The daily Alaskan., 1914-05-11
Finding Out the Truth
An Engaged Couple Try to impose on Each Others
 Relatives
By DONALD CHArIBERLIN


 When Edith Lambert and ] became . engaged. on comparing notes we found that Edith had an uncle whose fortune she expected to inherit, while had an aaut whose heir l WAS to be. Edith gave he the impression that her uncle was u very diguifed old gentleman, whose ideas concerning the man she should marry were that he should walk a chalk line This did not indicate that my chances for pleasing the old man were very good. for, if ever a young stcr Vas full of Old Nick, was that . younysgor
 Per contra. my aunt had been in her yourh a society girl, a airt, fond of horsc rgciug, yachting, and had even i bee. SD vicious as to play cards for wauey. Edith was just the reverse of ] this: young woman of reserve and 1 IiGaity and. withal, very religious.
 Naturally it was essential that -loaII be acceptable to Edith's uncle aaG tHal E.itI should please my aunt, .o. neither Edith nor | had any for . gag .n1 had both been brought up Iu ] uNr.y. EGitn's uncle was worth S5OO, naa fu 6 n.v cent bonds, while my aunt . hal something more than this In well . .ur.I real estate The problem be- 'ar. mo and my iuncee was to make . rar @r"r believe that | was very ] s,naIv au1 well behaved young man, . .rd Co I.Hke lay aunt think that Edith . ..uS aum.u of the world.
 . Af-J~ lrug conference in which va sru~ r.r-s were discussed We decided that ", wou'd begin with my aunt J . WIS ta mrrIucp Edith to her, and . H1.-H was Co put on as much sporh- u.~~ as she could though 1 had mis- -.yf.-s as r0 her dcceIviug my aunt . rrr5. was n..m in Edith to be dlgnided, asG ~", had no sympathy whatever win that license which pertains to uaa.a ot the gay world However, 1t 1 vss -r~r"g.d that my aunt was to call m my faunce after which we three uors Co lass an evening together at my auur~ house.
 l The evening after this call went to see Edith aal found her in a very dis ! reassed state of mind.
 l "Tvay d.i you tell me that Miss Mar taIale Has a woman of the wOrld?" Sao ~0fd. "I commenced soon after ] she .nmernl Co talk freely and kept it ar while she listened to me without l Ur-ayfng any sympathy with the ideas expressed, and she finally arose. evidently very much disgusted with me, and took her departure"
 "Wuat did you s0y?"
 "Why. ] began by cracking jokes about our forthcoming marriage, say ur that ! hoped when you were out late at poker parties your companions wouldn't have to set you up against -nc front door and ring the bell"
 "Wbat d.d she say to that?"
 "NNhy. Slr. Scowled."
 "Wna, else did you sayY
 .I said ! had lost $500 on the last r~cos and expected to make 1t up at the meet next week. Then l said ] hoped you wouldn't feel that you must b. Jed down to me all the while. You wcre w,lr3me to airt with other wom- aa and get yourself talked about all vog liked, provided there was nothing .rimtnal in it. As for me, while l could get un with one husband, must have attention from other mem She
 looked at me as if she would bite my head ofT and whisked away without avnn swing goodby."
 "Peruaus it was because you said It |alI instead or doing it. Aunt Kate was ?. probably shocked at the bare state mgns. while she would not have mind .aI the acts mentioned"
 "I am afraid you don't understand ranr aunt At any rate, have an- .fsgaufr.d her. and I think you'll find tthas if you marry me she will not |Ieava you a cent of her money" l ] went straight to my aunt to hear . what she hgd to say about the matter but she locked her tongue and would give me no satisfaction. judged However. that she had not been over .wyascd with my fancee. Doubtless .EGuh had overd0ne the matter.
 { The next thing to be done was for ne to make tue acquaintance of Mir ] Springer. Edith's wealthy uncle. He ! wrote Faith that I was to stay with .nim at his house and desired her to in form him what train l would come on, that he might send his car to the sta tou for mo. She gave him the desired information. and one bright morning l boarded the train. resolved to make a better impression on EdIths uncle than
 sae had made on my aunt One thing II determined to guard against-that was. overdoing it.
 2. I had not been long on the train when gentleman asked me If would make one of four to play whist Glad . TO while away the time, l consented. { was the partner of the gentleman . who invited me to play, and the stake, beginning at a quarter a corner, was . gradually increased to a dollar. But nrr antagonists got the idea thoL ' and s ...,.,,,. r,.oro o r7a{r Inf r,rDFassiOnal |