp snap OF a lock.
Well, m be d-dr- CALCULATED
Mac. his temper utterly giving way.
~ she nInt a Wildcat Lord. but I'd
sure pity the felIer who did marry
trr Come on old buck. there is no
usr stayin' here. l wonder where
Shelby went7"
oh fav n I ha Dt,g
fH'o Gap J. z. burst out. forgetting I
his clerical role In sudden express ,
sion OF feeling. Whatever caused the
fool to butt In?"
oh. he didn't Intend nu'hin'. Tom |
mint that kind He just drif,ed long ,
ter see the fun, Yer can't blame him
'cause the gurl took shine his way"
The two disappeared. their voices
sim grumbiinG, and Shelby got to his 1
feet and moved along the edge OF the
tent to where he could view the shack /
herter. Through the window on that 4
side an unobstructed blaze Of light /
cured forth. but even as he stood |
starring AZ II the girl appeared fully |
reyeaIed In the glare and drew down |
the curtain. He saw her clearly, like |
picture In a frame. one round arm |
upliffed to grasp the shade. He drew
q quick breath. almost Of astonish. !
ment. conscious Of the rspid beating |
OF his heart. BY heaven. she was
actually pretty He had never Thought |
that before: but then. In that ruddy |
light. the strange impression took pos
session. as something entirely new.
And II served TO strengthen his pur-
pose. He would not play the part Of
a coward: he would so In and ex-
plain: be would make her understand
exactly how matters were with him
and Why he acted as he had.
Yet this was accomplished hesitaf. |
ingiy and In doubt He was at the
door twice before he found sufYicieni
courage 10 knock lightly. There was
no response and he used his knuckles
n trina 10udpf infens sQlv ron scfnus NJ |