The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-09-25
The Boy with
Red Hair
BY a. Harvard.
tcopyrigh by Joseph b. Bowles.)

Hti tol III tHt bultI hdllut iHc 41Il'
come aud go, and I know that the sea
sons are passing by HE pledges theS
lavish, some of which reach even M
IN my prison-house OF pain
Perhaps II Is because ms vision Is 50
limited, that am always looking on,
for something young aud attractive
It was this that led me first to notice
/ the red-haired boy next door Only
his mother could have thought him
handsome but | found in the earnest
I face, Notwithstanding snub nose and
I freckles, something decidedly attract
! i've
/ The boy was at the 'eggy stage, and
! looked about IS, RE passed my house
/ every day and on one occasion ! OBJ
| served my niece, who lives with me,
( coming down the road at the same
/ time Heavy snow had faIieu. and she
was picking her steps daintily, her
hands full OF parcels As she neared
| The gate the red haired boy sprang for
ward and swung it open for her Let
| tice paused to thank him in her gra-
cious way. He grew scarlet to the
roots OF his hair as he stood cap in
hand. Then she turned and / heard
her run lightly upstairs. singing as she
went
That night | questioned her about
him she laughed and shrugged her
pretty shoulders.
Il know him we'll by sight, he goes
to school still. I have heard that his
people cannot induce him 10 make up
his mind what he is going to be.
Won might bring him in some day,
Lettie | should like to talk to him
She nodded and went 10 the piano
Music was Il passion with both ot us,
and I looked forward to the evening
hour in which she sang and p.ayed ~
me- As the winter weeks went on we
were joined by third, the lad Le uard
smith, whose simple enjoyment % tHat
hour was pleasure to witness
Al, Welt am Old lo3l--I might
nave known, Lettuce was lovely WtIh
The loneliness of some delicate flower
ana young blood flows fast She smiled
his heart away
knew the truth when | noted hoa
his plan for the future varied Die
Lettuce read out the news from the
seat Of war, her fair face glowing as
she spoke Of brave deeds. his wouli
burn in response He would be q sol
der, Or sailors life had charms for
hn when she pictured The delights OF
visiting strange lands And thus
through every pro 'ession it was posi-
Bile TO iolIow, He would take each
and all in turn. let but the light OF
those bright eyes lead he WY.
| spoke to him one night about IT.
We were friends then, and knew tina;
he would listen.
'sYeu are old enough now to decide
Leonard Make ZIP your mind, and
stick to it,
Il can't" The boys voice took a
bitter tone Il have told her | win be |
anything, everything She wishes, ii
she will but love NE
But this is madness-foly! You
are-how old? Eighteen? And Lettice
is two-and-twenty' You cannot eX |
pect her to wait for you And Tor
what? You have nothing to offer her
Il am 10. though / don't look it
Such marriages have been; and | viii +
work. see ii | dom There is nothing
would not do to win her
Then try to cultivate little self
control Be a man, choose your path.
and earn her respect Some day per
1aps-who EnoWs?-she may listen "a
YOU
II J thought that' on, now ain ! to
be patient? Ho" have you learnt 1t,
lying there year AFTER year? Did Won
never kno" what II was 10 want any
hing badly?
/ smiled. I loved a woman once
leonard, but she married some one
else, and then teII Ill. 1t was all ioi
ne rest, you see
our, -, '''.' ny - ~,
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