"Only to-day. This was the first time."
"But Ruth says you often know what people think, or are going to say, before they say it?"
"Yes, sir."
"How long have you been able to do this?"
"Oh, p'r'aps three or four years."
"Why did you never happen to tell me?"
"I supposed you knew. I supposed everybody could do it."
"No; it's a very unusual faculty—very unusual indeed." Then, with a smile: "I suppose you have often known what I was thinking?"
Cyrus laughed. "Oh, yes; lots of times!"
"When was the last time?"