The daily Alaskan., 1914-03-30

| tingency, but since 1t did not concern him she had no information to impart on the subject.
 Trayers wondered more than ever, This was going through life in a groove. He might as well have been a car travelling on steel rails. Truly, that father of his must have been a very singular man. And yet might not 1t all be for his good? Might not his father have taken this means ot forcing his son to benefit by his own experienced Nevertheless 1t must have been a difficult problem, thls tying up of the fate of the son by the father, the tieup to be effective after the fathers death.
 Travers had often wondered who this Miss T,wltchell might be. He rather expected to find her as peculiar as his father must have been. He found her an elderly lady, with noth- ing especially queer about her. She received him kindly and said that his home was for the present to be with her She lived in a country place, and l Travers reached her In June. At that season there was nothing unpleasant about his remaining with her. at least temporarily.
 As soon as he arrived Miss Twitchell said to him: II have nothing to do with the plan your father has laid out for you exceptto introduce you to the girl you are to marry. But l am obliged before doing so to make | journey. l shall have to be away month. You are to remain here while I am absent have servants here and a housekeeper. The housekeeper is essential to your being here, for l am obliged to leave my niece in the house, and it would not be proper to leave you under the same roof with young lady without chaperon."
 "Is your niece the person am to marry?" Travers asked.
 q am glad you spoke of that" re- piled, Miss TwitchelI, flor in doing so you have relieved me of an embarrass- ment. I should have disliked warning you against one closely related to me indeed, whom l. have brought up. l said that 1 would introduce you to the girl that 1t has been arranged you shall marry. after my return. l beg of you not to cOmplicate matters by making love to Lulu. Unless you can assure | me that you will not do so l shall have to send her away during my absence. The trouble is that have no place to send her. This is her home, and 1t would pain me to turn her out of it, even for a short period"
 q beg of you" said Travers, mot to put her to this inconvenience on my account. will do my best not to fall in love with her. have become much interested in and curious about this plan that has been laid down for me and would not for the world do any thing to interfere with 1t, l shall cer- tainly not become involved with any woman until have met the one pro vided for me. Then, if don't like her, I shall break away from my fathers intentions and do as I please. Of course I speak with the prOviso that the girl accepts me-"
 Travers asked Miss Twitchell why she could not make the introduction before she left, but got no satisfaction. Neither would she give him any in formation as to the girls appearance age or characteristics. Her action was in perfect keeping with everything else pertaining to this singular affair The last injunction given him by Miss Twitchel was that he was to say nothing to Miss Louise Maryweathel as to why he was there. He promised anything that was required of him since it was now only a month be fore the mystery would be solved.
 The first thing Miss Twitchell did after her return was to summon Tray CTS and Miss Maryweather before heI together. ...a, ..,
 'I charged you two before l wem away to keep from falling in love with each other. I have received infOrma' tlon since my departure that you have given every evidence Of having disre garded my warning"
 "I am resolved" said TraVers, mot to be hampered with walking on this chalk line, drawn almost before l waa born, any longer. l shall hereafter dc as like"
 And l." said Miss MaTyweather twill not be tied down by a lot of regulations with the making ef which I had nothing to do
 'This means. | suppose" said Miss Twitchell, "that you have fallen in love with each other and are engaged?
 That's about It" replied Travers.
 And you, Lulu-do you admit that|
 'I do," said the girl with a blush.
 "very well. The mystery pertaining to both of you Is solved. You, Ned Travers, are the son, of the late senior partner of the Trayers & Maryweathei manufacturing firm. and you. Lulu, are the daughter of the late junior partner in the same concern. Singu' larly enough, both men were widow CTS. each with one child. They formed an agreement that you two were tG be brought up to marry each other own the stock of the company jointly and you, Ned. eventually to manage