The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-01-15
UIhen Like
Cures Like.
BY TROY ALLISON.
Copyright, 1907, by 7. g. Ras.men,,


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Mlnna Road almost ran down the
steps FROM the house bearing the sign
"Mme. voirsl, Clairvoyant." Thclady's
communications had upset all her pre-
conceived plans aud ideas. Her moth.
or had always opposed her trying any.
thing OF the kind. but when she saw
the sign an Overwhelming desire 70 In
quIro into things unknown had bcset
her, The rest Of the party had gone
down to tho beach, and after staying
In her room at the summer hotel for
an hour with headache she had slip
ped out to buy a fascinating klmono
she had seen In q Japanese store the
day before, The clairvoyant's Sign
had caught her eye, and for a whole
hour she had sat In the darkened,
stufry little room with her nerves ali
at strained attention.
She went back to her room and,
walking straight to the dresser. looked
regretfully at the picture OF frank
boylsh face surrounded by little plain
gold frame.
II never would have thought L." she
whispered. II thought you were
the truest, noblest thing ON earth, And
she said the man with black eyes, now
one OF my circle OF acqualntances, was
deceitful 10 the core and that II did
not separate his path from mine he
would prove the blightlng sorrow Of
my life. Jimmy. dear. II seems I'm.
possible 10 believe you could bring sor-
row into any ones life. but II 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
sobbcd because she felt that she must
Immediately take steps TO separate
Jimmy Kent's path from hcrs-Jlmmy.
who had lent her his red bali 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, sunbnrn-
ed and glowing. he went back to the
hotel and found her on the veranda,
gazing listlessly at the sea,
'Ts II as bad as all that, little glrl?
You are the most forlorn looking specI.
men ever saw" he said as he sat on
the porch rail and eyed her eomnis-
eratingly.
Minna. seeing the sympathy In his
eyes, wished fervcntly that they were
any other color than black.
"What on earth made you hare black
eyes, Jimmy? | dislike them s5f' she
said petulantly.
Jimmy opened the offending orbs
very wide In his surprise
by Jove, you are queer one. Min
nal You told me yesterday down on
the beach that I had the most beautl-
ful eyes you ever saw. Positively made
me blush to know | was so beautiful.
'Traid to sleep In them last night lest
| should spoil 'em. And -Minna.
you haven't met any fellow with gray
eyes, have you?" he asked susplciously.
mo. haven't Indignantly, but
black eyes are treacherous-and-I new
er 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 mimicklng her forlorn
tone. II might be mistaken for a prize
fighter" exhibiting his muscular arm
with pride, "but Pm blamed II 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 blackr'
she sighed.
"Now, look here, my child. I'd gel
special act Of congress to change
them to suit you II could. You know
I've done everything to please you oil
my life. why Will you believe that ut
ter rot? Did she tell you anything
tangible that you absolutely know was
truew Jimmy was In training for q
lawyer and wanted to contest all eyi
dence in the case.
"She told me my name and age" tri
umphantly.
'Didn't you have to write 1t on {
piece of paper flrstT susplciously.
"Y-yes, but she didn't see it--hon
estly she didn't. folded 1t tightly
and put 1t on the table. and she sa
and toyed with It while she talked
"The mischief she didn't see it!'
| growled Jimmy. Anything clseT"
"She said I had an Aunt Mary in th'
| spirit land that was trying to guild,
me-" hesitatlngly.
"See there! You never had an Aun
| Mary In your life! It's all plain hum
bug" Jimmy spoke with the satlsfac
tion of one willing to leave his case Il