The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-08-24
A VERY YOUNC GASF.


The flowers are IN bloom. the air ia
balmy. the sky beautiful blue--juse
the surroundings for iirting Flirting
is not good word, especially in the
case Of a man, but there is a distinc-
tlon between It and courting Il ia
lighter grade Of the same article, Just
as claret differs from burgundy.
do you know" he said, that I've
had some success lately in mind reaA-
ingg"
mo. Whose mind have you been
readingg"
well, last evening wac calling ct
the Harrisons, and we all got to talk
ing about mind reading. IL 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 QUissical.
ly. why do you look surprlsefg"
81 didn't know she had any mind to
read"
"H'ml she's very bright. I told her
Just what she was thinkilg about"
Il suppose Il was something deep3"
"oh. mol Nothing OF Importance.
Then r.
''what was itf"
There was n battle OF words. He
stroye to avoid telling her but eveE-
tually yielded. "She was thinking oe
YOU"
And do you consider me nothing OF
lmportancer"
Il meant-I meaa--I didn't mean
What intended
"And was Edith thinking chat Z am
nothing Of imporianceY'
"she didn't suy anything about
that"
But II You were reading her mind
you must have known what she thought
about me-"
lie scratched his head. then stumbled
ON: "Well. you see. It was like this:
was thinking about you. and. your be-
ing on my mind. maybe It was case
Of ;ransference OF thought"
tbs was placating suspicion Of
pleased smile stole over her llns. She
didn't speak again for few mlnutes,
and when She did her tone was mIIGer.
"Whnt were you thinking abOne rnef'
"Oh don't know Suppose try TO
mind read your
VERY wcll''
lie rested his elbows on his kneen
aud his head on his hands, covering hls
eyes. Presently he said:
somehow or other seel--I think
am impressed with the presence of
tall young man with long neck and
| spindle legs. He wears glasses and
has very good opinion OF hinseIf.
Hes Sam Collamore. You're thinking
about him..
| ~rhats not description Of Mr.. Col
amorc. And | wasn't thinking alynAt
him at all. ! was thinking shout you."
This was spoken with a bit OF sharp
ness
DO you mean that look hke Samg"
Its not very polite in you to speak
so Of friend of mine"
"You said Edith Harrison had no
mind.r
And she hasn't But Mr. Collamore
has and he's Il fine young man. SO,
there! Go on mind reading. but leave
mt Alr. CollamOrc."
lie resumed his position again, COW
ering his eyes. # see myself myself
I as you see me-a person easily decelv-
ed Just the man for girl to make a
fool of. You are thinking that you
viii use me this summer just as you
used Billy Perkins last summer and
Tom"
PLEASE drop the personalities"
"Woll. that's all Suppose you try II
on me"
She placed her round white hand.
with taper fingers, over her eyes IN a
becoming fashion and saidi
You are not thinking OF anybody
that is. anybody but yourself. You
are thinking how when your vacation
comes you go up TO the lakes and find
new girl who viii be silly enough to
trust you implicitly
"Whatll you be doing all tina. timer
"pon't break the spell I'm mind
reading. 'm telling sou what you're
thinking about And yon'Il leave her.
come back here and devote yourself
| To"
edith Harrlsonr
This was a bit OF a prod. A severe
expression camc back 70 her lace
DO you suppose that | care how de-
voted YOU are 10 Edith Harrisonr'
And she snapped her fingers viciously.
Certainly notl II is the new girl up
at the lakes who was silly enough to
! trust me that ] am Speaking off,
There WAS 40 reply TO thls-that Is,
nothing more than Dout
"I'll 80 ON with the mind reading II
! son llke. come back here aud de-
vote myself TO a girl who doesn't care
! how devoted ! am TO another girl at
4 the ,.,,,'e time, and"-
Il didn't say that r. She stopped
short
"YOu;'
"ilow udlculousm
"The scene changes" he went on
proscuty I'm talking about what
ranre thinking about. remember
Fnmly "a oil comcs out that | don't
cnre a rap about auy Of these girls ex-
rcpt one, ami she doesn't care rap
about me. Bnt'-
(Which Ouefn