Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-11-19
HowaH Holiday Was
Made Interesting
lsl7. western Newspaper uni0n-l
BY ALAN HINsDALE

ask IL l might come over and get away
with the rest Of the day until dinner
time. She said might. so | accepted
my own invitation.
/ found Mildred IN the library. The
contrast within and without rendered
the former especially CHEEKY. There
was a fire OF logs on the hearth, there
were plants in pots and a canary bird.
sDrat these holidays l said;
They're hard TO get through with, ex-
cept in the summer. when wish 1t
was All holiday"
erl try to make the rest of this one
bearable for you" said Mildred.
So we chinned for half an hour,
when Mildred took up a pack of cards
and shuffied them.
"shan / tell your fortunef" she
asked.
III you like"
She drew card table before the
fire, taking seat on one side, while
did tie same on the other.
Mildred turned card.
"The queen of spades. There is a
dark lady-a brunette-who is pining
for you"
BLONDES are my favorites," I said:
Mildred is blonde.
Then followed the knave of dia-
monds.
'This is your rival. The color being
red, he is fairly well-to-do."
"All right" I said, "let him spend
all the money he wants on the bru-
nette; don't want her."
The next card was the queen of
hearts.
"Aha! There comes my grill" ex-
| claimed.
"Yes. but you don't know that she
loves you"
"Are you sure she doesn't?"
"Well she might little bit. She
respects you"
"Come, come; don't want any Of
| this sister business"
"But you must take what the cards
say"
Proceed"
Presently the king of diamonds wes
turned up.
"a very rich man loves the queen Of
| hearts, an oldish man. She is not daZ-
zled by his wealth. but his position is
| excellent
81 think know the gentleman"
said, frowning.
"You don't, either; know who you
think he is. but"
as the first letter of his name RI"
She did not reply to my question,
but went on turning the cards. Ace,
two, three came up.
| "You are going to propose to the
| queen OF hearts three times"
"You bet don't. If she doesn't ac-
| cept me the first time 1 ask her,
don't want her."
Then tho lSnave of clubs came up.
another rival" she said.
"Tor the queen of spades or the
queen of hearts,"
| ST don't know" she said listlessly.
81 do; he is the fellow who sports
| himself on the gridiron. He made that
| big run and scored touchdown the
other day."
II don't know who you mean," she
said.
"Oh, yes, you do /; he is the chap who
| danced three times in succession with
| the queen of hearts at q certain ball
the other night"
"And who sat out three dances with
with the queen of spadesT
"Dldn't he have provocation when the
! queen Of hearts acted sol"
"Who began it,"
"You did"
She looked up at me with another or
| those smiles on her lips. and this time
iimple In each cheek.
"I thought this was fortune-telling,"
she said, and went en- turning the cards.
/ put my hand on hers to stop her.
Mildred" ] said, it's time to stop
this nonsense Of using kings and
! queens for real persons"
She stopped turning the cards, but
didn't take my hand from hers. 1t
was very soft and warm.
No one wishes to propose in a noise,
and the bird sang so loud that was
upset by 1t. 1 paused. and Mildred
rose from her chair, went to the bird
and began to chirp to it. The spell
was broken. looked at my watch.
It's near dinner time." said; Il
| must be going"
"Tata."
| ''Tata."
/ went home and wrote letter to
| Mildred. All there was in Ii was: 81
| love you; will you be my wife?"
The reply was even more laconic. It
was simply;
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