Gunnison news-champion., 1924-02-29

! HARM Nh 'L l'F 'hllt I4Fs !
/ sgrrn..- ought 20 riaus you for your
/ o. r.-r. ~ the inquest
/ SOME part "' % aa. TIE truth" he
/ r~-0 .rI
: surao.. sn.- size armIt'ed dry!y.
". tod j, very cle,rrly.
: lie lnarot her In tho -yss.
~N5 profession h,.ret me to be
: -n... % ..-,-- he s1ri As for the El-t
. "' ,s ....,nrr that was be,ween my
/ cots. r0.~ snI myself"
"'"4- r"u,I~nrrT' Sic rrreateh
A" r.rrr rally men who possess
sa.u rt.nss1
Il .lr- y"u nnI discover that for
yourself .oenr dny." he answered.
Tel ne your plans. Where are you
/ U,Irs7.
~ n" prr,rn' With my father In
Cury"u street"
with SIR Timothy BrastT"
So" as-.n'nd
You know him. she asked IntIrrr-
emily
Very slightly" Francis repllet We
talked together, some nights ago. al
, Sp'ns restaurant. ] am afraid that
dIh not make Il very favorable impres-
sion upon him gathered. too that
he ha, so'ucu hat eccentric tastes"
Il do not see a great deal Of my IA
ther." She said W. met. a few months
ago. FOR the Grs, time since my mar
riaGe. and things have been little
difficult b",~ren Us-Just at first. He
rally scarcely ever puts In an appear.
| ance al Curzon street. dare say you
| have heard that he makes hobby of
an amazin. country house which he
has down the river
The Walled House, h. ventured
She nodded
Il see you have heard OF It. All Lon
don, they tell me, gossips about the en-.
tertainments there"
Are they really so wonderfully" he
asked.
81 have never been TO one she re-
/ piled. AS n matter OF fact. have
! spen, scarcely any time In England
| since my marriage. Ny husband was
fond OF travelling"
Notwithstanding the warm spring
hIr he was conscious OF certain chilli.
ness Her level Indifferent tone
seemed to him almost abnormnlly cal.
| luuS 4 horrible realization flashed for
! moment In his brain. She was
! speaking OF the man whom she had
| killed,
Your father overheard remark OF
| mine" Francis told her IL was at
| Snro's with friend-Andrew wilmore.
| the noyelist-and 10 tell you the truth
We were speaking OF the shock e1.
! perlenccd when realized that ] had
been dsVoting every effort OF which
was capable to saving the life of
| shall we sny Crlmlnal7 Your father
heard me say. In rather nambnyant
; manner, perhaps. that in future de-
clared war against all crime and all
criminals"
She smiled very faIntly. smile
( which had in II no single element OF
/ Joy or humor.
II can quite understand my father
Intervening" she said. He poses as
being rather patron of artistically-
perpetrated crime. Sue Is his favorite
author, and | believe that he has eI-
ceedingly grim Ideas as 10 dueling and
hghtlng generally. He WAS in prison
ono. for SIX months at New Orleans
for killing man who insulted my
mother. Nothing in the world would
ever have convinced him that he had
not done perfectly legitimate thing"
Il am expecting TO find him quite an
interesting study. when know him
, better" Francis pronounced My
only fear is that he will count me an
unfrlendly person and refuse TO have
ANYTHING To do with me"
II am not at all sure" she said In
differently. that it would not be very
much better for you If he did"
Il cannot admit that" he answered,
smiling. 81 think that our paths In life
are too far apart FOR either of us to in
iuence the other. You don't share his
tastes. do you?"
moments silence.
We'll, boxing for one" he replied
They tell me that he Is the greatest
living patron Of the ring. both here
and in America"
Il have never been TO fight in my
llre." she confessed. II hope that |
never may"
Il can't 90 so far as that" he de,
clared. but boxing isn't altogether one
Of my hobbies. Can't we leave your
father and his tastes alone for the
present. I would rather talk about
ourselves. Tell me what you care
about most in life?"
Nothing" she answered listlessly
But that is only a phase" he per.
sisted. You have had terrible trials
|. know. and they must have affected
your outlook on life. but you are still
young. and while one Ii young life |,
always worth having"
} Il though, 50 once" she assensed
, Il don't now