Gunnison news-champion., 1922-01-06

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m"u-r.. ss..f l.- rrr- .n,a,,l m.d
red -.. ,.. .,s r r"r.." Nan-.rg "nr a-
he Iu.r.-..' .ar. ,u r,,. II-h station i,r.r
forru a~ Pee -as 'itr.o ,f-8Esrr '. 90.
m" I"r -.-ar dvnu o." o.ut"r 81 thar
dog, E--.- .,r.F u.Iug r l- urrurilc
ly n- Or % naI been drawn by -,rH,
murh"a.l'. a, a-lII.mlu. WIS o live
mnrslu- -U black hal' from NhIr"
half
va~ just mixing swallow ~ hur
ch"""'a'.. e h"r Oh" dog uufrur"d. and
II urarrs ,ErHsf m" I.urLIB ! -r'
III" ssuIi..s, down '..f"rr I s1w 'H,
h"r-.- -rr--N"Ir.r. r.hraH",l -.v
pony a.sE.lrs-.I auI rrUII,rg urG -.arG.a.
hirrh.l O." % zrHa,.l v",alru rail Iu
fr"ui vE .Ho~ ", 'hr tImhlr-lpar
shHck- 'I'.,-auld" /. o >"-r ..- ~ n'r..
tic word a- tho dictionaries d-urr n
aud i' uas Dr apply 10 almost urv
h"nSt ruartIns- out ~ the ordinary
But The h'r.z" Wus gaping ~ fell Das-
fly Within ANY "r an NJ ln" drauI',uus
it wTs % true -'rHirn" white pul urir
Eorr'l lm Ernf.z1ur pat, huG- unu'-
iaLuIl. 'ra-haH II purl>r In r.r
us" az Eb-- mother tongue 'lEv Cuu-rr
P-rcy C-- "NumpIr Ul=Iurl 'r ,srU .'
So
Before l could rush l-c- to a.
rtewa rrl-~ -cutry.no1 In the yrsrlbulr %,
the ""r OUR train was chasing aIun.
again.
Hey ,'' shouted; what's the nam,
Of thar piu"" where We stopped to wa
ter II" cnzincT'
| "AtrDEIia-"
! Death sleep" translated with a
grin 1t fits all the way down to tn.
ground What are the Industries OF
Atr"pIu -
Il don't get YOU"
Excuse me; I'll try 10 put IL Ip
simpler form. Why Is Atropia:r
lie appeared to have reached the
conclusion that | was an escaped luna
fic. safe enough, most probably Q
harmless one lie looked drst At tn. liz
tie c"l"Ted slip sticking In my har-bund
and then consulted notebook drawn
from his pocket
Hin . ticketed TO Angels" he mut.
tered hslf to himself. And then to n.
"Was you eNpectin' to have friends
meet you at Angels7"
This was too much and anxious a,
was I" md out something more about
Atr"pia. relt 1t an imperative duty
fool-iike--to do my small part toward
entiE.uing rather sad world. So I
said soIrmnly:
shall be met by a parade OF the
Angels fire department. in uniform.
ana with the apparatus, headed by a
brass band. But this is Irrelevant To
the present burning question. What I
am thirStins 10 know is why there
should be dog with n face half
white and half black standing on the
Atropis station platform, and a pie
bald pony hitched TO the horse-rac
on the Atr"pia public square"
That finished him.
Say. young telier, you've got 'em
bad. he commented. But thatu be
ali right Just you wait till we get to
Angels, and then you can find out all
these funny things you're so dead anx-
fouS to know"
Hold on a minute" l interposed as
he was trying to escape 'AtropIa
hasn't always been as dead as IL Is
now. has III What was its name when
IL was alive and able to sit UP and take
nourishment?"
III Huh;' he queriei; and then: '-oh.
! get YOU. now; 1, used to be called
Placeryille."
hank you: that helps Now how
much farther is Ii to Angels?-
Bout twenty miles"
'.Au right. And when will there he
. train coming back to this Atropia
place.
way-frelght - tomorruh mornin'-
eight-thirty out o. Angels
Good Now II those fire people and
the brass band don't miss me"
couldn't resist the temptation to give
him a final shot. and Ii hit the bulrs-
eye As he edged away could see by
his expression that he still thought me
crazy