Gunnison news-champion., 1924-05-09

1r--.-f E- out for lnterfrr-nrs
La .'.as a-nfH shlr~ face md
pl..t.E1 o. .s sr,.n.,- ,-a llE,. the echo Of
his rrr ,..-..urt" aversion TO what
sac '. -- ..- Ihrl lie met Sir
In .r. ..- ... -..r- 'r. room an. Gr
rrr. ,-|.rrt N- g-or -- rnder no
'H- - Nae .. p, PROTEST OF inter
r~rr i... -.r is '.-rI md resumed
lls -..' Tf. ,r.' a-nr on. There
msr' .r .f silence Both
men s,-..a u-. 3 -DndItlou. The
SOUND n rc'r hoarsr breath Hg ~n,
easily I~ara asa.a-i Tie curtain Of
sps.ap.lI s..a.r For = time their
knives slaabri rH~ empty air. but
from lhr lr.r rar ,rd se"ta-d certain
The Las.saaar attacked Mildly I'll.
sdyrT-ary nall.-G h.s time. content
with avoiding The u.uri"rOls blows
strucs at A.u'. STRIVING aA the time to
steal underneath 'u- others guard
And then almost without waning Il
vas all over Jim was on his back
In a cruHgI~d heap. There was hyr-
rid stain upon bis coat. The other
man vas aure.nE by his side hate.
EiarluE out 0r hls eyes. guiding ell the
tim" the rising and 'uIung ~ his
knife There Has one more shri-k-
then ..,Lr- -urg the suuud Of The
y!C'nra hrr..aus Hs he rose slowly
from A,s y.a-,ly task Sir Timothy
4 L.
The curtain wen, down
'On deck. Il you please, ladies and
gentlemen" h. said calmly
No OF" stirred \ woman began TO
sob. A fat. .thy-looSinI man In
front Of Frances r,,.lrI over in a dead
faint Two other Of the guests near
had risen from their seats and were
shouting alu.rs-f5 usr lunatlrs Even
Francis was -uu-r.ous Of that tenn
porary Imprl-ouluon, u the body due
to his larcrnted nerves. Only the
clInsIns of Lady cynthia To his arm
kept him ICON rushing from the spot
You are flHi1" he wh!sp-r"!
hoars"ly
"Upstulrs- ulr." she faltered.
They rose TO their feet The sound
OF Sir Tmuihy's voice reached them
hs they assembled the stairs.
"On deck. everyone, II you please"
he insisted Refreshments ar" being
served there. Tier. are inqulsliIye
people wh" wutrh my launch and It
Is inHiEi-aa.e to remain here long"
Peopi" hurried out then ms though
their one desire was 10 escape from
the scene OF the tragedy Lady Gym
thia. still cllnElnE TO Francis arm. led
him to the furth"rmost corner Of the
launch. There wer. real tears in her
eyes, her breath was coming in little
sohs
"Oh. 1t was horrible" she cried.
Horrible, Mr.. Ledsam-I can't help
tt never want to speak 10 Sir Tim
othy again"
One final horror arrested for n mo-
mcnt the sound Of voices There was
n dull splash In tn" river Something
had been thrown overheard The or.
Chestrn began 10 play dance music.
Conversation suddenly hurs; out Ev-
eryone wuS hystcr!rRl A peer Of the
realm. rrd-cycI and shaking Tx. an
aspen leaf. was drinking champagne
out OF the bottle Everyone seemed to
be trying to outyIe the other In loud
conversation. In outrageous mirth.
Lady Isabel. with glass OF cham.
payne In her hand. leaned back toward
Francis.
We'll" she asked. how are you
feeling. SIR. Ledsam?"
AS though l had spent half an
hour in HI" he answered.
She screamed with laughter
Hear this man." she called out.
who VIII send any poor ragamufin to
the gallows II his fee Is large enough
or course she added. turning back
to him. u ought to remember you are
normal person. and toniSht's enter
tslnment was not for normal persons.
For myself | am grateful TO Sir Tim
othy. For few moments OF this
aching aftermath OF life. forgot"
Suddenly all the lights around the
launch famed out. the music stopped.
Sir Timothy came up on deck on
either side OF him was = man in ordi.
nary dinner clothes The babel of
voices ceased. Everyone was oppressed
by some vague likeness. A GREATNESS
silence ensued
ladies and gentlemen. Sir Tim
othy said, and once more the smile
upon his lips assumed Its mos, mock
Ing curve. let me introduce you TO the
two artists who have given Us tonight
such realistic performance, Signor
Giuseppe Ellto and Sisnor Carlos Mar
iini. / had the good fortune" he ~ent
on. ito witness this very marvellous
performance in a small music hall at
Palermo, and l was able to induce the
two actors TO pay us 4 visit over here.
Steward, these gentlemen will take Q
glass of champagne"
The two Sicilians raised their
glasses and bowed expectantly to the
little company. They received. how
ever. . much greater tribute to their
performance than the appliance which