The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-08-10
LOVE I'M "A
GARESE:: I'M
by MARY PAR MEErER

! when a young man and a girl tax,
10 gardening together CUPID slnii@
! mcgrily, knowing his task half accom-
| plished When Arthur Cord and MaN
Black began tho experiment az tl8
yellow pink he must have laushe
aloud
Arthur adored May and May loved
him, aud Arthur knew II, but Tie sh'
little woman couldn't be brought 4
admit the fact even to herself liut
! Arthur was the only one OF all he
lovers whom she permitted to aid he,
in the garden, from which fact hi
drew little comfort one day wAc
she had expressed wish for soat
floral novelty with which 10 win pos
sible reRown at club flower SHOW
to he due In few months a bright
idea struck him
May. he plead softly. ~ pgoduc
for YOU something absolutely noycl wa
yellow pink, say--wll you say Yes t.
the question I've asked you SO often2
May regarded him steadily for a
moment, then she dimpled and smiled
in most alluring manner
"Yes-if yen really produce a yel
low pink" she said.
An anxious--not 10 say strenuous
time followed for Arthur who found
his task by no means easy Again and
again he began to hope that success
would crown his efforts again and
again the desired tint failed to ma
terialize, lie had small good of the
summer though May allowed him
more time with her in the gardea
every time he thought OF the coming
dover show he felt his heart sinking
At last came August and the week
before the shows opening And only
one of his numerous floral expert
ments offered him the slightest hope
For the next seven days he watched
that one flower as a mother watches q
sick child or a new bride her nus
band May watched it almost as much
and anxiously though she didn't let
Arthur suspect It, The day before
the shows opening the flower opened
also. But. alas, it was not a clear
yellow 1t was only yellowish shade
of pink
Had Arthur been a woman a fit Of
tears would have marked this dis
coyery, which he made alone and
in the early morning never dreaming
that from her curtained window May
looked on and felt almost as disap-
pointed as he when his gestures and
bearing told her the truth about the
ilower, As Il was, he swore a little
softly. sat down upon the garden seat
near aud despairingly waited for May !
to arise and come into the garden
She always worked there for an hour
before breakfast. and part Of Arihur's
anwonted nervousness was due TO his
devoted practice of working there i
With her lie sat up late every even
ing with May when she would permit !
him, making III lost work when she
would not And for him was No cool
md comfortable afternoon nap TO re.
lair the ravages Of lost sleep. 4
Il may as well wait ami let her
know at once he now decided, yield
ng to inter depression Il did 50
nope l could hold Ter to her prom
Sc Now, the little mischief, She's
safe to begin the waiting business al
,ver again
But when May stole to his side he
vas struck by an unwonted gentle
Tess IN her manner She synpathized
With his disappointment so sweetly
hat despair grew upon him, thinking
If all he had so narrowly missed At
asst. feeling that he could bear no I
more or longer. he rose to go.
May accompanied him as far as the
secluded arbor in the corner ana
here she halted, looking up at him
weetly, while he again fretted at fate.
II only that blessed thing had been
GLOW" he mourned. his eager eyes
Ipon her
Il wouldn't worry about it-dear.
he whispered Tit looks quite
elbow 10 met"