The daily Alaskan., 1905-07-15
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were occupied for dwellings, are a number of shops of different kinda One morning Howard Dyson, who had recently struck gold in Colorado and was visiting New York Go see the siehts emerged from the hotel, walked few steps on Thirty-third street crossed Fifth avenue and proceeded leisurer southwark Suddenly he stopped and faced a shop window.
 The main feature for display was a wax figure Of a woman in costly attire of the very latest pattern. Never were face and shoulders more true to life. The image was not only beautiful but there was an sristocratic mien about It which could only have been mod eled from woman of noble lineage. Dyson stood spellbound.
 Tt beats all" he muttered to him self, what marvellous things are to be seen in this wonderful city. Who would ever suppose that lovely crea- ture could be made of wax, stuffed with strawl I don't believe its wax at all. The bosom rises and falls just like that of human being"
 Dyson watched the figure as long as he could without attracting attention, then walked down to the Fifth Avenue hotel and back, stopping and standing again before the wonderful figure; then, calling an automobile cab he pcde through Central park, returned to his hotel. lunched and. lighting a cigar, strolled out to take another view of tho wax fgure. This time it did not seem So ufelike. The flesh was waNy, and the hair grew out ot a waXy scalp. He wondered how he could have sccn anything in 1t to make him think that 1t might be a living being. He deter. mined to enter the store look over the Goods and ask some questions He found an old man who spoke with a strong French accent. After being shown a number of articles for which he had no use whatever he began Co talk to the old man about the figure in the window.
 "Howdoyou make the thing breather' he asked.
 -Ah. m'sieu. when I was young | wis ited Mme. TuSSaud's waNwork show | in Paris where [ saw the reclining fig ure of a woman made Co appear Co breathe. I was not content tn l had made machinery for a like purpose. That machinery Is now In the figure"
 ''when I first looked at it, there was more appearance of life about it than there Is now"
 'Oult When you first saw it. the sun was In the cast, the figure in shadow. Now the sun Is on it."
 That evening Dyson spoke to one of the clerks In his hotel and asked him | about the old Frenchman.
 'The Count de Guronne; He Is a ruined French spendthritt who came over here recently and Co make a liv- ing opened a shop"
 Dyson spent a month in New York, every day passing the wax figure half dozen times at least and always stopping to look at it. Whether it was the arrangement of the hair or the OK. pression on the face or the attitude, or ! all of these. the thing seemed Co have been modelled after some one who had lived long ago. Dyson finally noticed that between n and 10 o'clock in the morning and between 3 and | in the afternoon it looked like life, while at all other times it was waNy. One day he came to sudden determination. Walking resolutely Into the stcrc he tsced the count
 MT Count" he said, you can't fool me any longer. The Image Is only iu | the window two hours each day and Is no Image at au It's woman, and | the woman | want l am a bachelor and rich. This woman Is some relative of yours who has followed you In your misfortune. I desire to propose for | her hand"
 A cunning smile broke over the Frcnchman's face.
 "You are right, m'sicur" The count admitted that the woman was his relative, He promised Co speak to her about nyson's proposi- ton, Inviting him to call the next day, shortly before o'clock, when the fesh and blood would be relieved from duty by the wax image,
 "Msieur," said the count when by son called the next day, 'if you Ike we will proceed tO make the settle. ments." And he produced a contract making over SiO0,O0O in case of mar. riage and a forfeit of Sl0,ooO in case nyson should change his mind. The lover did not Ike the Sl0O0o clause but his mind was made up that the possession of this beautiful flower of French nobility must be hls, and be signed A few minutes after the cX- ecution of the paper the count went to the window and under pretensc of rearranging it held up a curtain be- hind which the transfer was effected and the woman stepped into the shop
 "Ah. m'sieur," she said, bending her eyes to the floor, T have heard how you have hOnored me" then passed to
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