The daily morning Alaskan., 1903-11-06
Confessiod
 Before Marriage
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-yes. You can't judge Of his mind Ia one meeting"
 Frankly. chen, ! don't Ike the loOh w his lctt eye
 "Oh. dear. Have you noticed thatr
 eYou appear Go have noticed it your eit~
 ~I have been worried to death about 
 -Has le explained it1'
 sr have not asked him Co do ao,"
 .lIy advice to you. Louise a to givo Mm am opportunity to explain. lf Dc doesn't ] would break the engagement, ! wouldn't marry a man who would kccp anything back.
 My resolution was taken. That very afternoon ] asked Paul.
 "Why do you wear monocle1 It ia SD fr.gh.fuuy English"
 ~Because. sweetheart consider h useless .o wear two glasses when ] can see as well with one
 I notice you always wear it before your right eye"
 Yes That is the better one ot tha two
 ! began to feel uncomfortable. He had admitted that one ot hls eyes was better chan che other He noticed some lining was troubling me. for ! saw him Io1a.u- ar nae iulurlnEly.
 -umt you think. said. that on .,e.ut a marriage .t Is the duty oi each ar t.e parties Go it Co explain ey, s.y l.r,.-. ua matter how triyial!
 h.. brow contracted slightly You mean r.t I should be blind in one ey.yor would break the engagementF' -Y.u vr.u- me- I0u.y wish for per f.r .rrfI.u.. ] don't want to hnd out anything at.er we are married
 -YmU Hrt. .- all Co and out he sa.I . -Hl uu-. Important mat tors chan defective eyesisht Nou may ful l-.lI lae. au imperious disposi- tH. a -.I reuutr. a grasp-ng nature- lularI ...- enough to make me Door husband t.r any woman.
 ~Tl.. .-a risk we au have tO take, and ~... wa rrs unconscious Of our own -.rr- tH.ra is u1 deccpuon In not c1.l.~>..- lcu But if for instance. wear .-.-. ..e.l or my foot is made or Wo.l-
 -I would Iavs you Just t1e same
 "It would te % tau.t for me not m confess .-- ! uar-.-ted
 n. ~l.U.. very plainly that had or.rI.fI.u He sat looking at me for af.N minutes. s.ovIns, then said.
 -N.-r v.'. Vlu make a confession wl... may ..u-. you Go break your .r-.uu- u... me But I win not u-... l.r in position Co be mhu- eu.-I In your decision. win write my ...l.--..u o1 a scrap ot paper and leave .-tr.. you Take plenty of rme to come t1 decision whether OF DO ron can Ir. with man with such a l.r.et .s uae. then write me-
 Going to my secretary. be took up a b.. 1f paper and pencil and wrote bis u.-sace. tleu without looking at me, hurried from the room. waited b-.a-ll.--.y uu ! heard the front door clos. after him. thrn sprang eagerly f1- Che paper Le had left on the desk. Great heavens. What a revelation!
 -I wear glass eye.'
 srrS down 0u the sofa limp aa a we. cloth. Never never, ! can never live with man with a glass eye. The r1--.I lre would stare at me the first lu- lu the morning and continue r- dreadful ocIe lr the last thing at night No. ls an over between us
 But what a misfortune. Poor Paul. How sensitive le is about it. I don't wonder .lat le ls so If it ls such a erHI. thing for me to look at how much more terrible it must be for him. E.~G- Le suffers au in losing me uatI IsrLer In losing him.
 I must le as gentle as a dove n breaking my decision to him. There is uo need 70 take time. My mind A ul.f..ur We must part forever
 ! r..s uu Che pen that be had ju1t laid Iawu-I kissed it as did so-then i.-.u .l write note which when ] read f- seemed very harsh. J wrote an other. then another and another tN ] Ind written lalt a dozen. each grow i1- u.r. tender. more loving The ast na- simply. ~Coue back and let me comfort you for ur-" This ! sent Co h.u Ho-.-as-e.
 When La came ! was alone in he room Co which he was ushered. ] looked for serious. melancholy eN- rr.--Iou but was astonished Co see a very mrrg oue He c.asped me ln hia arms s.s.n-
 -La.5.. pardon me it am little .. Just. a- was about Co read your t.-rr ..-. eye fel. ou che floor, and s a.. .-.rg uaars. glted ] spent some -...rl-u- for .-
 -N...I uud. Paul. dear. You win al- aly. I... u, tl luI it for you
 -I.r ---" le said taking OF his l......e -wu,a , hold it o8 there Fn llr as tat for my left eye in .tl.... Go uear-l- l-lteJuess has astig- 
 II. looked at me. both his eyes fairly fu.n- The tu-h rushed upon me. lI- glass eye was bis eyegiass.
 suppose tlar ,he Knowledge that .- . la had two natural eyes sI have made me iuexpressibly .... ,u .la contrary, lt made me a..ar--..Iy angry tore myself r... .......-r... and was fleeing from