The daily Alaskan., 1917-10-05
SYNOPSIS

William Baxter aged seventeen, falls at first sight in calf love with young Miss | Pratt Lu a vls:t 10 friends of his. Ills little sister, Jans. IS fly In the ointment.
 William Is sent by hIs mother to help | Genesis, darky of all work. bring home some washtubs she had purchased. They are accompanied by Clematis Genesis mougrel dog. Miss Pratt, escorted by her friends, comes along with her dog, Flopit. A doghght ensues.
 The dogs are separated. William van lshes, disguised. under boiler. That evening he takes hs fathers dress suit and calls upon Miss Pratt and her friend. Miss Parcher.
 Jane a knowing youngster, explains certain matters concerning Williams love affair to her mother, She also knows the fact that William has abstracted his fG- ther's dress suit
 Williams attentions to Miss Pratt and those of rivals get on Mir. Parcher's nerves. Jane tells Mir. Parcher In secret that Will liam can't get his fathers dress suit any | longer because it is being altered. lie had worn these clothes on the previous Saturday, and, returning from q glorlhed walk with Miss Pratt, he had demonstrated u fact to which his near demolition of the waters this aft ernoon was additional testimony. This fact, roughly stated, Is that person of seventeen in love Is liable to sit down anywhere. William had dream ily seated himself upon q taboret in the library without noticing that Jane I inf Jane had just been painting sunsets. Naturally all the little blocks of color were wet, and the effect upon Will Hams pale gray trousers was marvel ous, far beyond the capacity of his coat to conceal
 Collar buttons and children's paint boXcs-theSe are the trolls that lie in wait!
 The gray clothes and the flannel trousers hud been destined for the pro fessional cleaner, and William, rous- ing himself from brief stupor, made a piteous effort to substitute himself for that expert. He brought water, towels. bath soap and q rubber bath sponge to the bright light of his win dow, and there, with touching courage and persistence, he tried to scrub the paint out of the cloth. He obtained cloud studies and marines which would have interested q post-impressionist, but upon trousers they seemed out of place.
 There came one seeking and calling him again. RapS sounded upon the door, which he had not forgotten to lock.
 Willie" said a serious voice, man. ma wants to know what Ill mercy's name is the matter. She wants to know If you know for mercy's name what time it Is. She wants to know what In mercy's name you think they're all goin' to think! She says
 "G'way"
 Well, she said l had to find out what in mcrcy's name you're dOin', Willie"
 You tell her." he shouted hoarsely- tell her I'm playin' dominoes! Whats she think I'm dOinT'
 q guess"-Jane paused, evidently to complete the swallowing of something -'I guess she thinks you're goin' | crazy. I don't like Miss Pratt, but she lets me play with that little dog. It's names Flopit."
 You go way from that door and stop bOtherlng me" said William. "l got enough on my mind" Mamma looks at Miss Pratt" Jane
 remarked. Miss Pratt puts cakes in that Mir Bullitt's mouth and Johnnie | Watson's mouth too. Shes awful"
 William believed, If you don't get away from that door Jane was interested in the cOnverSa-
 tion. but felt that it would be better to return to the rCfreShment table. There she made use of her own con-
 eeption of whisper to place before her mother a report which was consid- cred interesting and even curious by
 every one present, though, such was
 the courtesy of the little assembly,
 there was a general prctenSe of not | hearing.
 q told him." thus whispered Jane,
 an he said. You away from that ] door or I'll do sOmep'n- He didn't say what, mamma. He said: What ! you think I'm dOin'? Pm playin' dOm- ! inoes.' He didn't mean he was playin' | dominoes. mamma. He just said he was. I think maybe he was just look 1 in, in the lnnkin'glAsS some more"