The daily Alaskan., 1914-06-22

aN VA ~sA@ khAA 'A-a'h NNN ''N- V ~" meet us at the parsonage.
 Lillian was trembling when she en- tered the cur. On the way she said nothing to me, and when 1 spoke to her she replied by monosylIables. I realized that she was not in a cOndi- ton of sufficient eQuanimlty to take the most important step in n woman's life.
 "There is yet time" said, Ito re treat from this step.
 "NO," she replied faintIy. 'I am going through with it."
 l was half minded to stop the mat ter where 1t was. but when we are half minded We are as liable to decide wrong as right. I drove on to the par sonage and pulled up before the door,
 "Go in," she said, "und see if they are all there; then come back for me"
 "Hadn't you better go in with me-" l asked.
 "NOi I won't be married without Bess."
 Always persuaded to what I did not approve of, [ went to the front door, rang the bell and was admitted. found Arnold Brown waiting for me. but no Bessie AngelI Stepping to the telephone, l called up her home and asked for her. She came to the tcle- phone, and l asked her why she was not at the parsonage She replied that she had not been certain from what Lillian had said to her when they had last met whether the wedding would come of or not. To this l expressed surprise. After a dialogue, very unsut IsfaCtory to me, it was agreed that she should hold the wire while l went out to Lillian, and ir | returned with a re quest from her friend tO come to the parsonage she would come at once. Setting down the receiver, I ran out to the car.
 It was where bud left it, but no Lillian.
 My heart went down like lead. l looked In every direction, though not expecting to see her. Flight was a ft- ting climax to the vacilIatOn she had shown. l stood on the steps, wonder ing what to do.
 When we are in hole We naturally turn to something or some one to pull us out. ] thought of Agnes Athcrton. My own judgment had been led so far astray by Lillian that l could not at once get 1t in working order. l didn't know what to do about Arnold Brown. I shrank from telling him had been left ln the lurch by one I was about to make my life partner Returning 10 him, said:
 Arnold, there is a hitch; wait here till I straighten 1t out"
 He saw that l was Hurried and told me to go slow; he would wait for me there till the crack of doom. uurrying out, I drove to Agnes home, and rOrtu- nately found her there.
 I told her the whole story.
 had thrown myself on a sofa, and she sat down beside me- taking my hand in hers soothIngly.
 "It seems to me-" she said, "that there is nothing for you to do but tell the truth to your friend, Mir. Brown, and that will end the matter"
 "I dare say you're right, but would rather do a six months term in state prison than confess to him that ] have been such a foOl"-
 I stopped short, and for a few mo- meDts there was silence between us, at the end of which Agnes asked;
 Has Mir. Brown ever sccu"-
 Lillian? No"
 "I'U tell you what I'll do for you. You seem all cut up, and I would like to help you out, My law of action is the intent. l will go with you to the parsonage, marry you, and we will have the marriage annulled at our leisure"
 Never in so short a space of time was a revelation made to any human being. Here was a woman, worthy of the devotion of the best man living, whom l had turned down for the weakest It all came upon me with sledgehammer force. Clasping Agnes in my arms, said:
 Tt will never be annulled with my consent"
 Fastening to a phone, l called up the parsonage, got Arnold and said:
 "The tangle is unraveled, and the bride will be with you presently"
 In less than half an hour Agnes and were in the parsonage. l introduced her to Brown; then the clergyman was called from his study and performed the wedding ceremony, neither he nor the single witness suspecting that iu a twlnklIng there had been a change in the bride
 After the ceremony there were still several hours before the end of the day, and I drove my wife into the country. What passed between us could not be condensed within a few words. l would not care to give it if 1t were possible. We settled our mu- tual affairs to the satisfaction of both, Agnes Confessing before our return that when l told her of my engage ment I gave her a shock since she had always wished me for herself. And so 1t turned out that instead of getting a