The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-09-10

this was rejected with fno scorn. ant
 as Edith moved awuy from the dcsl
 she remarked that on enlargement C,
 SO rowing would be indefinitely post
 Poned. Then. womanllke. she fed (,
 her room and spent the rest of the aft
 crnoon In tears.
 That evening she went to the boat
 landing alone and, selecting a light
 loaL set out for a solitary row. She
 padded about the lake for awhile
 thinking of the trips she and Ralph
 had enjoyed then with sudden de.
 termination started away from shore
 Bawn had told her that he had stuck
 on saud bar at Plum island. In the center of the lakc and around the point | from thc hotel Edith decided that she
 would look at the Plum island sand
 bar herself and make certain that there
 was absolutely no foundation for Bawn's tale.
 She found relief from her yexed feel ! ings in the exercise. and. setting her course for the island. she pulled lustl- ly. She did not realize what progress she was making till she found that the boat had Stoppcd-on the same bankl
 She reversed the oars. but the mo mcntum had carried the boat well on to the bank of mud. and her eTort was without result. She removed her shoes and stockings to get out and push. but preliminary sounding with the oar, an afterthought proved to her that Bawn's contention had been correct and that the mud was too deep and too soft for such a proceeding.
 Tue twilight faded Into si''-A, ond -'~rru ruC darkness came senso of ut ter dcsolation. Once a faron whistle told of the approach of the night train. but for the rest there were only the sound of the crickcts on the Island and the call of an owl somewhere on the mainland. She lald her head on a seat. and for a second tune that day she en- joyed a good cry.
 About 70 the moon rose. sllvering the lake and deepening by contrast tho gloom of the shore. Across tho lake she could hear the regular squeak of ours in their locks. and. straining her l eyes. she could just make out famil. | lar form. It was Bawn. and. like her l self he was alone.
 He was too far or to hear her cry. She raised an oar and roughly imitat- cd the Morse code. Bawn, amazed, the strokes. It sounded to him as if some one were trying to imi- tate the telegraph instrument It was his call, ''R B.-R. B.-R. B."
 Curiously be searched the water. Edith stood up. Her light dress, backed by the wooded island, caught his eye. He raised his oar. Down it came upon the gunwalo. He was send. Ing the call "Seventy-threeg Then he bent to his oars and with long. steady strokes forced the boat toward the is- land He approached cautiously and iid not strike the bar.
 "I am glad to see you realize now that I couldn't help getting home late" was bis greeting. EdIth's spirit was gone.
 'rake me out of thls horrible place Ralph" she said. "and forgive me for leing cross take it all back" There WIS - .raIse, ,-.n,steau'Inie HIS ,ack heaved as be tuggcd at the oars md soon she was in clear water. He ook her into his boat and, towing the ,ther. made hts way b0ck to the land ng. | What he said and her answer are not recorded. but the conversation may be imagined from their talk on the land nc. K "Just one kiss" he urged as she stepped out of the boat. ( 'No." she answered firmly, pushing ls she spoke. but some day you may have not one. but-seyenty-three" E