The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-08-06


pick-pocket,"
Miss Warden chokes with her lemonade
Miss Lees drops her hands from their favor
lite position above her head into her lap
with an echo of the word ''pickpocket,
and Miss Howell looks down on the young
man with a questioning look in her lovely
eyes,
"Tell us instantly, Herbert, that's a dar
ling" gasps Ada, and Herbert obeys.
Last winter, coming home to my lodg
ing one night, just after parting with my
old chum, George Cuthbert, Ada"
Miss Warden, with a toss of her curly
head and flush on her brown cheeks, com.
mands, 'Don't address yourself altogether
to me, sir. 1t isn't polite"
BEG pardon" says Herbert, mischiev-
ously, "but, for some reason or other, |
always think Of you when | think OF
George. Well, I'd seen George off to Eu-
rope that afternoon, after we'd roomed to-
gether for four years without quarrelling
once. | wonder if that could be said of
any two womcnl' He pauses, but his aud
fence maintaining dignified silince, pro-
ceeds with his story.
81 naturally felt very lonely after his de-
parture, and being unable to read, and in
no humor to make calls, | determined to
60 to some place of amusement. 1t was
cold night, and as Jack Frost and | never
had been on very friendly terms, in order
to avoid protracted struggle with him,
selected the nearest theatre, regardless of
what the'performance was to be. 1t chanc-
cd that they what was it," asks Ada
"Ada"-with great solemnity-"not for
the world would l give any one, not even
you, my gentle COZ, clew by which
Well, | was just seated, when q most love-
ly girl, followed by her escort--a young
man whose resemblance to her led me to
believe him her brother-sank into chair
next to me-"
what did she' look like" slyly Ques-
tons Linda.
miss Lees, must repeat the remark
made to my cousin moment ago. No
word or act of mine shall lead TO the
Suffice it to say she was lovely The cur
tain rose as soon as she had taken her seat.
and from that instant her attention was riv-
eted upon the stage. was pleased to no.
tice, however, she did not favor her com
panion with any gushing remarks about the
handsome
"Who?" from Ada.
mo matter, and that she did not wear"
What" from Linda.
EITHER bunch of violets or Jacques
rose. But was not so well pleased to find
that she seemed totally unconscious of my
proximity, although she did accept a pro-
gramme from my hand, in on absent
minded kind OF way, without even glance
in my direction, while the yonng lady on
the other side peepcd coquettishly at me-
you conceitcd fellow!1 exclaims his
cousin.
"Shc did, upon my honor, from behind
her fan, every few minutes, and at last,
gaining confidence, from the angelic ex.
preston of my countcnace no doubt, actu-
ally offered me chocolate caramel"
"Why, Mr.. Moorel'
"She did, Miss Lees, and | took it and
ate it. She was about SIX, | should think.
However, to go on with my story, In the
third act, where"
"Rose Michel"
"The Two Orphans"
"Neither Where there is some very pa.
thetc business, my charming neighbor be.
gan to weep, and reaching her little gray
kidded hand down by her side, took from
the pocket of my coat my handkerchief
the last of that dozen of silk ones Won
brought me from Paris, Ada"
"Not reallyl And what did you dol"
"No,mng. Yes Il did; laughed silently
and long, till the lirt OF the fan and the
chocolate caramel said to me, reproachfully,
why do you laugh! 1t isn't funny And
| watched her at the end of the play walk.
ing away in the most dgnifed manner, af.
ter carefully putting my handkerchief in
her polocoat of whatever you call it,
pocket
"'rwas all mistake, you may depend
upon it, Herbert. Last winter he wore our
Dockpta so-.-Som-n