The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-08-09
BY MIRIAM NICHOLSON
copyright, 1904 by The BObbs Merrill Company

as though she was child And like
a child. Mrs. Kingdom sobbed and
made excuses and begged to be for
given
! looked at NORWAY. It was all the
pay | wanted particularly as had
those little diamonds.
You're just in time. Miss Kingdom"
he said uneastly. ITO make your moth
er happy by your presence at her we'd
cling"
I'm Just In time, Mr.. Norway, to
see that my mothers not made unhap-
py by your presence"
Evelyn Mrs Kingdom remon-
strated
Come Sarah" Norway offered his
arm.
The bride shook her head
Tomorrow" she said, feebly.
Norway breathed swear.
Miss Kingdom laughed
i've come TO take care of you, you
silly little mother, dear 1t won't be
tomorrow, Mr.. Norway"
"No--not tomorrow next week."
sighed Mrs. Kingdom
I'm fact mothers changed her mind.
Mr.. NORWAY. she thinks 1t ungener-
GUS to accept such a sacrifice from a
man who might be her sondon't you,
mother?'
well, perhaps. George" She
looked up from her daughters Shout
der she was crying all over that pre-
cious red coat Of mine--and her eyes
lit on me. "Oh-you wicked boy. you
told lie!" she gasped you did read
my letter."
I laughed; laughed out loud, it was
such a bully thing to watch Moriway's
face
But that was an unlucky laugh Of
mine; 1t turned his wrath on me He
made dive toward me. | ducked and
ran oh, how ran. But II he liza INT
slipped on the curb he'd have had me
AS he fell though, he let out a yell.
stop thief! Stop thief Thief!
Thief Theft"
May you never hear 1t, Mag, behind
you when you've somebody else's
diamonds In your pocket 1t sounds
It sounds the way the bay of the
hounds must sound to the hare. 1t
seems to fly along with the air; at
the same time to be behind you, at
your side. even in front of you
| heard 1t beloved in dozen diff.
ferent voices, and every now ana then
could hear Norway as / pelted on
4 that brassy cruel below Of his that
made my heart sick
And then all at once heard police
mans whistle,
That whistle was like a signal---I
saw the gates Of the Correction open
before me saw your Nance, Tom.
/ IN a neat striped dress, and she was
behind bars bars--barsl There were
Bars everywhere before me. In fact. ]
felt them against lay very hands, for
in my mad race I had shot up blind
alley-a street that ended In a garden
behind an iron fence
grabbed the diamonds TO throw
Shem from me, but | couldnt--I just
couldn't | jumped the fence where
che gate was low. and with that
whistle flying shrlll and shriller after
me | ran to the house
| might have jumped from the
frying pan? Of course. might. But
1t was all fire to me. TO be caught at
the end is at least no worse than to
20 caught at the beginning. Anyhow
1t was my one chance, and took II
as unhcsitatlngly as rat takes a
leap into q trap to escape terrier
| 0nly--only, It was my luck that the
trap wasat set! The room was empty
pushed open a glass door, ana fell
over an open trunk that stood be.
side II.
It bruised my knee and tore my
hard, but oh! -it was nuts to me. For
II was q woman's trunk filled with
women's things.
A skirt! A blessed slSii't, And not
y striped one. | threw OFF the bell
boys Jacket and got into that dear
dress so quick It made my head swim
The Jacket was bit tight, but
didn't button II. and ia Just got stiff
little hat perched on my head wher
! heard the tramp Of men on the side
walk and 10 the dusk saw the cop,
buffers AZ The gate.
! Caught? Not much. Not yet.
threw open the glass doors and wallsct
out irtc the garden
Miss Omar. I wonder II 4
would ba Miss n.sar y"