The daily Alaskan., 1910-12-12
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 lam ina luaudlry. Ihaj supposed ! would marry Dop3lI Chase. and now comes Oscar Richmond to mix me an up pouad is steady honorable, has excellent Judgment; Oscar is hand- some fuU og sentiment fascinating. 2 know ! should remain true to Donald. but Oscar carries me right ou my teeI
 The question of money does uoJ en- Ger uto the natter p0uald is doing very we,E earning a fair salary aud with prospect 1f being partner Oscar s out ot business just now, don't exactly understand why He Is ye.v retceHt ] uke Feucenee in a uaa. [, besreass se'g control Oscar can talk wgh ue by Jhe hour without revealing any 5t his affairs ot course if be proposes Co me J shah expect taat ae wlu tell ne everything
 Have tried Co set Donald Co tell mc vhy le l.slEasls Oscar, He says he doesn't himself know why. IJ Is quite nke.y that bis dtsugsJ ls due Co jear ousy Donald s SO honorable that be would not llle Jo believe hluset cap1- b.e cE doing a rival an injustice, He Is uuegas. io-s that be Is moved by jealousy.
 ! wonder who is this GigarJ R9ber1s as has brought Go see Us, He has known us buta few weeks, yet Jiy seems that we have all been friends for years. It's strange how some people have a faculty 5t msiuuatns themselves at once Jull ones good graees- Already ! eau this man by his drsJ uame, and though have known Donald since vas sixteen years o.L 3 s-i-i call a,u AIr Chase.
 l have sounded GirarJ Roberts as to what be thinks ys Uscar Richmond Ills ceu.y was. Hes a bang up good fellow" That doesn't beLp me. But il-s the most | can expect from GirarL who ls au ou rbe surtate- Those pe0- uls one becomes familiar with on short acquaintance seldom have any depth ! asked Giv8rI what be thought ol Donald and received Iue same reply Hes a bau- ur -ugl fellow -le." was served r.glt sgr relying upon Jhe ogiul9a gE such a lightweight person,
 Girard Roberts seems Co have plenty gr mouey as well as a taste Cor ieWel ry. The oJbec day Aunt Aida was show mg bim a diamond she wished Co uru into funds. He told her -0 go among Jle jewellers, ask them Go uE prics ou lr and be would give her SIl more than tle highest bid She Ild so and ga- y.i et S-IJ Cor the stone GI-4rd -g.I her jr was cheag at Sggu aud be would give her that for l. She acueg,al ,he oGer Ostar and I ggrge present hen tle sale was made. and Glgrd ausllus.y told Us tlar be would rely ou us as witnesses lu ease alatE backed out He didn't have ,he money WiLA l-m, but said be would bring il tae next afternoon aC 8 o'clock
 When be called auuIy was out Os ear and ! were iu ybe library. GiraCd called Co u- I1 say Co auuJy when she came ju chat sue would Eud Jbe money for Jle diamond under vase on the uanIel sg -la Far.or ! promised Co do s1. Oscar asked ue Co so Co walk with him I consented. went upstairs Co get my bat and We walked Co the park When ! returned had forgot ten an about telling auBgy tb1J the money for her diamond was on the plEior ual.aL Indeed. never thought 1t l- u- just before solas 60 bed, then told her She went downstairs Co get it. J- was gone
 Eyeg body Is dissatisfied with me and am dissatisfied wilh myself for being So thogslLess as to have letJ S30J SO long ia au exposed position Ll has upset lae whole household The servants who consider themselves uu- der suspicion are Eulg about looking very gium- Auu-y ls furious with me. ! expected Gizard would show his teel- ings toward ue ve-y decidedly What lovely Ee-0w be Is, after all, He told me uoJ to give myself any con ceru about the matter. that doubtless ths money would run uV, but IE q, did not Jbere was 10 one Co blame but himself since be should not have left so Uuch money n such a place. He explained that he did not leave it with me because was -djrtng." as he called ir. with Oscar and be didn't like J0 mUude upon Us
 ] asked him whJ be suspected. aad he ,Jid that since ths front door stood uBi8lched and any one might have come iH while We were aJ dinner or during tae evening when we were all upstairs, doubtless some person enter e5. possibly for an ordinary purpose, and, seeing the money. appropriated it and skipped
 ! have had a syr0ke-an awful yisiCa- u0lI D0nad Chase turns out to be the thief who took the bills left on the mantel to pay for auuy's jewel This morning when he was at business constable called ag bis room with