Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 190, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 August 1912 — CROSSED WIRES. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

CROSSED WIRES.

They stroll toward the shady bower and the young man observes: “Did you know that I am a mind reader?” “Indeed?” asks the coy young thing. “I am; and I know what you are thinking of right now.” “Really?” she asks, with a blush. “Yes; you are thinking about getting kissed under the shade of those vine canopied trees.” She blushes even more vividly, and the astute youth is greatly encour* aged until she says: “How did you know that Mr. Ryevail proposed to me in that shaded walk yesterday?”