The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-06-26
I Good Timis ief js1I'kIlas.

hcot vi HIS IlcHub were COucoEu6us
10 and jenkins had been bosom
| .ri6nds. tTa
Matrimony having whisksd Harrows-
:ome of TO the suburbs. he and :Jen-
rims had seen little of each other In
he three years which folIowed. -
Jenkins had paid his wedding call
and had bean, asked out to dinner, but
suburban slime tables finally got in
heir deadly work, 50 ii had been
many moons ahc0 he and the Har-
'owscomss had met in a social way.
Rushing into the bank inst before
closing time the other day. Jenkins
IAN full tilt into Harrowseome.
why didn't you ever come round
and see u.s." demanded the latter
Can't you come Tomorrow night?
Veil have regular good old time
Trace has agpretty girl visiting, and
we'll play whist And you have never
seen my boy"
I'm come" said the innocent Jen-
kins, lursd by the whist and the pref
~ girl. II there Is anything he likes
II is good game OF cards with CON
genial friends and decent cigar to
follow.
Miss Barrett did not belle the repu-
-ation given her. She was more than
pretty-she was charming. jenkins
dnew II the minute he laid eyes on
ner. And he was TO face her across
the card table all the evening, besides
talking to her at dinner!
1t was after the cigars were fin.
lshed that the first cloud appeared
Now for the boy" Harrowscome
said beaming 1--we got treat for
you, Jen, old man You're to be al
lowed to come up to the nursery, and
see him put to bed He's the greatest
fun"
oh! certainly" said Jenkins, po-
litely.
Miss Barrett smiled sweetly and
said she would read till their reture.
as the nursery was small and Won d
not hold crowd jenkins reflected
that the ordeal would soon be over.
He surveyed the infant with the nery-
Gus air of an amateur
What's your manner" he asked, his
face contorted by what he left to be
a smile
"Oh! pshaw," broke In Harrows-
come. Indignantly Don't ,yoH kn0w
anything at all? You'll be Offering
him cigar next" .,,,t
Harrowscome junior objected to the
sleep producing process and howled
Justify.
AREN'T his lungs create" asked the
proud father.
'Trhey seem all wool and yard
wide, - said Jenkins, with feeble n1irth.
He was thinking about Miss Barrett
in the library below. "a.
And muscle" began HarrowseOme.
Sometimes he kicks when he gets
crpss--maybe he win Tonight. Do
youlthink he will tonight Grace
"WiIl there be room?" asked Jen
kins anxieusly, with the hope that ha
might escape downstairs where the
attraction WAS.
You needn't get nervous" sail
what he did the other day n he isD I
sthe smartest Kid in the world, tell
met" A5ss &
d The story lasted Is minutes. but
Harrowscoue junior was finally tucked
into bed and jenkins arose with alac-
rity.a
You go on down. Grace" said Har-
rowseome. senior. 'Jenk and I'll stay
here till the boy In a:leep. He always
wants his father 10 sit with him TIL
bye bye comes" explained Harrows-
come fatuonsly, to his now hopeless
friend
1t was half an hour before the small
tyrant sunk into slumber. His father
put in the time rehearsing his feats.
Jenkins one tilnid inquiry az to Miss
Barretts home and the length OF her
visit al the house was totally unhesra
AT last they went downstairs and
the load went off Jenkins mind. Miss
Barrett was still as beautiful as ever
and not whit less charming than
when he had torn away from her.
For 20 minutes there was peace and
happiness. Jenkins decided that her
eyelashes were longer than any he had
previously seen. when there Was
wall from upstairs.
The card game was stopped. Mrs.
Hsrrowscome went up to investigate
the trouble, but Jenkins did not mind
that, because he ocala look at Miss
Barrett with undivided attention and
deep admiration. seer
For about one mlnnte-then the
hostess called Miss Jarrett up to the
nursery.
In undisguised gloom Jenkins sulked
and listened to his hests recital Of
more juvenile brilliancies for an In
terminsble time. tn the two womes
returned. Then jenkins rose.
You're not going," they cried
cts time for my last train" said
jenkins, quite coldly. mo; I'm sorry.
but. can't wait any later. I've had .
delightful evening. I assure You. Obi
yea. thank ysIl..Pll oaalssgain.ssv ~
The only thing which saved him
from bitterly concluding the RArfows-
comes had wrecked tae rornsnce Of his
life was the later discovery thatsnfss
Barrett lives only six doors from his