The daily Alaskan., 1914-11-30

l know how woman may be handled" !"
 "Just so."
 The next morning while Miss Cart right was busy with customer Jim beckoned Perkins to come into the of- fee and when there said:
 Discharge me"
 Discharge you?"
 "Yes, ostenslbly. I'll go away for awhile. You can keep up my salary. I'm going to try to work out scheme" :"
 Perkins frightened with hope. T thought you would be smart enough to clrcumvent her." he said.
 q haven't done 1t yet"
 Half an hour later Jim walked out of the store. Stopping before a coun- ter where stood Miss Cartright, he bade her goodby, thanking her for the many kinds acts for which he was indebted to her.
 "Why do you goT"
 "I'm discharged"
 "Oh! Well, goodbyT
 Miss Cartright was all smiles the rest of the day. Mir Perkins appeared nei- ther very cross nor very amiable. Miss Cartright was affable to him and did what sine could to win smile from him.
 A few days later Jim in male costume appeared at Miss Cartright's boarding house and asked to see her. She en- tered the room where he was and look ed at him in surprise.
 Is this Miss Sara Cartrlght?" he asked.
 "Why, of course Pm Sara Cartright. And you're Ellen Forsythe. What are you doing in those clOtheST"
 Jim smiled. You're not the first per son who has mistaken me for my sis ter have come to you to learn where I can find her have been told that you work in store where she keeps the books"
 The woman looked at him, puzzled. He returned her look through his own honest gaze and won.
 You must be twins" she said.
 "We are"
 Your sister has left the store, and l don't know where she has gone"
 How unfortunate" said Jim, eYi- denrly much disappointed. Do you know of any one who can put me on her track?"
 "No, l do not unless MT. Perkins. for whom she worked, can do so."
 "Where can I find him?"
 Miss Cartright told Jim where he could find the store. Before leaving he asked her if he could get a room in the house where she lodged, and he was referred to the landlady, who gladly took him in. This being arranged. he departed.
 But he didn't go to Perkins store. He wrote Perkins a note Gin disguis- ed han0 asking him if he could let him know the whereabouts of Ellen Fersythe and received a reply from his employer that he could not. This note he showed the next evening to Miss Cartright and made her joyful that Miss Forsythe had not only left Perkins employ, but they had evident ly parted in other respects. Jim told Miss Cartright that he would remain where he was until he had found his sister. An uncle had died and left the twins a large fortune. Jim was anxious to find his sister because their property had been left to them jointly and one could not touch it without the others assent.
 From time to time Perkins received communications from his ex-bookkeep- CT stating that all was working well and 1t was to be expected that his enc my would be outwitted. Then one evening when Perkins was at the store working on the books there came rap on the door. When it was opened there stood Miss Forsythe's twin brother.
 "Ellen," exclaimed the astonished | Perkins, what does this mean"
 I'm not Ellen Forsythe. I'm Jim Edgerton." --.-.
 He pushed his way into the store and shut the door after him. Then he told Perkins his story from first to last. From his pocket he took letter from Sara Cartright, accepting from him a proposition of marriage, and handed 1t to Perkins. The latter read 1t and, throwing his arms around Jim, eX- claimed:
 q loved you as a girl, and now l love you as a man! You've got me out of the biggest scrape of my life"
 Do you know what Benjamin Frank lin said to his fellow American Revolu' tionists?" asked Jim.
 "No. What did he say?"
 He said, We must hang together or hang separately In other words, if she goes for you I'll prove she was en- gagged to me. If she goes for me I'll depend upon you to clear me. But she won't go for me. I'm sure of that"
 ''Why not?"
 q won her on the ground that l and my sister were heirs to a big for tune."
 The next day Sara Cartright was dis I charged from Perkins service, and Jim 4w- 41,N haaeT