The Cairo bulletin., 1907-07-07

and need IL quick. Please telegraph
loar answer No, on second thought
that won't do. But write by return
mail.
I'm having a glorious time, after
all. NJ uNelc has beautiful home,
with regular park for yard, and
his big house has all the comforts
and none OF the discomforts OF q
steamheated flat. Barbara Morgan
and her husband are here, and little
Coasin Isabel has boarding school
chnm visiting her. and Drs.Surt Sal-
most lives here while his wife's away,
land, ,last. week Paul Herrick came out
Sfora fsT Tss "
4 is gFesplar house party, you see,
~and everybody Is crazy over horse
back riding. MY Uncle David hates
automobiles, and every time one 4qt
his rich nelghbors gets now .one ne
goes ana buys another horse, 50
there are molnts for us all. Yol
ought to have seen us last week gal
( loting over these country roads
NyelI, to get to the point. Uncle
David went to town last SATURDAY
ana we promised him that a mount
ed escort OF at least six shodli accom-
rany his carriage when i came 70
The station to meet him that after
noon. It's about two miles from the
hoase. Then a storm came up--a
bowling wind ana raia-and Ear
bara was for backing out. Shes so
different from what she was before
she vas nxlGaied But Paul and !
wanted to 70, 50 az last we started
oat Bah ana her husband. Isabel
llad nr Burt. and Paul and I.
Yoa ought to have seen us-ali
ogged for the rain, had on a coat
and cap OF my Cousin Jacks. But
ais wouldn't stay Oh so we put them
into eur pockets Then Barbara's
,air came down, completely such
lair. Betsy and every hairptn was
ost. tt was terrible wins OF
u Irs-. bat can't help thinking
that Barbara made the most OF It.
ssa knew very well that she looked
ike an October magazine cover, with
all that goldy brown mass OF hair
ayiug
She made the conventional fuss
said she couldn't go another step
and all that. Then DR. Burt asked II
she'd 20 provided Isabel and ! would
let down our hair, too Well, Bah
said she would. do think a girl
might be rast such tr.c.ks after
she's married though, OF colrse
as far las she knew well. any@al
YOU can inagine how | felt, Betsy
Little Isabel naturally diln't flin
sha SHOOK out her short pi@ta
without II murnag BIT SAID mn
That was the signal COZ uiitc.f.
Paul didn't do any thing cnlF hui
back and looked woFr.cl bit l.
Bari and Mr.. Morgan role dp a,oa
side mr pony. ana the more !
sisted that wouldn't take down n
tair, tie more they ins.at2d that
hoald. And snch inpeitinent JOKES
pr. Burt kept asking me ii there wa
anything I'd like to slip quietly into
his pocket He said his wife wore
one. and ne knew all about 1t Then
they all shouted except Paul,
At last Mr. Morgan had the eff
fronfer,e to begin pulling out my
hairnins, All DR.. Burt was starting
10 help him when / got on my dig
nifty. | told them | could do it.
rather than disaproint Uncle David
If Barbara insisted, bat that |
,hould do 1t myself Then ! ordered
hose two married men to ride ahead
With their own com, anioas. and did
in a way that made them go. That
eft Paul with me, POOR boy! He was
ryiagso hard to look indifferent
Well, / put up both hands and
aiefully extracted all the pins, hold
ng the coil of hair right In place UNI
Il tao last instant Then said, "oh.
see Isabel's horse"
While Paul was looking at the
horse let my hair drop over my
clt shoulder. and, at the same in
,tant, ran my hand swiftly down its
length iato the wide pocket OF the
coat was wearing. where | left my
hairpins ana well. yoI know.
TWAS the neatest thing In the wink
sof an eye. that unsaspeeting Paul
vas looking at me again, and there
[ was, calmly shaking out my name
and pinning the pocket shut with a
hatpin You know my hair doesn't
look so sparse when it's down. Betsy
It's only when rs up that 1t needs
the extra braid so much. It's rather
short. ~. 81 s5pe. bat it has kink
and a Huafness that help.
Anyway. both those married men
were perfectly crestfallen when they
glanced back. You'd think they had
eodnted on seeing me baldieadei af-
ter my topknot was down. Bat Paul
looked perfectly happy.
We rode like mad after that. not
to miss the train. and our hair
streamed olt behind like the heroine
In a novel. ani well. IL my checks
we're half as red or nv eyes half as
shiny as Bab's and lsabcI's We're, /
can't blame Paul yerg much for act
Ing Ike a goose ami calling M
'c.psy queen" and sIca names. Bat,
cetsy. from that hoIr things got Sc
rious put hin OF as long as !