Gunnison news-champion., 1924-04-04

Margaret rose 81 once 10 bsr feet.
I am n shocking hostess" she DE-
rlaref Hedges brought the things
IN twenty minutes ago
She took up the silver receptacle.
sSr"k Il Vigorously and nlIed three
glasses SIR Timothy accepted his and
bow ~ 10 them both
Ny hest wishes o." said Real
,. when one cones 20 fhIuk of Il.
however much o. may - against my
.nrllnaflmns sr1rr"ly SEQ h0w shall
hr ahls 'n withhold my consent I
believe 'lr' guu both har. az heart
The fair fDr t1masrlr.rr This il'tIs
picture ant the Thought ~ your ts,s-
a-'r'" dinner almost touches m.
Don't make fln q Us father
Margaret begged Tell Ms where you
ar" s"Irr In OIL that suIsrdor7r
Sir Timothy shrugged hfs sl0uld-rs
- month pr =" ago" he explained.
= was chosen 70 lntur' s-l0u or
royalty into the urdarsfanGins o.,
Fighting ns lr Is INDUCED n ut the Na-
tl0nai sporting club This I SIrpossa.
ls my rraart-hu Invitation 10 srms-
thing On the nafUf" - a srats fluns-.
Ehlrh. 70 tell you the truth. hRi Tor
gotten until my secretary rnfnt-d 4
out to 10" rhls af'"ru""n have
grave fears ~ being bored u- " rnls.
behaving mysalt have. as L.d.am
here knows. distressing habit ~
,rU'hfulueEs. especially tn new &C
qunIntnnres However. Ne mus, hope
'pr th" best Pythe-hy". L"dsam. In
case you should have forgotten. have
spoken 10 Hedges about the 20
Cliru0t"
shall We s"e you here latsry' Mar
gHret asked after Francis had mur
INJURED his thanks
u shall probably return direct to
Hatch End" Sir Timothy replied
There are various little matters down
there which nre Interesting me Just
noH-pFcparstIons for my pHrty An
reyoir' A delicious cocktail. hut am
Inclined to resent the AngusturR."
He slHntered out. after glance at
the clock They heard his footsteps
a. he descended the stairs.
'-Trll me, What manner ot a man Is
your fntherT' Francis asked impul
sively.
4 ain his daughter and ! do not
know" Margaret answered. Before
he came, | was going to speak to you
Of strange Misunderstanding which
has existed between Us and which has
i,Ist been removed, Now have
fancy to leave Il until Inter. You will
not mlndT"
When you choose" Francis assent
cd. Nothing will make any differ
"nCe. We are past the days when ia
theirs count seriously In the things
that exist between two people like
you and me. who have felt life What
ever your father may be, whatever he
mny turn out TO he, you are the WON
an loye-you are the woman who IS
going TO be my wife"
She leaned towards him for = mo-
ment.
You have an amazing gift" she
whispered, "of saying Just the Thing
one loves TO hear in the way that con
yinces"
Dinner vas served to them in the
smaller OF the two dining rooms. an
exquisite meal, made more wonderful
stIll by the wine. which Hedges him
self dispensed with Jealous care. The
presence OF servants, with It's restrain.
ing influence upon conversation. was
not altogether unweicome to Francis.
He and Margaret had had SO little op-
portunity for general conversation
that to discuss other than personal
subjects In this pleasant, lcisurely
way had its charm. They spoke of
music. OF which she knew far more
than he: OF foreign travel. where they
met on common ground, for each had
only the tourists knowledge OF Eu-
rope. and each was anxious for more
individual acquaintance with IT, She
had tastes In books which delighted
him. a knowledge of games which
promised n common resource. II was
only whilst they were talking that h.
realized with n shock how Young she
was. how few the years that lay he.
tween her serene school days and the
tempestuous years Of her married life
Her school days in Naples were musI
rednlent Of delightful memories She
hruke OF once or twice into the Ian
-uaee, and ne listened wiiA delight la
her soft accent Finally the time
-ume when dessert was SET upon the
table
Il have ordered coffee up In the 1T.
tie sittine-ronn again she said. lit
tie sh,iy. do you mind. or would
you rather have I, here?''
Il much prefer II there" he assured
her
They sat before an open win low.
looking out upon some elm trees In
the bouehs of which town smarrnv>
twittered. and with a background Of
roofs and chinueys ,inrcarct's ro!fe-.
was untasted. evpn n cigarette, hay
unlit by her s.,ie i.e was touc;.
OF the old horror her face. The
fingers which he tlr-sy into his were "a