The daily Alaskan., 1905-02-17
"A Change
 In the Wind"
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knew who had taken care of him, ex- cept an aunt who had educated him. At eighteen he had entered the count ing room of a mercantile house and had never got more than $10 week. As for Alice, she was dependent on her father, who had hard time to get on with pitiful Income of $1,000 year. George and Alice were sensible and made up their minds that they must give each other up or be sure of life of misery, for George was an orphan with no one to help himp George went out to the Treat home to spend Sunday and say goodby. The lovers had a narrowing time of it, for there is nOth- ing more dreadful than one of these long goodbys. On Monday morning George was obliged to go back to town to his desk, and Alice trumped up an excuse to go to the city and buy few needles and pins and such things, which she needed to patch her wornout clothes.
 George was to get off at the B street station, while Alice was to go on to the main depot. You know the tunnel is near the B street station, and the train pulls up just as 1t leaves the tun- nel. George and Alice took advantage of the darkness to indulge in long embrace Passing an air hole, George thought 1t was the tunnels end and preferring that the other passengers should not witness the parting, got up and went to the door. But, seeing his mistake, he returned to finish the kiss
 without a word he sat down, put his arm around the figure beside him, drew her to him and kissed her. There was a shriek and a few moments later the train shot out of the tunnel George Spicer was sitting in a seat beside q strange woman. Alice sat directly be- hind.
 "There was racket and no mistake. Alice couldn't understand It. George saw that he had made an unfortunate mistake, and the woman kissed was furious. Casting piteouS appeal at Alice for suspension of sentence, George was hurrylng to the door when the woman cried, Stop thief" The passengers interposed between him and the door, and he was not suffered 10 leave the train till the woman had been satisfied of his identity and his address.
 "Whether she really felt very much outraged or was in hope that she might bleed George l don't know. Be that as 1t may, that afternoon constable entered the counting room where he worked and arrested him for assault on complaint of Mary Stringfellow, widow. George was taken before a magistrate and held to answer to the charge under bail of $1,OO0. He could not raise S1OO to save his life and was obliged to go to Jail. The poor fellow was locked up, and 1t seemed as if the world had turned its back on him.
 "The next morning the newspapers gave an account of his transgressiOn and its result. AS soon as Alice saw 1t she went to the Jail to see him and was perfectly satisfied with his eX- planation. But the affair was bad mixture. Since Alice and George were not engaged and didn't intend 10 be en- gagged, 1t wasn't pleasant for her to come forward and explain matters. George preferred to simply state that he had made q mistake and had h. tended to kiss some one else. The re- suit was that he was sent up for hun dred days. He appealed from the de cision of the court His case did not come up until just bcfore the expira- ton of his time, and then the higher court instead of reversing the decision added hundred days to the sentence.
 During all this time the newspapers discussed the affair, the public being much interested. The case found it's way into journals far and near, and when the unfortunate though ludicrOus addition to the term of Imprisonment was announced every newspaper Tn the land had something to say about It
 "The day before Georges time was up a man came into the prison to see him. He had newspaper in his hand, with an article announcing George $ approaching discharge, and asked the prisoner if he was the George Spicer named. George admitted that he was, though he did so with fear and trcm- bling lest some other charge was to be brought against him. Then the stran- ger asked q dozen or more questions about Georges percentage and his childhood. Finally he announced that twenty years before Georges father had died in the far west anu left Sl0,- 900 in gold in trust for him. The trus- tees had been hunting for him ever since, and the money had grown to be about S1O0OOO.
 "Alice met George at the prison door the next day and was surprised at his radiant appearance. He said he was hungry and took her to restaurant. Alice had been saving for that very purpose and had dollar in her purse, But when they sat at table and George ordered ten dollar dinner, besides 9 quart of champagne, she was fright ened. Then he told her how the wind of his affairs had shifted"
 q don't believe that yarn" said the listener
 "That's what told you. wouldn't