Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-11-06
4 VERY YOUNG CASE.

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A young couple just out Of child
hood in a garden, he sitting on rus
tic. bench, she lounging in hammock
The flowers are in bloom, the air &
balmy, the sky beautiful blue JUS
the surroundings for flirting. Flirtinl
Is not good word, especially in the
case Of a man, but there is a dist1nc
ton between it and counting. It is
lighter grade Of the same article, just
as claret differs from burgundy.
do you know" he said, that T'va
had some success lately In mind read
ing?"
mo Whose mind have you been
reading?"
''Well, last evening was calling a
the Harrisons, and we all got to talk
ing about mind reading. It 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
". "Why do you look surprised?'
II didn't know she had any mind h
read"
"H'm! She's very bright. I told hss
just what she was thinking about"
II suppose it was something deepf
"oh, no! Nothing Of importance
Then r.
what was it?'
There was battle Of words. He
strove to avoid telling her, but even
tually yielded. "She was thinking o.
you"
"And do you consider me nothing o.
Importance? ,. r
II meant meant didn't mean
What intended
"And was Edith thinking that an
nothing of Importance"
"She didn't say anything abou,
that .:.y..,
But If you were reading her mind
you must have known what she thought
about me-"
he scratched his head, then STUMBLED
on: "Well, YOU see, it was like this: j
was thinking about you, and, your be
Ing on my mind, maybe it was a cast
Of transfere2ce of thought
This was placating. A suspicion OF
pleased smile stole over her lips She
didn't speak again for a few minutes,
and when she did her tone was milder.
"What were you thinking about meT
"Oh, don't know. Suppose try tc
mind read you?'
Every WELL"
He rested his elbows on his knees
and his head on his hands, covering his
eyes. Presently he said:
Somehow or other I feel-I think
am impressed with the presence Of q
tall young man with a long neck and
spindle legs. He wears glasses and
has very good opinion Of himself.
Hes Sam Collamore. You're thinking,
about him.
That's not description Of Mr.. Col.
Amore. And I wasn't thinking about
him at all. was thinking about you"
This was spoken with bit Of sharp
ness. -.e.9
do you mean that look IKE Samr'
Its not very polite in you to speak
% Of friend of mine.'
You said Edith Harrison had no
mind"
"And she hasn't. But Mr.. Collamore
has, and he's fine young man. SO,
there! Go on mind reading, but leave
out Mr.. Collamore."
He resumed his position again, COW
ering his eyes. Il see myself-myself
Is you see me-a person easily deceiv-
ed-just the man for girl to make 4
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"
swell, that's all. Suppose you try 1t
on me-"
She placed her round white hand,
with taper fingers, over her eyes in Z
becoming fashion and said: "
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 dnd
. new girl who win be silly enough ts
trust you implicitly
""What'u you be: doing all that timer
"Dont 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 Harrison3'
This was bit of a prod. A severe
expression came back to her faco.
do you suppose that 1 care how do
voted you are to Edith Harrisonr
And she snapped her fingers viciously.
Certainly not! It IL the new girl up
ct the lakes who was silly enough b
trust me that I am speaking o."
There was no reply to this-that u,
nothing more than q pout.
'1u 60 on with the mind reading 4
you like. come back here and de.
vote myself to girl who doesn't care
how devoted am to another girl at
the same time, and
NJ didn't say that. r. She stopped
short