The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-10-27

l JO make It sound lnporUlnenJ D, ] 2dding-"And I'm sure you'll b.
 glad enough to be rid of me. I'vt
 been an awful curse to you, Tn afraid"
 It became evident that MT. Perlt
 intended to consume the last morse
 of his cheese and crackers before he answered her. Rose twisted her hands together under the table and for the hundredth time adjured her self not to be such a rabbit. What did he matter? AS soon as she had arranged all about her money she need never see him again.
 An ancient waiter entered, clear ed the table as slowly as waiter in a slow-film, and retired.
 T have a great deal with which to reproach myself" said MT. Perle as the door closed and the quiet of the hotel enswathed them.
 Rose furtively studied her wrist watch. It was very thin, encased in platinum and encircled with small but very pure emeralds. It had made hole in that check :. She must find out if there were any means of getting an advance on the next.
 T wish to tell you little story.
 Rose sighed. That didn't sound as though she would get away in ten minutes as she had hoped. She looked again at her watch, openly this time, but MT Perle completely ignored the action.
 "It is a strange story and one based upon human weakness" MT. Perle rolled the syllables round his tongue as though they were sec ond savory. He had pushed his coffae-cup aside and now leaned his crossed arms upon the table.
 Some twenty-five years ago." said MT. Perle, "a young man, de- scended from-I believe-and old Irish French family, found himself unable to make headway along lines that were oongenial to him that he was forced to earn his living in manner he despised. This young man, whose name was Clement Conaldine was Q cook
 Rose, at his first words, had brac- ed herself for the name.
 He was, in spite of his private likes and dislikes, a very good cook We first hear of him as one of the assistant cooks at the Par nassus. Most unfortunately his ca reer there was short. His work gave,| satisfaction but he -ah-allowed his private and working life to-ah- overlap. In other words, he became with a woman called Muir who had been dis missed from the Parnassus staff for -ah-reasons. It is believed that Muir was also associated with a man named Bolt"
 Rose knew now quite definitely that she did not want to hear this story. Also that MT. Perle would make her hear it to the end.
 "Conaldine shared with Bolt a passion for invention. The nature of their inventions was invariably domestic. Conaldine patented a form of cooking utensil which is today to be found in every home. Bolt was not so fortunate although he appears to have been the more industrious of the two"
 Does my money" began Rose.
 MT Perle waved his hand and her voice failed in her throat.
 "At the Parnassus Conaldine had been able to save the greater part of his salary. When he was dis missed, he went to Pennsylvania alone and worked hard at some idea that seemed to him worthy of development. I cannot, of course, explain to you exactly what the conditions of his life were at this time but they were such that they brought him into contact with the charming and romantically minded l daughter of a country minister. To shorten a tedious tale, my dear Rose, she married him. In fact she eloped with him.
 Tt is to be supposed that she knew he was only a cook but be- lieved that he would make her a kind and faithful husband. Herein she was most tragically mistaken. When their daughter was only one year old, he abandoned her with out making the slightest provision for her future and returned to the woman Muir. It was. of course, ne- Icessary that he should earn a live lihood for himself and Muir and he took post as cook in an in- significant private hotel in South cliff. Muir took rooms nearby and there in due course, daughter was born.
 Tt would seem that Conaldine's