The daily Alaskan., 1917-08-08
CHAPTER M. 4 Loved Her Be-"

"Ww YHY," explained t4pOeently
 AAi to Claire. when you gef o9n " the mainland yop get 2
 marriage license, and up' less you prefer & church wedding ! would suggest that you hunt up snle Justice of the peace and get it oYeR with. I don't believe in long sngag ments myself" l was perfectly NtQ- ing to tease this pedanbc brRESasE We owed him something for thRE tRsb' ing article anyway. .,
 HBut don't want to marry any one, he cried. 'T must not sacriHee ny g. reer to romance and sentiment ] b9- long to the world. There must pe . way out"
 If you don't want to marry AiSs Dunmore, why did you RrouSe 'thS spark of passion in bar innocent breast7" demanded.
 "I don't know" He writhed in msn- tai anguish. "I didn't dream Ehat l was even being agreeable to heE.
 "soms women are more AttrGetSd 9Y indifference than by attention" l cop forted. "Others are fascinated py downright brute violence"
 "I suppose there must be some charm about me that did not dream of" hs unused modestly. Don't you think Ehs could forget me if she did not rec uns So- n lopU yvhilaYT
 "I'm afraid" I sighed, that having once met you, no girl could over pee' get you"
 "Come now" he said sharply, tryips to detect a smile on my fOcei "tt iSA' Q as bad as that If I could got away and write her letter saying that } hod been taken down with some El' ness and could not as a dying man hold her to her promise. that Wona solve the difficulty"
 Rather q nifty idea" commented, "but as 0 novelist you must know tnGt the heroine always flies to the bedHios of the stricken hero and nurses hin back to life. There is DO use. MISS Dunmore would not allow you to die"
 ''No, I suppose not" He abandoned this scheme reluctantly. Another thought brfghtened him. .a.'The getting away part of 1t is all right. If I 6id that I could get put in jail or eoIDs' thing like that where she couldn't pos sibly see me. While I vas there l could write an article on prison Te' forms"
 I heartily indorsed this scheme. Ths idea of seeing him fin prison appealed to me personally. The colossal blind ness of a conceited fathead like that trying to get away from q chArmilnGr sweet young girl like Vida alienAted him from human consideration ..
 He unused a moment "I'n 60 F. he exclaimed. 'Tf I don't show ppp mums the word"
 "You can't get away" I reminded him. There's no boat"
 q forgot to tell you that I an ens champion swimmer of the Brooklyn Athletic club. think ], saw souAs | bathing suits, hanging up m tne P1!eo With one of those on 1t fYm be ehilds play to me" | Strangely cheered, he let him5e6 oul the back way and lefE nns to the d fence of my clans.
 I left the clans to theiF own deFfcSa l for awhile and went back to the Ewing room. Vida was there idlys shns Hn pressions from my seal ring on soEnS sTs soft kneaded rubber that lay on 10 cile's desk. Lucils herEelS' was nos U sight. The captain aud the best eo6h who ever ran a marine engine Fer' sunk deep in the gloom which Sar rounds the nonreadins man when CD off f:om his kind and his smploy ynerS
 Well" said Vida when rStood oTs' her like an accusing judge, "whRehaT' | I Gone now? Shouldn't 1 play Witl thin rubber this wayf
 You know what you've 5eone," >! said steruly. -You trapped Lptpn s Clair into proposing to yoq."
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