The daily Alaskan. [volume] (Skagway, Alaska) 1904-1924, 1906-08-24
Easy Matrimohy
IOriginaL !


for marriage Of convenience. II you
want to get married go to the country
in summer and become frivolous. The
lower you let yourself down into frivol-
fly the more chance Of your mating.
Take my friend PaIl Robbins, for
Instance. Paul was worked out one
spring and on the lSt of July he took
of his brown linen coat. the sleeves Of
which he had used for penwtper.
hung 1t up in the closet and took the
evening train for the SeashOre. II
ever man left care behind Robbins
did. 1t seemed to him that he would
explode with delight Though he ar
rived at his destination at IL o'clock
on dark night, he couldn't wait till
morning for bath. When he had
bathed he sat up with the girls on the
piazza till the last one went in at =
a. IN. Then he smoked with the boys
till 3.
Robbins found all kinds Of boating
and bathing and plenty Of jolly boys
and girls 10 enjoy them with. He
Joined a special party full Of old
Nick not one Of whom had a serious
thought in his or her head There were
six fellows. six girls ana six fltrtatiOns.
Nobody considered the tiirtatiOns seri
Gus: they were just for two weeks-the
simplest kind. Robbins and seventh
girl arrived the same day. both Joining
the party ~ f-tvolerS.
well I'D Paul I suppose III
have TO caSh on 10 the Spicer girl.
She's the only one not spoken for
II suppose said Miss Spicer, that
since YOU girls have monopolizci all
the best men | shall have to submit to
the attentions of this Paul Robbins
And so they went at it like children
let out of school starting new game
The more reckless they were the more
fun they could have. Miss Spicer had
no conscience m the matter-not only
because she knew il was understood to
be pure ami simple tight with padded
gloves. but because she was born |
dirt anyway. But there has been many !
u tighI begun with pacific intentions at
the eud Of which the gloves have been
torn of and the affair finished with a 1
low of claret 1t was not long before
each decided 10 pink the other. Miss |
Spicer. who had had such desire from |
the start was hrS' 10 take OF pre'en"
10 take serious We" oI "nat was
gong on. She aH'c'eu uioouS' Al
tunes size ""C" ur o'ti-"! anu d
times apparently plunge" J." ueeP us
tTeSS. he" ue' CIV amer "ouiu ASH
What was ule N"'''' sue "oulu iooA d
MN FepFoacnIu''S anu 81! No'H.uS.
Al laS' MISS Hp'''' "y'e''D'ueu "
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she 'Ncia''Htu. 'he rear o'oo" mounting
10 her cAetN>' "A"' 'e"' M Ill., sue
marched S'f"'Sn' L" rue uo''I' "o' l"
appear again u" evening
NooulhS ue'eEulIueu u 70 MISS SP''
Ger one better IN the game OF hearts
paying He' o" .'' ue' H''''''9' IL "'s
own com. lie '""u-.' " "uLnUe, VI
schemes OUT none u 'litln Su''eu H'Li
I'LL Ne sFuCN one WHICH 'o' us un
oluSh'uS cruelty oe"t al Tue rest ne
should nave been horSeWh1ppeu to'
even thinking OF H. But theS say al
tar In love anu war.
Up the Oeach snort Instance was
an inlet wDerc theFe was Soou sun
water bathing. kOoolhS' VINO was Ut
home IN all waters persuaded MISS
Spicer 10 let him teach her now 10
swim. He iuvetgled her to the inlet
and after giving her lesson In shall
low water started himself for bit OF
refreShmeut. where IL was deep. Sud {
denly he gave Il yell and Went down.
Fifteen minutes later he was tishel
out by a boy in 4 boat with a boat
hook from the bottom and rowei
ashore. With one eye half open, he
saw Miss Spicer faint dead away.
This time II was sure enough faint
and Robbins knew that it was. Be
fore the boat touched the shore he gave
a lively SDriug for 4 drowned man,