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Show WILL SAIL TO ALASKA. A girl In nn open boat bound from Seattle tn Hknguay, Alaaka that It tbr tight whlrh will ahortly nstnnlth the nntlvea of north went nnd north. Ml Carrie Hope, pretty, plucky, youthful and prnenic, I won to set tall-a funny little three-cornered sail t , too upon the black coant oceanwiy In tearch of fortune If ahe fall of fortuno she will certainly gain notorl-cty notorl-cty and experlenre One can promlu her tliat befurehand At to the making of the Journey In Mfrty, without frrei. Ing tbe Up off her saucy ncxe or loilsr, at lctut on ear by the same proceu that It something which old Neptui may have an Idea or two nbouL U ttn't every day In the twntury that a pretty mermaid cornea sailing her wi abrraat of the aalt, tall billows, aid Mlaa Hope la more than likely to b gathered greedily luto hit green embrace em-brace beforo the haa time to say her projen and with ihe had neier, neier left home 'Twill be a wildly entur. out voyage, thla one of Mlaa IlopVi planning If the thould atk any lnmr-nncc lnmr-nncc man. near or far, to write br out a policy beforehand, he would doubtlena ahako hla head nnd say ' Not on your life!" If he didn't decline, to lnture her he ought to bo examined by tbe roirmlMloncra ot lunacy Wen MIm Hope a scrawny tplntter, crabtiej and otherwlte uninteresting, nobody would be particularly concerned at the announcement that ahe Intended to tempt Providence by such a prank u going to sea In nn open boat Hut Ulu Hope la young and youth It a. ways nw f naa engaging. She u not attaanuauHl -but then her rounded figure win no1 '"' ,n tailor-made erl-denre erl-denre oa that trip She Isn't crabbed; ahe It rrr nnd Ught-hnarted and ready " '" "" ,un thrB ' to bti In belag btifTeteal aliout by the element. ele-ment. " I P!"". becauwe iho will not Pr tn" ,Mat u" of sttentlon lo tb ' Dou'la'" that are bunlng abont her head Her frlendi know ahe II drown-there lin't a ghext ot a chance In their opinion, that ahe will tver k flkaguay Hut MIm Carrie got right nn preparing for the peril-nui peril-nui Journev Jiwl the same She layt 'lie raid? up my mind lo go" And whro a woman makee up her mind l43mWtm wit JM miss cAimii: Horn what doe It nienn It meant "gang. way for her It meant that everybody mmt Hand nilde while the paaaei. Mlaa Hope' home on the water will be a ratboat. She It looking about for wmiebody to help her keep houio in the tmnll craft Hint li lo carry her to Skaguay. Bho want a girl companion, com-panion, Hut volunteer aallora among glrla are scarce so tcarce. Indeed, that It look at though Mil Hopo would have none but her own company en route. Sailing It by no meant a novelty nov-elty with the pettlcoated mariner. Shi wa born on Ixing Itland and haa had practical experience with nautical mat-tcra. mat-tcra. Hut that dooa not lesaen th dan. ger of tho trip contemplated by tbe young woman. To aall placid lake! and bay and river I one thing. To bravo tho fury of rolling tea and ocean galea It quite another. If Mln Hope Uvea to tell the tale, It ought to bo an Inlerettlng one. Cllrli have queer notions of thlngi, anyhow. And never before did they enjoy to much liberty In the carrying out of their Ideas. People will say that Mist Hope It foolhardy In attempting such ma-rlue ma-rlue adventure. Hut no one will pre vent her from doing exactly as ail pleases. |