The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-01-11
! MIN D w A v E

and Dolores was one Of those higher
educated girls who had learned all
sorts of things at college, and even
she thought it queer.
The chapter which she was reading
was all about "mind waves" and told
how the brain sent out currents that
vibrated like sound, only one couldn't
see or hear them, There were even
pictures showing alarming heads, with
brains exposed and dotted lines to
show just how the mind waves work
ed. Then there were little stories in
fine print telling how one could train
the mind to send messages to the mind
Of another person over the invisible
current. There was one especially in
teresting, which told how a man who
had been in love with a woman for
seven years without her suspecting it
finally brought her to New York all
the way from India on one of his mind
currents.
Dolores wondered If she could utilize
the theory ip her own case. You see,
Dolores was in love, or thought she
was,, which Is as near 1t as lots of
people get. She had met a man two
months ago at a dance, and he and
Dolores had sat out on the stairs and
talked and danced once or twice with
each other, and the queerest part Of it
was that he hadn't seemed to want to
dirt with her or say pretty things or
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lows did.
A college town gives girl some odd
ideas.
They had been sensible in their talk.
He had told her a lot about football
and had given her points on the new
style of play and explained the sig
mails and all that sort Of thing, and
Dolores had listened to him and said,
"How interestingly and had waited pa
tiently for him to look soulfully into
her eyes and ask her for a rose or
something.
| But he hadn't looked or asked.
Now she had been home in Wash
lnGton for eight weeks. He was in
New York. She found that she could
not get the man out Of her mind She
thought of him 50 persistently that 1t
had become annoying.
It was ridiculous. it was In bad taste.
II was silly. but it was something she
seemed unable to control. She had
often wished that she could hear some
thing about him-sSmething bad. which
might make her hate him.
You see. these tender, higher educat-
ID girls like to analyze their emotions,
just - they cut up live kittens to
watch the heart beats. This was her
| thought just then, and she was glad
- And her mind going back to the
e1ass room. And then she found her
ooaf thinking. Now. II this mind wave
plan were true, she would simply set
currents going and he would come n.y.
/ ine toward her over space, time and
everything. But then. why had they
not done % before now7 The mind
wave theory must be wrong.
And then-well. II the mind wave
worked all right-shs went over to the
| mirror, looked into the reelection Of
hsr own eyes-prstty eyes they were,
too-and laughed again.
Just then 4 thing happened 4 tele-
phone bell rang out In the hall. and Do.
leees ran out to answer II. She found
ene ef her girl friends 1t The other end
q the wire. This was the convefsa-
t1oa:
/ II had to call you Up, Dol. 70 tell
~. Who do yeu think 10 sngaSe6f
~Whichr'
mo! Whor
~Oh, whomT
4 name came back, ~ name - n
seh8 girl.
"Who 10 The manr'
| Doloess orsw faint when shs heard
- aaswsr. fee che heard the name n
- man Of whom che had besn think
~. ohe leaned hsavily against ~ ~
QAons and tried 70 ~ quite evenly:
~Yes, mst him. Hsw dN you heal
aAest III And he's coming hsFs. ycs
Ay-Aers-to Washingten1 How ~
- Aear about itr'
i ''gAe Just ran In, to ten me tooioht
~ eneaeement won't b announced
wt1l next month at . lunchoo0 ~,
Dethsr 10 going to give. OF eeors>
yeufll 0or'
"Yss, IN .. How long y - - b
i hoger'
AN wintee, I believe. They'll not b
Dasr1ed until next year. hear. IAeg
win have lots Of dances and dinner
and things given them. l. suppose. y
~ WI have - end of fun."
i "Yoo, yes! When II he coming O h
Washingtoo, did you sayr
Tonight"
) Tonight"
J, 'Yes. she had just received . toae
Uam from him saying that somethinl
had happened which decided him h
taks the midnisht train. He win b.
| hoeo In the morning"
4 ~0oodbyr'
s0oodbyr
Dolores walked hack 70 tho cog1ol
wheee the mind wave book lay uDaG
~ hooe. She picked Il up carosslngly
\ and held It against her heart. Ther
! - waltsd mp and down ths rooO.
II 'sOometAinR - had happened ~ which