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S 4 CHRISTMAS
It Contained a Secret.
By ESTHER VANDEVEER.
Wheu Mabel Drew was sixteen she
was too olil to receive at Christmas
such gifts as toys, dolls and other In
expensive knick knacks. The question
came up between iter father and moth
er that year what more substantial ar
ticle should be provided for her. It
was dually decided that an esi-ritoire.
which is the French name. I take it.
for one of those curved legged. claw
footed desks with fancy finish on
whh h ladies write th.-ir notes and
keep their accounts— that is. when they
keep accoui;:s- would be I ho thing.
Mabel was tuy < unsiu and had dur
ing my ch:;d!;ood been my playmate.
When We v. civ pr.ssiiig Into youth,
after being a .vay from her for a season
and returning. I found that another
had stepped iit:<» m\ place, lie was
twenty -two years of a; e. wl.ile I was
but eighteen t!:s entrance Into the
field sndiimiy made t.;e aware of the
fact that brotherly-sist:*rly condi
tion wlii -h h:.»i i-xi-U.!. or I had sup
posed cxisieii. bete.ecu lis was sim
ply a mas!; fur a t'.a difiVrei:t condi
tion on t:iv part. Ainbei's new friend
being futtr or I've \ears oilier than I.
patroiiiz-. il ; :e. :: i. as (or Mabel. II
seemed I > t ie !a.:t sue reg: riled me, as
before, in a sisit : \.ay.
When th;U Christmas came of which
I have bi.'ii -pi-akins my parents were
abroad. :r-d I sp -nt the holidays at
my attiitV We made a merry Christ
mas of it. and I have since remember
ed it as the | Icasanfcst of my life. It
was certainly the most important, as
will apixar from my story.
MaUi's ::e*U v.as delivered at the
back door after dark and was can led
to my own bedroom, i took oil the
crate and it stood forth as pretty n
piece of furniture as 1 ever saw. 1
admired it immensely and was d"light
ed at the p'--..: ;iie it would give Ma
be! mhen file -aw it. and for that mat
ter pro!tal>!y for li.any years after. 1
pulled out every audalwood drawer
wont'erimr what secrets they would
contain, t'ne of these drawers was fit
ted with a 1'" li and a tiny brass key.
Tie drawers v.ere inside tile desk
and only when the front was
let den a. Tin re was a lo I; for this
also.
AffVr nil except myself were in ueci
my uncle nml I curried tlie desk down
sl,Mirs nml deposited it with the other
srifis "i ' • r,! morti'ncr
It w:s •. : • r!i-ij 1 e.v:M l::ive oi;r
ried it nlut. i'"t si> trail that I dure
ll"t attempt to do so. feuiiuii I llliKht
str:!;e it :l :iin<t soiuctldti!: :hk1 break
it. My uncle wrote on a card, "For
Mabel. I'r-ori I*;i• vi and Mammn." and
laid i' on «.di—=k where it could be
plainly seen. Cut I picked it up, put
it in thi.' drawer with the lock, turned
the key. j t :p tfront part of the
desk and !'»>•! ed i: t .o
In the ii1 >r; ins when we were as
sembled for the distribution of Rifts
Mabel cam-lit Kitftit of the desk at ouee.
and her eyes danced with excitement.
"Is It mine?" she nsfced.
"Open it and see." sa'd her father.
She opened it, looked in every pigeon
hole. pulled out every drawer tid she
came to the one that was locked and,
turning the key. found the card 1 had
placed there She immediately flung
her arms around her lather's neck, then
her mother's, and 1 wished she would
do the same with me. Had she been
a few years younirei she would have
T!ic next day the desk was carried
to .Mabel's room, and I did not see it
again for a I >ng while.
One night a lot of lis young folk
wwe daucimr. M.ilH wore a dress cut
low about the throat. ami Iter contin
ued bobliiuu threw tip and down some
thing she w.i v oa a chain saspeuded
aroiin l her i.•.•-•It. The article was so
small dial I roiiiii not see what it was
at Ilrst. I.hi on drawing nearer reeog
ni/. 'I I he liltlc l;ey to the drawer with
in her desk.
"Why drt you wear that key on your
tied;?" 1 asked.
"Oh. it's the rfcy to a drawer iu my
desk where I keep my secrets," she re
plied. with a Musi:
"Secret*! What business has a girl
to haw secrets lhat must not only be
locked. In'.! the key to which she must
keep on her own personV"
"Rveryboly has secrets Haven't
you any of yt.ur own?"
"None lhat are so important that I
must keep them locked What is your
secret?"
-Well. I like that. What right have
yon to uiy se-n is*;"
It seemed to n:e that I had a right to
her secrets, bii! I d'dii't care to as
sert it.
• Oil, never mind." i replied. "I'll Bad
it out in time."
"Oh. you will? How are you going
to do that?"
"I'll steal that key and unlock the
drawer that contains the secret."
The involuntarily put her hand on
tin- key to protect it.
"Yon wouldn't do any such thing.
Von ki!v»w very well that such an acl
would be dishonorable."
"I dare you to give me permission."
There is always something fascinat
ing in taking a r'u-k Mabel thought
for awhile, then said:
"Suppose I give you the permission,
what will you give nie if you fail?"
"your choice between half a dozen
pairs of gloves owl Mn pounds of
candy."
"How long a time do yon want?"
"nil next Christmas."
"No force used?"
"None whatever."
"Very well. I'll give yon till next
Christmas. But you'll lose."
"If I do you'll win."
"I'll choose the gloves. I wear
sixes." ,
"If I lose it won't make any differ
ence. I expect to give you a Christ
mas present anyway."
"Oh, pshaw! I didn't think of that.
You're very cute, aren't you?"
"I flatter myself I'm a match for a
girl."
Her resi>onse to this was a "face,"
and the subject was dropped.
This bargain was made in June, and
I hud six months in which to get Into
that drawer, which was kept locked,
the key on Mabel's person and the
desk in Mabel's room, where I was not
supposed to enter. I bad no Idea of
making a success of It I had propoaed
It only for a lark.
Having learned by the stepping in
between me and Mabel of another per
son that I wanted her for myself, 1
was In constant dread that he or some
other fellow would take her away
from me. At the same time 1 shrank
from speaking to her of love. I feared
to break up the brotherly and sisterly
relationship to which 1 bad been ac
customed from my earliest recollection.
True. too. Mabel didn't give ma the
■slightest encouragement to malce the
change. When any man was attentive
lo her and I showed that I was dis
gruntled she seemed surprised/ looking
at me with the expression of one who
did not understand mv dissatisfaction.
If I would say, "Mabel, why do you
permit that cad to be dancing attend
ance upon you?" she would reply:
"Why. I think he's very nice. Do you
know any reasou why I shouldn't"—
"Marry blm? Certainly I do. He is
not the man for you at all."
Then she would walk away apparent
ly miffed, and there would be no trou
lilt* between us till the uext fellow
.•nine buzziug about her.
Occasionally Mabel would say to me,
'Have you purchased my gloves yet?"
ami I would reply. "No; there is plen
ty of time for that," whereupon she
would tell nie what color she preferred.
Impiesslng upon me the exact shades
and showing me certain articles of
dress she wished to be matched. I
•vas rather amused than interested,'for
I could see that, despite her apparent
confidence, she suffered some trepida
lon for fear I might In some unforeseen
way succeed.
A piece uf good or bad luck, as the
case tuny lip, gave me an advantage.
.Mabel aud 1 rode liorseback together,
a ad one day when we were passing
through a wood 1 jumped tny horse
over a log that was rather higher than
those we had been accustomed to take.
I cleared tt, and Mabel tried to do bo
too. She raised her animal too soon,
and he came down with his belly on
the log. Mabel fell on the other side,
and 1 picked her up.
I noticed that the chain to which
her desk key was attached had parted
and lay on the ground beside her, but
I was too much concerned about her
to do more than pick It up, unseen by
her. and put It in my pocket
She insisted that she was not hurt
aud mounted her horse. Fortunately
we were not far from home and had
uo difficulty in reaching it She did
uot miss her chain and key, and I said
nothing about them. The chain I re
turned the nest day, but insisted on
keeping the key till after Christmas,
Mabel declared that it was unfair to
take advantage of an accident, but this
Hi,! .iff mnvo m<v
1 determined, now that 1 bad the
key, to effect aa entrance to Mabel's
room when no one was there and pos
sess myself of her secret But I must
i use strategy. I was Invited to spend
Christmas, as the year before, at my
aunt's and on Christmas ere went to
the house provided with the glove for
feit and admitted to Mabel that having
no hope of winning 1 had provided
them. This threw her completely off
her guard. " ^ '"
The next morning I remained la my
room till I heard her go downstairs,
then slipped Into her room, opened the
desk and applied the key to the little
drawer.
And what did I And there? The sur
prise of my tlre. There wns'a small
card photograph of myself taken when
X was twelve years old, a tiny china
doll I had given her one Christmas
when she was but sis, a misspelled
letter I had written lier and several ar
ticles of no more Intrinsic valye than
these, but evidences of how dear they
were to her. Replacing them, I locked
the drawer, closed the desk and went
downstairs.
When it came my turn to give my
Christmas presents 1 handed the gloves
to Mabel and a ten pound box of caildy
besides. Oil opening the box she saw
the key to her desk drawer.
"I knew you would not succeed In
that matter." she said, find T did not
tell her that I had succeeded. But on
Christmas night, when the others had
gone to bed, I sat with her before an
open fire, and after certain skirmish
ing I told her something else, to which
she responded in a manner that was
to my heart's content. , v
To this day she doesn't know that 1
found her treasures.
Nevertheless the Christmas desk ts
tin object of interest with trie. Ity
wife has given it up tor a receptacle
of household matter, and 1 have sev
eral pigeonholes and drawer* in which
I keep receipts and other such papers.
I never sit down before tit* desk to
write a letter, draw a check or Die a
receipted bill that I_ do not think erf
the Christmas mornfitg when I dlacor
ered that which has jiveo m« «ch de
light. '
IiOOAJU BRIEFS
Roy*I S. pullen and O. F. Otts,
both of Dawson, lott on tne City ot
Seattle Saturday night for the out
wide.
Purse;- McDowell, of the S. S.
Cordova^ was a vvw:o:ne visitor aL
irie Daily Alaskan office for a
short timo this warning. niS be- 1
ing accompameu by .Deputy u. S.'
.Marshal Cook, however, was uot
an indication, that he was under
restraint of any kiud.
The City of Seattiq arrived i"
i-.ort early Saturday moruing but
uid not sail south until between
11 and 12 o'clock that night, hav
ing laid oyer one tiae in order to
put a uew blade in her propeller at
a low. rftagQ of wa»ter,
H. P. Gallagher returned to Skag
w&y on the Georgia yesterday
from Ft. W. Seward, where ho had
from Ft. W. H. Seward, whero he liad
(lays as a guest of Lieut. \v, F. L
Hartigan . He reports having pass
ed a delightful time, thg outdoor
amusements consisting of coasting,
b'eighri^l ng and skating.
Tomorrow, January 5 th, is tlio
17t^ anniversary of the arrival in
Skagway of Mrs. Geo. C. Miller, at
that time in her early 'teens. Al
though she has frequently visited
the outside during her long resi
dence in the country, Mrs. Miller
cag spent 17 Christmas holidays
«.nd the same number of New Year
flays in the Gateway Ciity.
AINES NEWS
Haines, Jan. 3—Marshal Carding
toojc all of the prisoners in the In
dian riot case to Juneau on the
Jefferson. S. J. Wei12 man went
*lth him as guard.
Tim Vogel left on the Jefferson
ior Seat/tie, where be goes on
business and pleasure combined,
Mrs. vogel preceded liim some six
weeks, she having «one down there
to take care of her incther, Mrs.
Karwood, who has f> en ill for some
time.
Mrs. H. 0. Banti, I.Irs. Sheeler,
Mrs, Ij, j. Elliot and W. B. Stout,
are all nearly dowa sick with bad
colds. All colds are b'-d, however,
an J. I have never yet heard anyone
'Calling a cold a good one.
All those who nB* ice in the
cummer time are busy putting up
iheir next season's supply, some
are done, while others are in the
midst of their harvesting. Peculiar
word to us# in connection with ice,
isn't P}?
! The masque ball in the Arctic
Brotherhood's hall last Friday even
ing was well attended, and was a
success in every way. Some of die
costumes were leautlfui indeed,
while others were somewhat unique,
but all were in good taste. That
of Steve Sheldon attracted a great
deal of attention, it being a double
one, the front being duplicated in j
the back, so that it was hard to
tell whether he was coming or go
ing.
INTERIOR MINING MAN
LOSES A BIG ROLL
F. B. Baihly has been held by the
grand jury; at Fairbanks on a
charge of robbing Thomas Mc
Laughlin w^ile the latter was in
toxicated.
The Fairbanks Times °fl 'recent
data aonjtains an account of the
robbery of McLaughlin, but does
not mention Baihly. The article is
as follows;
"While on a visi/fa to Fairbanks,
last week, Thomas McLaughlin, of
Ester creek, was robbed of $1,700,
according to statements made by
him and reports afloat in Fair
banks since last Saturday morning.
Th§ police are working on the case
now, but to date no arrests have
been made, although it is probable
that the guilty party; will be taken
into custody within, the near fu
ture. j
"McLaughlin came to town last
weei;, and, as usual, had a large j
roll of money on his person. In
fact, it -was larger than he usually j
carries, according to reports, al
though he always has several hun
dred dollars in his pocket. In one
r<Jll he carried approximately ?1,
400, while in another he had $300.
"Friday night be imbibed too
freely and became so thoroughly
intoxicated that it was necessary for
two men to take him to his hotel.
He was put to bed, and nothing was
heard of the robbery, until- the fol
lowing day, when he reported to
Mendfl that he hai been robbed.
"Chief of Police Fiank Wiseman
Btated last evening, when queestion
cd regarding the case, that Mc
Laughlin ha4 not) rpported to k'm
Ou Saturday morning, however, ha
waa told on the street that M«
Laughilu had been. robbed, and ha
immediately; looked up the man to
learn what he could. When he
found, McLaughlin, h° was still very
much intoxicated, and it was not
until Sunday; that the chief got Iul1
■, articulars.
"When asked regarding the report
to tiia effecti the-t ha had two men
under suspicion, Chief Wiseman de
clared that he had nothing to say
regarding what clews he had,
or what the probable outcome might
he."
MLY-Up IN PICTURE KEELS
CAUSE OP DISAPPOINTMENT
Owing to an error on the part
of some one in Ketchikan, from
whom Manager Geo. Mowl received
nom, one of the three reels in the
play of "When Men" Hate" was
oiniitte4 from the shipment and a
comedy; reel sent In its place, great
ly to the disappointmeent of the
!:.rge audience assembled tq wit
ness the production, a synopsis of
which they had read ana with the
(ltnounement of which they were
familiar.
Like a typographical error in a
newspaper, while extremely an
noying and much to be regretted,
the mistake was one that could not;
nave been guarded against, and is
lit bio to happen at any time.
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