The daily Alaskan., 1913-05-23

"TwoIvc hours In the guardhouse."
 "Vcry well. Consider tho order Is, sued. Go to Che guardhouse.'
 "Ig am not dlrtlng l assure you um in earnest"
 She looked at the colonel, a hand some bachelor of forty, with a pair of beautiful eyes In way that puzzled .him
 "I have a mind to order you out of che garrison" be sald. "You have be. wIrcbcd these young officers 80 as to render them useless as soldiers, and l shall get no service out of them till you are gone"
 'Do slt down and let us talk it over, | think clo prove to you that ] am not a HIrt"
 ""WcI go on."
 seriously. Mr. Wheeler must be headcd oG or"-
 "UeW blow out his braIns2'
 "U0w could he do chat wben'-
 "ue h0snt anyG"
 "Llsteu to me. see a way to settle che matter with him"-
 And Che rest of themT n'Wm you please cease to interrupt meg
 Proceed"
 "Whcu a girl is once engaged she is let alone Now, wish to be en. gagged"
 a0h. you do. For how lougT
 "Tb1t depends My drst object is to ec. rid oC this cIomor can't marry .uH these young men and If ] engage myself to one of them an the rest will quarrel over Che matter Now, if | en-. gage myself to their commanding off, cor It win be very different No one .of them win have been preferred to Che other"
 "Wmt brain you have in that pret- ry head of yours! Are you sure they'll not aU muuuy|
 How riJ.guIousw
 "Tm at your service. But warn you you may Gnd lt harder to get rid of me than Wheeler"
 "Oh. Pm not afraid Of that"
 "You mean. l suppose, that being an uld f0gy TII do for a buffer and when DO longer needed will be retired"
 "Y9u go too fast lt win be time enough to talk about crossing bridge when we get to iL"
 "Wu you announce our engage. mcntg"
 "rHcrc you are agaln-tryiug to cross a bridge We haven't reached"
 "Eut l thought you said you wished to 5o engaged to me for protection. What protection will lt be lf we keep Che engagement a secretT
 What does an engagement fin. volyeg
 Kissing privileges"
 "Tbore is something that comes be, fore that"
 "What? Eh, 0h, ] see-a proposal"
 "Certaluly."
 "WIl you do me the honor to be my wIfa|'
 "Not on such a proposal as that"
 What EIud of a proposal would you .UEcy
 cone with some feeling in it"
 Having received a great many of them, perhaps you will tell me the most attractive way to proceed"
 "Thc suitor, sitting beside the lady as you are sitting, takes her left hand l In his" The colonel did as instructed, using l bis right hand
 "Not that hand; the other"
 'Why sop
 The right hand must be free" The colonel used his left hand
 "Thcn be tells bis story in his own way"
 "you are the IovelIest little humbug 0n Che world. ! love you desperately land have loved you desperately ever since you came to the garrison, but ! |ncvcr dreamed that you would consid- CT an old fellow Ike me for moment Icspcclally whcn"-
 "Now you see why you should keep your right hsnd free" she interrupted las be placed lt on her waist
 "Au these young chaps are mad about |you"
 That's the way ! supposed you felt |ab0ut it Now the privilege you spoke Tor comes ln" Tho colonel took advantage of the | privilege and the young lady remark. led that that was not essential to the original plan, whereupon the colonel l Icyclalmcd. "OrgInaI plan be hanged!
 Tho colonel was right about the mu- tiny. save that lt was a social mubuy only. Half a dozen subglterns ground l their teeth and wondered what girl could sec ln a man old enough to be | her father However the Iady's en- garcmcnt to tho commandant served las ample protection even from Mfr. Wheeler, though be was so badly hit ! that be put In an application for Idns-