The daily Alaskan., 1914-03-30
A We'll Constructed
 Plan
Conceived In Life and Car
 ried Ont After Death
By F. A. MITCHELL

when be was unable to take any care of himself whatever, but he was well taken care of. He lived with the family of a clergyman who took espe- cial pains to bring him up properly, and, as for education, most of the time he taught the boy himself. When Ned passed to an age where it might be expected be would be curious as to his antecedentS he asked the clergyman about them. The only reply he re- ceived was that his father had left detailed instructions with regard to the course to be pursued with his son, but they were to be communicated to him only as each link in the chain of the plan came up.
 One day the man who had thus far had the care of the boy said to him: You are now prepared for college and my work in your education is ended. It was arranged on your coming to us that when your college preparation should be completed l was to notify a certain person to that effect, who would provide the means to give you a university education"
 "Must go to colege?
 You must follow the course laid out for you or provide for yourself. If you refuse to do the former you will make a sacrifice l have written the person it is my duty to notify that you will enter. college in June next You will hear from her within few days"
 Her? Who is she?"
 .T have only her name, Miss Arabella l'Twitchel. Your father, l have been told, was very methodical business man, who thought out every step to be taken in what concerned him in ad- vance. Those about him never thought of asking him questions, but followed his directions to the letter"
 Ned received this information with deep thought He did not like being ground out through mill like pound of coffee He waited impatiently for communication from Miss Twitch- ell. When it came it brought no more information than was absolutely essential. It informed him that he was 1 to enter q certain college, where he was to follow certain course of study which had been minutely laid out for him. He noticed that the subjects would give him a general though not a classical education.
 One thing Miss Twitchell warned him against-the forming of any matri- 1 moniaI alliance. Your future career is provided for in every particular,
 she wrote, "even in the matter of wife. But this can only be in case the young lady it has been arranged you shall marry is living when you I have reached the age of twenty-one ] If she is dead, you will be at liberty to afmarry whom you please"
 ] .YOung Travers was not more affected .byithis part of what had been provided for him than any other. At the time he was informed of it he was seven teen years .old and had no sweetheart. Consequently the effect upon him was different from what it would have ' been had he been elder and not fancy yree. There was romance in there be iug q girl in the world who was to be his wife He wondered what she was like. -~ue pictured her according to his fancy, willowy creature with golden hair and mild blue eyes. She was amiable, kind. loving. The likeness he had drawn in his imagination was the ! last object be saw before going to sleep at night and the first when be 1 ayoke in the morning-that is, when he was not especially interested in { something tangible.
 Edward Trayers during his student ,da4-s was in no great danger of break l inc Tn uporf what his father had pre- I arraoA-eG fer him so far as marriage was concerned. College students are at a na4in& age, but they seldom mar ! rv. In the first place, they are not al- jIoyeti rte nlarry by the college laws; in tba second. their time is spent with 4 members of their own sex, and in the | third few of tINem have the means \ with which to support wife. Be this os if may. Ned Towers went through the course without forming any espe- cial attachment with girl, though he l had hosts of friends of bis own sex.
 Just before graduating he wrote to Miss TwitcheIl to ask what was the next thing on the program that had been laid out for him. To his surprise the reply came back, Marriage" Why he should be married before entering upon his life's work he could not un- derstand. And what means would he have on which to support a wife? Surely some income would be provided. But would it come from the girl he was to marry or property that he would inherit?
 This matrimonial part of his career now began to loom up before him in its true importance. It had ceased to be romance and had become reality. He had begun to dread lest he find the girl who was intended for him unat- tractiye. She might be homely; she might be some old maid whom he was to marry because she had money and nothing but money to recommend Der. Another feature was displeasirg. Suppose the girl did not wish to marry ] him Nothing had been said about this.