Gunnison news-champion., 1924-05-09

lawyers n nv veins. francs de-
dared hut have read many a d.
vorce case in which think IL would
hav. been better and nner II the two
n..n had met as you and that man
nl-t--
i ~as born with the love Of hght-
'aE in my bones Sir Timothy went
N. In nj younger days. fought
IN eye~y small wsr IN the southern
hemisphere. fought. as you know.
In our 0wn war I have loved 20 see
msn ngh- honestly and fairly
1T Is q mans hobby" Francis pro
nounc-d
Il encouraged you deliberately to
think Sir Timothy vent on, what
half the world thlnks-;hAt my parties
q, the Walled House were mysteri-
Gus orgies of vice. They have. as 4
matter OF fact. never been anything OF
the sort III. tragedies which are
supposed TO have taken place on my
Iuunrh have been just as much mock
tragedies as last nights, only have
not previously chosen TO take the au-
dIences into my confidence. The great
est pugills,s In the world have fought
In my gymnasium, often, II you VIII,
under Illegal conditions. but there has
never been a fight that was not fair"
4 believe that" Francis said.
And there Is another matter for
which I take some blame" Sir Tim
othy went on. the matter OF Fairfax
and Victor Bidlake They we're mel
ther Of them young men for whose
loss the world is any the worse. Fair
fsN 10 some extent Imposed upon me.
He was brought to the Walled House
by a friend who should have known
better He sought my confidence The
story he told was exactly that OF the
mock drama upon the launch. Bidlako
had taken his wife. lie had no wish
TO appeal TO the courts. II. wished 10
sght, II point o' view with which I
entirely sympathlZed. arranged n
FIGHT between the two. Ridlake funked
II and never turned up. Ny advice to
Fairfax was. whenever he met Bldlake,
20 give him the soundest thrashing he
could That night at Soto's caught
sight Of Fairfax some time before
dinner He was talking to the woman
who had been his wife. and he had
evidently been drinking. He drew me
on onn side Tonight he told me I
an going to settle accounts with Bid
lake 'wh-ref I asked Here he
answered He went out to the theater.
] upstairs TO dine, That was the sX.
tent Of the knowledge possessed
which enabled me TO predict some un-
wonted happening that night. Fair
fax was q bedrugged and bedrunken
decadent who had not the courage
afierward to face what he had done
That Is ALL
The hand slipped from Francis
shoulder. Francis. with u smile. held
out his own They stood there for q
moment with clasped hands, queer.
detached moment. as II seemed to
francIh. In life which during the
las, few months had been full Of vivid
sensations From outside came the
lazy sounds OF the drowsy summer
morning-the distant humining OF .
moving machine. the drone OF q reaper
birds In the trees. even the soft lap
ping OF the stream against the stcne
steps The man whose hand he was
holding seemed TO Francis to have be-
come somehow transformed II was
as though he had dropped mask and
were showing more human. q more
kindly self Francis wondered no
1npv NJ latrInp af he
horses in the field.
you'll be good TO Margaret Sir
Timothy begged "She's had = wretched
time
Francis smiled confidently.
'Im going TO make up for It. sir"
he promised. And this South Ameri-
can trip" he continued. as they turned
toward the French wIndowa you'll
call that orr
Sir Timothy hesitated.
Il am not quite sure"
When they reached the garden. Lady
Cynthia was alone. She scarcely
glanced at Francis. Her eyes were
anxiously fixed upon his companion
Margaret has gone la to make the
cocktails herself" she explained. I'VE
have both sworn OF absinthe for the
rest Of our lives. and we know Hedges
can't be trusted to make one without"
"I1l 70 and help her." Francis de-
clared-
Lady Cynthia passed her arm
through Sir Timothy's.
II want to know about South Amer
ica." she begged. THE sight Of those
trunks worries me-"
Sir Timothy's casual reply was obvi-
eusly subterfuge. They crossed the
lawn and the rustic bridge. almost in
sfleace m saIna underneath fha ner.