The daily morning Alaskan., 1904-01-07
SOMETHING SHE DIDN'T
 WISH TO SEE AGAIN
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 though the storms always came From the girls side, never from the mans Re was self controlled apa at times tantahuing. Had be given way to bis temper as she dld perhaps their quar- rels would have been Of shorter dura' tlon. They would have fought to finish, kissed and made up. As it was the more unreasonable che became the more cooliy Irritating her lover.
 That ends it," she said, with fam ing cheeks and flashing eyoa. "I dent wish ever to see you again" She took on her engagement ring and threw it on a tabie. "When we meet again il will be as strangers"
 Don't you think it would excite les1 comment on the part of our friends n we appeared simply indi6erentF
 "I prefer they should know that ] have sent you away"
 "You don't need to tell the whole world what you simply intend for Wardwell"
 'Adr. WardweH would never have treated me as you have"
 "shall I tell him we're o1f It would expedite matteTs."
 Thank you. When I wish to send a message to MT. Wardwsll l will hnd a more trustworthy messenger"
 She seated herself on a diVan, her back propped with a prOfuaion of fancy pillows and. taking up book, pre- tended to read.
 What shall we do tomorrow evening at the stuartSY' be asked. "Of course you will be scheduled to me to take in to dinner"
 She dropped her book in her lap and thought -'I shall tell Mrs. Stuart" she said at last, that our engagement Is broken.
 What reason win you giveY
 ''That you have shown yourself un- worthy of me"
 Wouldn't that sound a tri6e egotis- ticall l would express it this way: Walter Is a brute That would con tain a great deal about me and not make 1t appear that you deserve a par agon"
 q didn't imply that deserved a par agon," she snapped.
 "But you do You need a man with an imperturbable disposition. the pa tlence of Job. the meekness Of Moses"
 Her antagonism blazed anew That Is your mean way of saying I'm JeEe- bel. l wish you would go away. l told you l don't want ever to see you again"
 "As you wish. suppose I'm not to call for you to go to the stuarts'T'
 Instead of going away be lighted a cigar and sat down in an easy chair directly under a gas bracket where she could best see him.
 "As to that" she said after delibera- ton. CT suppose it would be embar- rassing to show 30 sudden a break be- fore announcing that our engagement Is broken. You might take me there and pay me Just enough attention to prevent remark"
 But l can't do that without your seeing me agg G.'
 'T don't " sh to see you again. It Is a necessity that interferes with my in- elinaton."
 How would 1t do for me to call for you in two carriages, one for you. the other for me? Before handing you in at the Stuarts' I could put on a mask, then take you to the door and leave you. You could tell the hostess that l brought you to the house and, being taken suddenly m, was obliged to go home"
 There was no reply to this ingenious plan tiH be added, What do you think of thatl" Then she said that be talk ed like a fool"
 "But I'm trying to invent some plan by which l can prevent a knowledge Of this break from reaching our friends and at the same time avoid the neces- sly of your ever seeing me again. Now, how would it do"-
 "I wish you would go away. Tn tired of your silly talk"
 or will as soon as we solve the prob lem. How would 1t do to let Wardwell into the secret and have him take you to the Stuarts'. first going to a man who makes up people for the stage and have him paint Wardwel to look like me? My nose Is much longer than WardwelIs, and his could be pieced out. His ears are about the length Of mine indicating that one is about as big an ass as the other"
 "Stop! l will not listen to such in- suits"
 Where the insultT'
 "You indicated that you are both fools in wanting
 "The same girl Certainly, where there are plenty of girls to go round"
 "Wnl you leave mer'
 His head was thrown back on the cushion of the chair, his cigar pointing upward his legs extended, the picture Of inoolence. Suddenly something snapped above him. and a piece of hot glass, a fragment of a gas shade, fell directly on bis nose, cutting a gash from which the blood ran over his face. 'Walteri Oh, heavensi Speak to dearie! Tell me you're not Killed. Oh. what shall dor'
 'If you'd get bowl of cold water and cloth think it might help mat ters."
 She was out of the room in a moment and back in another moment with what he needed. Ills face and shirt front were covered with blood, and he was a dght to behold
 She fell ln a faint
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