The Cairo bulletin., 1906-07-22

some young man, dressed in the height
of fashion He looked something like
a sport And this man was doing moth
ing more nor less than smiling into the
face Of pretty woman, young and very
attractive, who sat across the way
Every time she met his glance she
slightly flushed, but the young man kept
on smiling.
This young man was Mr.. J. Warner
Trevelyan, but to Mr.. Andruss he was
unknown.
Andruss, in order to make no mistake,
watched his operations for few mo-
ments; the fellow was persistent. He
waited until the young woman looked
once more in his direction, and then he
boldly winked at her. The young woman,
aware that Mr.. Andruss and others in
the car were watching her, flushed Up
to the scene of operations. Then he
breathed sigh of relief. For in con-
spicuous place upon the woman's dress
was the beautiful button of Promoters
of Propriety This meant that the young
woman resented the familiarity of the
man across the way and that she was in
need of help. And Mr. Andruss was
A. 30 fvt,ya 10 10, 40
young man and regarded him sternly
The young man did not seem to see him.
Instead, he kept his eyes fastened upon
the girl across the way
Sir exclaimed Mr.. Andruss sternly,
you're a scoundrelT
Mr., J. Warner Trevelyan shifted the
air. Then he turned aside his head
Such lot of DRINKS on the cars nova
days." he murmured to the man next
to him. The man next to him, who did
not care to be mixed up in anything,
failed to make reply,
Mr.. Trevelyan threw back his over
coat somewhat carelessly. AS he did 50
Mr.. Andruss gasped with astonshment
For there, displayed upon the lapel of
the young masher was another button
of the anti-mashers. Mr.. Andruss' inn
patience then knew no bounds. For the
young gentleman, boldly displaying this
button to advantage and utterly ignoring
Mr.. Andruss, again winked upon the
young lady and slightly motioned with
his head.
"You--you--you hypocrite," yelled Mr..
Andruss, advancing in rage upon the
young man and tearing from his coat
he button; you ungodly seoundrel-
lend in human shape !" Then and there
he set upon and beat the young man
about the head, and Immediately there
was furore in the car Of the most ex-
citing kind.
The young man, whose hat had been
knocked off but who otherwise had been
Immediately jumped to re-
gain his headgear, and in that unguarded
Andruss was again upon him.
The young man was peaceably inclined,
,ut Andruss was not.
"You-you loafer" he shouted to the
ther.
IF you weren't drunk replied the
Dung man calmly, I'D knock you
own" Andruss was not drunk, and the s
passengers who knew him knew that he
vas not. Andruss therefore called upon
he citizens for aid. The citizens, many {
f them members of the society, started {
4 to render it. But the young man was t
BILE to a large extent to take care of t
imself He parried blows and tripped c
p men with wonderful impartiality. He
eemed to enjoy the thing. But they
,ere too much for him. Finally he had I
D yield. They pushed him up into the
orner of the car, and hall dozen men
eized him. /,
As they hustled him out OF the car he =
iouted out to somebody in loud voice.
ut the crowd never needed his cries.
hey hauled him out and down the
cps, and the car went on.
As it went on, the young lady, who
ld been in a great state of excitement,
DIV burst into tears and uttered inco-
,rent things.
As for Trevelyan, he was locked up
'ernight, and every anti-masher AMI
'omoter of propriety promised to be on
md to prosecute him in the morning. U
"You fellows will be sorry over this, q
. said, as he was led downstairs. "
The next morning Andruss and his
flowers were all on hand. As this was
very fragrant case, Andruss on his 8.
ay down had called upon the Rev al
nathan Boggs, new clergyman in the a.
", who was interested in the move &c
ent Mr.. Boggs' sermons were always e.
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