The daily Alaskan., 1911-06-06
By ELLA WHEATON


 Not all steumothers, any more than lu mothers fuHaw, are bad. but Mrs. SreatoriN was aJ leas, avarigious She had no children of her own, huJa itepdaughtcr. Moreover the husband and father had died, leaving >IoooH1 o his widow and S2oooo1 to his laughter, Alice
 Alice was fifteen years old when Ter father died and. having mo other nome. remained with her stepmo.her She feared her fathers widow and would have been glad to get away from her. bu, she was too young Co lay plans for such purpose.
 There was a clause in tho GreatoriN win that If Alice was not married by he time she was eighteen S7oooo Of her fortune was to go lo her step. mother If she had no children at twenty-five another S50uo0 was Co go to her stepmother. Why Mir GrealoriN threw such a temptation in thc way of hIs wife Go keep his daughter un- married does noJ appear. The most probable solution is that it was the result of a eamrramise-that the wife was cIamug more and finally got this stipulation out of him,
 Unfortunately for the stcpmothor's plans Alice must go to school At brc high school when she was seventeen she met a youth of eighteen, and be- tween them there spraug up an 8t- tachment Roger Ashurst called oc- caslonaIIy ou Alice but it didn't take him long to discover that he was ob- uoNfous to tho stepmo.hcr. onposi- ton Is am excellent Incentive to love. and Roger as soon SIS he left tho high school and went into business began Co lay plans to possess tbo girl hc found so much difficulty in court.ng. Besides. Alice had told him of thc why's and whcrefores of the case, and he saw plainly that in order to help Alice he must obtain the legal rights of a husband
 As the girl approached the ago of eighteen her stenmo.her began Go watch her very closely closely. in- deed that she was unable Co commuui- cate with her lover Mrs GrearorLN iutercentiug an her letters Two weeks before AIIoo.s eighteenth birthday she was locked uu in her room. But one night as she was going to bed hear ing shot thrown against her window she opened it and stone was thrown in Co which was attached note from Roger stating that hc would watch for her aunt to go out and when she did hc. c.wouId enter the house and take her away.
 A couple oC days after this Alice wgs not especially surprised at her brd. room door being kicked open andthere stood Roger Hastily putting on her hat and wraps. she went with him downstairs. got into am automobile and was starting when Mrs Grg1loriN appeared. hUTryIug home
 A garage was located around the cor ner. and tm0her the stonmo.hor ran, hired am auto and m0dC chase The rugjtiycs had taken a broad avenue which was the most feasible outlet and into this avenue Mrs. GreatoriN ordered her chauffeur to proceed She saw che auto In which her daughter was cTouiuE- she reeoguized it hy its colo. just turning into side street For several minutes It was iust Go her. but on turning Into the side stree. she herself caught sight of it trying toTass cab that stood In the way. While she looked the auto chuggcd past the hack and d8rted on at full pace
 When Mrs GroatoriN reached the vehicle that had blocked the way her chauffeur cndoavored to pass iton tho right. lou, g0 the moment tho hack swcrveI Co that side Df the narrow street The chauffeur moved to Che left and thr haek also turned Co that side.
 Ruu him 3ownr cried Mrs Great. 0riN. "Ho's in league with Che o.npers.
 But when Che chauffeur tried again to make a passage the hack drew out of Che way and let him pass The pur suing auto soon turned into another avenue. and Mrs. Gre8toriy, looking first Tn one direction, then in the other. saw the fugitive auto moving south ward
 "Thcre itis" she cried Put onall your power.
 They followed the auto twenty miles into the country. when it stopped sud denly
 .Now's your chance" she said to her chauffeur "Dout let them get away.
 But the chauffeur was obliged to slow mp for the reason that the driver Of the other machine got out to fix something. When Mrs. GrcatoriX pulled up beside him he was working with a monkey wrench His auto was empty.
 Mrs. Great0rix was so mad that she abused the fellow for leading her on a wild goose chase. He looked at her Iunocently. apparently not knowing what she was talking about Then, not waiting for a rejoiuder. she order cd her chauffeur to turn about and go back Co the city
 Meanwhile the lovers had been mar. ried
 Mrs. Greatorix never knew their
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