The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-08-08

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named Nat, who told how he'd just
come on duty when Mrs Kingdoms
bell rang found her key and returned
it to her, and was out of the rooms
when she unlocked the box. That
was all he knew
is he telling the TRUTH" Norway
asked Mrs. Kingdom.
Yes, guess he Is; but where are
the diamonds? We must have them
you knowto-day, George" she whis
perea And then she turned and
west upstairs, leaving Norway to do
the rest.
There's only one thing to do. ma
jor, he said to the proprietor Search |
em all. and then"
Search me? It's an outraged" cried
the housekeeper.
Search me, If ye loike," growled 4
Mccarthy, resentfully. "Oi wasn't
there but minute; the lady herself
can tell We that
Katie, the chambermaid, flushed
painfully. and there were indignant
tears in her eyes, which, I'll tell you in
confidence. made a girl named Nancy
uncomfortable.
But the boy Nat, knowing that bell
boys have no rights. said nothing. But
he thought He thought, Tom Dor
gan, lot of things and long way
ahead
The peppery old major marched us
all off to his private Office
| Not much. girls, it hadn't come
For suddenly the annunciator rang
out.
Out of the corner Of his eye, Nat.
! looked at the bell-boy's bench. 1t was
/. empty There was TO be ball that
night. and the bells were going it over
al the place.
Number Twenty-one!" shouted the
clerk at the desk
But Number Twenty-one didn't bulge
His heart was beating like hammer,
and the ting inging OF that bell call
ing him rang in his head like a song
Number Twenty -one!" yelled tine
clerk
Oh. he's got devil of temper, has
that clerk. Some day, Tom, when you
love me very much, go up to the hotel
ard break his face for me.
| You! -boy--cokfound you, can't
you hear?' he shouted.
That time he caught the majors
ear--the one that wasn't deaf He
looked from. Powers black face to the
bench and then to me- And all the
time the bell kept ringing like mad
Ctr he said to the boy. "And
come back in hurry"
Number Twenty-one got-but leis-
urely 1t wouldn't do for bell-boy to
hurry, particularly when he had such
good cause.
Oh, girls, those stone stairs, the
servants stairs at the st. james,
They're fierce. tell you, Mag, scrub
bling the floors at the Cruelty amt Sc
bad. But this time was jolly glat
bell-boys weren't allowed in the ele-
vator. For there were those diamonds
| in my pants pocket, and | must ge
! rid of EN- before / got down to The
, office again. So climbed those stairs
/, and every step I took my eye was
t searching for a hiding-place. | coulc
have pitched the little bag out Of ;
! window, but Nancy Olden WASH
!. throwing diamonds to the birds, an,
t more than Mag here Is likely to Gu
{ OF the braids OF red hair we used t
e play horse with when we drove he
about the Cruelty yard.
One fight.
: No chance. ! fa'g. lSi,'i.fl
It Everything bare as stone and soa
r could keep it.
The third fiight--my knees began :
tremble, and not with climbing. TIL
call came from this floor. But | ra
! UP fourth just on the chance, an
q there in corner was a fire hatche
IS strapped to the wall Behind tina
y Ratchet Mrs. Kingdoms diamond
might lie snug till evening. ! put til
3 ends of my fingers first in the lit
% crack to make sure the little ba
m wouldn't drop to the floor, and the
re dived into my pocket and
Il And there behind me, stealthily con
le ing up the last turn Of the stairs, va
y Mr.. George Norway!
le Don't you hate soft-walking ma
" Mag? That cute fellow was cutter tho
re the old major himself, and had 70
lowed me every inch OF the way.
ry There's something loose with tn
)n Ratchet, SIR" said, innocently loo
er ing down at him.
q ooh, there is? What an observlr
vi little fellow you are! Never mind 4
no Ratchet; just tell me what number "
were sent to answer
20 Number" | repeated, as though
couldn't see why he wanted to kno
III "Why-43i."
mot much, my boy--S3i."
'Scuse me, sir, amt you mi
N .aken?'
y. He looked at me for full mimi
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