A DONKEY
ENGINE
iihBtr?tin$ Some Points In a
C;r 'j CSotc* o< a Husband
Bx EMILY SEWELL
Comic^; American !>?*? A?ks
dtuoa. ISO.
W fcy ft that the roost important
stoj fe. rr.arriape. I# often decided
at t ' iari^ IVrbaps it ts because
ever? re cvnsMors marri.w a lottery
At a ny rate, an impatient word, a
f ^wer c'ri^ in the nick of time, a
r sentence. a smile, will
o* or to whether Yoljy Is to
n - t> Tea w-.rh a happy life before
hi- or ." ? with tuis?ry and final di
T(W
Ms-rsTvt I ee. thoi ch st '.. voutu: and
v-.' > n. v ?. ? en.vd. w as horn
? - ch; > -Jivh matters
V\ :>er> youns *oa;d fir*
t * reran, for a coinpU
J - -ked for aomothtnc miW
? ?; S ' ws w :-cor even than
this She knew that she oonld not
foree**" ?! : fior fate would he with
at\ Tom mipbt he one of na
lure's r ? a. but he micht also he
a po-.r : ~o\ H?r John nr.ch; l?e nar
r. ? j . :tsi and so nvh. hut mipht
be?w ? s.n vr wen -.h and honors.
M; -c- ' r a -ed that she mnst take
ber v^:'.ri>s
-
ed < w- to one of two men. Her
- wore Pope Armstrong
J Rri ? a V_r.>: roT.c rep
r*~ ? ?'? - r h < heen said of Tom:
he w - o>pe i ly interested in his
>. ? T5 re -? Rrvwr w < in some
-
a . f> w. i . t was rvcirded hy
f if dv - of fine rrpracticaWe
-o? a ? >m p lor: not a
par s;er - 'v n?? ow. bnt the broad
sw?p P warded Vsrcaret. and
v -?.???? < si ?ne or the other of
t . ? ? ? s. > vrmstn-inc.
her no! in; " - favored Brown.
v1' eve- _ Vrn.-i"- "c went to so*
V- - - : very e\?v -t .-.raiments
? ' v s <f- - ,J : tttt 1 : He was
g . v ? w - prospects
of a ! ? !"> " ? -"rt'"c aside 30
- ^ ; 1 t wis paying
1 i r \ *e~r<: ' 1 am coinc for
J- 1 K h- said "and yon '
k' 'w it t ? is no \airs boast, for I
v ? -i tv har\1e?t p^rt of
tl .? r t " ire c>*t 'be first thou
w
V ~c - - !?' i* not her heart
wji? ti - > rod that Btvwn
I -> . :d ST***
ti t h. ? \ 7<e *e?l t ' see, again
Best Meals
NEW HOME
RESTAURANT
NOONDAY OCf
DINNER
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.it -v, up to da'e in pattern, and in
N' but the very best.
Our *41 a work, newly aanuJattur ;
a s.-. . .*. - ? t. :^ra? .ng t?pt?ak for
t_ ;...- t- We do not turn out oar
* rk .. i- t > fjustci ;a tie bet*
n.a r a: ?<. .--araiit' ? cverj p.# ??
of .t. If y< - have any ixouoie with
y ;r wau h hr:ng it to us and we w'.Il
iri* ' you ent-.-B sau$*i( tioii a^
r ^onabie charges.
l>or. t c. rlex-t your eyes when you
can pr; th- x examined free at my
s' Tf ?? ;r. the latest optical lrm*ru
stents
J Fkuta.
Jew?5e? and Optician
Xone better anC pnrer Than Gibson
rye. Rainier and Olympia beer. Or
c rs by "pbor.a promptly delivered.
The Masoot. **
FV* Soc to*. c*a get * wholesome,
trun* cooked n.e?: at the Hew Home
Fertaurast. Wh Ave,, jo*i off of
R~o*dwaj.
AJatku vuit tda for nwK*
vfonia she not better settle the matter
between them now, and In favor of
Armstrong? She wouid If she could,
but she could not
'Voire tomorrow ermine " she said,
"and l'U try to give .von an answer."
Til tell what 1*11 do. Margaret."
said the wooer. Til come tomorrow
evening and we'll flip a coin to decide
whether von marry me ot not "
"Very well." aald Margaret In a
tired way
The nert day she met Brown on the
street, and he walked home with her.
They had *o much to say to each
other that they couldn't say It all be
fore reaching her boose, so Brown
?went In.
-Margaret." be said. "I bave no
dotiM that yon can do better by mar
rying some one else than me. But my
argnment Is this Ton must take the
risk any way Why not take It with i
a man you love? Besides, some men
are capable of being made by a wife.
You would undoubtedly have a hard
time with me. but you're a level bead
ed girl, and that's the klud 1 need.
I'm a donkey engine, and. you know,
an engine can't run itself; It must
have an engineer."
Margaret was so Influenced by this
argument, especially since her beart
was enlisted, that she promised the ;
young man that If something? she 1
wouldn't ten what? turned out the
next evening a certain way she would j
marry him. Brown showed that when
Interested In a subject he had a lot of
banc on in him. for he never gave up ]
till he drvw the Information out of her '
tvnt she tvs* to decide his rival's fare
by the spinning of a coin. Then he
refused to let go until she had agreed
to c^ve him an e<jua chance. She con
sentod that he should be present the
next eveninc and the coin should de
cide between h:m and Armstrong. The
ooi; would be spun as a bit of pleas
antry. but It was understood that
whichever man won won In earnest.
T vantage was all with Brown
t*e> ause he knew of the game to be
played and had a day in which to pre
^are for It. One may say that In such
*n affair there Is no preparation to he
made or If any Is possible It Is dis
honorable.
B-:t while Armstrong had the steadi
ness of a planet revolving In Its fixed
:. Brown wa? a man for occasion
While he had noble impulses, he did
: ?t a w them to run away with him
n the matter of the girl h* loved.
XT's fair in war and love Is a prlncl
' e .->f narurc During the evening he
:nci co ns on a smooth table top till
mid- cht Before he had finished he
lad .1;<>ivored hew to make them fail I
?>r. i* ' -h ever side he chose
Tb. nrvt trtorn'nc he telephoned to
? em n'oyer that he wou'd nit he
Tor hnslr>f>?r* that day and had
i evcu?o to offer for his absence.
\'or\ s ?v to lose you Mr Brown."
va< the reply, "but vi>u needn't come
i .
tomorrow : your place wl 1 be filled "
It osa' s?vm s ngular 'hat a man
BEER
lucre's Vigor and
Strength
in every drop
III
COMPANY
WMh
GRAND REDUCTION SALE
The Pack Train is now selling a
>ig lot ot Good Goods at reduced
?rices as they are getting too old to
Id ar.d sell at a profit. Tours,
X. Herman Grimm.
?IRE SALE! FIRE SALE!
WOOD TO BURN
iood Dry Flanking tor Summer use. 1
Special price tils month
$2.00 PER RICK,
kv? H ERB TATLO R? Phone
COAL
Wellington Lump Coal
ron: Hbaft No. 6, Oyster Bay Miner
X IjkOjmu KL. be oighest grad?
loosobold com: at mil the B. C. OeJd>
5S.28 FIXED CARBON
>rf?c*. Combus?ii>n Uniform Red
light A at
On asd aflsr July 1st. lilt, *?
khJLll ottar this coal, selected ar:
raded u follow* ?
double Screened and sacked SIS. to:
icjveniags (?ack?l) i "
>c.-eenin?s (bulk* ?. "
Above prices In chid* delivery
Moore's Wharf Co.
Alaska T ranster Co.
SOLE SELLING AGENTS.
?hons 1?. Skagway, Alaska.
GRAND REDUCTION OF STOCK
SALE
The Pack Train * now selling ;
>lg Jot of Good Good* at reduce*
?rto? u tbey are getting too ck
ko boid aa? sell at a profit Tcwr*. j
1 Herman Grimm I
struggling to get a wife should give tip
the Income on which to support her,
but Brown argued that be couldn't pot
tbe wife and keep the position. Ho
possessed ibe faculty of deciding be
tween tbe greater and tbe lesser. Be
needed all of tbe day to conUnue hi*
preparation* for tbe game be was to
play In tbe evening. If he lost there
was no recovery If be won be had a
lifetime in which to secure another
position
When the evening for tbe trial came
Brown had used up in preparation
every moment since be had parted
with Margaret tbe day before, except
^lght hours for sleep. U was not that
be dreaded failure, but detection If
he were caught Introducing loaded
coins for the spinning he could not tell
just what would be the result Hp
might lose tbe girl He certainly would
incur tbe contumely of his rival, and
his action might prove ruinous to him
But nothiug troubled blin except the j
possible loss of Ibe prize.
Browti called late enough to give his
rival ac opportnnlty to get In before
him, then entered as though he had
merely dropped In casually. Armstrong
looked annoyed, and Margaret appear
ed to very regretful of ha vine
drifted Into the position she occupied
The three with difficulty kept up an
embarrassing conversation for half an
hour, when Armstrong, giving Mar
caret a knowing look, proposed to de
elde a question be bad raised by spin
nlng a coin. He had Invited her to go
to the theater with him. and she seem
to be In doubt what day to set Tor .
the purpose. His proposition he In
tended for an Introduction to tbe trial
that was to decide his fate with Mar
garet The night for attending the
theater having been settled. Brown
irop?vsed some other way of amusing
vhe trio by coin spinning. Margaret
acre an American Beauty rose In her
hair, and at last Brown proposed to
Armstrong to spin a coin for It Mar
garet consented and Armstrong won
the rose Then Brown spoke.
"Mr Armstrong, there Is a prtrc wo
both desire, though 1 can't say that
either will possess It I shall not
name It You are perfectlv ?ware of
what It Is I will spin ? -liver half
dollar for It. best three out or u.c"
Armstrong looked at Brown and tin
derstood Then he looked at Mar
guret and saw that, while she did not
approve, she did not forbid. They had
been playing with a coin that Arm
strong had taken from his pocket
Brown picked It up and said: "We will
begin with this half dollar; spin It
twice; I will then furnish one which
we will spin twice; then we will spin
one belonging to Miss l/ee"
ria.Mne ihe coin under his forefinger
he asked Armstrong. "Heads or tallsT'
Armstrong chose heads, the coin was
spun and Armstrong won The next
spinning was by Armstrong, who lost
At the third test Brown declined to
substitute his own coin, but won
Brown lost the fourth test making a
tie. He then asked Margaret for a
coin, which she gave him
All three knew what was at stake
Armstrong was composed outwardly,
but excited inwardly. Brown showed
no emotion whatever. Margaret was
drawing long breaths, and her color ,
was leaving bcr. Brown called upon
her to spin the coin. She consented
and Brown won. gaining tbe best three
in five and the prixe.
Armstrong's eyes flashed. Taking
up the coin he examined It critically |
"Would yon accuse me of cheating?"
asked Brown.
"All s fair in war and In love." wa? ,
the doeged reply.
"So I thought till I sat down for this
test, when my <-on*?'!eticc told me that
j?r ; ? nlv.-'-rige Is d;<hon.'r:ibie
In any event. I am an expert at com
spinning. If II may owe my own coin,
as I will show yon. In this contest
too furnished the coin which tied as,
while Miss Lee furnished the one that
decided between us Now I will show
you that with my own coin I can win
every time **
Taking a silver half dollar from bis
pocket, be called on Armstrong to
choose heads or tails and spun It.
and Armstrong lost. Brown repeated
this so\en r limes, winning every time
Armstrong took op the coin and ex
a ml nod it carefully, but conld see
nothing unusual about It.
"Is It loaded?" be asked
"No," replied Brown Taking a small
magnifying ftlnss from his pocket, he
asked Armstrong to examine tbe coin
with It. Armstrong saw that tbe edge
of the milling on the head side had
been tiled smooth. This would natu
rally cause ttte coin to sink "head" sld?
down
"t^>t ns try It again." said Brown
"and see if tills will always be np
He did ?o. and. contrary to expectation
head was si ways up Brown then
showed him that the coin had been
filed on the till side, ne had changed
coins wlthowt Iheir knowing IL
Armstrong arose and. concealing his
chagrin as well as be could, bowed po
lltely to both of those he left behind
and withdrew.
The momerit Margaret was left alone
with tbe man who had won she threw
herself Into Ills arms
"You could not do It could yon 7" she
exclaimed Impulsively.
"No." he stild "1 couldn't."
"But you intended to do It?"
"Yes. I did It seemed that I eooldn't
take any risk In tbls one matter I
i pent a whole day In making preps rs
I'ons to win and gave up my position
to gain time for tbe pnrpoap. 80 you
see von are lo be possessed by a man
w bo Is"?
"Never mlrd I am posse?s?d by the
man I want.'"
Brown becume a snrcessfnt and dis
tinguished itian. with whom bis wife
was happy and of wbom she was
proud But he always sa'd she was
his engineer
BUDDHIST CREMATION.
The Funeral Pyre and the Diipositiew
of the Athts.
A Ruddhlst cremation Is s strange
and uncanny even!. :. 1 d It is not often j
that a foreigner Is given to witness j
one I saw ?..mo of the preliminary :
ceremonies at a temple in south t'hlns. i
but found myself apparently l<e>-omlng
|>cnsona non gratn as the time for the
cremation proper approached and did
not tare enough about seeing It to In
trndo I have sim-e heard and read
several do?i ript1on? of the grewsome ]
ceremony
The priest* arc dressed in white sack |
cloth, slmilnr to that worn by the
monmors at the fnnerals of the lay- j
men. and their brows are lionnd with '
white bandages. The corpse. dro?sod j
In a cowl arid with the hands fixed in I
an attitude of prayer. Is placed in a j
Sitting position In a bsml?oo chair and
carried to the funeral pyre by ?omo of 1
his fellow monks. all the other im>nkt
of tho monastery following In a dou
ble line. As (be profession advances
the walls of tbe monastery echo with
tbe chanting of prayers and the tin
kllng of cymbals.
When the pyre Is reached the bearer* j
place the corpse upon It, and the fag I
ots are kindled by the head priest j
and while the flame? are mounting the
others prostrate themselves in oliel
sance to the ashes of their departed
brother. \VI?on the fire Is bnmed out
the attendants (???llort. the . hnrrod 1
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Alaskan Has to Bow to hi* tnevlt- 1
able ? Scores of Endorse
ment* Prove It.
After reading the public ?tatamemt
of the feMow-sufferer riven below,
yo*i most come to tht* concbwlon:
A remedy wMrh cured ye?T? &*o.
wbteh has kept the kidneys In rood
health since, can be relied upon to
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Read this
Mrs. J. Wtatermute, 3718 Wetn?or?
Ave., Everest, Wash . says: "nnrh*
Uie pa?t four year I often had attack
of pain In my back, some of which
1 were so severe that I mold not sleep
well In the morntnr on artaln*. I
wan hardly able to itet aronnd There |
were dull pains in my loins and re- :
[ 'ention of the kMney secretions ea
teted If I overworked or canrht tfce
<dirh*est cold my condition became
worse. Finally I took I>oan's Kidney |
Pfils on the advise of a friend who
knew of their m<-rtt* Their prompt
ness h? relieving m? was *ra?lfyln* 1
I consider it a plea wire to (five Doan ;
KHney PUIs my endorsement."
(Statement riven Jan 10, !*>* )
CONFIRMED PROOF.
On February 8. 1 910. Mrs Whrtar j
mute said: "I am always rlsd to m?k' ;
the fact known that Ooan'a KHney !
PtUs helped me The pohlic state
ment 1 rave two year* aro In thel
praise still holds rood."
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P O Bm B. JuhW, A'ask*
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to Taka Affidavits
tiwM
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