The Cairo bulletin., 1906-05-12
WHEN HE WENT.

4, There are worse things than phone
graphs In a maps parlor, remarke
the man with the wide waistcoat ant
iron-gray whiskers, Incidentally
There may be. admitted the othe
elderly citizen, but | don't know the
could say offhanj just what they
are"
Il mean they have their u4e3. RaY'
you a daughter OF marriageable age
If you have I'd recommend you 70 bdI
one, II you use proper care in the Sc
lection of the records youll find II
handy in case Of an emergency.
Perhaps you'l explain yourself"
1T was like this said the gray
whiskered man. My Clara is a mighty
good-looking girl. II do say 1t myself
and she's got attractive ways She cal
handle me pretty well, ! can tell You
SO it isn't hard for me to understand
| what she does to a lot of the boys that
come around AMI fritter away the gold
en- moments. There's quite gang ci
them ana it's good deal of nuisance
in some respects; but | never say any
thing. was young once myself and !
wouldn't wonder if did some fritter.
/ inc in my time. Sooner or later it VIII
stop, but in the meantime just lie
low and keep my eye peeled
That's sensible"
Its the only thing to do Wen, the
boy Jim got the monograph. He agree /.
/ to keep il mp in his room and smut the
windows when he turned it loose, so /
said he might have H. Then forgot
all about the matter untt one nlGnt
young Manstel called 10 see the girl.
You know the old man of course, Well
the boys good deal like him. He's Il
sticker and a stayer-neyer. knows
when to quit No harm IN him, but he
just makes you weary and can't see 1t.
He'd kept me up two or three times
away beyond any reasonable hour. an
had asked Clara If she wouldn't start
him for the hatstand some time be
fore midnight the next time he called,
She was entertaining him In tina
parlor which opens out on the library
where her mother and | were sitting
That makes convenient sort OF ar
rangemeat, generally speaking. but 10
this instance il was rather tough on Us
after it struck ten o'clock That's about
the time | like to WOO my resiiie1
hair mattress, or make the usual prep
arations, and most Of the boys have
the sense to jar themselves loose. BIT
not so Manstel About that time ne
remembered a song that he thought hs
could sing if Clara played the accom-
paniment for him, ana when he hal
finished that he resumed conversation
ike a giant refreshed. | heard the
little girl say something about having
to get up early in the morning, but
the young ass only quoted, II you're
waking, call me early, and maundere1
on.
81 was getting desperate, when in
comes Jim with the photograph I;|
had come that evening and he was
anxious to try II. Well, | thought i'll
might break uD the session In the neA;
room, SO consented and called toI
Clara to bring Mr. Manstel in to hear
It. He came, rather reiIctantly, ana
Jim and put the parts together and
fixed the horn,
"There! says Jim. Now, what viii!
you have? Cagu5o? Melba? Sousa.
band? Here are some vaudeville
stunts.
Lets have one Of those, said, and
picked up one OF the disks and adjust
ed it, without lool ing 10 see what IL
was
Sc-r-r-rrr! and then in a raucous.
hieh-pitched voice that made the horn
shiver with its reYerberdtions: L Wen
to gee the girl the other night, and say
the time / had was something fierce
There never was any thing tiereer-ex-
cept the girls father an the bulldog
About midnight could hear ain
growing upstairs-hsr father. not the
bulldog-and pretty soon he broke
loose. No. not the bulldog, her father
Daughter" he calls down the stairs,
do you remember what the gas BIZ
was last month";"
"'"No. father" she says. Why"
"'"I was just thinking about IL,
mats all" he said
But, OF course. ! wasn't going >
pay any attention 10 that
Pretty soon he called again.
Daughter!"
"'"Yes, father," says the girl.
"'"lf the milEman calls while
you're M take in an extra pint OF
cream. will you, please
"'"Nes. father" she says.
"'But. of course. / wasn't going 10
pay any attention to that
And pretty soon he called agala
Daughter
Yes, father7"
Don't let shat young man g
away without hlS breakfast
But, of course. wasn't going N
pay any attention 10 that
Young Mansjel Turned all sorts Of
colors at the next call which was
something in reference 10 thick-solcd
shoes. 1Vd as jim was quite obviously
on the verge of snickering threw
back the catch and stopped the thing
That's no good; well try another
said. Give me Caruso. Jim.
I'D like to stay and hear it, said