The daily Alaskan., 1905-04-27
THE MILLl0NTH
 -CHANCE

There's that puppy Fielding again, growled her father In low tone Turn your eyes away, Sarah and don't look at him"
 Miss Bradford complied ny shooting toward Fielding one of those mysteri ons side glanccs which enable a wom an. without turning her head, Co com pass wonders Of vision. Then she Gushcd rosilS.
 You are very hard on him" she brcathed softly, careful of the nearby clerk at the glove counter in the biz department store
 "Iard nothing" grumblcd Mir, Brad ford "If there's any impractical ani- maj on the face Of the globe it is an inventor, Take that internally foolish scheme of his. for instance that spring cushion he has invented to attach to the bottom of elevators in case ot a fan. Now, what do you suppose the pcrcentaee of accidents on an elevator isY
 How should I knowy retorted his daughter, with a superb feminine con. tempt for statistics.
 "I,css than one in a million Jour news" said her father trlumphanty if not veraciously.
 .Just the same" returned his daugh. ter obstinately, it must be very dis agreeable when that milliouth acci- dent does happen
 Her father walked stolidly toward the machine in question, Sarah traiI lng obediently after him, though her thoughts were otherwhCre, and her eyes now vainly swept the crowd Tor a glimpse cf young Fielding.
 q suppose you are not afrad Co @ my" icercd Mir. Bradford as tho two found themselves the only occupants Of the cage as it ruse to the fourth doOr.
 ,,Of course I'm not" said Sarah re- sentfully. Then she added aruully, .You talk about inventing as thouga It was like-wcn. like drinking.
 "lt Is as bad as drinking said her father solemnly. "or as the cocaine or the poetry habit Any one ot these will ruin mans career Now, sarah, lon't be all day choosing that scarf for your mother"
 This last as they stepped from the car. NIT. Bradford was secretly afraid of the majestic females that swept Ca and fro on this special floor, their demi- trains gliding uoisclcssly over the deep carpctS. their eyes fronting his with op iuSnlcnt sc0rn that quite abaShcd him. tyrani as he was apt Co be ai home
 Mere man" they seemed Co b2 whis boring among themselves. Finally the banker Solaccd himself by going Co a window and looking out on the street
 Hence be did not see Fielding step from the elevator in thC next moment He was not aware that two heads werc bending tu-ethcr over the soort on which neither of the young people saw aught oC thc colors.
 But even the choice of scarf cannot last forever. IL was prcmaturcly ended hy the return of the magnate who turned as purple as the Persian silks before him when be hOhcld the pretty tableaU
 He grew more purple still when Field. Ing quietly entered the car with them. But the banker chokcd down his wrath on refecting that even inventors can lawfully ride in any public convey ance. Then he snapped angrily at the elevator boy:
 Why are we stopping before this blank wall. you young procraStinatcrl Do you think this sort Of thing Is en- loyabley"
 But the boy, a lad of sixteen, newly ,n duty. went white with terror.
 "Samcthln'S wrong up above" he stammcrCd. Josh. he's been drinkin'. | kuowCl. though never told Some ,hiu's wrong. and the brake ain't hold n' right. It's slippin," be ended in a Shrlll yell
 ''Thrcc floors Co fan" thought Field uC as hc seized the half faip,,ug girl ,n his arms. Aloud hc criol choCriy Don't be frightened, any of you, My u>rion attat4.w,nt was sulG tle firm gSt week. lf it's on Ayc-if, How large word. As hc cage shot downward at fearful pCcd. very slightly broken by the ,,elding ropes, the banker found a whole century ot thought compressed nto that brief period A voice cried