Gunnison news-champion., 1924-03-28

J Of his wine
Your question.- ;le said. strikes
me as being little Ingenious. You
arr al the present moment suspecrins
me Of crimes beyond number You en-
.courag. Scotland Yard detectives .
make asses of themselves In my
stream Your myrmidons scramble
.onfo the top of my walls and try 70
lhribe my servants to disclose the unys
lteries Of my household You have nc.
'cep;ed 10 the fulles; extent my vc,uu>
I'eeret statement tha; ! am patron
lof crime You are. In. shorr-for-Ive
me II 1 help myself to a little more of
tais pare-engaked In q strenuous A.
tempt 20 bring me 10 JUSTICE
-Sune OF these things Affects your
laughter francis pointed out
Pardon me-" Sir Timothy objected
"Yor are a great and shining light of
the English law. People speak Of you
as future chancellor. How can you
contemplate an alliance with the wid-
ow OF one criminal and the daughter
Of anotherT-'
"hs to Margaret bein: Oliver Hii-
ditch's widow Francis replied. "you
were responsible for that. and 10 one
else He was your protese; you gave
your consent 70 the marriage. As TO
your being her father. that again Is
not MarSarct's fault. should marry
her II oliver Hiliitch hRd been three
times the villain lie was and II you
were the deril himself
Il am getting quite TO Ike you. SIR.
Ledsam.- Sir Timoihy declared. help
Ing himself 20 another piece uf toast
and commencing to butter IT. Mar
garei, what have sou TO say about all
thisf-
Il have nothing TO say" she an
swered. Francis + Sp.s King for the
] never dreamed that after what hav.
gone through ! should he able TO care
for any one again in this world | do
care. and am very happy about II.
All last night lny awake. making mp
my mind to run away. and this morn
ing ] actually booked my passage TO
Buenos Aires. Then we mei-jusi out.
side the steamship onice-ani knew
at once that was making a mistake.
] shall marry Francis exactly when he
wants me to-"
Sir Tlmorhy passed his glass towards
his proposed son-in-law.
Might one suggest" he begun
thank you very much. This. Is Of
course. very upseitsns 10 me. seem
to be set completely at defiance. I, is
very excellent wine. this, and Won
derful vintage"
Francis bent over Margaret.
Please finish your lunch. DEAR" he
begged. 1T Is perhaps just as well
that your father came. We shall know
exactly where we are"
"Just So" Sir Timothy agreed.
There was a queer constrained ST
Ience for several moments. Then Sir
Timothy leaned back In his chair and.
with word Of apology. III n cigarette.
Let u.s." he said. consider the stu
alton Margaret is my daughter. You
wish TO marry her. Margaret is Of age
and has been married before. She is
nj liberty, therefore. TO make her own
choice. You aeree with me so far?r'
Entirely" Francis assented
~ Neut bH.
that l dlsapprove Of her choice. She
desires to marry young man who be
longs 10 a profession which detest.
and whose efforts in life are directed
towards the determination of a class
for whom have every sympathy. To
me he represents the Snug as against
the human. the artificially moral rs
against the freerhinker. He Is also
my personal enemy. l. am therefore
naturally desirous that my daughter
should not marry this young man"
I'VE Will lei II go nj that" Francis
commented. but should like to point
out TO you that the antagon.sm be
tween us is In no way personal. Yon
have declared yourself for forces with
which I am at enmity. like any other
decent-living citizen. Your declaration
might at any time be amended"
Sir Timothy bowed.
The situation IL stated" he said. II
Will ask you this question as matter
OF form. Do you recognize my right to
forbid your mnrrige with my daughter.
Mr. Ledsamf"
y most certainly do not." was the
forcible reply.
Have I any rights AT all?" Sir Tim.
othy asked Margaret has lived under
my roof whenever II has suited her TO
do so. Since she has taken up her
residence at Curzon street she has
been her own mistress. her banking
account has known no limit whniso.
ever. ! may be a person OF evil lispo-
sltion. but have shown no nnkindness
to her.
III Is quite true.- Margaret admit
ted. turning little pale. .SInce I have
been alone. you have been kindness IL
self"
Then let me repeat my question" ("
Sir Timothy went on. have the right
to any consideration nj all?"
Yes" Francis replied. short Of
keeping us apart. you have the ordi.
nary rights Of parent"
Then | ask you to delay the an.