The daily Alaskan., 1912-01-02

" uNA S NNF A4hNttf NlNu Alt4 T haven't changed 90 much as all lhat Everybody else knew me when l came back yesterday"
 ~You can't De Lem Pike" she insist ed. "l used tU know bim. and he didn't loook nt an like you
 What did he look HkeT' demanded Lem Sulleuly
 The girls eyes Jeff bis face and were focused on the distant horizon llne. Agalusi its blue gray mist she seemed to see picture of The past
 Len pike wss taii and straight sBd strong. snid Mabel Danvers dreamiiy, and Lem unronsciously lost bis lazy, stoop shauldrrgd alr and stiffened h the saddle His eyes were a clear. rieHu blue. and his hair was light go'den she explained. almost shyly and then. catching herself up with bitter liiile laugh she added ''i suppose n WITS sandy hair His face was hand not bad looking and there was a surt ni good look alpnui him On. ! don't nfes,H goody -euody: [ don't Ike tha' Bind hu ] l do like clean hcared men
 And Lem Pile was like Ihai in those dsysy asked Lem. watching hri vii Q fascinated eyes
 She nodded He was Ike that. aHd he wns more He was fasfidious about his dress. be never drank s drop hs did not care for H: be hrd lots of srli ! respect and he was as bravr as . lion But he went away and hr wIll never come bsck
 "You don't believe mo vbcn ! Ssy that am Lem TikeT he dcmsnded, l with a queer iook "a his eye- How rnn ] when vou gre 70 differ. entF" Her little nose wrInkied disdsin- | fully and be was cnn~Cious tbsi the aroma of wakeham's saloon siill clunE Co him He shir,ed swkwardly 10 bis saddle as re surveyed her from under ! his hal urlm
 Would you recognize him If be vu- ra rome hack looking ss be wasT be u~sed
 A warm light Sled her eyes and her : up trembfed Yes. ! would know bim . anyvupre then but be win never come back
 "I bet you einCulated lem euphst- icnHy "WiH you watch out for him, say New Years dav1 Thst will make ] s new beginning for him.
 "l wonder if he knows that ! msr. ried five ycarN ago remarked the girl irrelevanjlr
 Lem Pike did not go hars to Wake hams saloon He turned his hack on the town and vrut away
 One he stopped and looked at The low range of hills rhai hruuded the . Danvcr~ ranch
 "I dnnr c0re if you arc married; m make god yet" he muttered ''You won't look st me lIks that srsinrr ca New Tear's day the sky vas Ike au inverted blue bowl light fsu of snow covered the ground. sud it was % | freezing cold ihut the 6lm ot snow On the roof Uf uaHvers ranch house did not melt lD the sun
 Down at The corral thcrr were life snd motion. hut ur here in the big living room of tho house it waS very quiet. old Bin Danvers bad t,pen dead for ! several years past. and 90 had hts fran little wife Rut there wHS a sister of ! Bilrs who munaVe1 the household with frm and kindly hand Aunt Susan wBS sitting upstairs in her rDUm now. writing letters to sll Of her friends 10 Ohio Mabel sat In the big rocking | chair rt The front window of the Iiv- ing room and watched ihs tran with strained eyes
 He said on Nrv Years day. and ! the day is almost gone. might have known that 't would not happen He couldn't heln U IFS msn's weak ness. might have heiped him to bs strong. she accuned herself bitterly He needed help nud snCours gsnszt not sneerN from me And sll the years vil br blnnk and drsary without : him God forgive Hie- cannot help itT' ! Sbs did mol gro hor-eman come slowly up The tran. she did mt zee ! the dainty trarkS rrieked by his black horse She hrard no sound Of ap- proceeding frniStrr- on the Yeranda. i and when hiS kuopk cane sharply on thp dnrr 'hr yfrapE to Der tsS with col0rIesr fryr
 She ru pd thc dUSr wide Opsa. sns he came m it wRs ths Lem iTke of old-Jan -nd rair haired with clean. clear hlns eyes anS frank fssturss. now .hsdovrs by some bitter sr- psrisncs He was nrsight and strong | looking. snd he carried himself with the old time swihR sf the shoulders that marked him out from other snd | smsTlsr mss
 "I sm bsriRntns Hn ever sEain,~ hs said quietly. 'Hnd I've come Go you drst so you could sss the beEis- | ming and I'm coming fhs 6Tst of every year fo show you that I've kept ! it un. ] owe H Co you Co bs what you ] thought vns He was holding her | hands in hIS though neither of them seemed 70 be aware of The fBct 1 He looked at her sppesllnEiy aRe 1 rhr- .los-F hFv avc1 an Instant -t1