Gunnison news-champion., 1922-04-21

-No- { yol ~ coSu uEf- u- car
sorr of tan Il 0urT- b--sed
Its 10 ne. ukztsver.- she olbJsci-
I'd: ue.srthei=ss, she did SIT down and
Ie, rrs>sir b-ssde her.
- know Just h1E distressed 20
must BE- ! began. and p-riaaYz / ca
lift q bit o: the load from your shouI
1e-S There all BE- 10 legal sssfs
IaEeu against y0ar-aszlnsr Clzrles
Buu~rtoa--
Thank you.~ she said JUST rs shorr
Is that
And hat lsu't all went on AT
er We Est into the ore and have sorBs
real money % show for r. I'm rolns
70 make over 4 share I1 the CIuuabaF
70 your father and PAT him In = POI
t'ol 10 80 the right thln= by you when
you marry. And Asu do Il 4. you know
bell DO it
How kind - she murTuured. !ook
Ing straight oui In froai Of her.
1T isn't kindness. is hare gnstio.
Between you, yOu two have saved ny
legacy for me-
i Wish. DOW. Il hata't been saved ?
she exclaimed. as vindicty,ly as you
please
Truly. ! fhoaEhi. the ways oS women
are past hBdiug out, OF a. least the
way Of a maid with man is.
Cant say anything AZ all without
putting my foot into itF ! asked In
despair. You break a mans hack
Nth q load u Obligation 0ue day. ard
toss him lightly oct o. your young life
th. usrI, haven't done anythinx 70
earn yOlE-to earn tie back Of year
hand Jezulc; or II have I don't
know ~ hat 10 Is"
VOC Euve committed the unpart;on-
able SIN she accused coClly I don I
vrndcr that Miss RandI- took your
ring Of
wasn't going 70 let the talk shift
20 Ls@i'e; not n I knew It. and COG. :
help IL
What Is the uupardonable sinT' /
asked.
To mlsunderraDt 10 think a per.
s0u capable Of a thing when perSou
Is not. to-Jnst take It for granted
that 8 person ls guIlty-0h---with =
little stamp of her foot can't bear
10 talk about III"
guess It's part of = mans equip
mcut 20 BE- dense and sort uf stupid
Ia his dealings with women, | mean.
Slowly, 50 slowly that I thought TIE
catch wogld never snap. and hold. my
fool mind crept back along the line,
searching hlIndly for the point at
which al this fsry Indignation toward
me bad begun; back and s'Ili back 20
that moment Of our GylIvsrunce-
pltdy's and mlne-Ht the shafih0u~s
door. with This dear girl unfwisiIns her
aims from her fhther's neck. and wffl
me saying. I'm not hurt, either We
come home. Miss Twombly--oT sllould
say. Mrs BEilertnn1"
"JeanIe 2" caspcd: "do you mean
that you're Dat going 20 marry Charles
BuIlertonf- that Jon never meant tor
"Of course, I'm n"tI' she r.t0-red.
Sith a S. wage little out-thrrlst ~ the
adorable chin. "Eut you Thought 50
small 81 the that you simply took II
for rrpntedr
I waEEed my head In deepest hu.
mIlIty.
Tn as the duS, under your pretty
feet. Jeuuie. please don't trampie ne
too hard. Bullerton-that is-er-we
had 4 scrap the next morning sitter
you went away. you know, and !.
well he rather 20, the worst os II.
~
trying 10 make him tell us where YOU
were-even your father thought you'd
gone OF with hlm--he said you'd
planned TO 90 with him 10 get mar
ri.d. but that you had failed to show
up AT Atropia In time for the trnin-
-FJa told lie. because that Is rhe
way he Is made and he couldn't help
H." she said simply SIN as cool as
Q cucumber. .He said we were going
20 Angels 10 get married. and IL
didn't say we weren't: jus, let him
talk and didn't say anything at all.-
Wont You tell me a bit moreT' I
begged
You don't deserve II the least lit
tie bit but viii. II began with the
deed: your deed to the mine. one
day. when yon we're over at the shaft
house, and had left your coat here In
the cabin. saw him take the deed
from your pocket when he didn't know
I was looking. He read II and put II
back quickly when he heard me stir
ring in the other room. knew II
hadn't been recorded: you and Daddy
had both spoken Of that. felt sure
he'd take II again. and perhaps de-
stroy II. At first. thought I'd tell
you or Daddy. or both Of you. But
knew that would mean trouble"
I'VE were never very far from The
fighting edge In those days" ! admit
ted Fullerton had shown me the
gun ne ALWAYS carried under his arm.
and had told me what to expect in
case I were foolish enough to lose my
temper
'T know" she nodded He killed
a man once: II was when was q