The daily Alaskan., 1921-09-24
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By EMMA STRONG.
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 "Calch him while be is young and train him iu the way you would have han go: then you win have a husband after your own heart Should the marriage prove a failure you will know you picked the wrong man"
 Lila Fox looked up from Madame NsNITs Advice to the Boyelorn," just .n time Go see Winnie Weeks. radiant bride oI week, pass by with her hand some youug husband.
 Winnie was only eighteen and a beauty. so Lila, twenty-n.ne and mere Iy good-1ooklne. really seemed old and ugly to him
 CT have a good mind to try it. she murmured. and whether she really meant it or not, fate seemed ready tt help her, for at the dance Of the Nssgnborhood club that evening Lan- son Grey persisted in dancing with her and her only.
 Though a rife diSmayed at hls youth. hc being only seventeen and a high school pupil. the advice 10 catch him young" kept recurring. and when he. with dauering humility, asked f la might walk home with her, she just naturally said yes
 II was only a JeD-minute walk, but before they had gone half the distance his arm was around her slim waist, his eyes on hers, and he was murmuT- ing "oh. this is what I've wanted since my first dance with you. l just love yau." And though she was scan aaHzoI ar rnc ahsurdiry 0t this lids making love ro her catch him young and train him. once more bobbed up, and she decided To accept him.
 Arrived home. she invited him Go "fu>. for a 'tue lunch" but the ice haz yielded only tomato soup and cot ra-a cheese.
 "T love tomato soup" Lauson eT- claimed in the same ardent tones he had said he loved her. Bring lt out and heat tt" So they fcasred on soup, crackers and cheese.
 r was a case of rushing" after rlar Lila had always had struggling admirers. who called 8 few times and then Iu>, interest The truth was rua. hnr breezy manner. which fasci- mated ar first and made getting ac- aua.rrrd" easy. had seemed to be "too hoS>y" on more intimate acguaint- arnc.
 Tnt hanson did not lose interest Hn came every evening. proposed ma~~.a-o. And when she lauChinG.y asked "Uow coul5 you support a v..ng You must bc foolinC." he grew very indignant and "Tu show you" he dcrrarcd. "you don't care for me or you'd marry mo right away
 "Trr married people have to pay their rNpeases. and how could we do rra-""
 "Ta>.ry enough. My uncle. in the real estate business in Albany. has offered me a job at a thousand a year; won't rSar pay our cNpensesE
 I did provide for them amply for two years. when prices and salaries began Co soar. LanSou had pleased his uncle. who now raised his salary beyond LHa'S widest expectations.
 She had ccouomized and trained" Lars0n ru do s0. too. They now felt that they could afford a bungalow for a home and. calling at the office oun day ro see him, in connection with -ra purchase Of it. Lila asked the of- fec hoy to send out Mir Grey. Tell him Mrs. Grey is here" she said; and rIn hoy went into LaUson's office with "Nau~ mother is out there. NIT. Grey, and she wants tc see yOu."
 hanson. who supposed his mother to Ge ay nome, forty miles away on the Massachusetts side Of the state line, rushed out to greet her, only to find Lila there alone.
 why. what a funny mistake" he laughed. but rom that lime on ne DC gan Go be late for dinner slow to meet her for the noon lunch. which they always had together at a Broad way restaurant; in fact. his hours be came SO irregular and his excuses for "nyorktuE overtime" so plausible that Lila got Qulte used 10 spending the evenings alone.
 But even so, she was totally unpre- pared for his not coming home at all one night and for the harsh command, ny telephone. the following morning, to .he at the police station at nine o'clock"
 Arrived there. worn with the nights vigil and fearing Lanson had met with some horrible accident she WAS com fo--ad by the sight of her husband and a pretty girl Of sixteen whom she rec oculzcd as the stenoErapher in the of- fee adjoining Lanson's. But before Lila could utter a word, one Of the DO I.ccmen guarding them asked the frightened girl: 'Now, young lady, Can