The Prescott daily news., 1914-08-20
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 : THE CASE OF ALFRED BY AMELIA PRICE,

With sigh of relief. My, but got tired waiting on that corner!" she said to her companion. II hate this standing around waiting for street cars when there might just as we'll nave been an automobile in the fam fly! AS was saying to my husband this morning, 1t does beat all that after you slave and plan all your life for your children things never turn out as you want them to-"
 That's so," agreed the woman in the shade-too-bright heliotrope suit
 They just do as they please,"
 Not that Lizzie is not good daughter" went on the middle aged woman. Its just that you cant tell about men. They can be the blind est, most exasperating, contrary crea- lures! As I was saying to my hus- band, when he took Alfred Guam for partner, who on earth would have dreamed that such boyish, pleasant fellow could have such a will of his own and be so absolutely deaf to the call of what are really his own in terests?
 He has money, you know and as his folks did not live here I made up mind that it was my duty to be kind of motherly to him. explained the middle aged woman. q think there is nothing so pathetic as nice young man far from home and a prey to every designing creature who sets her eyes on him, especially when he is a good looking young man like Alfred"
 T thought" said the other woman, that he and Lizzie--''
 T don't believe in trying to make matches said the middle aged wom- an, firmly. 'I wouldn't dream of in- terfering with fate. Lizzie may be 26, but she doesn't look it, and any one with taste would realize how good looking she is-in a quiet way, of course. l don't think 1t Is refined to have the sort of looks that attract attention, Mrs. Carver, indeed don't"
 The first night that l had Alfred Guam to a good home-cooked dinner l let Lizzie stir up the French dress ing and stuff the baked potatoes and if I happened to mention that she got the dinner I can't see that there was any necessity of my explaining just what part of 1t she got. Alfred always was glad to get an invitation to dinner Afterward I had Lizzie show him her book of photographs. There's nothing like letting young people get acquainted.
 Anyhow. Alfred Guam might have considered himself in luck to get a nice girl like my Lizzie-not but that she could have her pick of far better than he! There's no telling what a man will like-and to think that he should lose his head over that silly, giggling Georgie MacPrang. who grew so fond of Lizzie all of sudden on the evenings she found that Alfred was coming! Lizzie is so unsus- picious.
 W Htll IC 6Ot toned that Lizzie was perfectly crazy over autos and that the fresh air was so good for her health. He took her out several times when I invited him to come early for dinner, so they could get a ride afterward but it wasn't a month before that Georgie MacPrang was driving the runabout with her own hands and smiling con- descendingly when she passed our house!
 You don't know what I suffered at the hands of that Georgie MacPrang, Mrs. Carver! I'd ask Alfred out for a nice little family game of cards and he'd have an engagement and the next day Georgie would drop in and tell what fine time she and Alfred had at the theater the night before!
 He was perfectly nice to Lizzie and if she dropped into the coal of fee near closing time, as it was per fectly natural for her to do, since 1t was her fathers office, Alfred would usually bring her home. Don't push yourself I told Lizzie. Only don't be backward about showing him that he's popular with you! That flatters a man-having him think you like him and are too modess to show it!'
 Just as had arranged to have AL fred take his summer vacation at the same time we did and be o'1r guest at the cottage we were going to rent, in comes that Georgie MacPrang with a solitaire as big as a paving stone, all smiles and applied bushes and throws herself on Lizzie's neck and says she must tell her first, because