The daily morning Alaskan., 1903-11-08
A LOVE GAME
LOrNnaL

! other. pOkIn- run, rllicullnE, apu>lhh ! In short doing everything but prals Ing. At times Tom and Bob will unite fo hammer me uumcrcu'ly then it ! win be Tom and ! against Bob or Bob | and ] against Tom. When Lydia first saw us together | she held her breath. expecting to see me land a blow plumb between Toms eyes. Then she expected Co see Tom pick up a poker and brain me. But when the process was repeated be- ! tween Tom and Rob sfe began Co Won- der what it an meant Finally she be- came fascinated with .r.
 "I'm going Co Cry 1t with Mae she said Co me.
 Better uol Women won't stand that sort of thing. ! said Co her.
 'Td Ibe ,o know why They can stand it just as well as men-that is, lf they want Co.,"
 That's i, exactly; they don't want to."
 .I shall explain 1t an to Mae; then wen login."
 "YouW lose your friend I tell you what you do. Begin with man. Spe- clalists going m for dangerous eN- pertinent first try .t ou a dog. ! will be your dog u this instance.
 "You don't soam to have very high opinion or yourseIf'
 Never mind that You wish to be on what I win cal, abusive terms with a very dear friend After you have proved Chat you cam stand such trclt- meut yourself 1t win be tme enough to try it 0n Mae When shall we be- ginT
 "Now."
 "yery well. now it is. We will play rubber of piu-poug. will treat you exactly as ! do Tom and Bob lf ! offend you during two games. you give up your attempt with Nae.'
 She accepted the terms and we went Go Che table. She served che ball. At Che first serve it struck the line be- tween the courts.
 "Get that slu.ut out Of your eye" ] remarked. and put tle ball iu the court"
 ! could see the blood mount to her cheek. but with sp8suodic effort she controlled herself and gave me the next bau properly. am very expert 5t piuguoue. when ] returned it Iaud- sd it .u her eye.
 ~You did that on purpose" she sa'd botry
 ~Of course ! did. and m do it again it you give me another such hIL That's suot your s.jeof the table stand on tbe other side"
 She Lar.eJ am angry glance at me-. Iut aetl1u-.t herself uui biting Gar lip. proceeded with tle game We had a number Of spirited returns. am. at last she missed the ball and it ra'ed under sofa. she waited for ua to get It. Since ] was playing wl,l a woman and it was only .u words that was to treat her as % man. gom- .ued But ] gave che u~u. -ruu..a, -If you can't do any better than -Aat rI. send a balloon al you.
 Again she bit her un bct said moth. .u- except Co eouut. making mistake.
 ~Fificen- love.
 .See lerp," ] s0.d laying my racket l1 che ub'c "Ir you can't win tle game by a fair count you'd better give .t up"
 "I meant I0ve-frteeu. you know very well did lou.re trying to age -rltatc ue. TU s-gatare you and see how you like
 She served tle bah r.eous'y. and it Tell clear of thc table,
 "There you-you lorai lln-
 That's fine rgulr..e. Nag'd make a good end man at 30 u.u-.re. show.
 By this ume her eye shoHo with sup pressed anger. and her cheeks were flaming. The game had only been bee gun. and considered .t m-.u.rous to pusl.ler too larI SD let her alone uII We stood forty jeuee chen began Uttle prodUu-. She had avery 'u-u- brious look ou her flcc partly from anger and pardy from Injured mo ceuce.
 Come. Mrs Dismal" said "Why don't you weep 90 few tear,t They'd blind your eyes and give me the game.
 "l don't care You're acting houl bIy. ! never heard you talk th.s way before. even Co Tom or Eol.'
 ~v-eU now ] like tlat This would be peaches and cream to either Of 'rm. Vantage out.'
 She was SO mustered that she missed though ] had put tle bait lu the center Of her court
 That was fouIr' she exclaimed
 "Oh. you plead Che baby act, do yong
 Nothing of tle kind, ! say 1t was Q foul ball.
 "Weu call it off. Wen call 'em au or except those that strike your racket You'd better ram the handle in your hair and -o Go sleep. III send tlo ball against it and dl your playing for you.
 This can hardly be called a feather but it "brokc tle c1mers haeA.' Sla threw down her racket put her hands to her eyes. and. going to sota buried her face in @ pillow. It ended the game which was to decide whether a woman could stand a mans treatment of a man. IJ was the end of another game which we two had been playing, and in which ! was ingloriously beaten. went to her. put my arm about her and my face as near to hers as ] could get it and said;