The daily Alaskan., 1912-03-14

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 ehattea wnh hc about what she . was puttlng in md . h various subjects. bot dld not cross ifP hedre pot then was not hurrylns oa Co forhidSen ground was dlffHa shsre
 A month passed during which no one h my home kn.w that bad any ! aeouaintance with the foundliug. When the secret came out Il was ia this wises On a frosty rnorulnE E tlc plants next toor were seen to have been covered for thcir protection frnaa llie cold | knew by the demeaftf of my father and mother at the breakfasi table that 1 something was wroilg When my ia finer finished his bteakfast and had scanned his paper hs went out. leaving me alone with my uloiher
 Henry, she said lmpressiyely. T am very much alsrnied
 At wbat mother !" asked.
 q fear that you hhvc formed an ac- auaintance. possibly an intimacy. with the girl next door
 While ! consider deception as a ne cessity I never could get down to a de n,erate Iie l sad ilothlng
 "TAst night" moilIer continued. "be- inc wakaful. aros D and sat by the window. In the dsf kuess I saw some thing white moving from our place to the one next door. That white thing this morning covers the young growth planted by the girl ere"
 The secret was but had been caught red handed
 "I-l thought ihcrI would be frost. and wished to savp the plants"
 opia vou fhink of iHoSc iR our own garleny
 I maintained confessional silence.
 That was an so fbr as words were concerned. but thc next wces 2 was hacked of to el,un found oppor. tunlty Co meet Aliee aud iril her what had happened Shn mHde no comment -,did nW rcrroaeb ae or my mother But in way in kerWnE with her youth she su6crca lhai was evident. When we parted ] lsui 70 give her eoodby Siss, bul sid quietly prevented mc.
 My rarcafs eent from school Co college and couHuu b A kcep me away from home dnrine ,as'ious till had finished my edJ atim There was DO communication heNtcca Mice Clarke and myself during iHs tiuc. bui did not forget her thersh [ 'rled to do so. ! had q nuah2f of mid liriations with different younf girls in uiy sin dent days. hut ihes ieGe nn impfes sion on me After my graduation no objection was nrae to ny going home wondered at thH! aud feared thnt something had halFehed to remove Alice Clarke from llte place. But since sue had not been q tterred to between mv mother aud myself afier had been sent away io separate me rom her ! did not l''-e fo aSs. tried 10 convince myself tha ! wor'd be snil'- fed to fnd the daheer removed, bnt the girl had left tender spot in my heart which would not be healed. As soon us reached home the last oi June-l kept an eye out next door. J did not sec Alice. and the binds Of her room were closed But saw that the Clarkes were siiR living there. ] WIS sS,onished at the sinking felt in my heart. could refrain no longer from asking my mither what had be. come of nv young love.
 "There Is a story tu tell" she said "and wIl give il to yon as it oc- cured under my observation One morning about vfar acn carriage with rveried servaiits drove up to ihe C'larkes. and a lady aliehted and went Into thc house. An.hour after she and Alice came out. hInd in hand The lady said roodby tery feelingly. bui came acain the next day taking ihe cir with her vhrh she went away Since then Alice has como often to sec tho Carkcs. but always in the ladys carriage and haudsAWely dressed
 okoJ you have nnt learned the req son for ail thlss~ , asked wonderingly.
 "Yes. Mrs. Clarks and have often snolcn from the windows or from the grounds. aud she t,Ild ne. hui only the bare facts. The la}Iy Is Alire's mother. She is of the blut blood if there Is spch of Anerica. in her youth she elopcl was marTbAj and her father disoUura her fTtr husband became mn invalid. starvation stared tho cou- pie ln tbc face. all when Alice was born there seemed nothing Co do but place her in a iol ud ing home. But inc mother knew ilhsre the child had breu taken and .nrc ste was well cared for and poetyty prevented did net claim her When Inc grandfather died and left largr fortune it was found that be had rc.cntea and left 1 hls daughter hcr slarc Of his property. ! She immediately claimed Alice. CT ! Beatrice. which is her real name Bea- trice Farnsworih and took her home l with her
 | One morning [ shw carriage drive up. and Alice. rictRv dressed aliehte'l and went Inside watched for her to appear araia and presently saw her % out to the flower garden where 1 had agsl seen her | Joined her. and the ! t..t.. f... far.. ,st