The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-10-16

you think I know what you are going through, Peak? I can't make up my mind whether I'll hurt you most by keeping you to your bar gain or by letting you go. I wish you'd help mel
 That's easy. Let me stick tC my bargain. I'm a gambler, Sam and I'm gambling everything on the hope that some day you may come to care about me. It may be poor bet, but at least it's bet. "
 Sam did not again refer to the subject of the wedding date, and Peak was content to let the mat ter rest. He knew that it would never have been mentioned at all except for Freddy's telephone call Sam's determ n tion had been shaken by that telephone. call, and she wanted to do something ire vocable; something that would forever deprive her of the right to change her mind.
 < By the middle of the last week in March Fourth Aldersea made good his promise to Eugenie Frye He named definite afternoon for her to come to tea at the stable and he performed the distasteful task of explaining the situation to Sam.
 T hate having to drag you into it, he confessed nervously, but I don't see what else I can do. She buys a lot of books from me, and she has helped me in other ways" !"
 of course,' Sam said soothing ly. "Ill probably enjoy myself thoroughly.
 Fourth was grateful for Sam's sympathetic attitude in advance but he was more than grateful for the way she treated Eugenie Frye when that lady finally put in her appearance at the stable.
 In the beginning it seemed that things were certain to go badly Eu- genie, in an expensive, but badly chosen afternoon dress, was nerv- ous and i'll at ease.
 Sam, Fourth discovered was more than equal to the occasion. Be- fore Fourth had time to realize exactly what was happening the two ladies were chattering across the tea table as naturally and as amiably as though they were friends of long standing.
 Fourth marveled, gazing at Sam with new respect. He was tre- mendously relieved and was his cheerful vocative self again.
 You didn't know that I was an inventor, did you?" he demanded suddenly of Eugenie.
 Why mol" cried the widow Are you really an inventor? I'd love to hear about it.
 Fourth needed no more encour- agement, and he proceeded to set forth, in detail, the story of his electrical circuit breaker. He told of the tragic conclusion, in a minor key. Fourth had taken his inven- tion to the leading manufacturers and one after another they had de- nied him recognition. They all ad- mitted the undeniable excellence of the device, but they all, with il- l logical st b b mess, maintained that it would be impractical for 1 the commercial field Its complica- tions of design would make its manufacture prohibitively expen- sive.
 4 All of which, Fourth informed , the widow Frye solemnly, twas ab- solute nonsense! but what could ] do? I did not have the capital to ! form a manufacturing company of \ my own. could not get the capi- ] tai. The result, Mrs. Frye, was the best circuit breaker that the ! world will ever see lies rotting on a, shef-all because of the lack of a few miserable dollars!"
 Eugenies thoughts were obvious l She listened intently to everything that Fourth said, and when he had finished, she asked few per tinent questions. How much would it cost to manufacture these cir \ cult breakers? For how much could they be sold? Would he mind showing her a model of the device? Fourth was more than glad to l Oblige. He went to a cupboard in a corner of the room and brought to light the child of his brain Then he set out upon compli- I cated explanation of it's various points of superiority.
 In the midst of it all there was an unfortunate interruption. Sam who had wandered over to the