Gunnison news-champion., 1924-01-04
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sh" r,,I~acI r. agnn a, one does
unpleasant matters '..sard Ia" Weury
end NJ day uN.. size Was pusslus
eAstaurI ,h.ru.. .r humid heat SHE
saw again A'r u-rlrr 10 her .raduu
fading seated d,uur" and wlsffu'-
faced. old H-hmnrI us ros" g-ru
MUM. ii, rh" -oatn window Of back
tcu"rgrnr nhu,t. the rlu''-rcd. sur,l.d
part.tlUurd uEau..ss between two
blocks. Ii creature reared Ia more pro
tectcd wuys, and Incapable Of self de
fens" nEu.nS her circumstances as u
pigeon In net She had been gone
Tor nearly year now struggling no
more win M" biological problem as
We uiGht call .t offered by hostile
city M" to 4 delicate and perhaps
over refined woman Mary Mnnches-
ter herself vas Ike her. IL was said
ns she recalled with more depression
Il wus mol an especially hopeful
situation she admitted, from any
angie Why She should remain In IT
At all WAS not clear to her. now that
. sudden possible jar IN her daily
routin" had resulted in her asking
her~"lr the question Why should she
tonight. exhausted. be going home To
prepare I'll" evening meal In that
dingy place, for that man-nO relative
or hers-thRt InInlcnr, good-lonklng
scnmp, rs "n" would say In the ian.
suaEe OF the eighties. who had mar
Ned her young widowed mother, and
whose only present tie to her was
through the painful downward process
OF indolence and s,lf-lndulgeuce and
tdlen"ss, AMI iatterly much worse.
which had converted the dandy Of the
earlier time 10 the dissipated old
drunken ruin Of back street of To-
day
Home she thought hi'Irrly-was
there anything to be called home but
dead memories In that place which
she was now entering at the beginning
OF another weary uightI Not one. she
thought-and then "A warmth Of feel
Ing and a light Of anticipation in her
eyes contradlctrd her There s,lll was
at least Rags.
A dog. OF course. has always been
the poor mans proverbinl eNtrava-
Ennce.
She passed cNhaustcdly up the
stairs Of the Old "wnlk-up" Hat house.
so-calIed to their four small rooms In
the rear, slipped In the key and
passed into the stuflincss Of the small
place. crowded to distraction with the
long.kept furniture of larger rooms
The opposite Of what she had hoped
was true. The man was there: the
dog was gone.
where is he3" she demanded. wor.
ried as always by the chance OF his
escaping into city streets.
-Whcre-whatT" he returned hazily
Rags" she said. her face thinner
and wesrIer ms she watched him.
I've sold him" he said. straighfen.
ing up with dlgnIty-the derby mean.
while going to the hoor.
"And now" she said. standing mo
honless before him, you are drinking
Up the price Of him"
..Tha's right" he said to her. be
disagreenbie! Tha's right-be dis
agreeable" he said. moving his right
hand with weary oratorical effect.
After all I've done for your
The girl went out into the small
Kitchen. In her black dress. to as.
senble but not to cook the evening
meal
whatever this may be-" she said
her mind Of course always upon the
odd and challenging avenue Of escape
which she was about to hear of. Tin
through here. absolutely through"
And she passed out and closed for
khe last time-though naturally she
diA not herself expect quite that-ths
door Of the place. that stu6y ware