The Cairo bulletin., 1907-01-17
"A tdecelverg EmphatIcalIy not. /.

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70 us, ] had no doubt that she was
smiling, She lifted her white shout.
lers ever so slightly as she passed by.
and her bright eyes took my glance
superciiously With her was an I'M.
mistakable Old Master OF a somewhat
lVandyckian cast.
"Aaieu, Pierrot," spoke my partner.
Its conspiracy" ! decided. with
ylgor One OF you is Nora, and the
other is Kitty | shall make love to
botn of you, so as to be quite sure oi
reaching the right one"
Put which is the right one Pier.
rot?"
Just help me fasten my ruff, and
tn soon fad out
THE idea, You really are too pre-.
posterous' Why should | fasten your
ruff? YoGr Kitty had better do it.
Or your Nora. | was waiting for a
White Plerrot, and you came up. II.
as would appear, you have been talk
ing and dancing with me under false
| pretenses, I shall strike ont the dances
you have SO meanly taken"
Who Matched this yillainous plot?"
/ | demanded firmly ignoring her last
remark But | need not ask! / sup
pose this is your next partner--this
prize-packet Black Prince who il
peeping at MS from distance? Here
Is your aard ! shall faithfully pre-
sent myself again at the appointed
hour. And--one moment before you
go ! should be SO much obliged II
YOU would Just pull the string Of my
ruff -ouf! Don't try to strange ME.
Thank you; thatll do,o-o-o'"
With a sly little laugh my partner
| finished off my ruff with the most
diaholically feminine knot ever in
vented. Then fled with her Black
Prince.
In such confusion Of sound and
sight | had small chance Of discover
ing the second Kate Greenaway." /
perseyered, however, dancing here and
there, as various dear, mistaken ladies'
claimed me for their own. 1t came
to the last item before the interval.
and | was about to despair, when |
espied an undoubted Greenaway In one
of the boxes She was alone
The next thing was TO find my way
to her which. after no little diligence,
achieved | tapped at the inytlngly
open door of the box.
"At last" smiled the Greenaway
Talk about the maze at Hampton
Court, " said /, taking the seat next
hers-"I have walked miles trying to
reach this place! | thought You had
booked the supper dance?'
"Theres an extra yet"
/ began to understand that / might
have been rather hasty In my first
conclusions So it was Kitty, and she
had saved the best dance of the even
ing for me! Bless her Let mo have
your programme again. and I'll annex
all the extras without delay" said |,
reloicingly.
She handed me her card silently
Il say whore are my other dances r.
demanded Il had the lancers to
~essa and I'VE waitnos-'
WIN IA, ." -~h@ Inquired, sWeetiy,
"or with the other girl?"
Look here" | said, with great de-
termination This can't go on. I'm
becoming faint. Are you Kitty-or
Nora"
She turned upon me. is that how
you cross-examine? she questioned
You're Kitty" | announced
"Of cour9el Kitty-Greenaway!"
Ignoring this filppancy continued:
lis the Old Master here by design or
by coincidence
by neither ! think" size answered
doubtfuly Il believe he's a Philip
of Spain, by Velasquez.
THAT viii do" said l. as though
from the bench Kindly loosen this
unspeakable ruff and tell me how
you came by this second programme,
Il is plainly a forgery"
II don't understand"
You are Kitty you know" re-
minded hea
Then or now"
Then and now. You have betrayed
Yourself IL a hundred ways. Nobody
but Kitty would have dared to sug-
gest that my makeup would come
off; nobody but Kitty could have tied
this knot. which I'm still desiring you
to unravel No one but Kitty would
have called me "a"
"Oh, I'm sure l never called you
anything"
You distinctly implied that ! was
a-lawyer! Nora wouldn't have re-
membered the fact How did you dis
cover me- had hoped to have sur
prised you"
"Oh. YOU certainly have done that"
she affirmed rising to take my arm.
You have surprised and entertained
me. But your step betrayed you. Pier
rot ! must say that you do not dance
we'll
Just as ! had settled on a crushing
reply two OF the masquers peeped in
at MS from the corridor. Were go
ing in to supper early" declared one
of them There is sure TO be an
awful squash Come on, well get
table together
II was the second Greenaway arm
in arm vith-the Old Master. He ned-
led .sHow do. Wbite2r said be. gen