Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-09-12
The Argus Daily Short Story
Miss Cherry Blossom-By F. A. Mitchell
Copyrighted. 1911, by Associated Literary Press.

sixteen years old, but soon judged by
! her intellectual vigor that she was at
least ten years older. 1 have never
/ human being. 1 was ready to give her
/ my confidence at once, and l did so.
! 1 told her that you and 1 did not get
on, but RETAINED from telling her why.
Indeed, she didn't ask me why. She
/ listened to all said, but did not seem
much interested in it and appeared to
be waiting for me to finish. When 1
/ had done so she handed me printed
blank, saying that she never took a
case for any one who would not sign
IL / read it and found that it bound
the client to be guided solely and Who'll
! ly by Miss Blossom in everything per
tanning to her treatment so long as
he or she remained under it. / signed
the paper and paid her retaining fee.
Then she asked me where you were,
how long you would be gone, etc. L
told her that you had gone to B., and
she said that your being away from
me would give her an opportunity to
study you alone. after which she would
need to study US together. She needed
a "Ohiu 81 ~ A('s SNNA
acquaintance and determine what sort
Of woman you were.
ct drew a check for her expenses
and sent her away. My curiosity at
least was excited, and the young wo-
man was so methodical in what she
did that / really fancied she might get
at the cause of our disagreements and
enable Us to correct them. Miss Bios
son7 spent two weeks at B., met you
frequently and
ST never saw any such person."
"She didn't even make your ac-
.ouaintance. She told me 1t was not
necessary. Indeed, she usually prefer
red to study her subjects without an
acquaintance, finding them less on
their guard before stranger tnan one
who knew them. When she came
back
what did she say about meT
Not a word. She neither told me
that had drawn a prize nor a blank
In the matrimonial lottery. She In
formed me that she could do nothing
more till your return, when she would
make arrangements to observe rs
when we were together"
"Was she a little wizened up thing
with her mouth full of gold teethY'
mo"
Then there was a one eyed creature
at 3. that summer who
I'm sure you could not guess who
was Miss Blossom. She told me that
she was never about you. always main
tanning a distance.
But, to go on with my story, that
lonely summer at last came to an end,
and you returned. We kissed coldly,
asked each other perfunctorily what
kind Of a summer each had spent; then
you busted yourself unpacking, while
I Rugged the children and consoled
myself for my failure TO elicit loving
word from you with their innocent
prattle.
You had not been long at home be-
fore Miss Blossom wrote me that she
did not need TO study US together since
she had studied you separately and
one Of her deputies had been studying
me during your absence. she was
therefore ready to commence her treat
raent or. rather. to continue It, for IL
had really begun when I had called
her IN professionally. The first Pre-
sc1ption she would give me was this:
Whenever you have q disagreement
with your wife, instead OF pursuing It
ask yourself II you could not have pre-
vented It by silence. a soft worc.
Joke or some other genial eKpedient-
In ekhar words. for tba fault Look with