The daily Alaskan., 1918-09-17

a ticking apron tied about his manly young form. You see, I thought all these people were business people. I didn't know they kept dropping in un- expectedly."
 "Where Is Mrs. Gray7" said Terry, trying to appear very calm, although she had a dreadful feeling that this strange young man had spirited Mrs, Gray away and was hiding his guilt by continuing her work.
 "Weil, I'm as much Mrs. Gray as any one is," he said. "What difference , is 1t to you?" Then apologetically: Pardon me, please, didn't mean that-but you see, I've been doing this for quite while and I have never been caught before. just couldn't see her do 1t any more. We didn't want any Oneato know much about us."
 q think when find a strange man in my apartment two days and see him In the window another have right to know all about it." said Terry, with some asperity. And then somehow they went into the little living room and, seated there in one of Terry's com fortable chairs, he told her all about it.
 "You see, my father. died just when I was finishing high school. He left hardly anything-he'd lost 1t all in a Wall street panic just before he died. Mother and he had set their hearts on having me be lawyer and I had, too. Of course, wanted to quit school and go to work for her, but she wouldn't let me-. She wanted to see me through college and law course. You know how It used to be with women of her generation - they just weren't taught any money-making trade and the only thing she could do that would bring in enough money was to take care of apartments like this. She could attend to the house at home first and then come over here and do these apartments. We'll, she did that and worked after school. couldn't endure to see her do this, but was bent on finishing law school, because knew that then I'd be able to give her the things she deserved. This winter 1t was too much for me to see her doing this work, yet this sort of work brought in more than could possibly earn at stray tutoring or any of the usual things students do. So just did her work for her whenever I had a few hours off nt law school. That way bring in enough to keep us both going. don't mind your finding out that I do the scrubbing, but she'd be heart broken. It is a funny pride she has she wouldn't mind doing 1t herself. but she couldn't endure to have me do it." -
 Terry came over to the young man. He rose beside her, and she laid two small hands on his arms. "I think you are the most splendid young man l have ever met, and your mother, I know, Is very proud of it. I'll never tell anyone your secret. and I know some day you will win for your moth- CT all the things she deserves"
 The next day Terry purposely ar ranged to be home when the young man = Bob Gray-came. "Tve got something to ask you," she told him. I'm dreadfully lonely here, and I don't like the idea of living alone, anyway. want you to let me have your mother here with me--to be sort of mother to me. She can potter around the 1 apartment if she wants to, just the way my own mother might. and what that will be worth to me, of course, she will have, and that will be as much as you need to get from the apartment tending"
 Of course, Bob Gray remonstrated, at first, but before week had, passed Mrs. Gray was installed as Terry's ''adopted mother," and a real mother could have been no more congenial.
 Bob had but few months more to spend at the law school, and the very day of his graduation he told Terry that he loved her and begged her to marry him.
 COuluu uC llllS, uc bdlut II II weren't for what has happened. l couldn't ever hope to be your husband If weren't sure that would succeed. am sure, just as every man must be sure when he knows that the profess sion he has chosen is the right choice. And today I received word from the firm of Hewes & Futile that they would take me in as soon as I pass my bar examinations next week at sal ary to start of two thousand. I was fortunate enough to have the help and friendship of one of our best professors and the appointment came through him. I am still unworthy of you, Ter ", but with something in the way of prospects I have nerve enough to ask you"
 Terry took his outstretched hand In both of hers and held 1t reassuringly. Bob, Pm surer of your success than you are yourself. I knew you'd succeed when I saw the way you scrubbed the floors and kept at that drudgery to save your mother" '