The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-12-07
A --FFERENT DAY
ry Marie Budd.

apple trees such i ma ! III bloom be
fore, they looa ike big balls OF
popcorn stuck together with pink
syrup, and the bees bu.ADling around
make me feel as !, should get busy
and go to sleep q to onct.
AS playful - breeze shook
the purple plumes 81 the lilac BUSH
and filed the air 4 Y tae.r frag-
rance, II stirred va, ,ieellng OF
unrest In Eunice's ". elderly
heart Just smell them laylocks"
she murmured. drawing lows breaths
OF enjoyment. II declare I'm GET
ting right heady. can't SETTLE down
to sewing no more'n there vas
circus In town.
II believe III pretend it's n,der-
en-; even II II amt she 'cIiei
with a reckless disregard for list
Ing circumstances
I'm make out I'm expecting Goa
pany; that'll make tnings seem din
erent, and won't be doing 20 ono
speck OF harm. 1t will give ME
sort OF squirt to slick things up.
There amt nothing like company ''r
making a body do what they atnt
used to-
Eunce spent delightful day
straying from the beaten path OF
duty. Her sewing, by whicn shs
eked out her slender income. lay
neglected AMI she sang happily an
she put her small domains into les
tive array.
BY o'clock the dainty lea table
| was laid in the shady parlor, and
Eunice, In her best black muslin.
was filing bowl with apple bios
| SONS, wnen she heard voice from
the front gate calling; Miss Eunice.
here's your paper
IF there aln't Dan Crosby with
the MALL" she CALCULATED.
Il clean forgot this was market
day" She hurried out to where
Dan sat in hts buggy. tanning his
good natured. sunburnt face with
his hat.
ANY news In town." she asked
eagerly
No. not a bit; everything dun az
ditch water. Was you expecting to
hear anytning?" he questioned as
the fact of her gala appearance
struck him
No; but II seemed as II there
| might be something happening" an
| swered Eunice vaguely
well. there wasn't. I've been
chasing all over the country after q
neifer OF mine that has got astray.
and I'm dead beat Amt had
bite since morning" said Dan. pick
ing up the reins with a tired sigh.
Eunice hesitated then with lit
tie flush of embarrassment she said:
Wont you come In and have tea
with me? I'm just going to set
down to mine,
Dan looked at ner In surprise. She
had never asked him before. al
though they had been neighbors since
they we're children; then he threw
down the reins with Watering alac-
rity, and accepted the invitation with
promptness that took Eunice's
breath away. While ne hitched up.
she sped excitedly back to the kit
chen.
Well" she gasped with hysteri-
cal little lauge, III amt cut looss
from first to last OF this whole en-
during day. Think of me asking
man to tea! Seems like Id lost all
track OF myself"
Look here. Eunice." said Dan az
10
caught sight of the tempting dainti-
ness of the tea table, you wasn't
expecting company was your" "No.
that is, I was and | wasn't. I thought
I'd think | was" wound up Eunice
incoherently.
After startled glance of astonish-'
ment, Dan said anxiously. You
ain't getting bstty are you, Miss Eu-
nice?"
Eunice laughed as she handed him
a fragrant cup of tea. We'll, she
said gayly, Il don't know but what
| am: leastways. | reckon I've been
today | don't know what come
over me this morning. but things
were SO fresh and pretty out of
doors, | got dead sick of doing the
same old things in doors, and
thought Id break loose and do
things different for this onct."
Dams mental faculties lost them
selves in a fog of bewiIderment as
ne strove Intellectually to follow the
headings OF her finer perceptions. To
him Il meant but one thing; she was
getting feebleminjed from being too
much alone.
'Tain't good for anyone to live
BY themselves" he said earnestly.
"Irs agin nature. Adam. he kicked
about It from the start out and folks
have kept on kicking about Ii ever
since
Miss Eunice. I'm going TO say out
what's been in my mouth TO say for
years. I've kept quiet about II be-
cause | knowed you'd never listen to
me as long as you had your invalid
ma 10 care for. Now, she Is dead
snd gone. and today Is the first good
chance I've had 10 say what I've
wanted to. Ever since you was knee