The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-01-26


heart, dancing along In the little short
skirts and baby cowboy boots she loved
to wear and dangling her big sombrero
BY It's cord. she hadn't seen me, and
| turned to hike back the way | came.
for Lee Bailey was on her trail and I'D
seen them together as often as | could
possibly stand it
Just AS she came TO that turn where
the bowlder juts out she gave little
scream and turned 80 suddenly that her
foot slipped and down she went right
on the edge She held on 70 thar rock
for dear life and shrieked lee, Oh.
Leer
THAT lee settled me, and | stood
still, like q stubborn mule, and let her
veil knew he could pick her up
easily enough, and ! wouldn't butt in.
But when | reconnoitered around the
bowlder was behind ! was the cause
of the disturbance-this Mr. Rattler,
rutliing himself up like the coil of an
electrecutioner and disputing The right
Of way with my girl.
"And there was Miss Nan. white with
fear. staggering right on the edge of
the precipice too paralyzed 10 move
back up the trail"
Where was Bailey, the noble res
cuer:' ! asked a Dane paused and
gazod refectiyely into the lighted end
Of his cigar
Yes; thai was what / wanted to
know He'd made for camp on lope--
that's where he was. the coward--to get
fishing rod TO Kill the snake with, he
explained afterward. but it didn't 60
down with Nan. When ! saw her nat
ural protector deserving her | stepped
out IN the road. bowed low. pulled my
gun and blew The genteman's head off
the rattler's, not Baley's. though that
would have been Il job TO my lising
TOO. He wasn't as much OF gentle
man as Mr., Snake. for he was polite
enough TO tell right out what sort of
poison critter he was, while the human
serpent wasn't
And Man, | even forgot TO puff
smoke in my interest
Acted just right. like the heroine in
a northumberland promptly on 10
the shoulder of her faithful knight, and
when he'd walked her up again by
means on kisses and other shocks she
promised 10 love and obey him ever
after, and nothing would do but that
snaEcsk in must be fixed mp With the
you saw as one of our I.ares
and penatcs, but whether "a Lar or q
Pcnate | don't know, being rather mis-
~ on mythology since | left college
All, there's the moon at last! Isn't this
country great at night
Yes, yes! exclaimed iulpatently.
without glance nj the wonderful
panorama Of rolling, pine clad. SNOW
capped SUBMITS now being transic
ured by the rising glory But what
became OF Nan: Why didnt Won
marry
"Oh, there you are, dear" called ont
a sivery voicc ahead of us Farther ~
the slope. i've been waiting for you
a long time You have boon two hours
the auleh came up thc
short cut II takes moro breath hut
lesa time"
'NNell. little girl ToaYe SIT plenty Of
both" answered her husband sprawl
ing himself over The ,he pine needles
at pretty Mrs. Danes feet and laying
his head shamcIessly on her lap. lIer
small fingers buried themselves ia bis
hair He pulled them down to his lips.
I'VE took The time becauso was using
up all my breath telling Jack about tho
belt, Nan. dear
"oh, that old story" could see her
blush delicatoly in the moonlight
Another light than that of the noon
broke in on my darkeued senses. "Oh.
hen you did marry herr | thought you
said
my first sweetheart Sure. 50 | did
and Mans it,