Douglas Island news., 1917-12-14

| have a Ruuch that could To- cate and dlc on something that would enable me to live moro easily
 i'm Che futurc than have lived for several years past. Now listen:
 You can form some idea it my ap- pcaraucc from thv enclosed picture which was taken iu Che dress ] wore 10 the bartcndcrs' picnic iu August ot 1910. more than seven years ago.
 am 2S years old and my height is 8 feet IA inches. ! woiEh lAs
 in the shade and wear No. 8 Shoo on an A last and my foot does not look much larger than a banana h,, there Is sort ot Adams apple lon the iustcp which gives my foot |a very saucy and fascinating appear
 once.
 and at present grass. No. i ana myself were two souls with but % single thought. but thc poor dear contracted lung trouble and doc
 tor advised me to take him south. which did And right there is
 where | made mess or it. took him Co Florida and che mosquitoes
 actually sapped him Of the little
 blood he had left. ! buried him there and sold his return ticket to scalper for SS.65. learned after ward that it was worth Sl5.S5. but ! was a poor young thing and the bad and naughty man put one over on me.
 Not for teo long and weary years was my grief sufficiently assauged for me Co permit myself to be led Go the altar by No. 9. who was a lovely two-stepper and said oyothcr and ucythcr He had large. dreamy and buttermilk eyes and talked about his ancestral estate in Eng land. He said he was the scion of noble and illustrious family and b young and unsuspecting. fell for his gan ! am not Che only Amer .c9u girl who has been taken In for better or for worse by a case of moral degenoracy and scrofu'a.
 For Ave long years, Go which my weeping wldowhood wus as straw berries and cream Co a dose of cas- tor oil, as compared with Che life he led me ! supported that bloomin' Englishman by working as a wait trcss in daylight and taking in wash Ing at uight-not only supported him. but kept him nicely dressed and carefully groomed ! would even leave the restaurant where ! was employed Co go home at s o'clock In thc afternoon to make for him what he called ca dish of tea" All this time he was spending his time at the public library or playing pool over ot Che Dutchmou's. paying when he lost. with money ] earned and gave him.
 One night-and l will never for get it-I came home thoroughly tired out. Algernon that was his followed me into thc utucI kitchenctte where ! was cooking his dinner. Looking ot me with those buttor-milk eyes for a moment, he said, "Blr me. Dolly. cawn't you manage Co look a little more fetch ing. dontcherknow? Really you have more the appearance of a bloomin' menial than of the wife Of a gentleman"
 And right there was where the blood Of my ancestors they fought and Bunker Hm and valley Forge l asserted itself I landed fairly on his noodle with the skillet and fol- l lowed up with everything in that kitchen that was loose and when he backed into the sitting room ! was l right after him and wrecked nearly l an the furniture over his head. The l worm had turned.
 He fed by The fro escape and l ! threw his clothes after him. That l was IS months ago. but during that period Father Time and a naturally l buoyant and jolly disposition have l ironed the wrinkels out of the bon net strings Of my heart until ! feel l that can give N. 8. whoever he l that I can give No. 8. whoever he may happen to be. such a blizzard of l wholly overlook the few traces oC ! crows feet that have located home. steads In the outer corners Of my l eyes.
 While ! have a few hundred dol l lars saved up and am perfectly ca- pable of earning an honest living. l 10 is the lack of companionship and l love that keeps me awake nights. l However, it is we'll Co state rights ! here that any man who has been !. north 20 years and steamed around l roadhouges, saloons and cigar stores 1 when not at work. need not make ] eyes at little Dolly. g
 Now Mir. Stroller. I will tell you . what I wish you to do. Try Co get l nc position as waitress at the ! TrCadweI messhousc. You do this | and win do the rest. If don't ] have the best element of boarders . fighting duels over me in month ! and land the choicest veal outlet in .