The daily Alaskan., 1914-04-15
A NE " .MATRIM ONIAL SOCIE TY
By ESTHER VANDEVEER

1 house Go pin a handkerchief 10 ms ual
 as an mHmatiou of her desire. Unless
 he cau show that he is too poor tt
 purchase lar at the price her father
 requires he is obliged to marry her.
 Until the organization of the Ariing'
 ton club for men luegc was no super
 Hufty ol spfnsters over bachelors i1 a certain American town, but from
 then au marriages began to fall off, ! One of the most popular married wom- on called the mHiGens together and organznI an o@snrialiou for the ad- vmcuu.at or muwimony based on the 1 InalanH.ursfm r.uH. The first young l radv fa s,.ura g husband by the meth 1d WAS .uyi..I to state before the as, so.iatfn bow it had worked in her
 es4p. .s,s arose and saiI. ~
 Mrs p.n-dnu. ] had louG admired ! Air. Cra..r lGE,.u-tou. who had paid ,... san.. .rru..on. and had it not been r,r. .h. pr.ut~iu ot Jha Arlington .la, | believe hr would have asked me . ,5 D. a.- wife. nuu ,hat ucsriferous . m...u..uu reduced u@ from an in. .r..ui n..r to a E@.,#Jiu- hanger r. s.. after J.a adoption of the 1 nau rH.. un are associated to carry .ut uus.i N. IudIIag,on's initials on a #u, .am.wn handkerchief and, ,a..-a- ....-.rH-u.. to.J uim to take .r to .sa ..r .t rne hour ! knew Mir. i lmur-.. ...ao .arn obtain access 1 .a ... p... ...H ,.l n.H it t0 his hat. "In. r.,~.-ar-" 1nI uu difficulty ia [ uas.ut..- ..- commission. [ did no, , Guua rn. r.. t..., jinl Au Ludliwg . .ar .s.ea u.a whom gho token came. . . ! ..v..n... learned t1"t lr knew very . wei. and .a. ..|.uG aa took in the ! ma.u~ waa u.Ha.I ru GrtgG,en me . rL t t... e"....g~ after receiving . .nr Ha.E..,.nu Hr s.lol ua mn. and l 1 saw at a -I.n.n .uat he was or pre- . l. tended !. .. very lra.v "'N-@t .a ..u suppose has hJpucE- ] l pG tr ue. 1.:-...d Drusgua.g . .I can't ..afaa.' ! replied maaElv . 1 ..'Am .-... .5.. n.z a.eu formed in . i rnES ian..,-n uuGersrauL-jo drive . l Us ha.Ng'n.s ..tG wawiL.uy. IT I . | girl wishes ln marry wau s-e sends |. 1 suua .ua tn it- handkerchief to his 1 hat Iia gau ever hear of such im ] modest :m-u.au.e#
 1 "'Ncvnr in ly li.a'
 "Tou must excuse me. ladies. for my | weakness. nut aa rr.gapua. uc out O. ! . my wits.
 ~.Wnn do r.v suppose this person l ] js" he crowded
 "I can't m.--ae.' replied.
 "uout yuu think her very un- l ma.dcr1v" Hy asked in a less threat, . eu.ug tuun. for my agreeing with him i ] rendered him less severe to we.
 .'I certainly 5a l wonder how she . could lryu .ul rno ra.r tH Go it" "I slr~uE mto n corner af 30 sofa, as 1. far away from r1@ as ] could get He snt I..l ou tHa ,.aar end and looked at rr s.rI or nmEzI.f. He knew l had Suu. n., .na ...'.u.l..' @.a couldn't unov~-rr.. bow nm. oaracm my
 seLt fr d.t-r t.. H. looked Very tor- rin.n a~- l.. ....., .a {. .~... 10 al. when hr a.ar ..wc. Ihou lt began a sys- tenn nt .nurva to tGJ out w'a- il all meIU.
 "'The MudsnrugtuE aa said. was . yer~ dainty. tlrHgh Ian initials were badly worked. They Inoard as If they | had l.sn gzerut.I hv some ono with |. dugcr- so hi. that thuy were u..y it.
 ted Co work wi,h d ssewrr
 At tH.s said nothing l dared not sTcat for f..r of hetruE.n@ tremolo in uly En..o.
 ".Ir gtmf' ue went ou had sent mn a g..- without am nlmoJast utcu- ttu [ should have been deeply i'm ? pressed wi,h it. Quite likely l would have Ia.- affected t1 the point of mak- ! ing love to hnn and proposing mar rigge.
 l TatS ~tua-.u, vas received with cries u. "Na,' "rou't you believe itr'
 'Ghny a' talk that way. huJ they don't l Dr1uo-,. When the commoiou sub . sided th,s-uaaE.r went ou with her re citaI.
 "I:I. flr girl deliberately t5 tell a ! man sine wo..S him to marry her, thus 1 uSumfug his rr.yi'.@c, there's nothing
 sho ro#'a do 10 SD rd'ectualiy turn
 him
 .IIe ... u9 further l was full to D th~ lor 1i vg throat l made several
 a0uvu.~trr -rps and burst into a tor ', rent of tears
 "j don't know what he V as doing for a few mmwts. for I held my hand
 kerchief to my face. l heard nothing
 bur presently felt his arm around my wais. Then he drew my head down
 on his rr,ast
 "Tf the fool killer comes this way
 he said. with his lips pressed against
 my cheek, nell yank mo out certain sure. Don't cry, little girl Dear lit. tie girl. forgive me. I've loved you ever since o.
 Again there were cries of uubelief. "Oh. bosh.' What a whopDer.' and , such like expressions of dlsapproval, wherou7on thc speaker indignantly , turned her back on the assembly and with her nose in the air marched out . of the room.