The daily Alaskan., 1914-06-22
...A... Revelation It Came After a Very Un. pleasant Experience
By DONALD CHANIBERLIN

] E By DONALD CHANIBERLIN I g l was brought up with Agnes Ather, I ton as my girl chum. for I believe that boys may have girl cbums as well as boy chUms. When we arrived at an ] age at which the sexes mate there was no change between Agnes and me from Friendship to love. ! This state of affairs continued be- tween us until I became smitten with Lillian Gray, and the first persOn-the ] "u1v person, in fact-tO whom I con- GGrI the matter was Agnes. When l told her Of 1t l noticed a l slight contraction of the muscles Of the : 1 farn.
 "Iou don't gDprOveF I said. "l neither approve nor disapprove," l" she replied,
 'Nrl:"
 "A choice made by one in love is love choice, not the result of judgment ynn havo. dare say. chosen through love. and even if knew Lillian Gray NwI enough to make q judgment choice for you it would avail nothing. for you would not think of abiding by it. h. d..d ] would not expect you to abide ly ,-."
 Nevertheless l perceive that you are rut especially pleased with the girl who 1. aas charmed lae.'
 "Nar G.spcascd with her You have rn- asked Bar to pick out wife for you"
 "'r had you would not have picked
 nD LHl.uu."
 "Tanro is nothing to her disCredit in
 ""r Suppose | should fall in love with a w"0. then ask you tO pick out hus-
 0am5 for me Do you suppose you
 would select the man l had chosen|
 .No , wouldn't" snapped.
 could uUr define even now exactly
 vna. il was in her question that caused me irritation. | supposed at the time ] i wG- utNuG because Agnes did not show any enthusiasm over my sweetheart Ny words ended the discussion, and we proceeded to other subjects.
 Tlc withholding of Agnes approval
 -cr dfagprovaL for that matter
 cau-r1 ma 10 defer a proposal of mar
 riagc for some time to the girl who had
 ou.manaa me. ] dId not relish marry
 ing any -fH over whom my chum was
 moi enthusiastic. Indeed, would have
 liked Ngna- to love her as well as ].
 In u subsequent conversation with Az
 uas au fine subject after had become
 ca-a-.d tu Lillian I told her this, and
 hnr reply was that there was no more
 reason why she should love any partic-
 urar girl because l loved her than that
 l shorM love any particular man be-
 cgusc she loved him.
 That's all b0sb," l exclaimed. "Men 1 don't love men"
 This was the second time that was . iruimcI at remark of Agnes con- | corning my affair. and a second time 1t ! ended d discussion of the subject. Another matter troubled me. was not approved by Lillian's parents. But i there was an especial reason for this. They wished their daughter to marry wealthy man. l was doing pretty well and had some prospects, but that GI not satisfy Mr. and Mrs. Gray. . Their aim for Lillian was an establish . mont she had an excellent position in society. which they desired her to keep uu after marriage, and they were we'll aware that this would require a for { tune independent of anything they ; could give her.
 ] dil not blame Lillian for being dis trnssed al their opposition. A very strong love for me on her part was re-
 0u.rcI 10 induce her to give up a life to which she had always been accus-
 toned. in opposition to her parents
 wishes. l saw plainly that 8 struggle
 was going on within her, and after de- liberation J offered to release her. She declined t1 be released. told her that
 if she felt a reluctance to leave the gay
 world she would serve her own inter
 csts as well as mine by accepting a re-
 lease. for no couple could be happy to-
 gnther when one was pinIng for the unatfainable She replied that she
 could not and would not give me up.
 Eut the matter dragged. Her par
 en.s would not give their consent to
 orr marriage, and since Lillian did not
 like to marry me without 1t there
 seemed to be no prospect of any out,
 come. AtIast told her that she must
 do one thing or the other, either marry
 me or break with me, and after much
 doItbcration. in which detected az much unwilingness to give up the , fashionable world as to act contrary
 to the wishes of her parents, she de
 cidcd to marry me. But she stIpulat
 ed that our wedding must be without the knowledge of her parents. We , would go to a clergyman, be married; a she would return to her home, confess what she had done and secure forgive . ness, after which we would live to- gcthcr as man and wife. . did not like this plan at all. urged Lillian to do nothing secretly. 1 gsr,., -.-rf,a thoF shn t-unvy hnr DqrpDts