| Show A CHANGE OF MIND rf by EARL REED SILVERS pick stevens looking at the letter to its ills hand frowned darkly its troia from my sister lie he informed ug his roommate loo minate ashes going t to 0 o bring ta a mul home with hs het for the spring well what ot of it jack ackley stretched indolently on the cushioned ditlow hit low sent seat what ot of att dick dacle threw tiro the letter on an t the lie desk you dont know my m y ats afi do you well ashes a high highbrown highbrow brow in buiar Vao aar ar and whenever she comes comei i home mile brings brengi along some be speckled old wald who talks talk is about new thought or rise else that t I 1 dont know anything about wily why dont you go home with me 1 I c cant ant weve never been separated on easter and dad la Is set feet on the idea of having us all together cant you come the day after raster easter 1113 by george so I 1 can I 1 dick looked nip dip hopefully ill go to new Y york ork to visit you fiedl monday all i r right I 1 I 1 t ill be looking for you jack k g glar iced d at his watch hotter bet terl hustle if if youre going to get that well M so long he salt said S ee you next week his eyes fell upon the letter lying on the lie I 1 desk oil oh yes he be added ilnia my loving ing sister told me to kev kepp pA a lookout ifor for miss mary hughes att ait ashes the girl whoa coming to see us and is expected to talk taip the fhe same train that I 1 do sis tent down yesterday dick secured a pullman seat at al AI baay and gave his attention to a magazine a zine until poughkeepsie le was reached jad then however lie he looked I 1 interestingly nt t out of the window vassar girls dressed in till nil their spring fenery were crowding on the train tv 0 o girls entered the car one had giue lue eyes the color of the sky on a perfect june lay day the other wore spectacles and carried n book on modern Mod philosophy the girl with the blue eyes sat opposite him and the one with the spectacles took the vacant seat an fn farther down the car the train started but dick stevens did not turn again to his magazine the girl across the aisle looked over oer at him nd ind so he put the magazine away in ills bag then 15 minutes went before any thing happened finally dick took a chance its rather tiresome riding iding lie he vol wheeling in ills his chair yes it isa Is would you like something to read no thank you it hurts nay my eyes tto nto read on the train do you mind it if I 1 talk t to 0 you dicks eyes looked frankly into her own and the girl smiled faintly wily why no not at all she anns answered frankly it will help to break the monotony ony of the trip than thank youl dick smiled whim si cally what shall we talk about anything you say well im going to tell you my name first im dick stevens and I 1 live in linden N J she started slightly hut but he failed to notice it im going home for a vacation in the deadest dearest place on earth wh why Y 1 she said and there was a decoded decided twinkle in her eyes ive heard something about linden i always thought it was quite a a nice lit tle tie place it Is sometimes dick admitted but it wont be forme for methis bils vacation why well my sisters a senior at vas wr maybe you yoi know her betty stev the girl looked interested every vacation she brings homo home some 1 highbrown highbrow high brow whom I 1 have to entertain too bud bad she looked at him sympathetically pathetically ini do you know who ashes going to have this time yes a girl named mary if hughes you tou can tell by her name that ashes tin an old mald maid ills eyes fell upon the bespectacled spectacled individual who sat at the other end of the car 1 I be at all surprised ed if it was that young lady over fiere but IT ill only have ve to be with her for two days why is that im going to new york the day aft er Easter ia roy roommate jack ackley maybe abe I 1 dick hesitated for an in stant then plunged boldly ahead maybe it if youre going to spend your vacation adar ne arNew new york you could let fane come to see you mabe I could she smiled but 01 it be quite proper would it s why surely sure lyl 1 dick leaned forward you probably know my slater ter yes I 1 know her rather well and tin going to stay near new york too do you mind telling tile me your name and address addre qs I 1 can get hetty betty to write you a letter introducing me my imy name she lipsit hesitated abed a mo ident her eyes bubbling over with fun my name Is mary alary hughes and my address for the easter vacation will delinden be linden N X J what dick almost fell out of his khadr o yes she bh eald sald im afraid inthe im the highbrown highbrow high brow your sister Is going to wish on you im sorry wen well I 1 ill dick passed his band I 1 thoughtfully through ills curly blond aar hair ril ill write to my roommate ta and tell him that I 1 wont be abi ablo le to visit him after all ail rm fin going goine to J try ry to spend the he easter vacation in linden isac py by the mcclure mcclura 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