The Alaska citizen., 1911-01-30
Y 1 |

N'hA OuN No Stt SEutS.
 Agnes, wh II my father made you my trustee" he said, he laid up n you the obligation that you were not to marry me until l had proved myself either a success or a failure, didn't he?"
 He did," ass nted Agnes demure- ly.
 But you are no longer my trustee. The last money over which you had nominal control has reverted to he main fund. which is in the hands of MT. Barrister; so that releases yCu"
 "Agn,s laughed softly and shook ler head.
 The obligation wasn't part of the trusteeship," she reminded him.
 But if l choose to construe 1t hat way" he persisted. and de lare the obligation null and void how soon could you get ready to be married to the political boss of the own and one of its leading business men? Agnes" he went on, suddenly quite serious, Il can not do without !,ou any longer I have waited long enough. l n,ed you and you must come to me"
 I'll come if you insist" she said simply. and laid bot. her hands in his. But, Bobby, let's think about means. I have been thinking of it many. many days, and really and ruly l don't like to give up, because of it's bearing upon our future strength. Yesterday l drove down Grand street and looked up at that Trimmer and Company sign. and so long as that Is there, Bobby, l could not feel right about our de- serting the colors. as it were; that is, unless you have definitely given up the fight"
 Given up!" repeated Bobby quick ly. Why, I have just begun. have just begun. I've been to school all this time, Agnes. and to | hard school, but now I'm sure nave learned my lesson. I have won ! l fight or two; have had the taste of blood; I'm going after more; I'm going to win"
 I'm sure that you will" he repeated. Think how much better satisfied we will be after you have done so."
 Yes, but think, too, of the time if will take" he protested. First of all I must earn money; that is, must make the Bulletin pay. can 10 that. It is on the edge of earn ing it's way right now, but l owe twenty five thousand dollars. It is going to take long, long time for me to win this battle, and in it need you"
 T am always right here, Bobby" she reminded him. 'I have never failed you wh,n you needed me, have I? But maybe it won't take SO long. You say you are going to make the Bulletin pay. If you do hat counts for a business success, enough to release you on that side, But really, Bobby, how difficult a task would it be to get back con- rol of your fathers store?"
 Hopeless, just now" said he
 How much money would it take?"
 Well. not so very much in con- parison with the business itself" he told her. T own two hundred and sixty thousand dollars worth of stock, Trimmer owns two hundred and forty thousand, while sixty thousand more is scattered among his relatives and dependents. That stock is not for sale, that is the rouble; but if I could buy twenty one thousand dollars of it l could 10 what liked with the entire con- Cern"
 Then Bobby, let's not think of anything else but h W to get that stock nt'c iDcict hoy hot for our wedding present"
 Bobby regarded her gravely for a 'ong time.
 Agnes, you're a brick!" he fin ally concluded. You're right, as you have always been. We'll wait. But you don't know, oh, you don't know how hard that is for me"
 Tt is not the easiest thing in he world for me-" she gently re- minded him.
 From the time that she had laid her hands in his he had held them, and now he had gathered them to him, pressing them upon his breast. Suddenly, overcome by his great longing for her, he clasped her in his arms and held her, and press ed his lips to hers. For a moment she yielded to that embrace and closed her eyes, and then she gently drew away from him.
 We mustn't indulge in that sort of thing very much" she reminded him, 'or we're likely to lose all our good resolutions"
 Good resolutions" declared Bob by, are a nuisance"
 She smiled and shook her head
 Look at the people who haven't any," she reminded him.
 It was perhaps half an hour later when an idea which brought with it smile came to her.
 We've definitely resolved to wait until you have either accomplished what you set out to do, or complete ly failed, haven't we?"
 "Yes," he assented soberly
 Then Pm going to open one of the letters your father left fer us. l have been dying with curi- osity to know what is in it." and hurrying up to her secretary she brought down one of the inevitable gray envelopes, addressed: To My Children Upon the Occasion
 of Their Deciding to Marry Be
 fcre the Limit of My Prohibition
 What l can not for the life
 of me understand is why the
 devil you didn't do it long ago!"
 Bobby was so thoroughly awake 10 the underlying principle of Agnes contention that even this let +er did nothing to change his view point.