The daily Alaskan., 1911-11-20

maiden aunt, a woman of consiueTaole ] brain and win power. had hardly ] been settled In her house before she laid out a course for me 10 pursue.
 .I shah give you good education, she said. and an education Is a foun- dalton on which woman may build a career as well as man. I'm not going Co educate you that you may occupy a subordinate position In some mans or l fee. not going to make steuugrapher of you to take down some mon's dicta- Hon-no man ever dictated Co me ! shall give you profession. ECt when YOU have been graduated | shah expect YOU to practice. It is not my Intention to spend money on you to be thrown away. I don't propose that after giv- inc vou a profession some man shall come along. talk 6 lot of nonsense to YOU and render all have spent on you abortive. If woman Is going to be lawyer or a doctor she must begin by rutting all notions of love and mar riace out Of her head"
 Considering that my aunt made this announcement to me when I was but twelve years old, it Is not to be ex- nected that it made any other impres- sion on me than that l was Co follow the path she laid down for me. It evi- 5ertlv did not occur Co her that was rather young to agree when grown to place myself in opposition Co natures laws. Nevertheless, she accepted my promise that I would repay her klnd- ness Tn educating me by making my self the old maid she was herself and spend my life listening to people tell about thelr aches and pains Instead Of hearing the prsttle Of my own chil' dren.
 Nevertheless, my aunt was a good woman despite her crankincss She took admirable care of me. and wben I became old enough to choose a pro feSsl0n I selected medicine. Ny aunt died shortly after [ had received my diploma and left me a legacy sufficient Co give me a start in my profession The last thing she said to me was; 'RememSer your promise You win be sorely tempted because you are very good looking. Men win try to draw you away from the path of duty, but you must not listen to them. Whnt they win want of you Is to make you a slave. Re constantly on your guard.
 AS to the temptation, my aunt was right.
 My being thrown into field Of ls- Dor where [ met many men, some or whom were intelligent and attractive was probably the cause Of my receiv- ing a number of proposals. But ! set myself resolutely to carry out my aunt's intentions regarding me, feel ing bound in honor to do SO. l re- fused an my suitors, devodng myself exclusively to my practice. l found It impossible to keen the fact thlt ! vss pledged Co celibacy from being known, and I believe that for this reason I was especially sought in mar riage Nothing is so desirable as that which Is impossible to obtain
 I Ipracticed two years and resisted an temrtations to marry. One day an old lady cane to see me and begged that would make a diagnosis of a trouble that was afiicting her son. She said she believed there was some thing on her sons mind that he would not eonfde to his medical attendant A man. she said, would be more likely to give his. confidence fn certain mat ha7s to a woman than one Of his own sex. The invalid had been a trifeE in love affairs, and she was not sure but that be had been caught In his own tran. If she could be sure ot this she might possibly find remedy,
 There was something winning In the old lady's solicitude lest her boy might l,e getting bis just deserts. was amused at the absuudity of a man having to call in a woman physician to cure him of a possible love malady, did not attend men patients as rule. partlv because l had cured one man and he had given me his heart in addition Co my fee, But since this dear old lsdy's invalid son was sus- pected to be already in love, even to fbe hreakinc down of his health, | saw no reason why I should not obige her. So 1 promised to at least make one visit
 I found a fine looking young fellow some twenty-e8ght years old, six feet high and muscular. AS entered the room where he was lounEing he looked up at ne with a captivating smile that he had evidently inherited from his mother. There was an unconscious strength about him that in a man Is especially attractive to a woman. | did not wonder that he had fallen into l Csuantry and could not but have some sympathy for him that he was suffer | ing the penalty. His mother with drew and I began to question him pro ] fessionaIly. though only asked him how he felt and to what cause be attributed his ailment; then said to ] him frankly
 You are not ul; you think you sre."
 T know it"
 "I can't at present determine 1 whether your trouble is mental or nervous. If there is anything on your mind you had better tell me l can
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