The daily Alaskan., 1913-11-24
By ADELAIDE BURNHAM

| great toe. One October evening, when he had been hunting in the woods all day, he came to a little lake nestling among the hills. its surface covered with fallen leaves of every color from the lightest yellow hue to the deepest crimson. And looking down a valley he saw landscape that filled him with delight
 What a place for a summer cot tuge" he exclaimed Some day Pm going to build one here"
 And he did, Now. I'm going to tell you how he came to carry out what was but a thought.
 Looking to his right he saw the deep red of brick chimney against brown limbs of trees. He knew that where there was a chimney there must be "a house and started to go and make an Investigation. He came upon a very pretty cottage, with a broad piaz- a around it, a Queen Anne roof and dainty windows.
 And Im jinged if I don't build q match to that" he added to his first assertion.
 There was not a living thing in or near the cottage, and it was evident thut it was Intended only for summer use. Mr. Dix went up on the piazza and looked into the living room through a window. The apartment contained cottage furniture, but the chief attraction was a large fireplace.
 i've good mind to sleep there to- night" he said 10 himself and tried the window to see if 1t were securely lock ed It was, but Mir. Dix hunted for a place Of iI-rusS as encrgetically as he had hunted for game and found one by getting On the piazza roof-a window not well secured. Going downstairs, he opened u door from the inside, ad- hitting him to the wood house, and in a few minutes had a fire blazing on the hearth. Then he settled himself down in an easy chair before it, and, look ing at his reelection in a mirror on the mantcl opposite him, he remarked:
 Your comfort is only eQualed by your assurance
 And struightway he fell asleep.
 Now. it happened that this was Halloween. and party of girls were coming to spend it at this very cot tagp. Flora Stebbins, a daughter of the owner. was the hostess, and the others were her guests. MT. Dix went to sleep about dark, which comes early at the last of October. and the young ladies arrived about s o'clock.
 My goodness graClous~ exclaimed Miss Stcbhius There's some kind of a light inside. It looks as if there were fire on the hearth Wait mia ute till l reconnoiter." She went to window and saw the sIumbering Mir Dix sitting before a fire that was still blazing merriIy. She heckoned to the others. They came and saw the same sight.
 Girls" said Flora. There is the best chance to celebrate AllhaIlow eve l ever heard of. Let one of us go in stealtbily. make just enough sound to wal,cn him so that he'll see her retlec- ton in the mirror on the mantel and get away before he can catch her"
 The idea was eagerly caught upon' and Flora was urged to play the part The others returned to the vehicle that had brought them and waited for the play to be over and her to join them iu a retreat
 Mir. Dix was awakened by the fall ing of some article behind him and. opening bis eyes, saw a girls face re- accted in a mirror before him. But only for an instant. If he had Jeen wide awake he would doubtless have arisen from his chair immediately and made an investigation. As 1t Was, he delayed just long enough to allow the Conspirators to make good their es- cape. He did not even hear t-1 sound of wheels. for the carriage had gone far enough to prevent that, Flora get ting into it near the gate.
 When Mir. Dix got fairly around he did what he would have been expected to do. He went to the hall and out through the front door. He encoun- tered nothing. and all be heard was a distant sound of laughter, but so dis tunt that he was not sure whether It was or was not laughter He was very much puzzled.
 Mir Dix had q job of hunting on his hands far different from following up game. He was a methodical chap and began by learning to whom the cottage belonged. Then he went to the winter residence of its owner ostensibly to peddle books. He could not be driven away until he bad caught sight of Flora Stebbins. whom he at once recog- nizcd as the reality of the image he had seen in the mirror on AllhaIlOW eve. She recognized him, but pretend ed ignorance or him.
 You are my fate" he said. 'I saw your face in a mirror on what l have since learned was AllhaIlOw eve. It will be useless for you to attempt to escape the husband that
 "NOusense!" she exclaimed, blushing