The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-08-09

who It was talking before | answered
OF course was Miss Omar. | was
Miss Anybody that had a right to wear
skirts and be inside those blessed
gates.
"Ah-h! I fancied you might be
I've been expecting you"
1t was lazy. low voice With laugh
In 1t, and 1t came from wheeled
chair. where a young man lay Sal
low he was and slim and Ions, and
helpless-you could see that BY his
white hanging hands But his voice
lit was what woman's voice would
he II she were man It made you
perk up and pretend to be somewhere
near its level II fitted his soft black
clothes and his fine. clean face II
meant silks and velyets and
Oh, all right, Tommy Dorgan, If
you're going to get jealous Of voice!
Excuse me, Mr. Latimer" The
cop came in as he spoke, Norway fol
lowing; the rest Of the hounds hung
about There's thieying bell-boy
from the hotel that's somewhere in
your grounds. Can | come in and
get him?'
In here, sergeant? Aren't you
mistaken
mo- Mr.. Norway here saw him
jump the gate not five minutes since.
Strange. and | here all the timel
| may have dozed off, though. Ger
| tainly certainly. Look for the little
rascal What's he stolen? Diamonds!
| Tut tut Enterprising, isn't he?
4 Miss Omar, won't you kindly reach
| the bell yonder-no, on the table;
that's itand ring for some one to
1 take the officer about?'
| rang.
Do you know what happened? An
/ electric Hight strung on the tree above
1 The table shOne out, and there stood
under it with Moriway's eyes full
upon me-
Great" he began.
"Just ring again Mr.. Latimer's
voice came soft as silk.
My fingers trambled so, the bell
clattered out Of them and fell JAM ills5
to the ground But 1t rang. And tho
/ light above me went out like magn;.
fell back into garden chair.
Il beg your pardon, Mr.-was MORT
way the name? must have inter-
rupted YOU, but my eyes are troubling
me this evening, and cant bear the
light. Miss Omar, thought the house
keeper had instructed you--one ring
means light, two mean | want Burnett.
Here he comes. Burnett, take Sergt.
Mulhill through the place He's look
ing for thief You will accompany
the sergeant. Mr. Norway"
THANK you-no. If you don't mind,
I'll wait out here"
That meant me moved toward the
gate.
Not at all. Have seat. Miss
Omar. sit down, won't your" sat
down,
Miss Omar reads to me, Mr. Mort
way, I'm an invalid, as you see, de-
pendent on the good Offices Of my man.
X / find woman's voice a soothing
change
1T must be. Particularly II the
voice is pleasing. Miss Omar-I didn't
quite catch the name"
He waited But Miss Omar had
nothing to say that minute
Eyes, that's the name. You've got
It all right" said Latimer IAN un'
common name, isn't it,"
II don't think | ever heard 1t be.
fore, DO you know, Miss Omar, as
heard your voice just before we got tc
the gate, 1t sounded singularly boyish
to me-"
MIR. Latimer does not find it so--dc
your I said as sweet--as sweet as
could coax. How sweets that, Ton
Dorgan?
mot at ALL" little laugh camt
from Latln.er as though he was enjoy
ing joke all by himself. But Mort
way jumped with satisfaction. III,
knew the voic all right
Have you brother. may ask 2
He leaned over and looked keenl,
at me,
II am an orphan" said, sadly
with no relatives
"A pitiful position" sneered Mort
way. lyon look so much like DO.
know that"
do you really think so?" So aw
fully polite was 1.atimer to such ra
as Norway. Why? Well, wait. :"
can't agree with you. Do you know,
find Miss Omar very feminine. o
COURSE short hair"
"Ter hair is short, then!"
Typhoid" murmured
"Too bad!" NORWAY sneered.
Eyes," snapped Il thought It wa
at the time, My hair was very heav
! and long, and had chance to SIT !,
window at Troyon's where they wer
advertising a hair tonic and"
/ Rottcn2 OF course II was. I'd N
business to gable, and Just becaus
! you and your new lab. Mag, came to m
, mind az that minute, there went put
ting my foot In III
Norway laughed didn't like tn
sound Of his laugh.
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