Gunnison news-champion., 1922-08-25


Of the tribe to q deer-run In q strange
wood NInlan took his party to .
downtown cafe. thea popular amons
business and Newspaper men. The
place was below the sidewalk, was
reached BY \ dozen marble stsps, and
the odor Of its griddla-cakeo took the
air Of the street. Ninian made q
great show Of selecting q tabla
changed oace. called the waiter '-my
man" and rubbed soft hands % swhat
DO you sayi Shall >it be lobstsrr-
He ordered the dinner. instructing the
walter with painstaking grufhesa.
MOT that they can touch your coonL
Ing here. Miss Lulu be said, settlln{
himself to wait. and erumbling Q
crust.
Dwight. expanding = bit In the aura
Of the food. observed that Lulu vas
regular chef, that was what Luiu
waA He stili would not look q his
wife. who now remarked:
~6heK. Dwightie. Not chefL.-
This was q mean Advantage. whlch
10 pretended not to hsar-anothsP
mean advantage.
'lna." said Luis. "your hats jua {
iittie mite-no. over the other wsy.s
'was there anything to pssvsa4
your speaking Of that beforef" Ina
inquired acidly.
II started to and then somebody
always said something" saiH Lulu
humbly.
Nothing could % much a. caeul
Luiu's hour. she was proof asainst
any ahadow.
Say. bat you look trsmendous =.
night" Dwight observed TO her.
Understandins perfectly that this
WAS aid to tease his wife, Luiu ~
flushed with pleasure. She saw two
woBen watching. and she thcueAe:
They're feeling sorry for lna-ao-
body talking to her" She laughed
at everything that the men said. She
pessianately wanted to talk herself
How many folks keep going past"
she said, many times.
At length, having noted the details
Of all the clothes In range, lna's iso-
lation pallsd UPON her and she ~
herself 10 take Ninian's attention.
She therefore talked with him about
himself.
''Cunous you'vs never married.
Mn" she said.
"Don't say II like that" hs begged.
Il might yet"
Ina laughed enJoyably. sYes, you
mightI" she met this.
''She wants everybody to get mar
risd. but she wishes / hadn't"
Dwight threw In with exceeding ran
cor.
They developed this theme exhaus-
lively. Dwight usually speaking In the
third person and always with his
shoulder turned 4 bit from his wife.
II was inconceivabIe, the gusto with
which they proceeded. Ina had as
sumed for the purpose an air distrait.
casual. attentive to the scene about
them. But gradually her cheeks be-
gan to burn.
.She'1l cry Lulu thought in alarm.
and said at random: "Ina, that hat IL
50 pretty-ever so much prettier than
the old one" But Ina said frostily
that she never saw anything the mat
ter with the old one.
''Let US talk" said Ninian low. to
Lulu. "Then they'll simmer down.
He went on, In an undertone, about
nothing in particular. Lulu hardly
heard what he said. 1t was 10 pleasant
to have him talking to her in this
confidential fashion: and she was
pleasantly aware that his manner was
open to misinterpretation.
In the nick Of time the lobster was
served.
Dinner and fhe play--the show. a.
Ninian chilled 1t. This show was
peter Pam chosen by Ninlan be-
cause the seats cost the most Of those
at any theater. It was almost indie
cent to see how Dwight Herbert, the
immortal soul. had warmed and melt
ed at these contacts. BY the time
TINT NIL was over. and they were at
the hotel for supper, such was his
piensurable excitation that he was
once more playful. teasing, once more
the lrrepressible. Bat now his Ina
was to be won back. made 1t evident
thaf she was not one lightly to over
look. and a fine firinness sat upon the
little doubling chin.
They discussed the play. Not one
Of them had understood the story.
The dog-kennel part-wasn't that the
queerest thingf Nothing to do with
the rest Of the play.
Il was for the pirates. The one
with the hook--he was my STYLE" said
Dwight.
"well there 1t Is again,r Ina cried !
They didn't belong to the reai play,
either"
'>Oh. WELL" Ninian snid, '.they have
to pat In parts, l suppose. t. catch
everybody. Instead Of q song and
dance, they do that"
.And didn't unslerstand,r said Ina.
why they ali clspi,ed when the prin-
cpal character ran Aown front and
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