The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1916-06-23

| was telling my sister Kate ABOUT
nv observation and regretdng that l
could not win single glance from my
beauty.
How do you know you didn't" ask
ed Kate.
How do | know? Why, she kept
her eyes on her work all the while
"Humph! l once sat In a wlnoo"
and kept my eyes fixed on a young
man in a window opposite without MS
knowing ii"
How did you do it?'
"By a mirror"
you don't mean it! Is that the
way girls do?"
"When ehey want to-"
81 don't believe this girl wants to-"
'Tll 90 with you some time, and II
| can get look at her I'll let you
know whether her Indifference is as
sumed or not"
Kate went with me, and luckily the
girl was sitting at the window. The
latter did not scruple to look down
upon us quite frequently.
"She seems to be more interested in
you," l said, ethan she is in me-"
mo; she's interested in you. When
you were alone she would not appear
to notice you. Now that am here she
Is making up for lost time"
1.-THE dickens you say! You must
come here with me every day"
Indeed, l will not. If you haven't
the courage to manage the affair your
self you'll have to let it drop"
What shall l do next?"
Kate thought moment, then told
me to send box of cut flowers anony-
mously..
| had sufficient courage for that, for
the girl would have no reason, SO !
supposed, to think that had sent
the gift, so 1 acted on Hates advice.
The next morning, armed with maya
zines and newspapers, 1 took my seat
on the bench. In vase on a mantel
in the room occupied by my charmer
were the flowers. 1 waited for her to
appear at the window, but she did not,
and went home.
Nothing gained by the flowers" I
said to Kate. They're on her mantel,
but she did not come to the window,
and l fancy she has lover whom she
suspected of having sent them"
Kate laughed and said she would go
out to the bench and have a look at
them. When she returned she said:
"Dick, you're a fool"
why do you say thatT l asked
hopefully.
"She has put the flowers In the only
place in the room where they could
be seen from the bench"
| was delighted. Why had 1 moi
noticed that?
What shall do nextY l asked.
We'll, you might write a message
and hold it so that she can read II
without appearing to mean it for her
"She couldn't read letters less thar
two or three inches high at that dis
lance"
Make them as large as you like
But she can use a glass"
you don't mean that this girl woult
descend to that with man she has
never metz"
shes not so nice but that she vii
do any spying that will not be founc
out. OF course you must sit with you
back to her, else she can't see the mes
sage"
Il see. What message shall I write !?
THE words May l canT"
Good gracious! Without an intro
duction?"
Leave that to her. However, yo
had better write your name and ad
dress"
wrote the message in charcoal an
held 1t up with my back to the wiz
dow. By this time had learned som
points myself and held pocket miro
SO that could see the window. Befor
long saw the girl leveling "a pair G
opera glasses at me.
With my tiny mirror, not more tina
an inch In diameter. L could see he
straining to decipher my message. T
my delight 1t took her some time t
do so.
Its all right" I said to Kate whe
got home. and l told her what ha
occurred, adding that should take IN
held glasses with me the next day t
read the answer.
You'll not get an answer in thu
way?' said Kate.
why notY
because 1t wouldn't be ladylike."
How will get it?"
81 don't know"
A few days later a girl told Kate tina
friend of hers wished to know he
Kate assented to an introduction. Til
girl who wished to make the acouain
ance was the girl at the window.
Eureka" cried, dancing aroun
inc room. "'.nd she asked you to brin
me to call on herr"
She did no such thing. She was n,
so bold l asked her to come and s,
me. When she does the rest will
easy"
me rest was aS eaSv no foDt.r, ,