The daily Alaskan., 1908-10-05
Cheery MT. Sinclair.
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come CONIlluB ule AOL. AOu At hObAiAt but boy, and I'm forty"
 Rats! Forty! You may be a few years older than 1 am, but you're ten or twelve years this side of forty, and it wouldn't make any difference to me If you were fifty As soon as l saw you l knew you were just tho woman for me"
 The man was Algcrnon Sinclair, a youngstcr of twenty-twO. He had known Miss Gibson only q fortnight, but had been very persistent in his ot tcntions during that time. He had ap pearCd one morning at the door of hel flat and asked for Miss Gibson. "l am Miss Gibson" You're not the Miss Gibson I'm looking for She's q red headed, frccklcd faced person, while you-wcll you're simply beautiful Miss Gibson Snickcrcd and asked the good naturcd, chccry young fellow to step m-pcrhaps she could help him in his search. He did step in and was in no hurry 10 step out From that time forward he was devoted Co Miss Clcmcntlna Gibson.
 "Tlckcts to tnc tlpatcr tonight he said one afternoon "Got box Wen be r'~ht in among the swclls, and you'll have to wear your best clothes. Put on what jcweIry you have. Any diamonds? No: Well, l think | see my way clear to get you some before long If a deal l have on hand goes through. Pearls? Oh, a brooch set with pearls! Wear it with, out fan"
 The young man rattled on in his funny way. quite delighting the elder. ly lady. who had caught his fancy When he called fer her in tue evening and saw her atlircd in pearl silk dress he held up his hands in aImira. ton. The brooch he pronounced "a daisy" "Onc, two, three, four, five, six. sevcn-sevcn pearls, aud that big one in the center is a hummer. I'm not going 10 be ashamed of my girl 10. night. you bet Come on.'
 Whenever Mir. Sinclair took Miss Gibson out he manifested this same desire that she should be well dressed, and on occasions appropriate for jew. Clry hc begged her 10 produce some new ornament that she hId not worn before. But Miss Gibson was not h. cllnrd 10 wear her best gowns in pub. lie. though she was not disposed to have Mr. Sinclair think she hadn't fine gowns. and finally when Inc het hcv dozen pairs of gloves that she couldn't show half a dozen really first class dresses she brought out the half dozen and said she could "go two bet. ter" Sinclair looked at them, lost in admiration. and the next day paid the bet.
 One day he wrote her note to say that he would call in the afternoon to take her tO ride in an automobile, and wouldn't she wear that dress wlgh the green snakes and turtles on a iamborcc?' Miss Gibson laughed at his description and put on the dress indicated. AIr. Sinclair called at the hour appointed with a beautiful ma chine, which he drove himself, and they sailed out Into the country. Dur Ing the ride q man ahead with a cam era waved his hat. Sinclair slowed up.
 He wants to take our picture" he said. Let's have one"
 "No. no; we don't want picture"
 "Yes; we do. Fire away, MT. Pho. tographer."
 There was a click, and the pIctur@ was taken.
 The next day there was a ring at Miss GlbSon's door, She opened it and there stood Mir. Sinclair and another man with a warrant for Der arrest. She cast an astonlshcd look at Sinclair and turned pale.
 "Tho and what are you anyway
 Robert Williams, detective"
 MT. Williams, recently pretended lover, now only a paid hlrellng of wealthy lady who had been robbed by her housckecper, proceeded to ranSack AAN aNN4s AoNN lANAAASNo NANA AAV AAANA V evidence of feeling than if he had been q savage burying q tOmahawk in her brain. The photograph of the dress with the figure of snakes and turtles on a jamboree" had been sent to her employer, who had identified the dress as one of her own. Mir. Williams found the flat filled with stolen prop erty. all of which belonged to the rich lady in question. The brooch with seven pearls was in list of jewels he possessed lost by his client, and every one of the half dozen dresses that had won the bet was on a list of missing gowns.
 The detective had been given the preface to this little story book, which was thus: Miss Gibson, housekeeper for Mrs. Blckford, had Quarrelcd with her employer and had left her service vowlng vengeance. Some time after her departure the house was entered when the owner was away and large quantity of property taken. Consider ing Miss Gibson's threat Mrs. Bicli- ford suspected that she had given the 1a. N.