Gunnison news-champion., 1922-04-21

cases made and pervid-t-like he's
bo1nd 10 do-Tn scrzpe Up suaca o.
men and start EN- up hereaways TO
begin on the repaira Eox does all
thsr strike your
Sas 4 EHrrAn; for II
1T strikes ne fair In the empty
pocks;- NY good friend,- told him
Jus; al tlIis present mcmen;
cualdn'T finance one solitary. lonesome
esrpente--to say nothing OF q gang
u them. with half q co-en steam
filters and boIlerInzkers thrown In
Huh Workia' capital. you meant
Thzt's about the easiest thing this side
Cinnahar-vith no more water In II
than what can be pumped QUITO bsek
yoc- reckon your title TO the prop
erty's all right. alnr n!-
III Is: Lave 4 deed from o. grand
father SO much said. bus didn't
70 on 70 explain how the quick Wit Of
q girl who nox hated me had saved
thar deed from being e mere scrap Of
waste psper- Not that knew how
she had done it-but the tangible fact
was safely in my pocket
Fifteen minutes after this break
fas, table talk I was bidding Q tenn
porary good-by to the wreck on the
Cinnabar ledge. and was about TO take
the road TO Atropls with Beasley;
both Of us intent upon catching a way
freight 10 Angels. Daddy had lent me
ii. -. o. -.
except thri I bad 10 wai, tive days A.
my cousins in Copsh t--fore could
get The deed hack frcm The record
| er's Of.ize. They wire awfIily SLOW
zbeui it,
1T Isn't qui,e all" amended -Yos
haven't told me how you happened To-
come hack wt;S Beasiey ana bis
POSSE
'Thrt wHs Just q coincidence. I
reached Afrupia on the early morning
train and me; Mr.. Beasley and his
l men Just as they were starting Up the
mountain. Cousin Buddy Fuller had
told me how he had tslesruphed to
I Angels for Mr.. Beasley. and was
scared TO death. Of course because I
knew what II meant So borrowed
the Hsggcrtys pony and came along
I with the posse
There vas silence for little time I:
such silence as the claff.iiny amt
4 hammerin; ~ the carpenters and
I steam-iiiterS permitted. Then | said
( And when You got here the FIRST
\ thing dii pns to call you Mrs. Bul-
/ ierton'. | don't blame you for no, he
Z Ing able 10 forgive me. Jeanne. girl: :
! honestly 7 DON'T
1T WAS worse than crime she
ayerred s'leiunly: 1T was q biunder.
What made ypu DO Ity'
Partly because was jealous
Z fool; bot mostly because I was sor.
and sorry and disappointed. thought
{ Bullerton had beaten rre To it
No she said quite soher.y: ..it
Z was Miss Randie who beat you to Il"
! sasped. There were tremendous
/ possibilities In that cool answer of
hers: prodigicus possibilities.
4 But say" hurst out: Didn't
tell you that Lisette had pushed me
overheard long agoT'
/ Il know. She was sensible enough
20 see that you and she couldn't live
\ ON nothing year. But nog that you
are rich, or are going to lie I'm
sure you are not going 10 be less gen
eroUs than she was. What II she did
take your ring of In a moment Of dis
enlargement. and knowing that you
couldn't buy her hats. You can he
very sure she rTt 1t on again as soon
~ your back was turned"
There we were: no sooner over one
hurdle before another and 4 higher
one must jump up. groaned and
thrust my hands into my pockets. A
paper rustled and / drew II out. II
was the Telegram Buddy Fuller had
handed me. still unread I opened il
half absently. holding ii down so that
I the glow Of the nearest flare fell upon
the writing Then gave little yelp.
swallowed hard two or three times
and nearly choked doing il. and read
the thing again. After all of which
said. as calmly as l could:
But. in spite OF all that had told
you about Lisette. you asked me once
| to kiss you"
ISIS II quite nice Of you to re-
mind me Of lit" she inquired reproach-
fully.
1T wouldn't be-in ordinary cir
cumstances: IL would be beastly. But.
listen. Jeanie: haven't you been mad
clear through. sometimes. In reading
a story. to have 4 coincidence rung In
on you when you knew perfectly well
that the thing couldn't possibly have
happened 20 pat in the nick Of timer
Il suppose I have: yes"
-Well, don't ever let il disturb you
again. Because the real thing is q lot
more wonderful and unbelievable. you
know. Listen to this: it's wire from
my cousin, Percy: the one who sent
me out into the wide. wide world to
look for = girl. horse and dog. and
who Il the only human being outside
| of Colorado who knows where l am