Gunnison news-champion., 1923-01-05
(Continued from Pags Sixl
CHATTER ~


CHAPTER ~
Ars Ves hIiiusedS
he bell In the vashroau a -
md Of the car vas ringing vSsasafiy,
and someooe was reinforclng HI ring
Win Q Gentoeaan call for sPoessrl
poseaer
EAtsa s1Al1nsd sAae Z vas vesy CO
. hin bestA-alss sAas sAe naiA.
witch vas seanAing ssiil I'D hssn b
Cat DotSoaleas eoeditica foe ssns
time He threw sp tAs vin1sv en-.
enin - he appsseaated Dat 81 ~.
he out. found that be faced great
onbroken bank ot gilseeains white
0ow - high - The top e he car
ef this point and rising svea AieAss
ahead tss nsssoeA tAessfss. wAiis
he hAG..ahman-fos ~ voice ;eallias
- The porter Was hio-extraefed all
available informatioa from the neero.
Porter. where are wsr'
Between Facrso and aiDeaA
6nh.-
TER
.YessuA. yif-
That foolish snev stinr
-Yesuh: and aaov ssns osA
suhr
-But Aavsar vs IL psev SIN
sAeadr
-Oh, yessuh: ths psov's ahaid- We
still got Il: bot that's all. sub. II
ein't dois' much: it's bostsd...
Eh-whatr
Yessuh-busted! There was rishs
smarf q saids, aeroas ths tFack, end
the crew. usdafutnnda diaUsssd u
1uS TO 0ov hanh aod done
bucked night Into h. But they was
rock In this. sub: IVES layin right
Below hill: and that rsck Jus busted
that rotary IKE q Belgium shell hit Il.
Yessuh-pieces Of that rotary sssen-
tally scattered themselves in four di.
fsctioos besides backwards and To-.
wards. We aiAt done much travelln'
since then
Eaton no Longer paid attention.
~Snowed In and stopped since
four" The realization startled him
with the necessity Of taking II Into
account In his plans He Jerked him
self up In his berth and began pulling
his clothes down from the hooks; thea,
~ abruptly. he stopped dressing and
sat absorbed in thought. He had let
himself sink back against the pillows,
while he stared. unseeingly, at the
solid bank Of snow beside the car,
when the door Mt the farther end Of
the coach opened and Conductor Con-
merry entered. calling name.
Mr.. Hiil'.srdi Mr. Lawrence Hin.
wardi Telegram for Mr.. Hillwardr-
Eaton started At the nrst cali Of the
name: he sat w and faced about.
The conductor was opposite Section
Three: Eaton now waited tensely and
delayed until the conductor was past
then putting his head out Of his cur.
tains he hailed n the conductor was
going through the door.
"What namef Who b that tale
gram fOrf'
"Mr. Lawrence Hillward"
-Oh. thank you; then that's misc
Connery held hack. u thought yess
name was Eaton
"It u. Mr.. HilIward-Lawrsace
Hillward-is an associate Of mine who
expected 70 make this trip with me
but could not 50 should have tele-
grams or other communications ad-
dressed to him. Il there anything to
agnY'
"No. sir-train delivery"
Eaton drew his curtains close again
and ripped the envelope open but be-
fore reading the message be observed
with alarm that his pajnma Jacket
had opened across the chest. and .
small round scar. such Al that left BY
Q high-powered bullet penetrating,
was exposed. He gasped g1most au-
dibly. realizing thia and ciapped his
hand to his chest and buttoned his
Jacket The message-nine words
without signature-lay before him:
'sThicket knot youngster omniscienf
Issue foliage lecture tragic instiga.
uOn.''
II was some code which Eaton rec
ognized but could moi decipher at
once. The conductor was still stand
Ing In the aisle.
when did you get thisr' Eaton
asked. looking out
"Just now. That message came
through yesterday some time and was
Waiting for you at Elmons; when we
Eot them this morning they sent Il
on"
Il see; thanks" Eaton. assured that
II the conductor had seen anything he
suspected NO Significance In what be
saw. cioaed his curtains and buttoned
them carefully. The conductor moved
on. Eaton took Q small English Chi-
nese pocket dictionary from his vest
pocket and opened Il undse cover of
the blanket; counting nvs words nm
from ~thicket" he found "they": i've
down from "knot" gsve him aknew~ :
ak up from '.youngster" was ~you" /:
six down from .oEniscient" was