The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-03-10

young woman In the lavender dress
and with the deliberately coiled hair
You simply don't know
"Oh, | wasn't much hurt" broke il
the young man in a beautifully off
hand way as one to whom the sling'
and arrows of outrageous fortune
counted little.
Now, you say that just because
you are SO brave" the young woman
! declared. You wouldn't notice what
would simply crush an ordinary man
/ know YOU were almost killed. Tell
me all about it,"
well. l don't want to boast" said
the young man, but really | don't
| think many men would have got OF
as | did | have presence of mind II
| haven't much else worth while"
1.-THE idea" said the young woman,
as she opened the box OF candy.
why, / could maine heaps of fine
qualities you have You shouldn't
talk so about yourself
The young man waved a depreciat.
ing hand, but he beamed with salts
faction.
1T was so brave of you to fight off
that huge desperate robber,' went
on the young woman. Il am dying
to hear about it,
The young man hItehed around in
his chair and then honesty won ont
Il can't say thar he was 50 very big,
he confessed Il was a head taller
than he was and he didn't seem very
strong But then. on the other hand,
think I'd have done just as did
if he'd been a Samson!
cor course you would cried the
young woman You are the most
eckless creanre!"
Tie young man tried to look raik,
less But nearly choked because his
collar was so tight. lie stepped out
from behind the shelter of a tree and
/ could see the glitter of his revolver"
he said, by way OF beginning his
story
The young woman shrieked Good.
nessl" she cried ~You simply scare
me to death why l know I'll have
expired on the spot! You don't SUP.
pose there's a robber looking in al
the window now. do you? My. I'm
glad you're herel 1t makes me feel
perfectly safe"
Tfre young man crossed over and
sat beside her on the davenport.
There. isn't a thing to be afarid Of,
Sadie" he said, soothingly. Well,
then he ordered me to hand over my
money and my watch"
Think of it," cried the young
woman Then you Just doubled up
your fist aud knocked him away out
into the street, didn't you?' she
asked. eagerly Il can see you doing
It, II there Is one thing more than
another that I adore it is a brave,
brave mani"
The Young man shifted one foot
across the other and seemed TO ind
difficulty in speaking. "N-no, ! didn't
quite do that" he said. slowly. +
You see, that revolver looked mighty
businesslike. I told him l had no
watch and only 30 cents in my peck
ct, and when he. found out IT was true
1t seemed to irritate him. That was
when he knocked me down"
You poor boy murmured the girl
in a voice full OF emotion ITO think
of YOU suffering as you did! You
don't know how | felt when heard
it,"
Did you really?' asked the young
man. vel ! made up my mind that
when got mp I'd beat him within an
inch Of his life"
Il should say YOU did perfectly
right" cried the girl 1t was noble
Of YOU not 70 have done so before, but
after he treated you as he did am so
glad YOU punished him
There certainly wouldn't have
been much left Of the fellow" said
the young man. fiercely. Il had fully
made up my mind"
did he beg for mercy" asked the
girl. "or didn't you give him time?'
The Young man looked indignant.
What could you expect of a rascal
like that" he demanded. What do
you think he did? Ran away from
me- And by the time / was on my
feet he had disappeared,
What a coward" said the girl. Il
suppose your bravery alarmed him
And il was lucky for him
that he did run. because there is no
stopping Won when you begin to as
sert yourself. Well, ! think he just
about owes his life to his getting ont
Of your way In time"
Il think more than likely you are
right admitted the Young man as
he reached for her hand. Say. hon
est. Sadie. would you have cared very +.
much IF he bad killed me Chicago 4