The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-09-11
READING HER MIND
= LsfrIs EpfsoSs Or Calf Love



I tic bench. she lolnging Ia haUmocA-
Z The flowers are in bloom. the ALI D.
balmy. the say a beautiful 1lus--lust
the Surrounding for flirting Flirting
is n0i q good ~orl. especially IN the
case az a man. bat there IS tistlac-
ton between j. and courting i Is a
lighter Erale ~ the same article. l-st
As Claret differs from burgundy
Do you know. De said. t14t I've
had some success lately in mind read
inS
No. Whose mine have you been
reading"
Wei. last evening I was calling a.
the Harrisons and We all -ct 10 talk
Ing about mind reading il vas pro
posed that We each IN turn tTy what
We could do When il came ms turn
made some experiments with Edith '-
lie paused aid looked Ak her guizEicsl-
iy why do YOU look surprised
u didn't know she had any mind 10
read.
HIN, she's very bright told her
Just what she was thinking about
Z suppose II Was something deep
"Oh. no, Nothing Of importance
Then r.
What VAS it,
There was a battle az words he
strove 10 avoid telling her. but even
tually yielded She VAS thinking %
you
And DO you consider ne nothing q
importance
4 meant mean didn't mean
What ! intended
And vas Edith thinking that / am
nothing q importance
She didn't say anything about
that
Bur II you were reading her mind
You must have known What she
thought about me
He scratched his head. then stun
hled Oh. Well. YOU see. IL was like
this ! VAS thinking about you. and
your being on my mind. maybe II was
a case OF transfsreuce q thought
This vas placalng. A suspicion Of
a pleased smile stole over her lips
She didn'i speak again FOR Z feE min
utes. and when she did her tone vas
milder.
what were you thinking about
me-
oh. I don't know Suppose I try
TO mind read YOU
Very well"
He rested his elbows OF his knees
and his head on his hands. covering
his eyes Presently he said.
Somehow or other feel think-
an impressed with the presence OF
tall young man with a long neck and
spindle legs tie wears glasses and
has a very good opinion Of himself
He's sam Coliamore- You're thinking
about him
That's not a description Of NJ. Col
lahore And I wasn't thinking about
him az all ] was thinking about you
This was spoken with a BIT q sharp
ness
do you mean that look Ike
sam ?"
ITS not very polite in ron 70 speak
50 81 a friend Of mine
You said Edith Harrison had no
mind
And she hasn't But Mr. Conam0re
has. and he's = fine young man 90
there, Go Oh mind reading. but leave
out Mr.. Coliamore
He resumed his position again c0v-
erinE his ewes II Gee se-t---E selt
as you see ue-a person easily -
ceived-iust the man for a girl %
make a fool o. You are thinking thai
you viii use me this summer. inst as
you used Billy Perkins last sumner
and Tom
Please drop the personalities
Wen. that's all Suppose yo1 try
It on me-
she placed her round white hand.
with taper fingers. over her eyes IL a
becoming fashion and said.
You are not thinking % any bo1v-
that Is. anybody but yourself Won
are thinking how when your vacation
comes you 20 up 70 the lakes and fnf
a nev girl who vii be silly enough 10
trust you implicitly
whatn you be doing al that
time
Don't break the spell In 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 = BIZ OF a prod A severe
expression came hack 10 her face
Do you suppose that ] care hOw d.
voted you are 10 Edith Harrison -
And she snapped her fingers vicio1sly
Certainly not II is the lev girl
I'D a. the lakes who was silly enough
TO trust me that am speaking Of
There was no reply 20 this-thzt Is
nothing more than a pout-
I'll 10 on with the mind reading II
you Ike. I come hack here and de-
vote myself 20 a girl who doesn't care
how devoted am 10 another girl az
the same time. and
Il didn't say that r. she stopped
short
You
How ridiculous,"
The scene changes. he wert on
presently. I'm talking about what
/ you're thinking about remember
Finally II all comes out that I don't
care a rap about am ~ these girls FL
cept one. and she doesn't care a rap
about me. But
Which one
He described the Girl In the ham
mock She listened with growing
pleasure as h. mentioned her df@er-
ent features. rrefninE beautiful 20
all Of them till he came 20 her hair
Ny hair isn't auburn It's
By Jove' There's the clock strik.