The Cairo bulletin., 1905-08-22

sfdu next 10 me, duu-
'Yes. there may be- In fact, there
Is"
I'm sure I'llsbe very glad IL It is
= mistake. They do happen tffbugh
not often. You spoke of Dorgan-A
did i?H ~
yes, Tom Dorgan, who busted out
of singssing the other day"
'Surelyfyou,te mistaken" said,
smiling ssht 'tnto his blue eyes. The
Tom Dorgan | mentioned Is isleight-
dDhand performer at the vaudeville.
Ever see him?"
''Nr-Iio.rxsl
Clever fellow. You ought to. Per
haps you don't recognize him under
that name. On the bills he's Prof
Haughwout. Stage people have so
many names, you know,
Yes. 80 Ahaye-some other people. ="
laughed and he grinnel back at
me.
Now, that's mean OF you" said;
Il never had sbut one 1T was all 1
needed" A 4
~ thaSHtu akut tucu ~
thing like this might do to a name
You know, Mag. every bit Of recogni-
tion an actress steals from the world
Is SO much capital. 1t isn't like the
old graft when you had to begin new
every time you took up piece OF
work. And your name-the name the
world knows-and its knowing it
makes 1t worth having like every
thing that name is e sum OF every
scheme you've planned, Of every time
you've got away with the goods, of
every laugh you've lifted. of every bit
of.eleyerness you've thought out and
embodied, of everything that's in you,
of everything you are.
But | didn't dare think long OF this.
Isturned to him,
Tell me about this charge" said
Where was the purse? Whose was
It? And why haven't they missed 1t
till after week."
They missed II all right that night.
but Mira Gates wanted 1t kept quiet
till the servants had been Swallowed
hadn't got away with It."
And then she thought Of me?"
"AndFthen she thought Of you"
81 wonder why?'
Because you we're the only person
In that room except Mrs Gates, the
lady who lost the purse, Mrs. Ram,
say, and-Aeiie"
t"N-nothiHg Mrs. Ramsay, you
said"
Yes
"Not Mrs Edward Ramsay, OF Phila-
dslphia?','
9saOh, you know the rlame?''
.0h, yes. i know it, -
1T was printed, You know, lin gold
lettering on the inside flap and"
Il don't know"
Well 1t was, and II contained $500
Mrs Ramsay says. She had slipped
Il under the fold Of the spread at the
top Of the bed in the room where you
took OF yonr things In Mrs. Gates
presence. and put them on again when
no one else was there
And you mean to tell me that this
Is all?" ] ragged at him, that every
bit of evidence You have to warrant
your treating an innocent girl like
You didn't behave Ike very limo.
cent girl sifyou'll remember" he said
dryly, "-Then first came into the box
In fact, II that fellow hadn't just come
in then ! believe y%d a confessed
the whole job, 'Tain't too
iate,s he added
+l didn't answer. put my head
back against the easp ions and closed
my eyes could feel the scrutiny OF
anisF blue eyes on my naked face your
face Ms so unprotected with the eyes
closed like a fort whose battery Is
withdrawn. But was tired---it tires
you when you care. A year ago, Mag
this sorttof thing 1.-THE risk, tlfe near
ness to danger, the chances one way
or the other--would have intoxicated
me. 3 used to feel as though was
dancing onla volcano and daring II tc
explode. The more twistings and
thrnings there We're to the labyrinth
tt1e greater glory It was to get out
Maggie, darlin', you have before you
mournful spectacle the degenera-
ton OF Nancy Olden. II isn't that
she's lost courage. It's only that she
used to be able to think OF only one
thing, and now. What do you sup
pose II IL, Mag? II you know, don't
You dare to- tell me.
when we got to the Cat robermuller
was already there. At the door
pulled out my key and opened It with
a flourish.
X. Wont you come In, gentlemen and
spend the evening"" I asked.
They followed me in. First to the
pAflor The two fellows threw o.
their coats and searched that through
ana throuth--not drawer did they
rAfAs, not a bit OF furniture did they
fAtl TO move. Obermuller and sat
thSfe suyins them as they pried about
~ their shirt-sleeves That Trust
business has taken the life out OF him OF
iate. All their tricks. all their saiieez-
ings, their cheatlngs, their bossing
and Dragging and bullying have got
onTtb his nerves till he looks like a
chained bear getting a drubbing. And
he swesrs that they're in conspiracy
t04ffeeze him and few Others like