The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-01-08
THE GIRL AT
THE Y
BY SEWARD w. HOPKINS
copni0at, 1905, Dy &. A. DaaeAead

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would not have been in the Office Al
all, only he had some money In the saf'
and had received orders by wire tC
sleep In the station that night
4 He did not know how much there
was. Ii had come in sealed package
! locked in a small pouch. He knew II
was pay day on the new branch then
/ building on the 1st and this was the
! 31st.
"Why can't they send pay carr"
asked Graham of himself.
TOO COMPOUNDED mean he muttered.
The hours dragged slowly, but era
ham found some solaee IN thinking OF
Miss DelaIne
Miss Delaine was from Chicago. She
was visiting The daughter OF Silas
Jones. whom she had met Mt school
Miss Jones was tall, big and strong;
Miss Delalne was dainty.
Miss Jones, with the advantage of hei
boarding school years, dressed well:
Miss Delaine dressed better
Graham had suddenly felt peculiar
sensation when Miss Deiaine got off
the local at Naomi. He knew that Siias
was going 10 have company. He had
no idea the company was built more
on the teeting vision plan than any
other
IF Silas don't feed that girl up he
,,riII nj cF 4 N.~b .lt
had said. She's almost gone now"
Graham was a husky fellow and had
been ut Naomi two months when Miss
Delaine appeared AS Graham board |
ed with Slas he had an opportunity TO
study her well
mo more turkey hunts while she's |
here" he grumbled to himself
Miss Delaine took the grumble out
OF him when she proposed a shoot. and
the three went 10 the scrubs, and Miss |
Delalne brought down five to his three
and Miss Jones one.
Miss Delaine proved 10 have more
ger I'D and get in her diminutiye body /
than Graham acknowledged in his five
feet ten. She could box big Miss Jones
all over the barn floor; she could climb
a cherry tree in light summer frock
and come down as neat as she went
up; she could swim better than Miss
Jones and dive as deep rs Graham.
She could play the most charming
waltzes and sing the prettiest songs
She had not been at Naomi two weeks
before she was singing ia the choir,
and Graham made the narrowing dis.
royery that he sang bass.
SO On this night Graham console1
himself by thinking gloomy thoughts
about Miss Delaine.
I'D be a fool 10 ask her ana brute
% expect her to accept il DID ask"
He said this with almost groan.
Why couldn't 1t have been FAM"
FAN was Miss Jones. ''But. no: she'll
marry I.arkins. and If Miss Delaine
vas poor IG marry her.
He knew she was rich She had Of
en- spoken about 'our railroad James
1elaine was pre- sident Of tEe q. and Il.
Disconsolate. he smoked his pipe. He
wondered how much money there was
q the safe. He knew the payroll must
'e long
He had read last Sundays paper
ozen times and gone Of TO sleep and
early fallen of the chair which lac had
llted back. He had left the door open
or air The night was warm.
Hello there. young felleri' came a
dice He turned toward the door aud
boxed into the barrel of a big revolver. /
Hold up your hands,
"Er - | am agent here" stammered {
'raham.
ooh. we know that You keep yer /
louth shut. Well do The rest" ,
II won't submit to robbery. II that "a /
hat you mean" said Graham.
Robbery. eli: Won't submit. ELI?
FELL, young feiier. yc don't look much
Ike fool Under the circumstances n
wouldn't advise yer 10 be one even II '
e do know how. I've got two partners h
ere. and the first yawp out Of We viii ]
lean game o shootin' big. Now. t
IN" g
Another fellow came ia and went Z
trough Graham's pockets.
Nov. young feller." said the leader
fter Jim had deposited an express re-
oliver on the table, Just tell us the Y
To that safe" d
Il refuse" q
What did I say about bein' 4 fool? +
ay. IN give you three minutes to c
AXE up your mind. YOu'll either give | o
5 the combination or I'll put a hole v
trough you. Now, one" q
Graham was silent. II
Jim was working at the safe The d
Iird came in and grlnned at the pic s.
ire Graham made. a
Pretty boy" he said
Three y
Graham opened his mouth to speak. \
Amt 10 use sayln' anything unless d
s the combination" 5,
Jaw, kill hiin. We can blow open Il
e safe. ii
Graham knew that these men meant e
isiness. They would as soon take a
e as eat lie could zee his revolver
ing where Jim bad placed Il.
IL only he could divert the leaders II
tentiOn while he grabbed his own re 1t
liver a. xrould taLa a chanao Go | is