The Alaska prospector., 1904-06-30
Continued from Las, Week.


 S'ic snnk with all the gracefulness tall woman on thS grass and let her s.izc wander lazily across the garden: Lis view was not nearly so far-reael. ing. The oval of her colofless face with it's flaming halo against Il C background of autumn-kisscd lca'-es. was a picture enough for any man.
 You love the garden" she hazard ed. bringing her wandering gaze back to him.
 And everything in it." was his sup plemented answer, as he made a men tai note that creamy skins blush near CT perfection than any other com plexion can.
 "i love its privacy" she commented. pointedly.
 And it's trespassers."
 She began to wonder if it were we'll to nibble strange fruit, and whether the domestic variety were not safer for everyday consumption.
 "The door must soon be closed upon thcm." she said.
 ''They must make the most of their opportunities while 1t remains open. then. but when will it be shut?
 "When the apples ripen."
 May the harvest he a late one" was tie hospitable rejoinder.
 It amused him to see this interloper [, entirely at her ease in his domain Ter quick ear detected shade of un. conscious patronage in his tone.
 She could not stand that: on her own ground it was insufferable. Her thoughts flew to the serpent. She tanned herself for ever having let il ;iumber. Hastily she reused it up and took her leave with it.
 He eyed her retreat with dismay It's abruptness perplexed him till he recognized the trail of the serpent.
 "I hat your pets." he called after Ter; "they leave a sting behind"
 Her quick wit marked the play upor, ii,e word. and brought to birth a smil. ihat bore her company upon her home ,rard way.
 The fourth day found them unde the apple tree talking glibly of th, fruit. She knew little more of it thaf ;'' name began with . "K," and ende' vith an "E" lf
 He might have told her of it's origii ! id he felt SO inclined; also something it's true translation.
 The circumstances were favoraI. to discussion: by the end of tie morr- i':g Eve was alive to the fact that for idden fruit had taste that was ensil" acquired. willie Adam felt it was ii for the table of an epicure.
 The evening post brought twin ev plantations and apologies from the riva agents.
 The fourth day was stormy; pani, Tell on beth their souls lest they shoul ! se their Eden. It had grown SO de. tat neither could contemplate exrrl. si0n with any pretensiors to calr'ress
 Once more the garden was tLe seer of meeting: this time Gre.'k met Gree
 She retreated. not bes en, hut fri F. convinced ofthe '-;lr-e c.freworI ; as illum:nations for Eden.
 !Te lef; her. swca ring .',at every req, ,h"ired woman had spice of tle seyi' but he did no. forget to add thc. r. m inde- of the qr"tati"n that p', that spice down as heing Trrth all th. pre:tincs< in the world
 The next day both lea rneh of ~ lc'"ure of reoeniance. AIonc IT." walked within tho garden once so f;.i it's charm had vanished arain 'vaa waste around a ruin. Eden :,,, Inr, ba oil l.,- Al.
 ""ris yours." he wrote at close {. '; day. "Eden without it's Eve could b.. no longer paradise."
 "The garden was given first to Ad am" she had penned in her gen erosity. Yours is the prior claim--' leave it to you. Guard 1t we'll. Fare well. Farewen."
 1. Her note came to hand on the even ing of the sixth day; ali desire to vis;. the garden now that she had gone Wa. dead. - i..-'t.
 Its emptiness mock ed him; unlit h, her bright hair. it lay in lonely shad- ow. under a cloak of silence drear as des sh.
 But on the morrow a melancholy at- :traction drew him thither. He .chos, high noon, and hastened to the appl, tree where first they met posses. ed o' hope that sine might core to him. But disappointment. ruled his day Sadly fe nlnrfed t'ie perfect fruit that. 4alas' had rinened all to late.
 "The fruit of knnwledge!" he said. bitterly surveying the golden ball; then tossed it from him ,-ith an i'm petuous motion. as he rounded the cor ner of the south wall. now a mass oi tender green and hlood-r red frnif.