The daily Alaskan., 1917-09-27

MAY Pratt" Jane said casually.
 WV And she wears false side curls. One almost came oh. She's visiun' Miss May Parcher," add ed the deadly Jane. But the Parch- CTS are awful tired of her. They wish | she'd go home, but they don't like to i tell her so."
 William became jelly calm.
 Now, if you don't punish her. he said deliberately, It's because you have lost your sense of duty"
 He turned upon his heel and march ed toward the house. His mother called after him:
 Walt, Willie. Jane doesn't mean to hurt your feelings
 My feelings" he cried, the iclness of his demeanOr giving way under the strain of emotion. You stand there and allow her to speak as she did of one of the-one of the For a mo- mcnt William appeared to be at loss and the fact is that it always has been a difficult matter to describe the bright, ineffable divinity of inc world to ones mother, especially in the presence Of au inimical third party of tender years. 1 One of the he said. "One of the 1 the nOblest-One of the nOblest'-
 Again he paused.
 "Oh, Jane didn't mean anything" ] said Mrs Baxter. And if you think Miss Pratt is so nice I'll ask May Parcher to bring her to tea with us some day. If it's too hot we'll have l Iced tea, and you can ask Johnnie Watson, if you like. Don't get so up- set about things. Willie"
 "'Upset"" he echoed, appealing to heaven against thls word. "'Upset! !" And he entered the house In a manner most dramatic.
 What made you say that" Mrs. Baxter asked, turning curiously to Jane when William had disappeared. Where did you hear any such things"
 "I was there" Jane replied, lat the Parchers."
 "Oh, 1 see"
 Yesterday afternoon" said Jane, when Miss Parcher had the Sunday school class for lemonade and cookies" ,"
 Did you hear Miss Parcher say'-
 "No'm," said Jane "I ate too many cookies, l guess. maybe. Anyways, Miss Parcher said l better lay down
 Lie down, Jane.'
 "Yes'm-on the sofa In the liberry. an Mrs. Parcher an Mir. Parcher came in there an sat down after awhile, an it was kind of dark, an they didn't . harlly notice me, or l guess they thought 1 was asleep, maybe. Any ways, they didn't talk loud, but Mir. ] Parcher would sort of grunt an ack cross, He said he just wished he knew when be was goin' to have a home again. Then Mrs, Parcher said May had to ask her Sunday school class, but he said he never meant the Sunday | school class. He said since Miss Pratt came to visit there wasn't anywhere he could go, because Willie Baxter an | Johnnie Watson an JCe Bullitt an all the other ones like thpt were there all the time, an 1t made him just sick at the stummiCk, an he did wish there was some way to find out when she was gOin' home, because he couldn't stand much more talk about love.
 He said Willie an Johnnie Watson an Joe Bullitt an Miss Pratt were al- ways arguin' sOmep'n about love, an he said Willie was the worst Man. ma, he said he didn't like the rest of 1t, but he said he guessed he could stand 1t If 1t wasn't for Willie. An he said the reason they were all so in love Of Miss Pratt was because she talks baby talk, an he said he couldn't stand much more baby talk. Mamma, she has the lovelieSt little white dog, an Mir. Parcher doesn't like 1t, He said he couldn't go anywhere around the place without steppin' on the dog or Willie Baxter. An he said he couldn't sit on his own porch any more, He said he couldn't sit even in the liberry but he had to hear baby talk goin' on somewheres an then either Willie Bax- ter or Joe Bullitt or somebody or an" other arguin' about love, Mamma he said" -- Jane became impressive - "he said, mamma, he said he didn't mind the Sunday school class, but he couldn't stand those damn boys!'
 "Jane," Mrs. Baxter cried, "you mustn't say such things"
 "I didn't, mamma; Mir. Parcher said it. He said he couldn't stand those da"-
 ! "JGnel No matter what he said, yon mustn't repeat
 But Pm not. only said"- Mrs. Baxter imprisoned Jane's mouth