The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-05-16
By Ruth Klmball CArdlne

AAlN MNHA hAAAAAN" aAa ne-rN --N- w dancing waters of Biloxi bay.
 Propose to her for youy' he asked.
 You know I don't want you to do that" said Fillmore. q want you just to put In a good word for me. She thinks a lot of your opinion. I'd do as much for you 1T there was the re- motest chance of your ever wanting to marry. Here she comes now. I'm o6."
 Priscilla came out Into the glare on the gallery ln time to see Fillmore dis- appear down the magnolia lined ave nuc.
 'Bob's going over the bayou with the doctor to look at that mare of Stuarts I'm thinking of buying" said Seymour. shed make a ane mount for you fl you were going to stay. lt will be lonely here when you're gone"
 "wm ity' asked Priscilla. with in' tercst
 "Yes." answered Seymour. "BOb's going too"
 "Ohr' she said. "Of course. youp mlss-Mr. Fillmore and-mamma. Mir Fillmore Is going as far as New York with us Why don't you come, too Cousin Jack. and go to Paris with usr
 "I can't get away" said Seymour "But Bob will take good care of you He's a mighty Ane fellow. Priscilla and wish he wasn't SO set on going back Co St. Louis. but he couldn't stand the quiet life down here long It doesn't suit him. He's not very keen about hunting and fishing and the country. you know. He likes books and art and going about a lot and things like that"
 I thought all men liked to XII things" remarked Priscilla.
 Bob doesn't" answered Seymour He's the worst shot you ever-that Is. he doesn't care for shooting. Of course. if he tried he could be as fine Q shot as anybody. He has knack Of doing everything well.'
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 Doesn't he. thoughr assented Sey mour.
 And he talks nicely" she continued
 Hes a mighty fine fellow said Scy' mour. "I tell you what, Priscilla" !" and Seymour stared straight at the moss pendants on the live oak with Q positive blush. "I think the girl that gets him will be lucky"
 PrlScilla's eyes danced Ike the rip pies on the bay beyond the white shell road.
 "Yes. fancy he thinks so, too" she said.
 That's not nice of you" Seymour hastened to say. Hes not that kind at all. BOb's not a bit concelted. but he's-hc's a mighty fine fellow, and the girl who gets him will be,lucky."
 That's precisely what you said be fore" observed Priscilla. "I have thC sentiment by heart"
 'I wish you wouldn't guy me. Pris ella" said Seymour. q know I'm an old dufYer when I try to talk"
 You're not a bit older than Mir. Ell more, and you're a dear"
 That's good of you, but you mustn't think Bob's the sort of fellow to rate hlmselt highly. He's as humble as can be when 1t comes to his opinion of himself. He's a mighty fne"-
 'If you tell me that again, I shall scream" said Priscilla. Cant you think of anything elseT
 Nothing but you" said Seymour.
 Priscilla laughed.
 You're fond of Mir. Fillmore, aren't you? she asked.
 Hes the best friend have. l should be very sorry indeed to have we'll. to have anything happen that would make him unhappy"
 "I really believe you've mistaken your vocation, Cousin Jack. Such abilities as yours are wasted on a plantation. You ought to have been Q dlplomatlst 1 wonder you ever con senled to bury yourself here"
 "Oh. like lt here. l was born here I'm too big and oyergrown to be com. fortable In a city. need room. l like the country. It's what I'm fitted for. But l suppose lt does seem like being buried to you. Most northern people feel that way. l know Bob does. He's too clever for my kind Of life. What makes you laugh, Prls clllaT'
 "Oh." said the girl. Idly tracing with one finger the name on the polished old brass doorplate, "the point of Q joke heard last week has just occur rcd to me. Do you know" and she re garded him critically. you are most remarkable person? One moment you remind me of a plate glass window. and the next you're like-armor plate Did anybody ever tell you that about yourself beforeT"
 'No." said Seymour. "and l don: know the least bit what you mean."
 Priscilla was studying the doorplat' with Interest.
 "What funny old letters" she said "'John A. Seymour'-your name and your fathers and your grandfather's He was my step-great-grandfather wasn't he? It doesn't make us really kin at all What does the "A stand forY
 "Alnsworth." answered Seymour.
 "Ohr' said Priscilla. "I thought And she hesltated. faint flush warm Ing the magnolia pallor of her face.
 "what did you think it stood forF | be asked.
 Something besides mischief shone ln