The daily Alaskan., 1913-06-06
AnUnronantc Love Story
By SADIE oLcoTT

III By SADIE oLCoTT |
 Edwin Thorpe bad been brought up ! with bis cousin. Helen Wulmarth the l daughter of hls mothers brother who had been taken Into che Thorpe family when she became Uu orphan. When che two were grown Mrs Thorpe who l was then a widow, was possessed of a ! fortune One day when her son wag ! about to start ou @ tour she sald t0 him:
 ore i8 time, Ned that should toko thought 08 Co the disposition of my ! property. It was accumulated by your father. who left It to me, expecting that I would leave lt to you Helen ] h8s been brought up ag one Of our ! family, and ! would Ike to divide it ! between you, but feel it incumbent ! upon me to leave lt an t0 you There is a way, however by which you could relieve ne of the embarrassment" t"
 How Is that. mother2"
 "By winning her for your wife" ] Ned Thorpe bad never thought of his cousin iu tbl8 light Both sexes seem Co prefer to mate with some one they know nothing about than one they ! know an about This Is a requisite of romance. At any utc. without know l lug It. this was exactly the view ho took or the natter From a boy he bad had his dreams or some beautiful ! gIrI whom be should and In a bower of roses. who should greet him with @ blush and a smile and after be had told hIs story should confess that she bad been dreaming about bis counterpart since she was a child.
 For this reason be received bis moth. CTS announcement c0Idly Ho was very fond or bIs cousin. whom be had regarded rather as companion than future wife. but hls mothers sug. gcguou was rather too buslnesslike to commend itself Co one who bad had such romantic dreams or thc girl ho should love not only on earth but l. through eternity So ho told hls moth. er thut np would think about it and nothing would give him greater 8ati8. faction thuu to meet her wishes
 He was gone six months, during which thc ady Of che bower Of roses . dId not appear The girls be met were ! an apsh and blood of 0n ordinary tex. ! ture. some or them possessing uuat. tracuyo traits and some of them be- ! ing positively dlsagrecoble, The only person be saw during hIs tour, it ls |. true hc Hrst saw lu bower Of roses but she arose thcrcir0m lu a dress cut very low above and very high be. meath. and Dirouettcd out toward che ! footHghts before 8n audience of a thou sand persons. uls Imagination was capuyated. but not his common sense.
 At last be returned Co his home, l. thIuElug that since he would please bis mother by marrying his cousin and be bad tired of waiting for che lady in ! che bower of roses to appear, be would consent Co bis mothers plan Indeed, be admitted that It was good plan ! He dld not Ike the Idea of taking an ths family belongings to himself and he didn't like dividing them between himself and some one else. He much ! preferred that it should be Helen.s a5 well as hls own
 Helen bad Improved during his ao sence. having passed out Of what Go some girls Is an awkward age She received him with tbe accustomed well come. and his resolution received new Impetus As soon as be was alone with his mother be s8id:
 Mother. I've come home with the intention of occedlng to your wishes lu the matter you spoke about to nae ! just before ! went away"
 "Wbat mattcrT
 ,Why. In reference to Helen and ] lnherItng the family fortune as one.'
 "Oh. 1 remember, now you speak of |lt That pl0n felI through immediate |Iy after you Ieft us broachcd it to ! Helen. and she said that on no ac- count would she accept an inheritance fhat your father had accumulated and Intended should so at my death to bis son. She Is now studying to be a teacher But she won't have to teach"
 "Why notT' asked Che young man, ! taken quite ab8Ck by Ihe turn Ln Che aEalr.
 "Weu, a certain man ls attentive to her whom It Is supposed she will marry"
 supposed! Don't you kn0wT ez- claimed Thorpe, getting up from his sent thrusuug bis hands Into hls pock cts and strldlng back and forth on che floor
 "Only Helen knows, my dear boy | But what means thIs change in you1 When l proposed thIs union you did not appear to fancy it"
 "Wou suppose didn't Two got my mind made up to t. and now and I've made It up for nothing It Isn't l treating fellow right"
 Mrs. Thorpe was looking ut him out l of a corner Of her eye. She dld not seem at an hurt at hIs uttewncca. On 1 the contrary, she seemed to be endeaV' orIng to conceal satlsfacti0u.
 "Wcn, dear" she said presently, "Ill
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