The daily Alaskan., 1914-04-07
A Strange
 Meeting It Proved all Eventful One
By ARNOLD TREAT

Though we are apt not to realize It. we are very much hedged about. Those of us who are pleasantly situated are like one iu garden from which there Is no egress unless he chooses to step into a jungle to be devOured by wild beasts. Women are more subject to this confinement than men, because they have not the same physical strength.
 will illustrate by StOry--a story in which I bore subordinate part. 1 wus in my younger days q pedes- triuu globe trotter. presume that If the bicycle had then been invented l should have travelled on a wheel or later un a motor, but at that time no one had heard of either of these modes of conveyance. and. being fond Of walking. l walked. At the time of my story 1 was making d pedestrian tour in Germany. The country, is thtckly settled. and there are many towns quite near together; consequently l found my method of progression easy. pipaS;rnt and heaIthful
 I started one morning from Dresden on the road to Leipzig and was trudg- ing alGug mHrrily when l met on the road girl about twenty years old whose uupparanre struck me the mo- ment | looked at her. She WAS of the German type-hIir Very light eyes very blue. Her apparel was that Of a ladv. only very much worn and soiicd. Her shoes scarcely protected her from the ground. certainly not from the dampness. On her face was a look weary uud sad. indeed. she w0s a pie tur. of aHiueuce turned to poverty. ] addressed her. taking care 10 do so re spectsuliy, with my hat in my hand. and SympathpticaIly. Evidently she had not been uspd. nt least not recent Iy. to being tmuS addressed, for she took my speaking tu her kindly.
 Good morning. fraulein,' l said to her. "It seems to me that you should be riding rather than walking Alas. herr. l have not the means to pay for riding.
 Have you far to go:'
 "I am going to Dresdeu.' She seemed tO need sustenance. There could be no Impropriety in my offering her food, and had, besides the leather bag strapped to my back, basket sutchel slung to my waist con taiulng a luncheon. s-
 "I have come from Dresden this morning." 1 said, and the distance Is at least five miles. You cannot do that without being fortified
 1 unslrng my lunch basket opened 1t and saw by the eager look in her eyes that she was very hungry. Look ing about for a seat, espied a fiat stone by the roadside and led the way thirher. the girl following me half re luctantIy. There took out the sand wiches. suusages. cheese and such oth- or articles as are provided at a Ger man inn and offered them 10 her. She ate as though she had had no food for some time. In the basket also was a Dint bottle of wine. of which l took q sin only and insisted on her drink | ing the rest.
 ! During her refreshmpnt l gave her every opportunity to tell me the story which l felt sure was connected with her being 50 far out of her natural sphere, for not only her dress and ap- pearance but her language bespoke the lady. This I was able to judge for had studied at Heidelberg and spoke German quite readily. But she | disregarded my hints and could not be Induced to speak of the past.
 AS to thepresent she was more com municative.. She told me that she had been meJnUer of little strOlling band that gave performances, her part being to sing. But they had taken all the contributions of tEOse before whom thev performed to themselves and rave her nothing. She had Ony just left them and was going to Dresden to look out for some other way of making ! living.
 "I can suggest an employment, said. "by which I think you can earn money. You have a very beautiful head. neck and shoulders. There are artists in Dresden who would pay you to pose for them
 Do you think so:" she asked, quite | interested.
 If my artistic perceptiye faculties are of any value they surely will.
 This seemed to encourage her. When We had finished our luncheon and she had been also fortified by the wine she said to me:
 "The only way l can make return
 for what you have given me is to sing
 for you"
 "No return is needed. but should be happy to hear you sing"
 | She sang for me a German ballad ! Her voice was without cultivation and came out. so to speak, by fits and starts. now ineffecdI Q, now gushing forth like a spring of abundant clear water. At such times l was aston isbed at it's volume. When she had finished I said to her:
 .sFraulein. it is not as a model you should spend your time, but as a stu
 dent of music, You have voice that ,4,-.,Eal will rDoEn p,urb FnOrf