The daily Alaskan., 1913-06-03
What Could
 She Do?
3, HARRY VAN AMBERG

 ! away an muddled up. am very fond ! of Trucsdale. He served In the regi. l ment ] commanded In the Spanish war and l don't wish anything to come be. l tween him and me to cause restraint . If you so for him hen keep away from hero forever after"
 "If Mr. Truesdale Is a friend Of . yours, how can he'-
 Nonsense, In Che first place he's 1 ten years younger thun l; n Che sec |oud. Ir be were ten years older Itwould .uot make any difference to you Now, |go You understand what ] require; behave yourself"
 "How do you wish me to treat Mr. . .Truosd0Ieg"
 "Lct hIm alone"
 "All right. mm. r'l do just as you say"
 Mr. TrucsduIc appeared. or, rather 'Contmu Tucsdale. for he had com ! mrnIed a company In CoIone. Boorl- ! mans regiment In Cuba and had dis. . unguIshnd himself for guUanuy He ! was tliry.two years old and a fine l. man: hence tbc warming thc colonel | had given Gwen A few days after ! bis arrival a second Interview occurred . between father and daughter. ! "Gwou." su.d Che mthcr stcrnIy. I 1 thought told you Co do nothing to !. get Tucsdalc bglod up."
 "For heavens suEe. papa. what have | Ioucs"
 "Doncg Ton h1vc done a lot One can often work more mischief by doing nothing than doing a great deal"
 "uldUt you tell me to lcaye Captain ] TmpsInIp NI0ucF
 "I did, and you have lcft him SO sc- vcrcIy UIoup already rhat ] cun see be Is piqupd What ! wish you t0 do l is to treat bim just as you would treat l any guest Of mine"
 ''Ycs, papa"
 In spite of the 0bedlcnt tone To which the words were spoken Colonel Board man looked at hls daughter with mis. 1. giving as she meekly left the room. l Another brief period passed and the colonel again thought is necessary to speak to his daughter about her treot- meDt of hIs friend
 ! "Gwcnr She knew by che tone In l which her name was spoken that more l. fault was to be found with her and !. bowed to what was coming.
 "I can't understand" thc colonel re- sumcd after a pause "why you can't ! treat friends Of mine w1o come into ! thIs house more naturally, asked you to Iet Captain Truesdale alone, and you let him 80 severely alone that your treatment of him attracted his attention Then I asked you to b0 more cordial to him, and you must needs be too cordial Don't you know !. that's che way to get a man in love ] with youT
 "you don't mean lt! Isn't that fun nyg"
 Funny. It Isn't funny at an; its serious"
 "wbat do you wish me to do next papaG
 aThat do l wish you to do? Why ! couf0und lt huve a mind to send J0u . away
 shall l pockE
 ! The colonel thought a few moments l. before replying to this last question ] "ycs," he said at last you may pack. 1. Go Co your Aunt Marg8rets dll True5- 1. dale leaves here. Then you may come ! back. IT bad any confidence in you, ! which ! haven't wouldn't object to l TucsdaIe. but this mania of yours to | bring every man down for mere sport lis cxecubIe and ln the case of Trues- dale ] won't have lt Pm extremely fond of him and win not permit you ! to embarrass our friendship"
 "Ycs, papa
 The same afternoon Gwen was pack ed or to her aunrs While she had been at home. Truesdalc, especially un- der his recent treatment by her, had been Che lie Of Che house, He talked over their campaign with his host and made no mention 0f any time of de- ! pugure But as soon as Gwen had l gone be became dull and llstless The colonel tried to enIIven him with ca ! horn" once lu awhile, but lt did not .appeur to do him any good The day .after Owens departure ho told his ! host that bis presence was needed in . the city. The colonel protested. but . yielded, since his guest had ceased to ! be companloD0ble So they parted. | Then the colonel who must have conn ! pauOonshIp. wrote bis daughter:
 "You may come home-tho tempta- ton Is now out of your way" ! When Gwen drove up to the house | Che colonel ran out to embrace her | Who should get out of the carriage ! drst but Captain Truesdalc. He hand- ] ed out Gweu
 What does thls meauT asked the l boloncI br.sulng
 "It means" said Gwen, "thlt you wished me to let Captain Truesdale | |uIone. That didn't please you, and ] ! treated him cordially. You sent me |awuy and be followed me. What In ] Che world could ! do2 I suppose | must marry him. for you'll never be | satisfied with anything else ] do in the ] premises"