The daily Alaskan., 1911-11-11
By F. Al MTTotiEL

nearer to Der before l knew her sor- row.
 was riding Sn railroad train Co my home fn the suburbs of a great city when looking upI saw girl who faced ne cazinr at me with pair Of large brown eyes. There was ln1 her face something like sadness. but not sad. ness, rather the appearance of one born under different conditions from other
 mortals-a resignation. yet a content ment in resignation. have tried by these words 10 describe t, but am con- 1 scious of having failed.
 Though ber eyes were axed upon me- there was no boldness ln them. Rather she seemed unconscious of meeting my gaze. Perhaps, thought, she iS think ing Of something so absorbing that though she Is looking straight at me she does not see me, or N may. be that she Is looking at something be vond me. have often retrrnCd salute from a person who meant h for one behind noe. So | continued 10 gare at the girl and she at me till she tprped her face ln another direction
 She was sitting by a lady double her are. and the likeness between them in. dicated that they were mother and 6aurAter Presently the train stepped at a station. and the two left the car together. I had noticed by the a6ec- donate, glances the mother gave the dsurhter that she idoliEed Der, and when they passed out it was hand in hand
 I did not forget the face, and a year latee I saw it Sgain. This time it was in a church. She was, as before, accompanled by her mother was sitting in transept. the girl was fsc- inr the pulpit. There was the same look. indesrribable in wCcds, chat bad impressed me twelve months ago Her gaze was fixed on the clergyman though occasionally she would drop it as though looking into her lap. There was in me a vague feeliug-something Ike a hope-that when ! had seen her on the train she had been, at least part of the time, looking at me. cogui- zant of my presence; that she had re memberef me as [ remembered Der. | watcbed to. see ft she would not look Am my direction. Just before the close of the services was rewarded by sec fnr her turu. and her eyes rested upon nc locked ,foC something to indi- cate thst she WIS conscious of my presence and that she had seen me before. But there was only that strange look of resignation l bad seen before. After the beuediction she and her mother left the church in the same manner as they had left the train.
 The third useetlng. Having a law ease I was waiting 'in the courtroom for It to be tried A AcriuiiBai case was caned-that of Evelyn Bryce. Who should come into court tO answer to the charge of forgery but the girl ! had seen twice before She came hand and hand with her mother.
 Naturally was wrapped in the ,riaL The prisoners attorney was evi- dently trying to prove conspiracy on tSe vsrf of certain persons against bis client When hea made a point tn her favor or 1her case appeared Co be going sregnst her I looked to see what elect it hsd upon her I could see very Uftie. was not sure that could sec any. noticed that the jury-in.z 6eod all those h the conrtroom-were looking st her; that they seemed as rnvch impressed with that look of mingled reaSnAtion md content us l.
 The seFendshts ccunEel exhibited the document that the girl wss accused or forging and showed that the name pad been written on -the line intended TOT ,t without the raislng or depression of single letter and without Incline either up or down.
 syou see. gentlemen of the jury hs said 'Fhat whoever wrote thht nauae must have written it in a eright light must have written with pair of eyes that worked thoroughly in concert fer tbera are defects of eyesight that cause persons so affected to write slantlns tbe lines downward or up' ward
 "I presume," interrubted the pros ecutine attorney, ~that defendants counsel proposes 10 prove that bis client has the defect be- mentions. 'yi would call your honor's attention to the fact that the prisoner has a very beau. tiful pair of eyes Indeed, iF greatly fear that she Is using them sfpo1 the iury with arview to securing her sc- qulttsLH
 The accused's counsel received iii si- senee for a few moments this sttesnpt te prejudice 4he court and the 3ury against his client Then he said:
 The prosecuting attorney Is mistak- en. gour honor. am not intending Go prove that my client has this especial defect. would tor her sake that U had gleased her Creator to give her this defect Instead of the one with which Ehe ls afflicted. Gentlemen of tue yury. my client Is unable to cast upon you gIsrces calculated to excite yout sympathy any more than she could have seen Co write her usSne exactly on the line In that document for she q