The daily Alaskan., 1911-07-27
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 "Wbcn she met mp on tbe read abe said good mornIn and went by with- out aoothef word. lf she had missed me shed sald Why don you 90 dshu any mncey or somepn ike that Instead she plk up witb a mis able gaioot ul a boy that ypbi 10 the
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 "rhere wasn't anything consaned about you. was thrrpy' suggested
 Not hlt. was Bs innocent as dove; got ropcd in Just to be made guy of was stupid lunkhead then. Now know beuern Co trust one of the vipers teii you. know nll about 'em now; can't any on 'em fool me
 Didn't you fan into any other trapsT
 "yes, onct." be replied haltnely.
 "Tcll me about that one"
 'It was the same gal Mary Owen She went away Co b0ardlu school. and when she came back she was Kind a cityfcd But she was purty tell you she was purity as a new painted mown' machine When she met me she talked about when we was boy and gal and our dshin together, and all thai not sayin' anything about that slabsldcd boy she vus lcadln ou as she did me. She asked me Co rU with her lo see thp place where she got tIe 8shhook Into her finger Like a fool ! fell nm the trap again ] went with her Co tBe bank of the creek and we stoed lookin down ou rho vuipr. Thpre had been turrauIp lot of rUiu. and Che creek WIS high Mary was laugh in and CiggIin ns though she was micbty pleased about somep'n. Shc walked right up to the edge of the bank The current had washed It away underneath. the piece she was standiu ou broLe oT. and down she went with a splush into tho water
 TOT course [ Jumped in foo; got her arm around my neck swnm with her to place below where the bank sloped and put her dripPiu'. on The grass. What did she do but just whUt she'd done when she rommcd lhe fish hook Into her hand SD she eouId make me cut ft out She ucrtrude,l to faint.
 "Wbat did you d0F
 "Oh. made a fool 0f myself Just as I done before. kissed her"
 He looked very much ashamed at having been obliged to confess that this imp of darkness had entrapped him a second time
 "Whai happened jbenT' | asked
 what happened then3 Why, ! talk ed no end of soft stuG to her md she shed some crockodile tears and ail that and when we parted we was engaged Co be married But when go, home and got Co thiukin how many times I'd been fooled and ! was gltlIu deeper and deeper into tbe pit she was digEiu for mo list sot down and swotc Then went Co see her again and told her that what I'd been talkin Co her was all rot
 "She iIst looked at me Kind cur'us for awhile aud ben sbe up and con fcsscd she'd been foolin' me all along
 The farmer paused. evidently having finished his story. the conclusion Of which he seemed Co consider bore hln out iu aIl his assumptions as Co the wickeIuess uf Mary Owen.
 How long ago did this last parting take placer ] asked
 "Oh. that was only three months ago"
 Mary hasn't married" said. and. what's more. she won't marry unless she marries you Flease excuse me for telling you lhe truth; but, though I've seen many big fools, never before saw SO big a one as you.
 "Why. stranger what do you meanf'
 ol mean that from the 6rst The girl fancied you. and since you wouldn't show any interest in her she praciiced feminine plan t0 make you do Sd. Then you dropped her, expecting her to show how she took the slight as you thought she should show it She wouldn't have been a real girl if she had Since then she has been giving you chances to stop making fool of yourself. which you have been too stu. pd to take advantage of It's quite possible that you've made such bIun der Of the whole thing that youU never be able Co strBigbten it out with her You have probably committed the un- pardonabie'-
 By this time he was looking at me wildly out Of his eyes, his color ail gone from his face, apparently con science stricken at what he had done At the mention of the unpardonabIp sin he collapsed.
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