The Cairo bulletin., 1906-11-04
HER BAD
MAN NERS

Nh''l' Wy anu pOuuutu llc blItI Hldl
on the shoulder
Hello" he said Did you have a
good time at the house party, and
how did You like Jessie"
The other young man raised a
handsome but bored countenance and
stretched himself languidly. Good
time enough, he said. The Whit
tons know how to entertain all right
and Jessie Whitton is a mighty fine
girl-bul they had queer people there,
Really, not at all our kind"
Who were they" asked the man
in the gray suit.
The handsome young man frowned,
There was girl he said, indf-
ferently 4 don't know when anyone
has irritated me as Miss Hartmere
did. Girls who have been brought up
gracefully always bestow some inter
est on a fellow when they are intro
duced Why Jessie Whtton said she
was perfectly delighted to meet me
and 1t was SO lovely of me to accept
her fathers invitation when | must
have SO many calls ON my time. But
this Miss lIartmere just sort of nodded
at me after one long, calm glance that
seemed to take me in from child
hoods happy hour down to the pres
ent time and then deliberately aban-
doned me to talk to a queerlooRing
person they said was professor Of
something.
why OH earth a girl who Is per
fectly stunning-tha is, she would
be rather good-looking If she had de-
cent manners-should want to waste
time on a dry professor is beyond me
Just dsinterestedly thinking about it
spoiled my dinner dislike being
irritated, SO ! purposey ignored her
after dinner and devoted myself 10
Jessie Whitton. who seemed to have
some appreciation of what one ex-
poets from girl She arranged to
play golf with me next morning aud
listened attentively TO my remarks
Did Miss Hartmere seem hurt?'
inquired the young man in the gray
suit
The handsome young man frowned
again. oh. she was walking on the
terrace with the professor" he adj
mtted. And she laughed a great
deal, but, of course. that was just to
the impression she was having |
a good time know girls little |
tricks. When ! suggested next morn |
ing, out of politeness that she Join |
the golf expedition, she said she hated |
golf and declined Now, doesn't it |
seem to you a girl who was thought.
full and liked 10 please other people !
would sink her own preferences? |
Jessie Whitton hunted all the lost
balls for me, because she said any !
one who played such remarkably |
fine game as ] did should not have |
his mind distracted with mere labor |
She's girl, tell you, who has some
sense,
"Still, that evening when | Glanced |
o sit down by Miss lartmerc and |
lad chance for a conversation to |
ind out il she had any redeeming |
qualities ! rather wished Jessie had
gone away and stopped her chatter
She is all on the surface. could tell
hat Miss Hartmere was bored by it,
hough there was no need Of her show
ng it so plainly, Oh yes. she was
'ivl enough but she lacked the win.
ling qualities a fellow likes in
Weren't there other people there
70 that YOU could drop Miss fIartmere
,ut of your calculations?' asked the
.oung man in the gray suit
"Oh, yes, admitted the other. But
fellow doesn't like 10 be rude, YOU
nov. felt it my duty to be as nice
0 her as TO the rest. ] thought if she
liked heavy conversation, Judging frorl
Ter fondness for the professors SO
iety, I'd show her he had no monopoly
n intellect, so / started 10 explain the
russian situation 10 her. but she
topped me Sire looked right at me
With those queer brown eyes of hers !
hey have gold spots in thcm-and
sked me in the sweetest coolest
OlGc IbASlblt ~ J uihH lilhh 1t a I
taste OF time for people not well III
)rmed on a topic TO discuss it. ami
hen began to talk about the weather
nd the scenery But Jessie never
.ould make a mistake like that She |
aid when ! talked with her that it
as pleasure 10 get the well-balanced
Jews OF a man on live questions
Then why didn't you stick to
essie?'
The handsome young man passed !
Is hand over his brow Oh I'm -
Iways interested in new types" he
aid And Miss Hartmere was one
ometimes she would appear to forget
was there or that ! had said any
ling and she did not seem az all en-
arrassed when she came out of her
.ance She was utterly regardless OF
~ feelings or my wishes and yet
be smiled serenely."
4 should think YOU would have
zen relieved 20 escape from such an
Young woman. com
ented the young man In The gray
nit.
Il certainly vas" said the hand
me Young man. firmly.
Coming out TO the polo match to
$50. arrr,rf won - nr-runH fha