White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-23
SYNOPSIS


william axssr aged seventeen. falls a
sr.t sight In calf love with young Mas
pratt on a visit to friends of his. His
lsttle sister Jane. Ia a ny In the ointment
william is ssnt by his mother to hsly
osnesls. darky Of all work. bring home
soms washtubs she had purchased. They
srs s~cd6fnPanfed by 'Ciematis, Genesis
nonsreI dog. Miss Pratt, escorted by her
frtsnds, comes along with her dog. Flopit
A dogfight snsues.
The dogs arc separated. william vas-
shes, disguised. under q boiler. Thae
evening he takes his ather's dress suit
and calls upon Miss Pratt and her friend,
Miss Paroher.
Jane. . knowing ~youngster, explains
ssrtain matters concerning Williams love
AFFAIR 70 her mother. She also knows the
ezct that William has distracted his ia
ehars dress suit.
Williams attentions TO Miss Pratt and
Nose of rivals got on Mr.. Parcher's nerves.
lane tells Mr.. pareher In secret that VIII
ham can't get his fathers dress svit any
ongef~because II is being altered.
Mrs. Baxter tells William she has sent
Mr.. Bakers dress suit to the tailor for
Alterations He Is crestfsiien and Q~uarrels
eth Jane.
Mrs. Baxter gives a party for Miss
Pratt. William, descending TIE gtairs,
falls and tears ais best suit. He had sat
On James paint box with another present
able suit.
Ills troubles detain him TIN the party is
byer, to his great ehagrin. Later he dis
eusses matrimony with the aged parent Of
Genesis Jane lie present az the discus
sion.
william goes for a walk with Miss Pratt
swinging his fathers borrowed cane,
Jane, unheeded. advises an umbrella. II
rains, and William gets wet.
Jane. from her observation tells her
parents that she thinks William is mar
ried, The parents. ut first alarmed. dis
miss t. subject William goes picnick-
ing, andsa new rival turns up.
The rival m~onopollzes Miss Pratt. He
brags about his love for smoking. and
William gives him some cigarettes
The rival Is made III and retires from
the field. Genesis tells Jane of how he is
going to be a waiter on occasions and
whore he In going TO buy a secondhand
cress suit William overhears.
williams heart IL set on a dress suit. so
be can go to a farewell party arranged for
Miss Pratt. His father refuses to buy him
one. William disappears during the day
time
Jane reveals that William IL working to
earn money for the dress suit also that
he was dickering with a secondhand deal
er to whom he had taken personal prop
srty. but who demanded a balance In
money. Mrs Baxter stops the transsc-
ton.
Mrs. Baxter. however, has Mr.. Baxter's
aHavl-9 anlf 4nEA- L. ..A uynI.-. -.
happily to the party. Arriving late, he
nnds Miss Pratt much engaged.
william. TO his dismay. has to dance
with a stout stranger. To add TO his
chagrin. he Is accused of flirting by Miss
Pratt.
Still and cold sat William. Let her
talk to the Mar at the other side Of
her as she would. and ever so gayly.
William knew that she was conscious
every instant of the %reproaehful pres
ence upon her left. And somehow
these moments of quiet and melan-
eholy dignity became the most salts
factory he had known that evening,
for as he sat, so silent. SO austere. and
not yet eating, though a plate Of chick
en- salad had been placed upon his lap,
he began to feel that there was some
where about him a mysterious superb.