The state herald., 1891-08-14
win tho baseball match hexs sAtur-

win the base- ball match next satur-
daye"
Harvard" replied the clairvoSant
Immediately. Have you any hiore
qpesuons?''
Suddenly 1t occurred to him 10 ask
about Ethel The very idea OF this
increased his excitement; no could feel
his heart beating fast again, md was
afraid he could not control his voice.
AT length No pointed ID ~ iittls pisce
of black ribbon. Which Miss Dale had
given him and which he wore in his
buttonhole.
II am in love with the girl who
gave mo this" he said, and nm
thinking of proposing to her in u few
days Shall do itp'
The clairvoyant seemed .nettled and
there was slight trsmor III her hand.
After a raNso she said: =.
'Do You think you love her biavepn
ID am sNre Of it. F" replied Benton.
For almost i've minutes the clairvoy-
ant sat perfectly silent and motionless,
while Benton could hurdly control his
agitation. At length she srot6 delib-
erately, rs, II Weighing every word:
When Harvard wins the game next
Saturday, go to her Immediately. II
she asks you TO dinnor-propose?"
'Do you moan TINT she'll accept
mee" cried Benton aaaerly,
"Goadsby brave" said tho clnir.
voyant suddenly dropping His HAND.
She giided to the door and opened 1t,
then dlsappeared through a door ut
the other side of tho room. Benton
watched her TIL sha Was gone, then
rose mechanically and hurried out in
to the street If Harvard won that
game on Saturday he would be con =.
vert to clairvoyancy.
Saturday afternoon came Mt last, and
Benton was almost the first man on the
field, for he really could not keep
away. Benton had never seen so OK
citing game in his lie. Whenever
Yale made run, he thought that the
game Was lost ind whenever Harvard
made a run, he acted like u maniac.
In the last half Of the ninth Inning,
with the srars tlAd, Dean knocked his
great home run into the willows in left
field, and Harvard had won, nine to
eight. Benton was OF like flash,
tearing past the gymnasium and flush
Ing on through the yt,rd. AT length,
n! Srcaihless. he jumped on the back
platform OF car. The first condition
was fulfilled, Harvard had won; now
would she ask him to dinner?
1t was not till he was on the door
stop and hRd rnna the bell, that Ben-
ton began 10 think what he was doing.
Probably she had been 10 the game
with some other fellow. This apprc-
hension was soon removed by thc SER
want girl. who said Mics Dale was in
and WOMB be down directly,
SO far everything has gone right, "
thought Benton as he paced up and
down the parlor TO recover his com
posurc. Suddenly his eye happened
to wander in,o tho back room. lie
started involuntarily. There, standing
with her back towards him, was the
figure OF woman dressed entirely In
black. except for some white lace
wrapped abont her head. For some
moments Benton stood still "Wha,
the devil Is that rlairvoyant doing
horej has she given ME away to Eth
el7h he muttercd. The very idoa OF
this made him furious. lie went up
and tapped her roughly on the shoul-
der.
The clnirvoyant slowly turned-she
hal no veil on this time. and puir oi
bright hazel oyes looked up ut hin,
roguishly. "will you stay to dinner.
MIR. Benton?n she said.
-hl,ripg- the apa..is.., -rthal ,nlnaoa.
to tell him that she had been calling
on the clnirvoyant one day nnd wa,
sitting nt the window. when she saw
him ON the steps. She persuaded IN,
clairvoyant 10 let her play the trick.
and being about her figure managed Il
disguise herself completely.
"lmagiha my feelings" " shc con,
cluded while was thinking how to
answer your last question"
but how on earth did you know
that Harvard was going to win?n In
quircd Benton.
'Oh. that was by clnirvoyancy.
laughed Ethel. "po you believe In II
nowi"
'Do II" said Benton. Harvard Ad.
voeato