Smyrna times., 1908-03-04
When Like
Cures Like.
BY TROY ALLISON.
Copyright, 1907. by P. c. Eastment.

communications had upset all her pre-
conceived plans and ideas. Her moth
er 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 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,
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 a little plain
gold frame.
Il never would have thought it." 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 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 it 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 l ever saw" he said as he sat on
the porch rail and eyed her commits
eratingly.
Mlnna. 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? l dislike them sor' she
said petulantly.
Jimmy opened the offending Orbs
very wide in his surprise.
"By Jove. you are a queer one, Min
ma! You told me yesterday down or
the beach that had the most beauti
full eyes you ever saw. Positively made
me blush to know l was so beautiful
'Fraid to sleep in them last night lest
1 should spoil 'em. And now-Minna
you haven't met any fellow with gray
eyes, have you?" he asked suspiciOusly
"NO. l haven't" Indignantly, "bu
black eyes are treacherous-and-In nev
er could trust them"
Whether they were treacherOus o.
not was left an open question, bu
they certainly proved persuasive, ant
finally Jimmy was in possession of tn
whole story.
'Minna Reed. you ought to be asham
ed of yourself! DO look like a blight
ing sOrrOw?" mimicking her forlorl
tone "I might be mistaken for a priz
fighter" exhibiting his muscular arn
with pride. "but I'm blamed If T.
know how to start out in the blightin
sorrow business"
Minna, anxious to believe. still loof
ed dubious.
"rf your eyes only weren't black!
she sighed.
"Now. look here. my child. I'd g
a special act of congress to chang
!. them to suit you if could. You kno'
I've done everything TO please you a
my life. Why will you believe that u
ter rot? Did she tell you anythiI
tangible that you absolutely know W;
trueY' Jimmy was in training for
lawyer and wanted to contest all eV
dence in the case.
"She told me my name and age" Il
. umphantly.
"Didn't you have TO write IL on
piece Of paper firstT" suspiciously.
"Y-yes, but she didn't see it-ho
estly she didn't. l folded 1t tight
and put it on the table, and she
and toyed with it while she talked"
> "The mischief she didn't see Il
growled Jimmy Anything elseY'
"She said had an Aunt Mary in
spirit land that was trying to gui
me-" hesitatingly.
"See there! You never had an Al
Mary in your life! It's all plain hu
bug" Jimmy spoke with the satisf
ton of one willing to leave his case
It- the hands of an intelligent jury.
"No. l never had, but mamma b
and the clairvoyant said aunts q
great-aunts were all the same In
. spirit world"
g Jimmy positively groaned with
gust.
"she might safely hit on an Al