The daily Alaskan., 1921-09-22

"I cannot begin to tell you how glad am again to be writing you-guess l acted like a cad about Ted CorlinE- but at the same time you must admit, little girl, that you gave me some cause for anger. Dear, can't we call 1t quitsl And as for"
 The letter tluttered from MOlly'S fin gers. Who in the world was writing to her like this? Why, she had never had a sweetheart in all her lonely life, and out of a clear blue sky-thIs. She flushed guuuly as she thought of the little girl" and hurriedly picking up the scattered sheets, finished reading. The rest of the letter was filled with thrilling tales of travel, bits Of humOr- ous adventure, and-between the lines a mans yeaTn.ug for home and "hIS girl. It was signed "MoTy.'
 Mouys life had been SiugularIy un- eventful as far as men were con- cerned. Ever since she could remrm- bgr she had lived with her mother aS her ouly compauion-the mother whose soul and mind were buried deep In a past of which she never spoke.
 The day the letter was received she had been, for her, unusually blue aDd lonely.
 She could not help feeling In her secret heart that the letter could not possibly be for her, and yeJ-iJ was rather nice Co be called dear
 Molly hastily Snatched up the eu- velope, and as she scanned it al see oud time the smile died from her face: ''To Mss Dolly Roberts. Sargent School, Cambridge Mass" she read.
 So that was it. She had frequently been confused with Dolly Roberts be- cause of the similarity of their E0mcs, although they were as different as night and day. Pretty frivolous, hcSle Dolly-why, the whole school was talking about her now for clopmg quite dramatically week ago. Yes, and the mans name had been Car ling,
 She sat quite stlll. A daring thought had entered her mind; this MoGE was safe distance away Dolly was cer- tainly beyond carlu--schcul would ue closing now in wee, and Molly cuu.d send hun her summer address. Who would be the wiser If she wrote ro Monty. pretending she was Dolly. She could ,ypcwriJr her letters, so ua, Monty would not suspect; Hc was foo far away Co hear Of uoIly'S latest ca- price. Molly. a, this moment was far from the placid being her Schuu.mu,rs thought her.
 The plan was carried through with out a slip. Molly wrote o"e of her inimitabIe letters-cleycr, humorous and sensible. An answer came W time, then letters flew back aud forth all summer and fall.
 Thus matters stood until one crisp morning in early December AS Molly was leaving the schoo, building, a yele- gram was put into her hands. and with slnkiug sensation iU her breast. she tore open the envelope. The words stared up at her through blur:
 Meet me on 2:S5 train today Must see you-Monty."
 Molly stood dazed; her li,tjo world was crumbIng about her feet
 As the hour approached, N'lly's sensitive soul shrank from the task, but somehow she found herself at the station, waiting with heavy heart to break her poor bubble into a thousand crystals
 The train rumbled into the station, the great gates swung open, aud throng streamed through. Molly, sick with misery. turned away and leaned despalringly against the iron gale.
 Suddenly she was startled hy a touch on her arm, and a deep voice said a bit unsteadily:
 Molly, you wcrc-so s'od-to come"
 In her distress she did not notice mat ne tNlatL ata A4NAtN N.a' ht" not even stop to wonder how ne kLcw her She had only an instaalS im- pressIon of tanned, rather good looking face, and corucSl smiling eyes then
 "Ub." she cried "you-i's an hOr- ribIe mistake-I lied Co you. opened your letter to Dolly by uistaNc-and l was lonely. aLd-'
 The piuful recital ended in what sounded susplciously like a sob, and the tall young man in the cuslgn'S uni form patted her shoulder Clumsily.
 "There, now" he Soothed gently. "I knew all the tIme-and I'm glad Dolly did elope. because now | have yOu.'
 Indignantly Molly shook of his haud. and demanded warmly:
 "YOu-kncw7
 "Wel, you see" explained tho young man geuially, "when l received your first letter | knew that somebody quite different from Dolly had written 1t. ] made guarded Inquiries Of my sister Peg, a senior al Sargent, and she told
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