The daily Alaskan., 1911-11-02

whole sex on which Co choose Nte' but when he once decided to plunge be shuts bis eyes md plunges.
 ! Runnion. H has been said. had been l captivated by Miss wetherelrs vii l lowy figure. When she threw or her rugs and arose. from her steamer chRir l to go down to Enncbeon bor dgure did not seem quite SO willowy as when be ] had first seen her. On several other . occasions during the voyage when she was without wraps he noticed the same thing. Erery day the young lady l lost something of tk7se lines of figure ] that had touched Isunnion's fancy. ] But her voice remained melodious and her eyes soft If enc of her charms was departing the other two remained ] A fish caught on hook is in a differ ent position from a fish not caught on a hook. Runnlou had got fhirly start ! cd on his matrimonial venture, and a little thing He hls ladylove gaining flesh was not sufficient to turn him back.
 Besides. suppose he dld turn back7 ! There was the same lonely old age to stare him in the face If Miss Weth- . ercl was daily getting tat he was daily . learning of some new charm iu her What these charms really were he didn't stop to inquire Appealing to the senses and Co the reason are two widely different matters One muy ap- peal to ihe latter without affecting the former. but IT the former are touched the latter goes ID in the sir. Runnion had been using his reason exclusively with regard ro women for twenty years. Now he was giving his senses a chance.
 The evening before making port Run nion sat on de,k with Miss Wetherell. It was October. but the air was not yet cold. He did not Intend to plunge, but he plunged. Probably mOst-or at sny rate-many proposals are uninten- tlonal The lady. however, held her. self more under control. She said she must take time tO consider. She was very young and marriage was the most important step in a womau's life She gave him her address in New York and told him that she would be pleased to see him there. He secured her con sent tO his calling tte next evening after the arrival Of the steamer.
 By morning the weather had changed and it was quite cool Miss Wethcrell when prepared t0 go ashore wore furs. The last vcstlce Of her willowy figure had departed But her voice was the same and her eyes were the same The figure had done its work with Runnion and was no longer necessary, especially so long as the voice was melodious and the eyes lanCutShinE He stood with her In a corner pressed her hand, and said something to her ln a low voice which made her droop her lids and cover her eyes with her long lashes Then they parted, 10 meet the same evening. Runnion hurried on ahead, desiring to get through some work at his counting room before business closed.
 He went to hls apartments Tn the afternoon. dressed for the evening and proceeded to bis club to dine Having ordered his dinner he took up an even ing paper. HIS eye was caught at once by enormous letters announcing the arrival of the steamer In which he had crossed the ocean and the arrest of two women for smuggling.
 The article went on to say that a Mrs Wetherel and her daughter bad come over on the steamer. the mother keeping her staterOom during the voy- age. They had come ashore together, and the customs officers noticing disproporti0n between their thin faces and their round corporosities had or dercd that they be searched. Ten thou sand dollars worth of expensive laces bad been found wound around each of them Mrs. Wetherell, who was a very thin woman. had kept out of sight during the voyage in order that her rcUndity on leaving the steamer should not attract attention.
 The article went on to state that the ladies were rich and emlnently re- spectable. A bond had been given by the husband ard father for their sp- pearancc in court Co answer charge of smuggling, and the accused had been released
 "I told you SO, said Runnion to himself Pool Why did you go back on what you have known for twenty years 9"
 He read the article again, noticing that the social position of the ladies was excellent Then t occurred to him that ihe girl to whom he had proposed and her mother had but fol lowed a natural law They had done that which the world does not consider sin-that Is. when one is not caught Would it be the part of a true man to go back on his propcsition7
 The manIiness in him conquered. The same evening he appeared at the address that had been given him and asked for Miss wetheren She came down heaminE.
 "I knew you would come" she said. ''You have seen how mother and ! were cauFhtT