Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-08-21
4 VERY YOUNG CASE.


 tie bench she loungng in q hammock The flowers are in bloom. the air is balmy. the sky beautiful blue-iust the surroundings for flirting. Flirting is not good word, especially in the case of man. but there is a distinc- tion between it and courting. It is q lighter. grade of the same article. just a. claret differs from burgundy.
 Do you know" he said, that I've had some success lately in mind read ing:"
 No Whose mind have you been reading?"
 Well, last evening I was calling at the Harrisons. and We all got to talk ing about mind reading 1t was pro- posed that we each in turn try what we could do. When it came my turn made some experiments with Edith He paused and looked at her QuiZZical- ly. 'Why do you look surprised?"
 II didn't know she had any mind to read
 .'II'm. Shes very bright. told her just what she was thinking about"
 T suppose it was something deep:"
 "Oh no, Nothing of importance Then I'
 What was it:''
 There was q battle of words. He stroye to avoid telling her, but even 1l!ally yielded. "She was thinking of you"
 And do you consider me nothing Of importance:
 T meani-I lnean-I didn't mean What intended"-
 ..tnd was Edith thinking that I am nothing of importancc:'
 She didn't say anything about that"
 But if you were reading her mind you must have known what she thought about me.
 Ifr scratched his head. then stumbled en: Well. you see. it was like this was thinking about you. and. your be. ing oil my mind maybe it was a cas, of transfcrence of thought"
 This vas piacating. A suspicion O. q pleased smile stole over her lips Shz. Ii It sppal. again fo.. d few minutes :ij'' when she did her tone was mild>r :. ':sst Were you tAiilin: q ,o-t i.:,' ~ ~Oh. don't know. Suppose I try to .a;nd leld .ou:'
 Very we'll"
 He rested his elbows on his knees and his head on his hands. covering his eyes. Presently he said:
 Somehow or other l feel-l think I am impressed with the presence of a tall young man with long ueck and spindle legs. He wears glasses and has a very good opinion of himself. He's Sam Collamore. You're thinking about him"
 That's not description of Mir. Co., lamore. And I wasn't thinking about him at all. I was thinking about you. This was spoken with q bit of sharp ness.
 "DO you mean that look like Sam:' "It's not very polite in you to speak so of a friend of nine.
 You said Edith Harrison had no mind
 And she hasn't But Mir COllamOre has. and he's q fine young man. So, there. Go on mind reading, but leave out MT. Colarlore."
 He resumed his position again, GOV erin- hi, eyes. Il see myself-myseif as you see me Il person easily deceiv- ed -jHst the man for a girl to make foo ot. You are thinking that you vii uSe me this summer. just as you used Billy Perkins last summer and Tom
 Please drop the personalities.
 Well. that's all. Suppose you try it on me.
 She placed her round white hand. with taper fingers. over her eyes in d becoming fashion and said:
 You are not thinking of anybody that k. anybody but yourself. You are thinking how when your vacation comes you go up to he lakes and hnl new girl who will be silly enough to trust you implicity"-
 "N'hatll you be doing all that timer Don't break the spell. I'm mind reading. I'm telling you what you're thinking about And you'll leave her, come back here and devote yourself to-
 Edith Harrison?"
 This was q bit of a prod. A severe expression came back to her face.
 Do you suppose that l care how ue- voted you are to Edith Harrison" And she snapped her fingers viciously Certainly not. It is the new girl up at the lakes who was silly enough to trust me that am speaking of"
 There was no reply to ths-that is. nothing more than q pout.
 "Ill go on with the mind reading if you like. l come back here and de vote myself to girl who doesn't care how devoted I am to another girl at the same time, and"-
 Il didn't say that r. She stopped short.
 "You:" How ridiculous,"'
 'The scene changes. he went on presently. I'm talking about what |