The Alaska daily empire., 1917-05-21

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 The two young people saw a great deal of one another during the holi days and they fell violently in love with each other but as her parents had other views for her they decid ed that she was too young to be en- gagged
 When the great European war broke out Donald was eighteen and with the impetuousness of youth he joined the army by enlisting in a cavalry company called the Scots Grays.
 His company was ordered to leave for France, but the day before they left Donald called on Nettie and they broke a locket to pledge their troth, he keeping one part and she the other. They did this in secret. In France the Scots Grays joined the South African troops that had been transported there. Donald fought bravely and one day when the battle was at it's height, and it seemed as if his side was going to lose, he spurred his horse and made a charge straight into the enemys ranks, breaking and scattering them Confusion reigned, but in the end Donalds side won. Meanwhile Don aid saw the commander of the South African troops surrounded by hos tile soldiers, and dashing swiftly in to their midst he saved him. For these acts of bravery he received the Victoria Cross and was made an of ficer in the army.
 Next day while he was out on the battlefield bomb exploded near him which gave him such a shock that he was picked up un conscious. While lying unconscious on the ground, man bearing a strong resemblance to Donald rifled his pockets, taking everything out of them, even the broken locket and the letter he had in his breast pocket, so that the people were not able to identify him and when he re- gained consciousness he found him. self lying in a hospital. but he had lost his memory and when he slow ly recovered and was able to walk about he knew not who he was. Meanwhile the man who had rifled Donalds pockets had deserted the army and sailed for America. On landing there he impersonated Don- aid and called on Nettie Gould, but though her family were deceived and thought he was Donald, and al though he showed her the half of the locket she was puzzled and per plexed and the words of love and tenderness he uttered seemed to her insincere and worst of all, he didn't call forth any love from her and to give him up.
 He had the reputation of having returned from the battle front in France and was said to be very wealthy.
 This man who was really a for tune hunter, got her father into a crooked money transaction and daughter married him.
 So to save her parents from dis grace, against her will Nettie become engaged to the supposed Donald Campbell.
 Her engagement was announced in all of the leading papers She was to be married on an early date and was busily getting her trousseau ready, but all the time hoping and praying that something would hap pen to stop her marriage to the man she had come to hate. She began even to suspect that this man was not the real Donald at all for how could she have given her love to so base 8 man as this, and she would often lie awake hoping that her real lover was safe and would come ard rescue her again in her time of need
 At last her wedding day had come and with it appeared a very pale, faced bride in the church where many of her friends had congregat. ed. Just as the minister was going to make them man and wife d young man stepped forward and said q forbid the marriage; this man is an imposter."
 1 gave a scream and fainted into his arms for indeed it was the real Donald come at last to save her.
 The man was arrested and con- fessed what he had done.
 Nettie was so happy to have her lover with her again that she let the other man go free, after he had confessed that her father had done nothing wrong and that the sup posed money transaction had been just been forged paper on his part.
 Donald told Nettie afterwards how he has lost his memory and how he had been carelessly reading an Amer ican paper one day when suddenly he saw the announcement of her engagement and with the mention of her name and his. everything had flashed before his mind. He knew there was something wrong so he had quickly got leave of absence and crossed the Atlantic just in time to save her.