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1S9S, and entered as Second-class mall matter, as a trl-weekly August 26.
1920. according to tbe postal requirements.
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Oldest Daily in Alaska
ESTABLISHED 1S9S j
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LOOKING I I' AND DOWN
In looking up the names of the businessmen and residents of Skag
Mjy. who are supporting The Alaskan, and looking down the list of names
of those who are not giving any financial aid to the paper, we find that
there are about as many people in our community, who apparently do not
< .iro whether Skagwoy is furnished with the latest news of the world, as
there are residents who wish to be furnished with as good a newspaper as
it is possible to publish in the continuity, and are willing to give their
0-nrrowi support that The Alaskan may be kept up to a standard that
will be a credit to the town.
There are goodly number of people in evry community, who either
prefer to borrow their neighbor's paper, or to go to some public place, and
.Ivaue a copy that has been discarded by a regular subscriber, but Skag
y apparently can boost of a larger percentage of this class of tight
1- ted citizens than any other town in Alaska. The same state of affairs
• ^ true with some businessmen in the distribution of their advertising sup
port. except that they cannot borrow their neighbor's advertising space.
If one cared to make a survey of this class as a whole, an inter
•-t :.g ,-tory as to the present business condition in Skagwav would be re.
\'-.iIed, without a doubt. In this class would be found, the Sears, Iloe
i'Uck & Company mail order customers. And. the non-Alaska element
- the people who come to Alaska to make their money, so that tliey may
k Outside and enjoy the pleasures along the White Way.
If Skagway is to survive and advance as it should, it Is time that wa
take stock and see who is who in Skagwav. If the majority of the resi
('ems fail to support their home institutions, and support business tirufs
:u the States, and while in Skagwny grip their dimes that tho may spend
fhftu Outside, we may look forward to no particular future for the town.
It is only by giving support to the home institutions that a town can
survive and prosper. The non-Alaska element do not care about the fu
tur- of the community, but it is time that the businessmen and property
own- rs should make a survey, and begin to build up i home town spirit
t ■ will compvl this class of slackers to either l.ne up with the public
vp; I cl..~ . or st.'p across the street and be counted with the Sears.
Co. ' k crowd. ami the foreign class who never did or never will become
M.i ..ins. Kvery man in Skagway knows who belongs tr. the two classes.
Wily not begin to number them—now.
WITTY AM) WIS I
What doth it profit a man to have the Initiative it" his wife has the
r»f' '(lum'"—San Bernardino (Calif.) Sun.
There arc said to he sixteen eggs in cold storage for every man. woman
"id t!:ild iu the country. So you are richer than you thought, '"it not
aim !i.—Kansas City Star.
' When a tree is falling every one goeth to ii with an ax." saveth an
edd proverb. And it might he added that it applies to man as well.—
Iliff tCol'i i Independent.
oh. joy! One astronomical enthusiast announces that the tail of
!(• >n i : i- . nmpi'scd of intoxicating gas."—New York Herald.
llurope may have its post-war problems. Iiut Europe has no William
■n: -s liryan.—Columbia Record.
If. as a trade paper says, silk hosiery is here to stay, we may also
■ k i'ir an indefinite prolongation of the short skirt era.—Detroi Free
President Harding surely picked a cabinet that doesn't become easily
ex< ited. Can you imagine Hughes. Mellon, Weeks. Hen by ft al. in a
.-•anipede?-—Toledo Itlade.
BRIEF INFORMATION
1 IV'k.ns, crnndsim of the
■ireat novelist, is a cuptutu In the
i'.rltNh navy.
I'.-iiiB a I'lank shotgun shell as the
I roi'flliu-' t'urev. a tcnti has been ln
tciittj to *ho<it o»cf>»ril high In the
lir ov^r a crowd.
The first prize ever wnn l>y I'rc
mier Lloyd t»f ilreiit Britain,
was for sliiahitf.
Eight of the olive Trees in the his
toric pirdeti of olives at "Jerusalem are
more than 1h,*» years old.
The Cut Ted States is now mtlkliiK
In its laliiinit.irii's smi rare ehetiileais
whirh were formerly imported en
tirely fmtn flermany.
The Mystery of
Hartley House
By Illustrated by IRWIN MY ICRS
CUITOlUt S. IUY.MOXD Copyright by George II. Doran Co. |
a milii named Mni'iiili—Him whs us
Alcott remembered the name, Inn It
might, he said, have been St. John or
Soutligrove or Sergeant or any thins
else beginning wltii S; It was Ions bw
fore Alcott's time In South America,
and he merely told the story because
It was a standardized episode—11lls
man Sinclair, nn Kngllshman or a man
from the States, a fairly young man.
anyway, and attractive, bad fallen In
love with n most charming young wom
an of excellent family.
Alcott could not remember whether
this little episode had been staged In
Ulo or Valparaiso or Buenos Aires or
where.
"It might have hern In Montevideo."
he said. He did not emphasize the re
mark, but the remark sub>e«|iieiuly em
phasized the story for me.
Sinclair—Alcott though: we might as
well agree upon Sinclair as a mime— j
had come out of somewhere or no- j
where and had made a great deal of
UiNie.v. When he fell In l>»ve, he was '
an advantageous match. *i lie parents
accepted him gladly
Sinclair and the yi'tmg holy were
married, but lie did not have ih» l.atln
genius tor Isoiailtsg and guarding 11
womiui. Nell her did he have the
ft '
absorbing a woman, lie was in the
•hipping business, iIf w:ts a very pme ]
tleal and luisliiess-ruled man. but. \l- j
colt had heard. a genial and jovial man
nevertheless.
Lovers came. a> lovers w ill. The j
lady was loo el rminu and I d too
much freedom. She 'tis inn icon! :;nd
guileless, bm her lllisluad «:>s not the
harrier needed. Alcott said he thoti: lit
she was ill noble *«irl ami was betraye.1
by her idea that human beings had
charcieler.
Me v . s not [trri'Ui' as to ilif ililem
m:i she had ei itTcil. inm or »liv she
entered If. A 111:111 of reputation for
discreet gallantry. 11 handsome itimi of
ttttrnctive culture »;i< iinou: z il b>
her frank and ui" ' tUil n'Htiido to
ward him t<» 1 iii <|H-rat«* men*' r.
There wa* 11 designing sorvotit In lite
house Tho lover corrupt I Hi,. «, yy
nnr mill w < imr>Mln> •><] inm tl r
Tin1 hushiiid was »iip| 11>.'iI 10 Ik- awaj
an 11 business trip. Ho came buck (
abend 01 t.mo. us husbands sometimes
do. ami 'stopped sit his clnli before hi
went home.
A friend of the lovor saw him and.
knowing what was being essayed at
I ho man's homo, was aghast. lie tn
.dueeil other friends of (lie lover to try
lo detain (he husband oil one jo\!al
pretext or nno'hrr while he cotui.HBii
cated wlih the house. He was unsiic
cessful iii his attempt to use the tele
phono. The other men were unsuecess
ful In their attempt to iletalti the hus
band. The friend begun a rare with
the husband to reach tlie h"iiso. l :i
luckily for him. the cab he took not
only whs pulled h) the faster I 'ise.
hut. In* being conscious that It »as
race and the husband heinc nil' "ii
scions of It, Ills drher had reasons
Riven him fur speed.
It was to.it'ortunate for the friend,
because there w as n tragedy ! iter, and
he was Its victim. He arrived In linn
to warn the lover. The l*J>. appal cd
by the appearance of the Imer, •■-•lia
to consider tint she had I ei :i thought
so unworthy as to attract those :: ten
tloiis, and suffering fr >111 a en -loti
which Idunted her judgiuctr. 1. n> :
called her servants hut had endouv
olvd with a dignity consciously self
compromised to assert her sell I' ^pcct
41 nd recall her lover's reason.
Iii a turmoil of abasing emotions she I
was outraged In this effort of so'.: con
trol and assertion of dignity win : the
frier.il destroyed all composure by Ids
announcement. The lover wont In
stil nlly out of a window. The friend,
having his own dignity of innocence,
would not compromise his «olf-respoct
in this fashion. The husband a: u'd
utioli 11 scene which could not be ex
plained. His wife, In spite of I > r ef
forts at control, was in hysteria. The
friend's presence was Inexplicable.
Arrangements were made to satisfy
honor. The friend was killed in a fash
ion satisfactory to the police and whol
ly satisfactory to the outraged hus
band.
There was the situation: an Innocent
man dead, a wronged husband satis
lied. ihe wife absolved by tho romantic,
lying statement of the man who sacri
ficed himself, that in tho transaction ho
had been presumptuous and the wife
entirely guiltless—and the guilty lover
tone scot-free. I?ut the servant kucv.
Trenien'kms possibilities In this. Alcott
thought.
Th i'ii A loot t went to other stories. As
2ie Urnnk more, he made them personal.
As He Drank More He Made Them
Personal.
1 f«>lt sick. It was outrageous for my
r*colleetion to emphasize his merely
incidental remark:
"It might have been Montevideo."
CHAPTER VII.
Tl mny seem unreasonable that ■
story l>y a man Incidentally met an In
different acquaintance. hail started a
solvent at work on my mysteries. 1
am discussing, now, matters I had
tried to keep ont of my consciousness.
Tilings nt Hartley had Insisted upon
nn explanation which I did not want to
find or cive.
I eould not kill a curiosity, although
I was shamed hy It. I felt Indecent In
my almost Involuntary conjectures re
Carding Mrs. Sidney. Circumstances
did demand tin explanation. No one
could perceive ihe strange facts of the
hoi'-e and not speculate as to their
cause. It might he unpleasant to do
so. hut it was impossible not to do so.
The predominating fact, however, was
that my folks were comlne home, and
1 l.rew that my affection for Mrs. Sld
ni- had become a sacrament and ray
affection for Isnhel a tragedy.
Tile ya> ht brought these dear people
to the landing In the river at Hartley
house. I. In the city, was called on
ihe telephone by Isobel. There was a
ihi mlc va ne In the Inspiration of her
voice si e was. In her greetlnc. cheery
anil whn'osoine. It was n glad clean
Tliillo "—crisp and Jovial.
My people came home In May. and
tin i" nf'er their arrival I went to
IJarfey li-">e with my belongings, re
Joi. in en ecstasy, to take the well
known ride into the wonderful world
«»f fancy and endeared companionship,
hy the hir::!tod pool and Into the Jovial
household.
.Tod. I knew ns soon as I saw him. i
was chanced—not violently hut In
s i'o f; n and perceptibly. Mr. Sid
ney v s not. IIis geniality could not
ehnnire. lie made me feel that he had
tii!-- ■! • and was rejoiced to see me
acn!n Mrs Sidney seemed, spiritually,
to on- to lean on me for support,
a thins !I l I perceived In abasement
a: ' vvl'h - - ii>e of nnworthlnes* and
tint lsol«'l whs as whole
son « il • a!r. In the mwt pleasant '
rlr< ■ ev iff,, was resumed at
Har'-ey house.
.Tod hail not wholly lost his trucn- I
h i and his occasional flashes of
malevoi ,re but he was subdued. 1
IhoiiL-hl he seemed furtive.
1 sk•••! Mrs Sidney If she had oh
serve' n at jo. She said It had not
occurred to her to think of it as a
<' ■ but tiiere had been n differ- !
en o for ' Mi she was crateful. She
ri'tm" -oil *hat when they were mak
ing- ih- ir visit to Montevideo .led had
gone down to the docks and had come
hack tihv. iivly disturbed. She had ob
served the fact without givine much
tlioucht to It. She was not sure but
that there had been nn amelioration of
Jed since then. She had regarded the
event as inslznificnnt. It might have
had a meaning, but If so. It was ob
scured.
(Continued on Thursday)
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