Gunnison news-champion., 1924-02-22

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yersatI0n In which vas much inter
",r..d "
Could you ind It conv"nIent," Fran
c,s asked with Icy ro'lren"ss. to r.
turn to your oRn table. -t"alth!Iy or
NOT. Us you rloDseT7
Tie new rulner showed no Signs OF
moving
In after years" he declared. YOU
vnu.l na 'h" rr-' Ia regret the fart II
IlI 49, Th.. is a m"mcu'nus meet
Lnz l' sl,,7, m" au nprnrfIuiry of sI-
i-s---.n- NY G""p =rat.ruI'. =" y"u. Mr.
I,aI-rru fur tho wonderful c,licHr-
rmr rrrI-r,sl ~ ~" inquest upon the
booty ~ m5 smn .nIaw. oliver HI
fl'sr." "
T-an~fs turned In hIs place and
f.,-.t -'raG.G nt this un-ouEhtror
c"mprlun. learning nothing however.
fr"u. the hnlfm"chIu= smile and I'm
p"r'Irhahlc oppression.
Your -mn-Iu.law -. he repeated. do
y"u moan tn SOY that you ar" the IA
rh"r "r-of oliver HIdrrh's Wife,
"WIdrw " tho other corrected gently
4 ave that honor You viii under
stand therefore. that feel myself on
rhl- ~" Hrs' opportunity. compelled to
tender my SINGER" thanks for evidence
80 chlyaIrousIy offered. 50 rawlessly
truthful"
FrHuri- was man accustomed 10
rlr.contrOl, but b. Cienchcd his hands
50 that his finger nails dug into his
G.sh. He was filled with an insane
and unreB s0ning resentment agains'
this man whose words were bling into
his conscience. Nevertheless. he kept
his tone level
Il do not desire your gratitude" he
said, nor. II you Will permit me to say
so your further acquaintance"
TIL. stranger shook his head regret
| fully
You sr" wrong" he protested. We
were bound, in any case, to know one
| another. Shall | tell you why7 You
hav, Just declared yourself anxious to
set your heel upon the criminals OF the
world. | have the distinction Of being
| perhaps the most famous patron o'
that mnllgned class now lIvine-aud
| my neck Is at you service"
You appear 10 me-" Francis said
| suavely. Ito be buffoon"
II might have been fancy. hut Fran.
els could have sworn that he saw the
| glitter nf sovereign maley0lsnce In
| the Others dark eyes. II so, II was
| but a passing weakness, for moment
later the hnlf gond,natured, half.cynl-
| cal smile was back again upon the
mans lips.
III 50, am at least a hufrOon OF
parts was the prompt rejoinder. Il
| Will. II you choose, prove myself"
| There was moments silence. VII
| more was leaning forward in his place,
| studying the newcomer earnestly. An
| impatient invective was somehow
J stIfich on Francis lips.
within "A few yards Of this place.
some time before the closing hour to.
| night" the Intruder continued. earnest
/ iy. yet with a curious absence OF any
| human quality In his hard tone, there
win be a disturbance. and probably
what you would call a crime will he
committed. VIII you use your veunt-
? ed gifts to hunt down the desperate
criminal and, In your own picturesque
phraseoiogy. set your heel upon his
neck? Success may bring you fame and
the tran may Iead-well. who knows
[ wherer'
Afterwards, both Francis and An
drew wilmore maryeled at themselves
unable at any time TO find any reason
able explanation of their conduct. for
they answered this man neither with
| ridirule, rudeness nor clyIlity. They
simply stared at him. impressed with
the convincing arrogance of his chal-
len-e and unable to ind words Of re-
ply. They received his mocking fare
well without any form Of reciprocation
or sign of resentment. They watched
him leave the room. a dignifed. dis
tinguIshed figure. sped on his way with
marks Of the deepest respect by wait
ers, maitres d'hotel. and even the man
ager himself. They behaved. indeed
rs they both admitted afterwards, like
couple of moonstruck idiots. When
he had finally disappeared. however
they looked al one another and the
spell was broken
We'll. I'm d-dr' Francis exclaimed
Soto. come here at once"
The manager FASTENED smilingly to
their table.
Soto" Francis invoked. tell us
lulckly-tell US the name Of the gen
,leman who has just gone out. and who
he is?''
Soto was amazed.
You don't know Sir Timothy Brast.
sir?" he exclaimed. why. he is sup,
posed to be one of the richest men in
the world. He spends money like wa
ter. They say that when he is in Eng
land his place down the river alone
costs thousand poRnds 8 week When
he gives party here. we can md
nothing good enough He Is our mos,
generous client"
''Sir Timothy Brast. Wiimore re
peated. Yes. n ard OF him"