Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-12-20
When Like
 Cures Like.
By TROY ALLISON.
Copyright, 1907, by P. c. Eastment.


 steps from the house bearing the sign Mime voirsi, Clairvoyant." The lady's communications had upset all her pre- conceived plans and ideas. Her moth CT had always opposed her trying any thing of the kind, but when she saw the sign an overwhelming desire to in quire into things unknown had beset her. The rest of the party had gone down to the beach, and after staying in her room at the summer hotel for an hour with headache she had slip. ped out to buy fascinating kimono she had seen in Japanese store the day before. The clairvoyant's sign had caught her eye, and for a whole hour she had sat in the darkened, stuffy little room with her nerves all at strained attention.
 She went back to her room and, walking straight to the dresser, looked regretfully at the picture of frank boyish face surrounded by little plain gold frame.
 T never would have thought it." she whispered. q thought you were the truest, noblest thing on earth. And she said the man with black eyes, now one of my circle of acquaintances, was deceitful to the core and that if did not separate his path from mine he would prove the blighting sorrow of my life. Jimmy, dear, it seems i'm possible to believe you could bring sor- row into any ones life, but 1t must have been you she meant, for you are the only man of my acquaintance who has b-black eyes" And, being only nine- teen and believing she had come face to face with the big sorrow of her life, she threw herself across the bed and sobbed because she felt that she must immediately take steps to separate Jimmy Kent's path from hers-Jimmy, who had lent her his red ball to play with the very first day she went to kindergarten.
 James Kent, unconscious of the heavy cloud of suspicion lowering over him, came from his ocean swim and lay idly on the sand, hoping Minna would get over her headache and walk down to the beach. Finally, sunburn- ed and glowing, he went back to the hotel and found her on the veranda, gazing listlessly at the sea.
 "Is it as bad as all that, little girl? You are the most forlorn looking speci- men I ever saw" he said as he sat on the porch rail and eyed her commits eratingly.
 Minna, seeing the sympathy in his eyes, wished fervently that they were any other color than black.
 "What on earth made you have black eyes, Jimmy? I dislike them so" she said petulantly.
 Jimmy opened the offending orbs very wide fin his surprise.
 By love, you are queer one, Min na! You told me yesterday down on the beach that had the most beauti- full eyes you ever saw Positively made me blush to know I was so beautiful. 'Fraid to sleep in them last night lest l you haven't met any fellow with gray eyes, have you?" he asked suspiciously.
 "No, I haven't" indignantly, "but black eyes are treacherous-and-I nev- CT could trust them"
 Whether they were treacherous or not was left an open question, but they certainly proved persuasive, and finally Jimmy was in possession of the whole story.
 "Minna Reed, you ought to be asham- ed of yourself. Do look like blight Ing sorrowT' mimicking her forlorn tone. T might be mistaken for prize fighter" exhibiting his muscular arm with pride, "but I'm blamed if I'd know how to start out in the blighting sorrow business"
 Minna, anxious to believe, still look ed dubious.
 "If your eyes only weren't black" she sighed.
 Now, look here, my child. I'd get a special act of congress to change them to suit you if could. You know I've done everything to please you all my life. Why will you believe that ut ter rot? Did she tell you anything tangible that you absolutely know was true" Jimmy was in training for O lawyer and wanted to contest all evi- 6ence in the case.
 "She told me my name and age" tri- umphantly.
 Didn't you have to write it on a piece of paper first?' suspiciously.
 "Y-yes, but she didn't see it-hon- estly she didn't. I folded it tightly and put it on the table. and she sat and toyed with it while she talked"
 ''The mischief she didn't sec it!'' growled Jimmy Anything else?'
 'She said had an Aunt Mary in the spirit land that was trying to guide me" hesitatingly.
 "See there. You never had an Aunt Mary in your life! It's all plain hum. bug" Jimmy spoke 'ith the satisfac. ton of one willing to leave his case in the hands of an intelligent jury.
 "No, I never had, but mamma had, and the clairvoyant said aunts and Ereat-aunts were all the same in the spirit world
 Jimmy positively groaned with dis gust.
 'She might safely hit on an Aunt Mary. Nearly everybody living has an aunt or great-aunt or great-great-great er-aunt Mary. But she had no bust ness fooIing with my eyes"
 He sat suIkfly silent. then gTinned with a thought that made him wonder If be would not some day bear to the