The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-06-07
by Julia CLeH-Addan1s

that that was why she had bought clothes and furniture, in her wild extravaganza. She changed it tc That's why we got married or Saturday, surelyl And we can have longer than a week, now. We can have as long as we like-the whole year!"
 You don't know me very we'll do you Georgie?"
 Seems not!" OHe was really going, apparently; he was staring back at her from the threshold I'll honestly can't grasp why you should object to staying here-you needn't be my gueSt-oh, Eddie aren't we actually going to sec each other for a year?"
 Not unless you send me word that you've given up your job Jenny will know where to find me III keep in touch with little Jen You can't have everything you want you know, girl, even if you are Miss Revell of Matching's In fact, I'm sure that in the end you won't get-nothing."
 What do you mean?' she cried
 You spoil things like marriage, J said Eddie abruptly. when you haggle with them. At least, that's what I think"
 From where she stood by the table, she saw him reach for his hat and let himself out of the door of the apartment.
 It was not until the sound of his footsteps had quite died away that she remembered that he had said-"Jenny comes for me every morning and returns with me ev- cry night" The litble battered clock was nearing ten, but there was as yet no Jenny and Eddie had gone back to his ridiculous room alone.
 Georgie's hot deep color drained her face at her own forgetfulneSs Someone ought to have gone with him-she herself ought to have gone with him. She started for ward and ran to the door of the apartment, then out to the land ing. She leaned far out over the well, because he might be stop ping to talk for a few moments with Gill.
 But there was no sound of Ed dies voice and she could just glimpse Gill lounging in the door way of the building.
 She went back into the kitchen and tidied and washed up and took off Jenny's overall and went back to her own bedroom. The t'ousseau in the cupboard, she real ly ought to try it on, see if alter ations were needed. It was ab- strd to own a cupboard full of heavenly clothes and not even know them by sight,
 She pulled open the wardrobe door and began to draw the lovely, scented things up and down the rail on which they hung. How costly they looked! The check she had given for them appeared small when she remembered the sum still to be paid. And she had noth- ing at all to her credit in the bank; it would be months before she could have anything. As for savings she had spoken of so em- phatically-
 Standing there, lingering the beautiful clothes her vanity had craved she began to suspect that she had been a fool with her mon- ey. Perhaps now she was being a fool about Eddie as we'll. Per haps he was right and in the end she would get nothing. .. She slammed the wardrobe shut and made for the living room. If Jen- ny didn't come in soon, she would ring up Vale and see whether he would not take her somewhere and dance.
 Jenny, sitting very straight in Grafton Matching's great black car saw Eddie at the corner of Eyle Street.
 The car had slowed at the cor ner and waited the policeman's permission to turn into Eyle street; the policeman. a friend of Jenny'S and Eddie's, was trying to induce Eddie to cross.
 Come on now, sir" he called persuasively. Heres clear little bit of road and all you go to dc is to hop across it." But Eddie's nerves had hopelessly departed. He leaned against a building and Jen- ny could see him shake his head trying to grin.
 She had half-opened the door of the car before she remembered the speaking tube. Then-1 VIII