The daily Alaskan., 1914-05-06
lis Angel
By SADIE OLCOTT

"Guol morning, Della"
 "CusG morning, Margaret"
 "I ~ue you have a letter in your hand ! suppose irs for HowardT
 "Ir ls.'
 "Irs breaking your engagement with him mayrr:"
 "No.igiSu'r Why do you thNk that?'
 "cau ]. be that you haveFt heard what every one else knows"
 "Whars that"
 .I supposed. of course, you knew It ar v.#rdat have said anything"
 ~UtuG wa",: For heavens sake, step r..< norirG and tell me what sauw. r-u.f.r4hout"
 "Wuv. they say Howard is engaged toa girl fa AEo~vi.le. where he lives.'
 "Nu. ~..- it:'
 "Ir- common talk"
 There was silence for few mo- m.,s Then ucDia said: "Yes, l know al. a.ant tt. ann going to write How arl uHrt think of him."
 ST. ua--.I ou but instead of going directly ,u rhr po>,oAice sue went to her ..wu Ds a roundabout course and . si-Hn- .t n.r writing desk, wrote How . ard @.anmn a letter of a different kind entirely from the one she had h. tended rn ur-r.
 In .n..'r or days Nr. Benjamin was au.mrcL Della had had time . to a. 'ua-t euo' down and wished that she mf-a have taken more time in the wrf0u- ur tnn letter she had sent him. . As she remembered it. her feelings ! had run away with her. She was sur rrisud that Howard should have come . 10 sra her after having received 1t, hut supposed ha had come to return her . letters and demand his own. To her surprise Howard advanced to meet npr as she entered the room with his customary smile, took her in . his arms and kissed her She blushed to think of the disaEreeable things she had written him. wondering the while whether he had received her letter or whether there was any truth in the re ports as Go his inconsistency. She was much puzzled
 "I cane down for the week end, sweetheart. to be with you," he said. l "I couldn't stand to be separated from you any longer without one kiss" He gave her dozen. But how cold your hands are. Is there anything the mat ter with you:'
 . "On. mo: I'm very well! I'm so glad
 you've c0me."
 ! DnIia trcmbIed lest this were prelim-
 mary to am announcement of his de 1 fncttou and his contempt for her on
 account of her complaint, just to make . ir more effective. But as her lover
 went on in the usual strain, inter ruDluI only by an occasional kiss, she . became gradually reassuTed as to the . faIst-v of the reports that had reach | pd her. But her letter-HOward must . have come away just before Its de . livery. She dreaded to have him go l back and get 1t. What would he think UL aEHr I|t h AH -lAA loo t-A NNA --NA E---' and again that she was an angel, bet ter fitted for heaven than this wicked
 world?
 Howard left his sweetheart thorough
 lr convinced of his constancy, but in . terror at his returning to receive the fmDrccatl0us she had written. Every
 time the postman left any mail she
 went to the delivery box with dread
 and eraspci the letters with a trem'
 bling hand. It was several days be 1 fore she received a misslye from heE { lover. and when she did she was afraid ! 10 o0ea it. Sue took it to her room and after taking it up and putting Ii . down several times, she broke the seal { It began by stating that to make uE
 work left uuIoue, to visit her, he had
 been busy day aud night since his Fe