I said: 'Good morning, Mr.Pryor.

I'm one of the Stanton boys, and I came for Miss Pryor's mount and habit.
All the young people who are on horseback are going to ride an escort to the village, around my sister's bridal carriage, and Miss Pryor thinks she would enjoy going.

Please excuse such haste, but we only this minute made the plan, and the train won't wait.'" "And he ?" "He said: 'Surely! Hold one minute.' I stood on the step and waited, and I could hear him give the order to some one to get your riding habit quickly, and then he blew a shrill whistle, and your horse was at the gate the fastest of anything I ever saw." "Did he do or say----" "Nothing about 'clods, and clowns, and grossness!' Every other word he spoke was when I said, 'Thank you, and good morning,' and was turning away.

He asked: 'Did Miss Pryor say whether she preferred to ride home, or shall I escort her in the carriage ?'" "'She did not,' I answered.

'The plan was so sudden she had no time to think that far.