The daily Alaskan., 1909-08-19
A COLD RECEPTION,
By JAMES GARTER SCOTT.

been very polite to mo at the club, chatting, playing billiards, cards, any thing have fanclcd, with mo Just as | if | were his own ago. Naturally | wish to mako him some return, He is alone at his home, hls father and mother being In the country, and no doubt an invitation to dinner will be very acceptable to hlm, Indeed, he has told mo he Is very lonely, Let us dino in the conservatory and by daylight
 And I wish you Co speak to Adele I have brought several ot my young men friends homo, partly on her ac, count for l prefer that she should choose a husband from among those l Introduce. and she has treated them so indlncrcntly to say Shabbily- as to cause mo excessive modification. There wcrc Hollabirl, worth a million; Stevens, heir to the largest manufac' turing business In the city, and"-
 Adele Is full of fun, and she found both these young men very matter Of fact"
 "Fun of madness, rather, to throw away such opportunities, Please tell her for me that expect her for my sake to at least treat Farrell with po' lltcncss,"
 The next evening at o'clock Miss Rurwel picked up hose In the yard before her fathers house with which the gardener had been watering the grass and began to amuSc herself by putting a stream on the hot stones Of the walk that led to the gateway. This gateway, by the bye, was through & brick wall about as high as a mans head. Presently the young lady saw the hats on the other side of the wall approaching and heard her fathers voice saying on reaching the gate, After you" A young man In evening dress under 6 light overcoat appeared at the opening Whether through nerv- ousncSS on Mss RurwclrS part of mls' calculation or what not, the young man received charge of water on his shirt front.
 A moment later there was m inter cstinC tablcau. Miss Burwcll stood re- gardlng Mir. Farrell with an expression on her face of (at least apparent com miScration. MT. Burwcll. who had fol lowed his guest through tho gateway, stood regarding his daughter angrily, while NIT. Farrell was wipinG the wa ter out ot his eyes with his handSer- chief. AS soon as he could see he looked down at his dripping clothes, then up at Miss Burwell, and smiled.
 "Adclc" exclaimed the father stern ly.
 ''Oh, papa, I'm so sorry"
 ''Go into the house"
 'Not without the proprictics, MT, Rurwcn." said Farrell. "Tm sticGlcr for the proprieticS. Aren't you going to introduce mcE'
 "I crave the ccnueman's pardon" said the girl, with proper humility. "SomcthinG must have'-
 Certainly it did" Farrell interrupt ed. How could the thing otherwise have occurred? You are Miss Burwell presume" raising his dripping bat "Yery pleased to meet you"
 Come inside" said the paterfamil' las grimIy Co his guest, "and I'll see what can do for you"
 Dry clothes having been provided they were much too larCe-the family sat down to dinner. Much to the sur prise of the elder people, Adele treated the man she had duckcd with consider alton. commiScrating him upon the misfortune she had brought upon him, while he avowcd that he deteSted evening dress and was delightfully."- comfortable in his loose clothes. NIT. Rurwcll for awhile nurSCd his wrath, awaiting an opportunity to punish his daughter, but the young people got on so pleasantly that before the dinner was half finished hC was laughing and joking in the best ot humor, After dinner NIT. Farrell and Miss Burwell Strollcd out into the front yard.
 "I don't sec how it could have hap. pened," said Adele ~ think an Insect must have'-
 Turned the nozzle" interrupted Mir, Farrell. q saw jt aim straight for my shirt front"
 Miss Rurwcn said nothing for few moments. \ smile was struggling with her llps. Presently she put out her hand. which the young man graspcd.
 You're a bricEr' she said,
 "Hro slang, if you please, | can stand cold water, but I hate slang, especially when I've had occasion to get up on my car"
 50 I pcCccivc."
 "Rut enough ot this monScying, I've been spending weeks jollying your ia ther at the club in order to get him to invite me hero When arrived-well, I got rather a cold reception"
 That was to pay you foC''-
 "whaty"
 Not coming before"
 "ITow could IF"
 "NouScusel There were lots of ways"
 T couldn't think of any tin found that MT. BurwcU of our club was your