The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1914-03-11
When Like
Cures Like
BY TROY ALLISON.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Minna Reed almost ran down the
steps from the house bearing the
sign "Mme. Voirsi, Clairvoyant.'
The lady's communications had up
set all her preconceived plans and
ideas. Her mother had always OPP
posed her trying anything of the
kind, but when she saw the sign an
overwhelming desire to inquire 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 a japanese store
the day before. The clairvoyant's
sign had caught her eye, and for a
whole hour she had sat in the dark
ened, 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
little plain gold frame.
81 never would have thought it"
she whispered. 81 thought you were
the truest, noblest thing on earth.
And she said the man with black
eyes, now one of my circle of ac-
quaintances, 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 impossible
to believe you could bring sorrow
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
nineteen and believing she had
come face to face with the big sor-
row 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. Final
ly, sunburned and glowing, he went
back to the hotel and found her on
the veranda, gazing listlessly at
the sea.
els it as bad as all that, little
girl? You are the most forlorn
looking specimen | ever saw" he
said as he sat on the porch rail and
eyed her commiseratingly.
Minna, 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
sol" she said petulantly.
Jimmy opened the offending orbs
very wide in his surprise.
"By Jove, you are a queer one,
Minna. You told me yesterday
down on the beach that | had the
most beautiful eyes you ever saw.
Positively made me blush to know |
was so beautiful. 'Fraid to sleep in
them last night lest | should spoil
'em. And now-Minna, you haven't
met any fellow with gray eyes, have
you ?" he asked suspiciously.
"No, / haven't" Indignantly. 'but
black eyes are treacherous-and-l
never could trust them"
Whether they were treacherous
or not was left an open question,
but they certainly proved persua-
sive, and finally Jimmy was in pos
session of the whole story.
"Minna Reed, you ought to be
ashamed of yourself Do | look
like blighting sorrow" mimicking
her forlOrn tone. 81 might be mis-
taken for a prizefghter," exhibiting
his muscular arm with pride, 'but
Pm blamed if I'd know how to start
out in the blighting sorrow bust
ness"
Minna, anxious to believe, still
looked dubious.
eff your eyes only weren't blackT
she sighed.
"Now, look here, my child. I'd
get a special act of congress to
change them to suit you if ! could.
You know I've done everything to
please you all my life. Why will
you believe that utter rot? Did she
tell you anything tangible that you
absOlutely know WAS true ?" Jimmy