The daily Alaskan., 1913-05-12
A Modest Girl With Long Hair By SADIE oLcoTT
By SADIE OLcOTT

Figd, Jake, What Anu or bai yo' roln to gIJT
 "As purty as a peach, Tom, and as modest and gentle as a dove. That's what drawed me, her modcsy. Can't anybody look at her without her blush .ln' aU overT
 "Humpbrr grunted Tom.
 "Reckon you don't count much on a womaus belu' SO modest as that, do .youw
 "JaEe, I'm golu' to answer your ques- ton by tcllln' you a story. Oncet had to SO down to Denver to get some .assayin' done. had struck some dirt .mat l thought might pan out purty good So took some chunks with me land started on my own horse, When h got within ten miles or 80 of the city .it was gctun' dark, and ] put up at a tavern. My room was In an l. to the 'buudIu', and ! could look right across to another l. and Into a wlndCr where there was a gal snndiu' before a look. .u' rIaes combIn' her hair And, her room bcIn' lower chan mine, l could see just how long lt was. It reached to the floor and was thick as shcof O wheat
 Ifthcre's a feature about woman to .D.case your humble servant its fine .haal oC haIr And tbIs gals was glossy land wavy as the surface Of lake, and .it shIncd under che light O them kero- scne lamps Go beat the band. fell in Hove with her ot oucct-or rather ] !. fell in love with her bair-and J vowed l. l wouldn't leave the place uu I'd made . her acquaintance
 "Thc next mornin' ] saw her go out and walk up the road jist went after her. and when caught up with her . l says, says !:
 "'Ira Gue moruiD', miss.
 "Shr looked down at the ground and .d.dut say uoth0n', SO saId some more:
 ''.No oTcnsc miss. I'm a miner from .up around Georgetown, purty rough, but honest saw you combIn' that wonderful head O hair O yourn, and
 "'DId y0uE she said. kind O fright .ancdIlke
 "'Yes You don't mind a man scein. .vou with It uuloosonod, do youT
 "'LudIcs don't usually appear before gentlemen that woy,' she said so mod .estIikc that wanted to put redhot lockers In ms eyes for I0okin' at it land told her chat her hair was so |sn.andrd thut she'd ought to wear it .F1wu uur back UI tuo time. ! uNcd liner lr l couldn't walk a ways with .gur. and she said she wasn't used to .warsln' with gentlemen as she hadn't .narn introduced to. but looked so good and kind and nice that she would .nor mind my waIkIn' little ways.
 "waa0 got to tclIin' her about .whaf brought me to Denver. md she looked klnd O interested when ] told liner thought I'd struck puyin' dirt. |Snc sarI for my sake she hoped ] .wonlIn't bc disappointed We was .nIEIn' when We come to a puddle, land she waited while ! went ahead, for she had to Ilft her skirt a couple .8f inches and she was SO modest that she wouldn't let me see her foot So, vor see. had two things t0 love, her .nnfr and her m0dcsty. aud there was .svrn more of the last than Che first
 "wo walked some time together and h was guu.n' more and more In love ..nn Che time. But bimcby she came to la house and went iu SO bad to leave .Hor nf the door 5ep watch to see |Hor combIn' her hair agin. and toward .nvorfn' she went into her room and .tooE Che hair down, and just as ] was .hoeInuIn' to feast my eyes on it she .cIoscd che blinds.
 "Now. If thut wasn't modcsly don't . know what you'd call it
 "The next mornIn' ] saw her go out .aefn and Joined her ag'in, tcllin' her .tnnt was goiu' Into town to get my samples assnycd she said she hoped .hcv'd turn oul well and ] must let her 'Enow ] took Che samples into Denver land left lem there, to call for 'em in two days. While was a-waitin' saw 'a lot O .lc gal with thc long hair and laid some courtin'-thot Is, ] would 'a' done it if she hadn't been SO deuced modest accidentally touched her hand oncct, and thought she was g0.u to have dt
 "whcn | went into Denver to get the .assayers report on my samples be told me there was not enough gold in a ton Co buy a plug O tobacco. 1 went .bacs disappointed but by this time was SO dead in love that [ didn't mind my setback lu the other matter ] con- aded what the assaycr said to the gal, and thut was the last | saw of her in those parts Where she went ] didn't |. know. but it was plain she dldn't have any use for a miner without mine.
 'I had friend in Denver 80 went in there to borrow enough money to get back to camp. While l was walk | n' up thc main street where all the !. shops is saw crowd before a win der. went to see what was goln' on, and standIn' there In the winder with her hair hanglu down to her heels was . the gal I'd fallen In love with, princI- !. Dany for her modesty, while a feller stood before the shop polntin' her out