The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-10-31
THE VILLAGE
CUT-UPS

1blliG VI tHeSt sure enough cut UPS
are more dangerous TO human peace
than puff adders Anyhow. that's what
one Very weIl-known young married
man Is going around this town and
| saying several times a day, His
crouch seems justihable. Here is the
story:
About two weeks ago a plenty-gay
party Of four persons, equally divided
as To sex were dining IN a rathes-
kellar in this town The atmosphere
| was not a marker to the moist time
they We're having along with their
dinner Everything moist from the
toprim Of the wet menu down to Che
cordial list was sampled couple Of
times over, and at the chartreuse
stage OF il, when everybody was tell
ing his on her real name and all talk
ing at once, the cup-uppishness OF the
bunch asserted itself,
They began TO talk pleasantly Of old
pals. They all mutually knew lot
Of the same folks. The Young women
spoke somewhat regretluliy of aum,
Der Of their former male friends WHO
had gone off to be marriets during re-
cent years,
The mention by one Of the girls of
the name of one of these married
ones was what got the village tease
thing started.
"Jim's married to horribly jeal-
GUS girl said one Of the men.
Know what an independent cpas he
used to be? All over now No longer
it. Just excess baggage, that's all"
The mention of the jealousy Of jim's
wife got the four hoydenish things
to looking mischeyousy at each
other.
Il just believe Ill do it," declared
one of the girls. Deed ! think |
SHALL Such larks!"
Then she unfoIded her little scheme
and they all thought it would be
grand-an 1t went through
The girl who thought it would be
such larks, stepped over to the tcle-
phone in the rathskeIlar and called UP
the house address Of Jim, the with
the jealous wife,
A woman's voice answered
"Jim?' said the feminine voice at
the other end, rather sharply. Are
you referring to Mr.. Blank?'
oh well, II you want to call him
that" replied the girl at the raths-
kellar phone Hes iust Jim to me
What l want to know u.s. Is Jim there
noW?'
Jim, as you call him" replied the
harshened female voice at the other
end of the line, is not here now He
is at his office, or at least he sent me
word that he would remain at his Of
fee this evening. Who are you, may
| inquirer
Me-" said the girl at the raths-
kellar phone, winking merriiy at the
other cut-ups seated around The table
"Oh, I'm a friend of Jim's. I'm ring
ing him up because ! can't understand
what the trouble is, you know He
promised to take me out TO dinner
this evening and he hasn't made his
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