The daily Alaskan., 1907-06-28
How He Put Her
 Under an Obligation.
IOrIgInaLl

. | lot O unnecessary trouble.
 Salry was popular with everybody. ! The women liked her better n the men. and that's sayin' a good deal for a gal. She had a way O humOrln' peO- plr. never ruunn' mp agIn' their preju- ,rices and all that sort O thing, She never looked sour On the contrary, her face wore a perpetual smile. They .lld she was cute.
 There was young men that was fine lcoklu' who was ambitious to git Sairy, but somehow she didn't seem to fancy none ou 'em, and so I argyed that If they wasn't fine enough for her what was the use of a redheaded, freCkled feller like me putin in Q claim. We was all about alike so far as worldly goods was concerned. none Of us havln unvthmg to speak of. In fact we was all at an age when we was lookln' out for good looks. That beIn' the case, l hadn't no show at all, for | was the homcllest young man in the town. But l got Sairy, all the same, and I'm a-golu' to tell you how did it. wasn't nobody's fool, you see, If was nomcly. The way I did 1t was by put tim her under an obligation One day l said to her. Miss Baker"-her name was Baker before married her-"Misg Baker why don't y git maTrleiT
 ''AIr. Tucker" she said, there haint no one for me to marry"
 "Wlat'S the matter with these fel- Irrs that's goiu' with you?" l asked,
 "Oh. none O these young men ud marry me-" she said. We've grOwed up together. People that grow up to- grther don't do much marvin. They re loo used to each other. The men all go ua and marry girls from somewhere rr~r. None of 'em here ud look at me"
 Now. | knowed better than that There was two on 'em dyln' for her. RutI wasn't DO sich fool as to tell her T. did. where'd ] come in? So Lfdu't say nOthiu but that l thought she'd ought Co git married; that she'd lr happier married. and 1t would be better for her ro have some one to lean on when her father passed out Then she said maybe | could ind her a husbuud This staggered me @ little. rouslLerIu' l wanted her myself, but saiI I'd try. Then she told me she'd like tue To attend Co the matter at onct serin' she was gIttiu on, and if ] sue caeded she'd consider me the dearest friend she ever had In her life
 | SAW the advantage O putin her under an obligation. But what good would it do me to put her under that kind of an obligation? It would be Ike tryiu' to lift myself up In a basket Nevertheless I did 1t, and I've always considered It a case of real onselish. ness. l found a wIdOwer about forty five years old who wanted some one to take care Of hls seven motherless chll. dreu. told him about SaIry-hOw she'd like to get married and what a good stepmOther she'd make After awhile 1 succeeded In awakenln' an interest In his breast, and 1t ended In my taking him to see SaiTy. She was as polite to him as a basket O chips, seemlu' to take to him from the start. Sue cast a grateful glance at me, and kuowed she appreciated what I'd done for her.
 l couldn't quite feel that was act. in honest by her, for, as l was sayIn'. l kuowcd at least two fellers far bet. ter matches than the wIdower that wanted her, and I'd orter gone to one on 'em and told him O the chance. But somehow l couldn't. I've never been able to tell JIst why ] put up the widower Instead l leave 1t to them lclIers Iu colleges who study psychoI- ogy aud that sort O thing.
 Well. the wijower called regular once month on Salry. He was watchiu' her to see f shed make good wife for himself and a good mother To his children Them widow CTS. hayiu' had a lot O experience, know 5i>t what's required From ob scryauou and what people said ue soon learned that Salry was one of thousand and just the one he wanted.
 One evening 1 went to see Salry to Gud out how she was gittln' along with the wiL0wer. She told me she had a letter from him that day proposin' marriage. He said oWln' to his family 1t must be a sort O business affair Salry was the gratefulest girl you ever saw in your life. She tux hold O my bony hand with freCkles spOttu the back-hers was small and white and sOft-and looked up Into my eyes with slch an expression as l never see there before, and she said, said she:
 This Is the beautlfulest thing you've done for me I ever heard of. You've put me under an everlastln' obligation. Here was l with no one to marry me, and you come along and jlst lifted me out Q the slough O despond. I'm so grateful that l want to do somethln' Teal nice to show you how grateful am. Now, ] want you to tell me some thin you want me to do most of any thing. Speak right out and don't be afraid. no matter how unreasonable lt seems"
 There's nothin' you can do for me, l said kind O melanChOly-like