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9 A Tale of Youth
and Summer
Time and The A
^Baxter Family
\Especiallv
^ William
£„ BOOTH
TARKINGTON
Copyright, 1915, 1916, by Metropolitan Magazine.
PROLOGUE.
"Seventeen" is a literary
thing of beauty and a joy for
all the time you are reading it
Booth Tarkington never
wrote a story that equaled it
for fun and entertainment and
character drawing.
If you are twenty-seven or
thirty-seven or seventy-seven
you will at once hark back to
seventeen—to when YOU
were seventeen and in love
with some beautiful Miss Pratt
of the sanw age.
There's a shmI« in every
few words and a laugh in
nearly every line.
CHAPTER I.
William.
WILLIAM S.YLVANDS BAX
TKU paused for a moment
of thought in front of the
drug store at the corner of
Washington street uud Central avenue,
considering what kiwi-of an ice cream
eodu he would have, when he was
roused by the bluff meeting of an ac
quaintance not dissimilar to himself In
age. manner and apparel.
"H'lo. Silly Bill!" wild this person,
halting beside William Sylvanus Bax
ter. "What's the news?"
William showed no enthusiasm. On
the contrary, a frown of annoyance
appeared ujion his brow. The nick
name "Silly Bill." long ago compound
ed by merry child comrades from Wil
liam and Sylvanus, was not to his
taste, especially in public, where he
preferred to be addressed simply and
manfully as Baxter. Auy direct ex
pression of resentment, however, was
difficult, since it was plain that John
ulo Watson intended no offense what
ever and but spoke out of custom.
"Doa't know any,'" William replied
coldly.
"Dull times, ain't It?" paid Mr. Wat
son, a little depressed by his friend's
manner. "I heard May Parcher was
comin' back to town yesterday,
though."
"Well, let her!" returned William,
still severe.
"Tliey said she was goln' to bring a
girl to visit her," Johnnie began in a
confidential tone. "They satd she was
a reg'lnr rlngdiuger, and"—
"Well, what If she is?" the discour
aging Mr. Baxter Interrupted. "Makes
little difference to me, I guess!"
"Oh, no, it don't! 1'ou don't take any
interest in girls I Oh, no I"
"Xo, I do not!" was the emphatic
and heartless retort "I never saw one
in my life I'd care whether she llred
or died!"
"Honest, Is that soV"
"Yes. 'holiest:'" William replied
sharply. "They could all die; J wouldn't
notice!"
Johnnie Watson was profoundly Im
pressed. "Why, 1 didn't know yon felt
that way about 'm. Silly Bill. I al
ways thought you were kind of— 1
"Well. I do feel that way about 'emP
said William Sylranus Baxter, and,
outraged by the repetition of Om of
fensive nickname, he began to move
away. "You can tell 'em so for ma,
if you want to!" he added oter hia
shoulder. And be walked haughtily
up the street, leaving Mr. Watson to
ponder upon this ease of misogyny,
never until that moment suspected.
It was beyond the power of his mind
to grasp the fact that William Sylra
nus Baxter's cruel words about "girls*
had been uttered because William was
annoyed at being called "Silly BUT* In
a public place and bad not known how
to object otherwise than by showing
contempt for any topic of conversa
tion proposed by the offender.
William meanwhile made his way
toward the "residence section" of the
town, fie walked in his own manner,
using his shoulders to emphasize an
effect of carelessness which he wished
to produce upon observers, for his con
sciousness of observers was abnormal,
since he had it whether any one was
looking at him or not, and It reached
a crucial stage whenever he perceived
persons of his own age, but of opposite
sex, approaching.
A person of this description was en
' countered upon the sidewalk within a
hundred yards of his own home, and
Willinm Sylvanus Baxter saw her while
yet she was afar off. He had per
ceived even In the distance that she
was unknown to him, a stranger, be
cause he knew all the girls in this part
of the town who dressed as famously
in the mode as that And then, as the
distauce batween them lessened, he
saw that sue was ravlshingly pretty
far, far prettier, Indeed, than any girl
be knew. At leu at It seemed so, for
it Is, unfortunately, much easier for
strangers to be beautiful.
Aside from tills advantage of mys
tery, the approaching vision was
plqucnt and graceful enough to have
reminded a much older boy of a spot
lees white kitten, for, la spite of a
charmingly managed demureness, there
was precisely that kind of playfulneas
somewhere expressed about her. Just
now it was most definite in the look
she bent upon the light and fluffy bur
den which sbo carried nestled Ifl tlip
inner curve of her right urm—a tiny
dog with hair like cotton and a pink
ribbon round his neck, an animal sated
with Indulgence.
William dlil not see the dog, for It
Is the plain, anatomical truth that
when he saw how pretty the girl was
his heart—his physical heart—began to
do things the like of which, experi
enced by an elderly person, would
hare brought {he doctor |n hBSte. He
suffered from brenthleasnees and from
pressure on the diaphragm.
Afterward he could not have uatned
the color of the little parasol she car
ried In ber left hand, find yet as tt
drew nearer and nearer a rosy haze
suffused the neighborhood, and the
whole world began to turn an exquisite
pink. Beneath this gentle glow, with
eyes downcast In thought, she appar
ently took no note of William even
when she and William hnd come with
in a few yards of each ether. Yet be
(tnew that she would look up and that
their eyes must nieet, a thing tor
which he endeavored to prepare him
self by a strange weaving motion of
his neck against the friction of his
collar, for thus Instinctively be strove
to obtain greater ease and some decent
appearance of manly Indifference.
And tbeu, in the Instant of panic that
befell, when her dark lashed eyelids
slowly lifted, he bad a flash of Inspira
tion.
He opened his mouth somewhat, and
as ber eyes met his, full and startling
ly, he placed three fingers across the
orifice and also offered a slight vocal
proof that she hud surprised him tn
the midst of a yawn.
"Oh, huml" he said.
For tho fraction of a second the deep
blue spark In her eves glowed bright
er, gentle arrows of turquoise shot him
through and through, and then her
glance withdrew from the Ineffable
collision. Her small, white shod feet
continued to bear her onward, away
from him, while his own dimmed shoea
peregrinated in the opposite direction.
Whan Her Dark Lashed Eyelids Slowly
Lifted, He Had a Flash of Inspiration.
William necessarily, .vet with excruci
ating reluctance, accompanying them.
But Just at the moment when be and
the lovely creature were side by Bide,
and ber bead turned from blm, sbe
spoke—tbat is, she murmured, but he
caught the words.
"l'ou Floplt, wake up!" she Bald In
the tone of a mother talking baby talk.
"80 indifferinkl"
William's feet and his breath halted
[.spasmodically. For an Instant he
thought she had spoken to him, and
then for the first time he perceived
the fluffy bead of the dog bobbing
languidly over her arm with the me*
j tlon of her walking, and he compre
hended that Floplt, and not William
Sylvanus Baxter, was the gentleman
addressed. But—but had she meant
him ?
He stood prizing after her while the
glamorous parasol passed down the
shady street, catching splashes of sun
shine through the branches of the ma
ple trees, and the cottony head of the
tiny dog continued to be visible, bob
bing rhythmically over a filmy sleeve.
Had sbe meant that William was in
different. Was It William that ah®
really addressed?
He took two steps to follow her, but
a suffocating shyness stopped blm ab
ruptly, and. In a horror lest she should
glance round and detect him in the
act, he turned and strode fiercely to
the gate of bis own home before b«
dared to look again. And when ha
did look, affecting great casualness in
the action, she was gone, evidently |
having turned the corner.
WUlliUD rested ad elbow upon tbe
gatepost and with his chin deposing In
his band gazed long In the direction In
which tbe unknown had vanished.
And bla soul was tremulous, tor she
bad done her work hut too well.
" 'Indlfferink!'" he murmured, thrill
ing ut bis owik exceedingly ludlllerent
imitation of her voice. "Indlfferink!"
that was just what he would have her
think—that be was a cold, indifferent
man. It was what he wished all girls
to think. And "sarcastic!" He had
been envious one day when May
Parcher said that Joe Bullitt was "aw
fully sarcastic." William had spent
tbe ensuing bour in an object lesson
intended to make Miss Parcher see
that William Sylvnnus Baxter was
twice as sarcastic as Joe Bullitt ever
thought of being, but this great effort
had been unsuccessful, because Wil
liam failed to understand that Miss
Parcher had only been sending a sort
of message to Mr. Bullitt. It was a
device not unique among her sex.
'"So indlfferink!'" murmured Wil
liam, leaning dreamily upon tho gate
post. "Indlfferink!" He tried to get
the exact coolug quality of tbe un
known's voice. "InUifferluk!" And,
repeating the honeyed word, so en
ttanclngly distorted, he fell into a
kind of stupor, vague, beautiful pic
"Will-eel" »he «hril led. "Look!
Qoodl"
tures rising before him, the one least
blurred being of himself on horseback,
•Weeping between Floplt and a racing
automobile. And then, having restored
the little animal to its mistress, Wil
liam Ht carelessly In the saddle (he
had the guardsman'* seat) while the
perfectly trained steed wheeled about,
foreleg* Ja the air, preparing to go.
»hall I not see you again to thank
jro« more properly?" she cried, plead
ing. "Soma otber day—perhaps," be
taawered aud left her In a cloud of
durt,
"Oh, Will-eel"
Thus a shrill voice, to his ears hid
eously different from that other, Inter
rupted and dispersed bis visions. Lit
tle Jane, his ten-year-old sister, stood
upon the front porch, the door open
behind her, and in her hand she held
a large slab of bread and butter cov
ered with apple sauce and powdered
sugar. Evidence that she had sam
pled this compound was upon her
cheeks, and to her brother she was a
repulsive sight
"Wlll-ee!" ah© shrilled. "Look I
Good/" And to emphasize the adjec
tive she Indelicately patted the region
of her body In which she believed her
stomach to be located. "There's a slice
for you on the dining room table," she
Informed him Joyously.
Outraged, he entered the house with
out a word to her and, proceeding to
the dining room, laid hands upon the
•lice she had mentioned, but declined
to eat it in Jane's company. He was
In an exalted mood, and, though In no
Condition of mind or body would he re
fuse food of almost rny kind, Jane
WrdS an tiitruslofl he C6ili3 'DOl unncr
at this time.
He carried the refection to his own
room and, locking the door, sat down
to eat, while, even as be ate, the spell
that was upon hlin deepened .In In
tensity.
"Oh, eyes!" he whispered softly 1ft
that cool privacy and shelter from tttt
world. "Oh_ eyes of bine!"
(Continued tomorrow)
ALASKA NEWS
The former school building of
Anchorage has been entirely re
modeled and fitted with all modern
conveniences, including- eteam htja'
and electric lights, and was open
ed last week as a Piongeers' home.
There are 260 members in the An
chorage igloo.
The Cordova chapter of the Am
erican. Red Cross wag organized re
cently with. 400 members and JIOOO1
in the treasury. Permanent offic
ers include Mrs. W. W. Council,
chairman; Dr. W. H. Chase, vice
chairman ; Mrs. Sam Hedges, Sec
retary; and Mrs. Clifford. Phillip*,
Treasurer.
District Attorney Spence, of Val
dez, has tendered his resignation to
become effective October 1, and it
is intimated he will be succeeded) by
Judge W. H. Munley, who is at pres
ent assistant district attorney with
headquarters at Anchorage. Accord
ing to the Cordova Times the cause
of Spence's retirement trom office
is due to the aggressive fight made
against that official by Democratic
leaders of the Territory.
School resumed in Anchorage a
week ago with 300 pupils, 260 of
whom are in the grades and 40 in
the High School work. A commer
cial course and a night school will
h© added to the Anchorage educa
tional system.
A movement, oragnized by busi
ness men, is being undertaken in
Anchoiage to find a suitable mar
ket lor the farmers and homestead
ers of Anchorage and Matanuska
valley.
The First Annual Agricultural
Fair of Anchorage closed last week
and was pronounced a success in
every way. Motion pictures were
taken of llie various displays and
will be shown throughout all parts
of the United States.
Cordova's first coucreta build
ing will be complete within a few
days and will bej occupied by the
First Dank of Cordova. The struc
ture is said to be modern iu
eVery way, to be artistic in its
construction, and will be a cred
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