e Pryor door was OPEN so far as we were concerned,
anyway. Mrs. Pryor was just as nice and friendly as she could be, and
so was he. Shelley sat beside him, and he pinched her cheek and said:
"Something seems to make you especially brilliant today, young woman!"

Shelley flushed redder, laughed, and glanced at mother, so she said:
"Shelley is having a plain old-fashioned case of beau. She met a young
man in Chicago last fall and he's here now to ask our consent. All of
us are quite charmed with him. That's why she's so happy."

Then the Princess sprang up and kissed Shelley, so did Mrs. Pryor,
while such a chatter you never heard. No one could repeat what they
said, for as many as three talked at the same time.

"Oh do let's have a double wedding!" cried the Princess when the
excitement was over a little. "I think it would be great fun; do
let's! When are you planning for?"

"Nothing is settled yet," said Shelley. "We've had no time to talk!"

"Mercy!" cried the Princess. "Go make your arrangements quickly!
Hurry up, then come over, and we'll plan for the same time. It will be
splendid! Don't you think that would be fine, Mrs. Stanton?"

"I can't see any objections to it," said mother.

"Where is your young man? I'm crazy to see him," cried the Princess.
"If you have gone and found a better looking one than mine, I'll never
speak to you again."

"She hasn't!" cried Mrs. Pryor calmly, like that settled it. I like
her. "They're not made!"

"I am not so sure of that," said Shelley proudly. "Mother, isn't my
man quite as good looking, and as nice in every way, as Laddie?"

"Fully as handsome, and so far as can be seen in such a short time,
quite as fine," said mother.

I was perfectly amazed at her; as if any man could be!

"I don't believe it, I won't stand it, and I shan't go home until I
have seen for myself!" cried the Princess, laughing, and yet it sounded
as if she were half-provoked, and I knew I was. The Paget man was all
right, but I wasn't going to lose my head over him. Laddie was the
finest, of course!

"Well, he's somewhere on the place with our men, this minute," said
Shelley, "but you stay for supper, and meet him."

"When you haven't your arrangements made yet! You surely are
unselfish! Of course I won't do that, but I'd love to have one little
peep, then you bring him and come over to-morrow, so all of us can
become acquainted, and indeed, I'm really in earnest about a dou