The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-09-16

Miss Chllders' maid got Into the vic toria and. leaning back as if she hat been born in a victoria. rode to Mont view, where her mistress was expected
 "when win your mistress arriyeY' asked Mrs. Sanderson when the mait had made Miss Chllders' excuses.
 By the same train tomorrow ma'am."
 singular" muttered the lady, "thai she should have sent her maid ahead You can. go to Miss Chllders' rooms They arc the suit on the second hooI to the right"
 Later Miss Childcrs' maid noticed q gentleman In evening dress going down to dinner and during the evening while she was passing the time in the sewing room doing some mending, hC stumbled in.
 Pardon me" he said. q didn't know there was any one here"
 "You'rc cxcusablc, sir"
 "Are you Miss Childers' maidp
 q am. sir"
 "You have a very nice mistress, am told"
 "Passable, sir"
 "You're not very enthusiastic"
 "AIy mistress doesn't need a charac- ter from her maid
 'sTrue. Not every mistress could get a character from her mad"
 ''Thoy say a man is never a hero to his own valet"
 "Dld you get such sprIghtly repartee from Miss Childersy"
 "NI.ss Childers does not pride herself on repartee. She has matters of im- portance to interest her and keep her from ehahing her interiors"
 q trust she hasn't the keen edged tongue of her maid"
 "shc may need it. Thu told she's thinking of marriage"
 "Is she to get a fine fellowr
 q trust be will be above bandying words with her maid"
 ''That depends upon the maid. One as pretty and as bright as she who has come here before her mistress would tempt any man"
 The maid lowered her eyes.
 "what do you consider Miss Childers' best traitT
 "That she Is fully aware of her own faults"
 aIIow long do you think it will take her to become aware Of the faults of the man she Is Co marryV s Miss Chlldcrs will have the good sense to Ignore them. All people have faults. It Is thc duty of married cou' ples always Co GDd excuses for each other"
 "You mean that 1T her husband pass es time that would otherwise hang heavy ol L.5 hands chatting with her maid his wife win iud an excuse for him."
 aIf she Goes. he will not deserve such wife"
 ''Then if you were Miss Chllders be would no, I-re so"welL"
 'Ye ase discussing Miss Childers' not her uiaid "Iu tlls madcr lst us, consider the maid. You bllnb ms a gentleman, for chatting with you. a servant Sup pose Mss Childers were to become a pauper and go out to service. Would you expect me to recognize her for what she had bceuY
 That is di1e,-.t"
 "In what rtspectf'
 "Aliss Childers would be lady who had only recently become a servant"
 @How long would she need to be a servant before l.. recognition of her would be ineXcc ableF,
 Tt would never be lneXcusable.'
 every well. Suppose you were Miss ChIders and had only today become her maid" ...-
 The girl cast a quick glance ot him.
 Suppose" she said in reply "that you had only this afternoon become Mir Reginald Sanderson's coachman'- Good" he said "You being Miss Childers' maid and Mir. Sanderson's coachman, am free to tell you that this is a case of love at first sight" A long pause.
 "Would you, were you Miss Childers, consider 1t a proper thing to become your maidT -.' "And would you, being Mir. Sapder- son, demean yourself by becoming your coachmanT ss- -.'
 q wOuld-tO sec a woman unguard- cd who might be my wife"
 And what could be Miss Childers object" be asked, 'in becoming her own mald3
 "onco upon a time" continued tho man, "a princess was betrothed to a prince she had never seen. Desiring to observe him incog- she personated her own maid and went to visit the princess mother. The prince, poor fool, thinking to see his dancce when she was not masqueradlng-in fact to do the masquerading hlmself-droye his carriage to the station. where, 10 and behold, be found not her, but her maid. Disappointed at not meeting the mistress, be solaced himself by chatting with the maid and-lost bis heart" B
 Miss Chllders' maid looked up with
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