The daily Alaskan., 1905-06-21
Toe Mefbod oJ an
 Ex-Sociefy Belle


 alsown you. If the girl you marry has that amount I will give you Sl0U0 Notwithstanding this warning, Cuth- bert walked right into match with a poor girl The first thing he GEew or what was happening after meeting Lucy Briggs was that he had been ln- thralled. Lucy was girl who could win hearts tO throw away if she liked, but. as her intentions with regard to Cuthbert were honorable, she turned the matrimonial key,
 One morning the elder Woods rcceiv- ed a letter from his son announcing his marriage with Miss Lucy Briggs. The father made no reply to the letter, but after giving himself time Co cooi, wrote friend In the city to make inquiries as to his sons wife and report. The friend wrote that Miss Briggs had been a social belle, but. her father having died lnsolveut. she had previous to her marriage been preparing Co earn her own living, On receipt of this letter Mir. Woods wrote his Soa reminding him of the warning given and stated that the boy could in the future shift for himself, supporting an eNtrayagant- ly brought up wife as best h. could.
 Now, young Mrs, Woods dil not feel satisfied to have brought th.S trouble on her husband, but she did not sit down and mourn over it, nor did she do what some women wOuld have done charge her husband with being the cause of It. She went so far as 10 as- sume the whole blame herself, declar- ing that no girl had any right to make trouble between parents and children by a marriage which was not even an nounced to take place.
 "Cuthbert," she said one spring morn ing a few years after their marriage, T need a rest This doing houSework and taking care Of two children Is breaking me down. think I'd better go to Aunt Deborah's this summer for visit. She will be delighted to re- lieve me of an care Of the children, and m have no homework Co do"
 Certainly, ny dcar and the quicker you 90 the better"
 Meanwhile Mir. WinSlow Woods was finding life tedious. Being a widower with no child save Cuth1cUt. bC had al- ways looked forward Co his son and her sons family living w.,h him. This dream had failed to mUtcrillizc on ac- count Of his sons folly Mir Wms'ow Woods was but fifty, and he would have married again, but he lived in a quiet place among quiet, prosaic women, not one of whom was in the slightest de gree tempting to him. But when, one morning. a stranger, Miss AyleSwogth, called on, him and after announcing her intention tO open a school in the place asked him to countenance the project he saw something different. | Miss Aylesworth did not seem fitted for a schoolma'am, but the moment Mr. Woods looked into her pretty face and noticed her engaging manners it occurred to him that she would be just the person to take the place he had Intended for his sons wife. He kept her chatting over her proposed school for an hour, promising to support the enterprise not only with influence, but with money, and invited her to csll ev- cry day till her plans were matuSed. At the end of two weeks he proposed to her. but she called his attention to the fact that he knew nothing about | her and would not consent tin he had made inquiries. When he told her of his son she declared that she would never marry the father without the sons consent. This broke on negotla. tions for few days, but Mir. Wood had set his heart on Miss Aylesworth and finally consented as a preliminary move to send for his son and patch up a reconciliation.
 One day Cuthbert Woods, who was toiling in the city, while his wife and babies were in the country, received a letter from his father tO come Co hlm. Cuthbert hopefully wrote his wife of the invitation and took the first train.
 "Cuthbert,' said AIr Woods, ST, by your folly I have been prevented, as I always hoped, from having you and your wife with me in my old age Fortune has given me an opportunity to break my loneliness. \ young wom- an-rather young for me. I admit-is willing to marry me. At her request I am going to be Tccouciled Co you. She has made no such request as 10 your wife, whom still do not care to meet. I will, however, from the day of my marriage allow you Sl,0OO a year"
 Half a loaf Is better than none, and Cuthbert, for the sake of his wornout wife. yielded a dissatisfied consent
 And now" said his father, "I wish you to meet the noble lady who has effected this reconciliation" He open ed door and announced, Miss Ayles- worth, my intended wife-
 To his surprise, his son stood for q moment struck dumb with astoniSh- ment, then took his fathers intended wife to his arms. Then to his father he announced in his turn, My wifer'
 Mir. Woods, ST, having a logical mind, concluded that if Miss Aylesworth' was good enough to run his house as