The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-08-26
sign your name 10 such a charge against

h ~ uiuH answer. lie nad pulled the
sergeant down and was whispering in
his ear. knew what that meant. II
meant special pull and a special way
OF doing things and
You'll do well, my girl. 10 give up
Mr.. Tausig's property to him." the ser
geant said, stiffiy.
But what have | got that belongs to
him?' | demanded.
He grinned ard shrugged his big
shoulders.
We've a way of finding out. you
know, here. Give 1t up or"
But what does he say I've taken ?
what charge is there against me-
Have yous the right to search any
woman who walks in here? And what
In the world would want a paper
of Tausig's for?"
You won't give 1t up them" He
tapped a bell
a woman came In. had a had
minute there, but it didn't last; ii
wasn't the matron I'd brought the
baby to.
You'll take this girl into the other
room and search her thoroughly. The
thing were looking for" The ser.
geant turned to Tausig.
"A small paper" he said. eagerly
IA contract Just a single sheet of
legal cap paper 1t was, typewriter
and signed by myself and some other
gentlemen, and folded twice"
The woman looked at me. She was
a bit hard mouthed, with iron-g gray
hair, but her eyes looked as though
they'd seen a lot and learned not to
finch, though they still felt like III !
knew that kind of look I'D seen It at
the Cruelty
What an unpleasant Job this Of
yours is" ! said to her smiling ,ip at
her for all the world as that tike Of a
baby had smiled at me- and watching
her melt Just as | had. "I'll not make
It bit harder This things all a
mistake. Which way? ri;
come back. Mr.. Tausig. to receive your
apology, but you can hardly expect me
to 60 to lunch after this"
He growled a wrathful, resenting
mouthful. But he looked bit puzzled
Just the same.
He looked more puzzled vet, even
eeWiiderea, when We came back into
the main Office quarter Of an hour
later, the woman and /, and she re-
ported that no paper Of any kind had
she found.
Me? Oh, was sweet amiability per
sonifed with the woman and with the
sergeant, who began to back water
furiously. But with Tausig--
What? You don't mean to say you're
not on, Mag? Oh dear. dear, it's we'll
you had that beautiful wig of red hair
that puts even Carriers In the shade;
Tor you'd never have been a success
n-in other businesses | might name.
Bamboozed the woman? Not a bit
or 1t; you can't deceive women with
mouths and eyes like that 1t was lust
that I'd had fash OF genius in the
minute ! heard Tausig's voice, and In
spite Of my being so sure he wouldn't
have me arrested I'd Guess, Mag.
guess! There was only one way.
The baby, of course! In the mo
ment had-it wasn't long-Td stopped
down, pretending to kiss that cherub
good.py, and in jiffy I'd pinned that
precious paper with a safety pin to
the baby's under petticoat, preferring
that risk to-
Risk! should say it was. And
now i was UP to Nance to make good.
While Tausig insisted and explained
and expostnlated and at last walked
out with the sergeant giving me a
QUEER last look that was half.cursing,
nalf-placating-1 stood chatting sweet
Ty with the woman who had searched
me-
! didn't know Just how far might
go with her. She knew the paper
wasn't on me-, and | could see she was
disposed to believe | was as nice as
she'd have liked me to be. But she'd
had lot Of experience and she knew,
AS most women do even without expe.
rience, that II there's not always fire
where there is smoke, it's because
somebody's been clever enough and
quick enough to cover the blaze.
Wen. good-by." said, putting ont
my hand. Its been disagreeable, but
m Obliged to you for--why, where's
my purse. We must have left it,"
ana turned to 60 back into the room
where I'd undressed.
You didn't have any"
The words came clear and cold and
positive. Her tone was like an icicle
down my back.
4 didn't have any!" | exclaimed
Why, l certainty M
you certainly had no purse. for ]
should have seen it and searched it II
you had
Now, what do you think of woman
like that?
Nancy Olden," I said 10 myself
more In sorrow than in anger, you've
met your match right here. When a
woman knows fact and states II with
such quiet conviction, without the least
unnecessary emphasis and not super
luous word, ware that woman There's
only one game to play to let you hang
round here a bit longer and find out
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