The Cairo bulletin., 1905-02-15

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engaged 10 man who-wei, ] guess
he was q right nice fellow, but hs
would not be her choice today. 1ot
see, she developed wonderfully. Hei
mind reaebed Mp aud cut II she out
grew this man that's not 70 say that
he was dun ~ the best he had not
much chance. for his health failed. and
he began to fight losing battle viii
physical weakness BY and by the
doctors told him that he must 20 to an
other climate. and be went 20 south
ern California The engagement con
tinucd. There would have hecn mar
riagc but fog tie mans nobility OF
spirit, which wolid nor accept the sac
riiiee
Yet upon the other hand, Miss Ken
dali would not break the engagement
and SO She remained bound to him, and
they weres4h5uaanls OF miles apart,
ana the years driftcI away Twenty
two, twenty-threc twesty,tanr--i ial
YOU those BIRTHDAYS meant something
to Sylvia Kendall. All her sior.9Hs
youth was ehhIag away; her beauty
was wls;sl: hel t5'i anl self denial
seemed 10 benefit nobCdy for il is very
hard TO give ones youth and beauty
ana strength 10 those one loves and yet
TO see tlicm ever less hopeful and
happy
"Ihat was what Miss Kendall had 10
bear. and | judge sic bore it We'll yet
not without the mark. Ia her twenty
firth yeir hog iaatler- Ter father and
that poor fellow out IN California died.
and tiiiuk it must have been release
for them all. ana not thing 10 greye
for. set, Of course, it left her dread
fully alone, because the incessant labor
Of the hone h@d held be- 10 tie nar-
rowest s5st OF life, and her love had
been the s9mlest tragedy.
'.To cap tie climax, unexpected debts
against les fataers estate appeared
and swallowed up her home and every
thing u.,ou which She might have de-
pended fos new start in LIE. I'M
derstand that she had about $50 and
no prospect of more-notAias. indeed,
that could be called a means Of liyeti-
hood-ouc year ago this night
There was a man IN Chicago who
was running little weekly papcr-ad
vanced thought and that sort OF thing
Somehow copy of it had driftcd out
to Miss kendail's home, and she had
taken IA Interest in it. writing gratul-
tous contributions, which had been
thankfully received. A correspondence
had sprung up between her and the
Chicago editor. and in her emergency
she wrote TO him aud asked whether
he could pay her a living salary II she
would 80 to work regularly upon bis
STAFF. lie offered her SO week, and
it looked to her like wealth.
"She went to Chicago at once aud be-
gan to work for that paper. and some
times she got her SO and sometimes
she didn't.
"she must have been direfully I'M
harry during those months in CHI
cago. yet she wrote the cheerfulest
stuff for that little paper. II was her
forte. Her writings had the ring Of
laughter Really the girl was genius
In her way.
by and by the paper began 70 foun
der IN its past obligations II prom
Used to 10 fairly well, but the man who
ran it did not know how to make prom
Use pay old debts. and. TO make long
story short. he went under. lie owed
Miss Kendall quite bit Of salary. but
Of course she could have no hope Of
getting It. she tried to secure work
on the daily papers, and think she
might have succeeded. but the cner
gency was too pressing. She was alb
solutely without money. She wes face
to face with actual starvation.
AT this crisis she received letter
from Curtis Graham You know BIN
He wrote az managing editor Of the
Chronicle and offered Miss Kendall Il
small sum for certain number Of par
agraphs every week for the Sunday
edition. He had noticed her work In
| the little weekly paper and Obtained
| her address from the editor. Miss Ken
dali sent some paragraphs immediate.
~. with a letter disclosing her utter
poverty Graham promptly telegraph
ell her some money. for which may
heaven forgive him all his sins He
also raised Che rate for the paragraphs.
"Thu8 encouraged. Miss Kendall
saved Ter pennies until she had enough
money to come to New York. and then
she cane. And what Joy do yon sup
pose it Was that awaited her herei'
"Gorau," said l. Il know what Il
might lave been but hope it wasn't.
Somehow you've stirred up my inter
est in this poor girl. Don't, for PHYS
sake. tel me that she fell in love with
Curtis Graham"
"Gralam has improved since you
knew bim." said Palmer "He is much
steadiee@
Gle is the most erratic. unreliable
unbalanced creature that over existed
said I brilliant grant YOU. and
quite the sort Of man to wiu Il ,7o
mans love. Yet Ia rather see Sylvia
Kendall without a penny or q hope Of
one thfn married 70 Curtis Graham
Il think ron do him en- Injustice
said Palmer. "and yet he Is crratic
And uy story will prove It Vlei
Miss Kendall reached New York sht
found fhat Graham had had row OF