The daily Alaskan., 1914-05-22

 hand on enca t!i he came to the seat required. Folding Lucy in his arms, he took the desired kiss There was a smothered cry, followed in few mo- ments by the sound of an opening and closing door, then no other than the rattlIng of the train
 When daylight came again several ! passengers who sat near Lucy looked in her direction for an explanation of the cry they had heard. She gave no indication of anything unusual, She was wiping the dust from her face with her handkerchief She would re- move a portion of it, look at the smudge it had made on her handkerchief, then rub or some more, scrutinizlng it also, especially in one corner
 Some twenty minutes after the train hpd left the tunnel Tom Arnold came back and sat down beside his charge. Had Lucy looked him in the face she would surely have seen signs of guilt which, despire his efforts, he was un- able to conceal. but she was looking out through the window and did not give him a glance.
 Tom was delighted with the success Of bis scheme It was not the kiss that pleased him, for to have enjoyed that he should have been intent upon It rather than on committing a robbery. It was the fact thut he had carried out his scheme without having been detect ed. He wondered that Lucy made no mention Of the stolen kiss, but a very young and delicate miss might feel Rbashed at communicating such a thiag to a young man.
 When the journey was ended and Tom left his charge at the door of her school he looked scrutiuiziugIy into her eyes to see if he could detect any evidence of her suspectng him. She returned his gaze with a childIile sim plicity that reassured him, and he left her feeling very comfortable.
 
 One June morning, when the trees, the flowers and especially the roses were in bloom, a young man who had been invited to spend 8 week end at the country place of a friend saUntcred out on the veranda in negligee summer costume, plucked a rose, suiffcd it, put it in the butt0uhOIe of his flannel coat, descended the steps and sU0iIcd about the grounds. Having examined the tennis court, the stables and other fca- lures of the place, he sauutgved toward a hedge, which was just the height to enable him to look over it. In the ad- joining grounds was a pagoda, in the DagOda a hammock and in the ham, mock a feminine figure. But whether the lady was oId. middle aged ur young he could not see. lie though, Inc waud like to satisfy himself on this point Walking back and forth along the hedge. be looked for am opening. At length, finding a place where the hedge was thinner than at others and stooD- ing. be wormcd his way through though when he reached the other side his costume was somewhat disarraugcd.
 Brushing oH the dirt and slraigLtcu- ing the hang of his clothing. he sauU- tered toward the pagoda. There was no movement of the figure in the ham, mock, and, the morning being warm, he fancied the occupant might be asleep. He had no business in the grounds, but he was a ventureson'e fellow. with no end of resource and assurance, and had an excuse ready in case helmet any one. Drawing gradually nearer to the pagoda, he finally reached a point near enough for him 10 see a lady asleep in the hammock.
 She was young about twcDty-and fair to look upon. She seemed to be sleeping so soundly that the young man drew nearer, even to the steps of the pagoda. There was something in the face of the sleeper that seemed familiar to him He thought that he had seen her before, then that he had not vibrating between these two oD.n- ions, at last deciding that he had not One feature especially charmed him the lady had q very kissabIe mouth.
 For a young man to stand looking at a young lady asleep with a kiss1ble mouth is dangerous-not so dangerous to the young lady as the young man, for there Is certainly no harm in one being kissed who doesn't know of the fact But the young man taking that which does not belong to him is liable to the consequences of his rash act Then suppose the lady is awakened by the process! Such a contingency would naturally strike terror into any seUsi- i've man.
 The watcher drew nearer and nearer on tiptOe till he reached the hammock, then, bending over the sleeper, in one of the alternate risings and beudings finally lightly touched the lips with his. The sleeper sIumbcred on. Not a mus Cle twitched. The young man was tempted to take another. but suddenly the abyss on which he stood occurred to him, and, turning. he tiptoed away