Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-03-13

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paths Of ,COntRal PARK. TOr myself. I
want . hill' coantry, aad something
like forty miles. straight away: tAArs
riding.
The fact that kAoW No oaO but
Teddy AdAOd sost to tie iasplratieA
which had SSis0d nae. Fer deter.
mined to 0ttsnd thai daAeo. AAbDsA
what miSht. II would b vastly more
entertaining than . possibly AuA tAs-
atrIcal performance. lIe wasl)
called fer Q messenger ana dis
patched Aim 70 the nearest drug store
for . pack Of playing cArAs: and
while ! waited for bic rotuTA I ca0a-
ally glanced Il the other dinSrS, ~
my tabls-Ono OF those long marble
topped ARairs bv the wall-thSsc was
IN old man reading . paper, and the
handsOmest Sirl ! had Set eyes MDoR
In . month Of moons. Sometimes the
word handsome seems IN Inferior a.
,jOOtivs. She was beautiful. and her
;half.hidden eyes told me that she was
anywhere but ct M0uQuln'S. What .
head Of hair! Fine a. Q spiders web.
and the dazSling yellow Of . wheat
held in . sun shower! The irrOgu-
.larity Of her features made them all
the more interesting. war an artist
in an amateur way, and ! mentally
painted In that head against . KubenS
background. The return Of the mes
senger brought me back to earth: for
i confess that my Imagination had
already leaped far into the future, and
this girl across the way was nObulous-
~ connected with 1t.
took the pack of cards, ripped on
the covering, tossed aside the joker
Though, really, I ought to have re-
tanned III and began stunning the
shiny pasteboardS. l dare say that
those around me sat up and took mo-
tice. 1t Was by NO means common
sight to see q man gravely shu1Alng q
pack of cards in a public restaurant.
Nobody interfered. doubtless because
nobody knew exactly what to do In
the face Of such an act. for which NO
adequate laws had been provided. A
waiter stood solOmnly at the end Of
the table, scratching his chin thought
fully, wondering whether he should
report this peculiarly of constitution
and susceptibility OccasiOning certain
peculiaritles of effect from impress
Of extraneous influences wide Web.
stor), synonymous with idiOcrasy and
known o. idioSyncrAsy. 1t was quite
possible that was the first man to
establish such Q precedent In M0nPiour
MOuquln'S restaurant. Thus, ] aroused
only passive curiosity.
From the corner Of my eye l OBJ
served the old gentleman opposite.
He was peoring over the top Of his
paper, and could see by the glitter in
his eye that he was confirmed player
,Of solitaire. The girl, however, still
appeared to bO in dreaming state.
have NO doubt every one who saw
me thought that anarchy was abroad
again, or that Sherlock Holmes had
entered into his third innArnatlen.
Finally / squared the DAek. too q
long breath, and cut. turned up tie
card. It was the ten-NDOt of hearts!
I considered this most proplttousL
hearts being my long suit In every
ding but love,-lOve having not yet
crossed my path. put the card in
my wallet. and was shout to toss the
rest Of the pack under the table when
a wOman's voice stayed my hand.
/ Don't throw them sway. Toll my
fortune ArSt." r'M
lcSked up. not little surprised.
1t was the beautiful yOAng girl. who
had spoken. She was leaning ON her