The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-11-02
Dead Easv
BY DONALD CIAMBERLiN

We lived in a house situated on d
park. | used to walk in the park q
good deal and when the weather ad
mitted often sat reading on bench
located near the park wall. A row OF
houses backed up against the Other
side Of the wall, and one morning
saw pretty girl sitting at second
story window doing some fancy work
The situation suggested Irritation
/ but, though | kept my eye on the girl
without cessation, | could not detect
from her actions that she was con-
scious OF my presence. When / had
remained on the bench so long that l
felt to remain longer would seem as If
| were watching her | withdrew.
was telling my sister Kate about
my observation and regretting that l
could not win single glance from my
beauty.
How do you know you didn'tT' ask
ed Kate
How do l know? Why, she kept
her eyes on her work all the while"
"Humph. / once sat in window
and kept my eyes fixed on young
man in a window opposite without his
knowing II"
How did you do itg'
"By mirror
"You don't mean It, Is that the
way girls do?"
when they want to-"
~ don't believe this girl wants to-"
"I'll go with you some time, and If
| 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" said, than she is in me-"
mo; she's interested In you. When
you were alone she would not appear
to notice you. Now that I am here she
Is making up for lost time"
1.-The dickens you say, You must
come here with me every day"
Indeed, ! will not. IL you haven't
the courage to manage the affair your
self you'll have to let 1t drop"
What shall / do next?"
Kate thought a 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 |
to think that | had sent
the gift, SO l acted on Hates advice.
The next morning, armed with maya
zines and newspapers, | took my seat
on the bench. In a vase on a mantel
In the room occupied by my charmer
were the flowers. | 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, I
but she did not come to the window. I
md | fancy she has lover whom she I
of having sent them"
Kate laughed and said she would go |
nut to the bench and have look at
hem When she returned she said;
Dick, you're fool"
why do you say that?" 1 asked
hopefully.
.She has put the flowers in the only
lace in the room where they could
Ne seen from the bench"
I was delighted. Why had I not
oticed that?
What shall | do next?" l asked.
well. you might write a message
nd hold 1t so that she can read 1t /
vithout appearing to mean 1t for her"
"She couldn't read letters less than
wo or three inches high at that dis S
ance."
Make them as large as you like. e
tut she can use a glass" a
You don't mean that this girl would }
escend to that with a man she has ,
ever metz"
She's not so nice but that she will 1
o any spying that will not be found
ut. or course you must sit with your Z
ack to her, else she can't see the mes
age"
II see. What message shall / writer
1.-THE words May / callT
Good gracious! without an intro
uction?"
Leave that TO her. However. you
nd better write your name and ad- y
-ess." K
| wrote the message in charcoal and
I'D It up with my back to the win Z
wv By this time | had learned some
,ints myself and held a pocket mirror N
that / could see the window. Before II
ne | saw the girl leveling a pair of ~ ~
,era glasses at me. -,
With my tiny mirror. not more than ~
inch in diameter, l could see her :
raining to decipher my message. To
V deligbs ii took her some time to
so.
ITS all right" said to Kate when
got home, and / told her what had
curred adding that I should take nv