Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-03-23
Dead Easv
By DONALD CHAMBERLIN

We lived in n house situated on Il
park. / used to walk in the park a
good deal and whom the weather adj
mitte0 often sat reading on Il bench
located near the park wall. y row Of
| houses backed up against the other
side of the wall. and one morning l
saw Il pretty girl sitting at Il second
story window doing I'M fancy work.
The situation suggested Irritation;
but. though l kept my eye on the girl
without cessation, l could not detect
from her actions that she was CON
scious of my presence. When l had
remained Oh the bench so long that 1
felt to remain longer would seem as if
| were watching her l withdrew.
l was telling my sister Kate about
my observation and regretting that l
could not win a single glance from my
beauty.
How do you know you didn't?' ask
ed Kate.
"IIow do l know? Why, she kept
her eyes on her work all the while"
"IIumph! l once sat in n window
and kept my eyes fixed on a young
man in a window opposite without his
knowing it,"
How did YOU do it,"
by q mirror"
You don't mean it. Is that the
way girls doT'
"When they want to-"
Il don't believe this girl wants to-"
"I1l go with you some time, and if
l can get a 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 moro interested i'll
YOU" 1 said, "than she is in me-"
NO; she's interested in you. When
you were alone she would not appear
to notice you. Now that 1 am here she
is making up for lost time"
THE dickens you say. You must
come here With me every day"
Indeed, [ will not. If you haven't
the courage to manage the affair your
self you'll have to let it drop"
What shall | do ncXt:'
Kate thought n moment. then told
| me to send Il box of cut flowers anony-
mously.
| had sufficient courage for that, for
the girl would have no reason, 81 l
supposed, to think that l had sent
the Gift. so I acted on Katc'S advice.
The next morning, armed With maga-
zines and newspapers. | took my seat
on the bench. IN a vase on a mantel
in the occupied by my charmcr
| We're the flowers. | waited for her to
appear at the window, but she did not,
and / went home.
"Nothing gained by the flowers,'' l
said to Kate. ''They're on her mantel,
but she did not como to the window,
and | fancy she has Il lover whom she
suspected of having sent them"
Kate laughed and said she would so
out to the bench and have a look at
tiiNii' ohS ASIoiiSA SiiC aNi
Dick, you're a fool"
why do you say that?' l asked
hopefully.
"She has put the flowers in the only
place in the room where they could
be seen from the bench"
l was delighted. Why had | not
noticed that?
| lsVIy]nt ,.J,,1l ! H. ,,r,+s,, ,I.ol
well, you might write 81 message
and hold it SO that she can read it
without appearing to mean it for her"
she couldn't read letters less than
two or three inches high at that dis
lance"
Make them as large as you like.
But she can use Il glass"
You don't mean that this girl would
| descend to that With Il man she has
never metz"
shes not 81 nice but that she will
do any spying that will not be found
out. OF course you must sit with your
back to her. else she can't see the mes
sage"
II see. What message shall l write?'
The words May | call?'"
Good gracious! Without an intro
duction?"
Leave that to her. However, you
had better write your name and al,
dress"
wrote the message in charcoal and
held it up With my back to the win
dow. BY this time I had learned some
points myself and held Il pocket mirror
SO that I could see the window. Before
long l saw the girl leveling a pair of