Gunnison news-champion., 1923-05-11

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r..r r.m u.r- ts- -.ls o; knowing
r.- ra-.= lady .a- .- thai business
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n.- a.rt m.r.r- De ug,-n.-d the
rIrrrr arI aar..f directly Hrru>s TO
81 Sc Is-a-.aa. s-rrraz her slEh .
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i.sEre.-. TO zraat favor irlaT- |
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i-sr'rr wurs uGrl The um.a~ 20. fa. Day
rs s-lH"l7 WGrl calm rrr-rjur he
aa7.frI her reply E.-au"r heard his
request with surprise and looked At
'.u r'n=.|E. trying 90 see II there was
aHrrEaE more taaH business IN this
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q ara nmt ln the haHIr NJ extending
us uG.r h.a-, .nru the evening
Tile .n-arr was neither what lie
D.. .-r. lrr rHr rar l, feared Eleanor
r-.rr an.1s I.rs .' aa- rhai she con
-,a'rI q. -rrE-u rn tho Office. that eve
r.n- &-rarr t.E she tnus huE ID had
.ar 20 De. regular Thing for her to
.. nr a.ra Mr. Ha.r..ur GEfrs week.
n~r.-r.r- rr ras office fnr al evenings
ru-. .a bile r--rG
The ... Vac rut rIr sp"ut In dlria-
taco N..s .hrrr,-rrs points came up
go be-. die. I--.-l Dt ..ar-. when they
sray,-l larr Mr. Ea.a.m- could not al
Inw her To- Em hrmr aIuu". one eve
u.uz they -rnTrrl work earlier than
a-uaI EI,auuT dlI not know that he
Ind $40 planned .' Wien they reached
ra. apartment. Mr EaIrum~ said:
"I' is tun la'~ {" - 10 the thcal"r
n..H ru., early o. ~ home IhIuE you
WlII hHv" 90 rr kind and Invite the tg
,pfnr 100 Mss DsusFpu
81" could not refuse. 80 fur the first
Kim" %" gray and rus" nest vas In
Nuard by man. That night Eleanor
Sat luu- lu the Euy cushioned chair
thinking back over the days TO that
first time when Bruce Ealcome hac
walked Into her Office and into hsr
llf. She could not rrTnember when
she had rumm-ug"d 10 think II him q,
other thnn uu" II tue many customers
whU HeHt .n and out o, her Office How
had sh" Jet down tn" bars that sepa
rated her huslusss and her hVfne Me-
A t"W nights later she found box
Of FUSES at her door BuryiuE her fac.
In their slvsetns-ss. she -pl-I note
My Dear Miss Drn.luw-I am going
home tumnrruw
Sh" read no further. Going home
going h"iu---a l,h0ui word" She
clonrh"ii ~" note tightly In her hand
Then Do" dgsss not care. And thought
i thought" 50" dropped her head
ON the table. her feeling. too deep FOR
tears. Was It trucl Had she read It
rEAlf Slowly she raised her head
dr"aIimg. yet longing, to see the word,
again. Her fingers lUOsrusJ on the
u"'. N,.s. but there was more. Per
huUs d" explained. She glanced along
To" lines.
Your assistance has meant much Il
me, .nd I shall miss our evenings to
r"tbrr. Ny hope is that you, too. wIli
miss them. and that your evenings will
b. so lonely you viii hc ready TO give
than you did at our first meeting.
look forward To spending next Satu-
day evening with you. and shall no,
come Ju dictate, but n your smile 1i
welcome Invites. 20 ask Tor something
Iours always. BRUCE BALCOME.r
Yours" lie had UNDERLINED II. HAD
the!r cUnpuuInn~hip meant rs much
to him as II had to her? She would
know soon. but how couId she walt.
II was waiting time nllpd With glow
ing hopes She walked home AT uIsh,
rs In dream. cooked her dinner In y
dream, and as she sat down to Il pie
tur"d % biue-eyrh companion opposite
Saturday came at last, uud even the
room Itself seemed to wear an air Of
expectancy. The pink ruscbuds which
showed their blUShes against the soft
gruy of the vase must have been re
sITunsible for the rose flush Oh the fac-
OF the rooms occupant. flush which
deepened as steps sounded outside ant
firm hand knocked at the door She
could not move to open il. Anothe'
knock, then n voice. Eleanor" and
as she drew the door back, the dream
figure that had been tenanting he,
room vanished as Bruce Balcome stood
before her. question in his eyes
Eleanor, hope you have been lone
ly this past week, as horribly lonely a,
| have been"
Her eyes spoke for her as they
looked into his. and he drew her to
him closely.
Dearest. do you know what
frigidly cold greeting you gave me
when | first met you. As punish
ment ! am going TO compel you to
lifetime Of greetings Of this kind.
and he lifted her face 10 his In n greet,
ing such as only lovers know.
Two months later Eleanor stood In