The daily Alaskan., 1912-12-04

cd Chit the siriA trunk at her boarding place be searcbed. She went pale in an instant, and as the inspector noticed it suspicion lodged in bis heart When asked 1T she were willing she hesitatcd and ffaally declined. Even the good old justice. who was her friend, looked at Der with pity in his face. The inspector stared Into vacancy moment and then his mind was made up.
 'Biary, have you ten dollar bill ln your trunkI" be asked.
 'T-r'- she stammered,
 "Hare you or have you not7"
 ''Yes. but--but''-
 ''Than you took the letterT'
 "oh, couldn't have done it--I never did itl" she walled
 Then where did the bin come fromT
 T can't tell you Please don't ask me anything more. didn't take the Pen field letter, but I---I can't tell your
 Poor glrlr sighed the justice as he walked across to the hotel with the in. spector E.r
 i've got a duty 10 do. was the reply.
 When the inspector had reached his room be sat down and wrote out his resignt ton. to take Immediate effect Some one else would have to arrest Mary Williams It was the hardest blow ot his life. He had been thinking of Der for a month past as his wife It seemed impossible that she could be guilty, and yet the inspector sent On to take his place must arrest her on her own showing The man was feel ing more sore at heart than ever before In his life when he heard two female voices lu the next room. There was a vacant stovepipe hole just above his head that let every word float through. The women were the innkeeper's wife and his daughter, and he heard the mother say:
 "TIIHe, where did you get that ten dollar till changedT
 "At the butchers" was the reply.
 "And what did you do with the let terT
 Blurred it up. Don't you 50 to fret ting over things. They say that Mary will lose her place, but nothing else will happen, want to set Mir. Gran forth in the parlor tonight and sing and play for him"
 Ten minutes later the inspector was at the butchers. asking questions. He went from there to the postofice for few minutes talk with the accused girl. When he had asked a question or two she remembered that on a cer' tain date when she had half a dozen letters in her hand she had been called Into the grocery part in hurry and had left the letters on the counter for a moment beside the innkeeper's daughter. ...
 And now about searching your trunkT' asked the inspector.
 She handed him the key in a shame faced way and said:
 q don't want you to- but if you must then you win find the bill in a letter, Read the letter.
 The justice was taken along, The letter and money were found, and both read the letter and replaced it and went ouc of the room almost on tptoe The inspector had never heard that Mary even had a beau The letter proved that she was engaged to young man in neighboring town and he had sent her the money to save up with more against their wedding.
 Why didn't you tell me this be- toreT asked the inspector of the girl that evening.
 IT didn't want to hurt you" she replied
 Hurt me-how1T'
 'l knew you were falling in love with me, and you are 90 old, you know. and I'd have to say no, you see"-
 'T understand" be finished, with a sigh, and, going into his own room, he tore up his resignation and sat down and figured lt Rn out and sald Co him !