The daily Alaskan., 1907-03-20
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A WIDOW aRe A WIDOWER

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 They looked upon Aaron Turner at t5c tsuSy sogel sia raris where he vss Acpfing X 'saufvthiog of curl. oSiry. He did pot look at sll Ike the man who travels. on the contrary, tSsv sci shllh down as a tillcr or the soil and woDdcrcd how he hsd ever found hts way arroSs the Atlantic. lie was slew -mpyips- and slow spoken, with Yrhat seeuIe,l a rsRCi0us turn of minda
 ThCy kad looked 10 scc Mr. Turner register as "iudCc~ or general" and thry had expected hun Co tuast oi bis b,vTls or cst ia fa AIeuuas or his oil wells ia rexas,F lttt he had disapPo.ut- cd thcm Ilis name went down as plain Aaron Turner After a week 0r saTtcamGl toFne Igudorsty6d that he v--S h wfaowCr. having lost his de7Tly beloved about a year before
 When plain NIr~ John Gates arrived afyNe s hebSocl areU, days 1scer tlIan ,r,rszr sa7ru Turner. she aisc proved % be something of an enigma. She had uo diamonds and no style. She was drcssesFr Yg uIoUrnlugs ana WAS oftsn found vrNs s t,s-es-I her cvcs9
 In due time. which iu th5s case meant TWO davs after her arrival the w.d.w Gates was snuca; out by plain Nr. Turner Ills HVsr excuse for prosort Ing himself gafa7e bo~ vas that both v~a-r Awe-tsaus Ills sen00d was tHHj ..y--. --r----- r,Yr'r ''Tf-~Tt TT--r-17-s and. usar thege should he a hoad Of sygtru thy besvreen them.
 T-re tearrnr widow Gates was also commemorative. she had made rha trip .vsa hsT byS91tpd In the hope that t would Improve bts lnft Iuus. lt had g.s-.p ,l,sr,i -ac-sFs,1,fs -lo ssrJ-Jl,s- FeoHry tucethsz snd the last Sl0 had been rzlsed ,oa the family sewing macA-ae- TuSt as rhe lung seemed 60 he growing better Der drssr deuartrd had hecu taken C1 wiJs typboid fever and bur led arnunC a race of penDlr w.ho drank aNs.uth lustcad o' butrerml.k and wlo shrugged thrlT shoulders instead ot swearing riEa, our She reso-tcd Co rpg~s as shc fu.>ho1 hn- UIGiuI N- Turner SpJkc cousoHHE wo0ls. He re- minded her that tho midst uf l.fa VIC were in death snd that human nature was so constituted fh.r .t could uot cn on s-ievinc forever A> matter of fact the widow re't quite ,h.-Boi u0 when he tuok n.s departure. and 5u- InC 7'tp upNS two weeks they were "f. len Sa,.u tnEefhc-. They hecame gn.-e confidential 1vCo-e the w.aover de... ed -o trust rhe widow with a sn.r.. Fip vaute,! To Go something for taa ul ulStar and ths sunday ~sbouI class st home Deacon PcEraw would be OK. ne,-'rc some sv~t or a present. an" rhr7r vas his sIsrr-. who kept house for hlu Taken altogether, he would he eN0egfni rn make sro0e of pre- puts While nogP 0t them would oe of greEt value. each one would he cher iShed for the sake ut tbp C.ver A ra" two wogr going home uU thc same srrauc- and aS bc had only a small trunk v vfth him. would the widow kind. Iy take charge ot the packages as he brought them tn hDr
 T7re widow vconld and did While she was financially hand up. she was also nuyinE a few presents. and al could ga Iaro hrr r-unk together The Gv-o d.i nor go 0ur together or shop ;o- retbeF. For. some reason they diin't r0opVsc such a Jh.UC. although would have b,on perfectly proper. The Frrcrmen rca''zod that Tt would have been p-o0o-. and when it didn't nrru- they Sh-u-cst their shoulders and nut trroH something about American o. couJrrrrv, Ey and ny sailing day came and the widow and tho wIdnw.r took the train fJr Uavre and Caur5 Themselves on hoard of their stoa-v- Thay wo-e hardly settled when a.. vi6owa- made a proposition. Th.rs was nothioc matrimonial ahou, .t ln haf 7rsr6~crrd that thrra uas urs seuFar on hoard who knew him. 0r7 f lse vygs seen acting as escort to the widow hrrg would bc talk about .t .t home He SsrcfoCe proposed that 'h0g should seru tN he strangers for 0." ycvGEr
 The widow was agreeable She also had 8 reputation to preserve. on land Ing m N.n York she would 20 ta 8 r..--an neF4E -~d fhc wtEo-rr- -cnu.I ra. -fr~a snd say farewell a0i ~. gasra hfs presents As un'-hs- h7h h-.rgl along Buyyhinc 6utfEh'e. there vor1t Hc uo trouble at the customs