The daily morning Alaskan., 1903-11-08
IA WHISPERING
 ROMANCE
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mans attentions, a lot more when be declared himself and a perfect ava- ! lanche of distress when Isabel declared that she would marry him willy nIlly. The truth is that Mr. and Mrs. Reese
 wanted their daughter to marry to suit them instead of herself.
 'Tu take you to the sources of tho Nile" said Mir. Reese. of it is necessa- ry to get you away from this whipper. snapper"
 Now. Dexter sherman was no whip persnapper. If be had been, he might have been easily discouraged, thus avoiding the necessity of taking Isabel abroad. When he learned from her that the Reese family were preparing to sail for Europe. be made his own preparations to do likewise. Isabel gave him a clew to their route, and he followed in thr next steamer But the foxy papa had puposely given his daughter route to misiead her lover intending to change it as soon as they reached foreign shores. When Shor man supposed they were at Nice, they were at Dresden. When he supposed they were at St Petersburg. they were i'm Paris. However. he had taken the precaution to give Isabel certain ad- ! dresses where he could Toe found with instructions to mail him duplicate or duplicate letters. as the ease might re. Qulre. and it was not long before one Of these mlssives Informed him that Che Reese party were u Florence. Italy.
 He knew that the parents would keep e sharp watch over their daughter and ! not permit her to stay away from them I0ng enough for any one to communi- cate with her secretly Isabel had warned him not Co write her. as she was not permitted To receive letters that had not been inspected AM he could do was to take mp his abode in ! Florence and wait am opportunity The first time he caught sight of Che 1 Reeses was tn one of the galleries Of ! pictures and stauary with which Flor ence ab0unds He came upon the par ! ty SO suddenly that he had only tune ! to change his direction. dart down side corridor and out of the building ! Luckily he was not discovered by the parents. nor did Isabel see him Then be came upon them stro.lIng by the river Arno but this time they were sufficiently distant to enable him to beat am easy retreat After these two meetings h5 began to fear that he would surely run against them with out am opportunity Co escape 1T he did, tIe daughter would be taken away and watched so carefully that she might not be able to give a new ad- dress
 One morning he concluded Go watch their hotel, observe when they went out sightseeing and follow them with . the hope of communicating with Isabel He saw them get into a cab and drive to the railway station. taking a train southward. He boarded the train and when they got out at Pisa he got out himself He shad0wod them uII they went Into a large building and up into great dome. He stood on one sidr of the dome while they stood on th, other Presently the father and moth ! CT strolled to a little distance and were looking down over the railing the daughter was leaning against the wall Suddenly sue heard her name spoken softly.
 "IsabeIr'
 They were in one of those whisper ing galleries" which are peculiar to domes. It did not require much time for Isabel to recover from her first start and come to the conclusion that l. it was her lover who spoke.
 Dexter
 How can We elude your parents and secure an interviewf
 Impossible. There is no time We are to go to London tomorrow l win write you-vheres oh dear what shall we do? Ihave it. Go every day next week to St. paurs In the dome there We can whisper as we do here. Papa is coming
 This ended the interview sherman went to London and for a week hung about st. Paurs. On the last day he saw the Beeses coming and began the ascent to the dome Half am hour later he saw Isabel in the gallery alone but fearing that her parents were near by stood of and placing his lips near thc
 wall, called to her:
 Isabel, l am here'
 Papa and mamma are below sha replied. "They were too tired to climb up. ! Insisted on coming You can safely join me-
 Sherman made his way around Che gallery and in a few moments was be
 side his beloved. The presence of oth- CT visitors kept him from yielding to 8 lovers transport but in the great dome far from the ground he persuaded lsa- bel to leave her parents and cling to him. MT and Mrs. Reese were vaitn. for them below. bu5 Sherman hri1ei on attendant to show him a way ou. of the building by which they would no, be noticed As soon as they reached the street they took u cab. went iU .h ! American embassy and were married.
 There is no record of how long Nlr and Mrs. Reese waited for their dlu-h ter or what means they took to find
 her. It is well known. however. that
 when they returned to their room a. thofr hotel fhav foruH 1Tr nu1 Mrs