The daily Alaskan., 1920-08-14
MATCHMAKER
By MYRTA ALICE LITTLE.

 tG. 1920. by Mcclure Newspaper syndicats.)
 Miss DarthIa PrentIss was a born matchmaker. She had always lived In a small town and she had made al- most eyerybOdy's match except her own In the whole vicinity. The only reason that she was still Miss" was that she had not yet found "ezactly the right one, don't you know" Then, too, Miss Darthla was very shy and seIf-forgctful.
 But Miss Prentlss, though not on the sunrise side any more, never wear- led of looking about, for her young friends, of course, and bringing just the right couples together in her cOzy little home under the naples, while she remained in the background in prim gray and lavender and white friIled aprons and made puffy bis cults and cakes and scaIlopcd pOta- toes and ten for the younger folks.
 When the new high school principal came to town and tried to get board with the little lady, he met with a prompt refusal.
 "Tvc heard q lot about what a quiet, honey place 'twould be and about the cooking I'd get" The man smiled pcrsuasIvCly.
 But Miss Darthia flushed and folded her little white hands and assured him that there'd be too much talk If she let hlm board there, and there was just. as nice places, lots of them. But she'd invite him there once in while with some desirable young h. dies he'd enjoy meeting. She would do .that, certainly. And why didn't Mr. Edndolph try to get in over at J0hnSon's?
 So Hugh Randolph, high school pro- lessor. boarded across the street at the TohnSons, and little Miss Darthia promptly began to plan which one of the three Johnson girls he would mar ry. There was Cora, who sang beautl- fully; md Nora, who was pretty as q pink. and Lora who made the most dcIectable jc'lies and preserves and buildings.
 When Professor Hugh had been in town a week, little Miss Prcntiss in- vi,pI him 10 have tea with her. And she invited Cora Johnson to come over, too. And she played C0ra'S accom- Drn'wunts on the little reed organ, ard snn Joined her with her own alto once fn a while. inst to show Professor Ur@h how sweet and clear and beau t'fm thc young girls voice was com pared with her own funny old quavcr.
 "rTrW uotirc au this when he's away from Cora's home and environ mort, with miGd'c-agrd lady around, morn." she told herself, us she set the 'arrr and rraottrod just how sho would bring It In nicely that Cora Johnson had thn sweetest disposition sln had ever known.
 Tho little lady noticed after that that Tr,r.e>ur Hugh used to go walk ing of Monday evenings with Cora.
 So Mss Iar,hta decided it was time ..at she Invited Professor Hugh and Nora over 10 ten.
 And sln ~a, in thc full glare of the . big lamp ~0 that he would be sure Co contrast l.~ -tuy wrinkle, with NUra's sro,a G-J chn.rs
 ,rf ...ar that .ne rro'aseor dId srrm aNon. O, evenings with Nora. AuH they often stopped at Miss Dar- rhfa's gsrr and cha.,rd with her about hor holyhock and bachelor buttons. And once the little lady found the courage to offer the professor a blue button with wllta rrinu,d edges and express rtr hurried wish that he would fuG some nice young girl to sew it on rr~ him. Then Sho had hung her head, fearful 'not she had said too much. ] Eut the mans voice was re0>surinE. "Tm looking round, Miss PrentIss," he told her chccriIy.
 And Miss Dar,hfa sighed cxpccmnt'y. And about 8 wc"r, after that she had Lora and tle professor in for tea and she took especial pains to tell her guests that Lora had given her the recipe for thr uarshmallow cream. only Lora had a Eunrb of cooking that >ha could never gur. And Lora bluShed rrcttily. And Miss DarthIa went on to say that Lura had sent in the rasp- berry preserves to her Inst winter. and she'd Urcu keeping them for such festive occasion. i'or she never codRd equal Lora Johnson in preparing things Co eat.
 And thc professor had looked very happy that evening as he hadc Miss Darthfa cood-nlCht, and tine little lady noticed that ln bent very close over Lora. as if whispering something of great significance, as they walked down her path together.
 So little Miss Prentiss decided that she had done all she could for the present. and shc would just wait. , Whichever girl Hugh Randolph chose would be tho most fortunate ideally happy with such a husband.
 Miss Darrhia wound the old clock in the corner and put out the lights, Then she heard a sound on the gravel path. and in another moment she
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