The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-10-31
his LOVE AFFAIR.

Everett sighed huge sigh. shes
an awful nice GIRL" he announced II
despairlng tones to the world In gen
eral.
This frank avowal of his emotions
OF course betrays the youth OF tht
speaker. In fact, he was only 8. HIS
chin was In his hand and his elbow
rested on his knee.
She's q 'nawful nice grill" he re-
peated. a trifle belligerently.
Who" asked his aunt, tearing
herself away from her magazine.
| "Margery." confessed Everett with
q smile which. had he been ten years
older, would have been self-conscious
Don't you think SOP
"oh, my, yes!" agreed his aunt
And so do lots Of other people"
do they?" asked her nephew, a
trife anxiously. Then he frowned
I'm going to marry her." he added
THAT will be nice,' said his rela.
| tive. Only isn't she a bit old for
you? She's IS. you know!"~
"Oh. I'll be Is SOON" Everett said.
1 confidently And she likes me, for
| she always smiles at me. She shows
| her teeth when she smiles and they
are just as whitel gave her lemon
| drop the other day."
Handing out lemons already"
murmured his aunt.
What's that?" demanded her neph-
ew.
Il was Just thinking" explained his
aunt. hastily.
Did you ever see the way she fixes
her hair?" went on the lovelorn
youth. ITS so pretty"
What is?" asked his aunt. who had
gone back to her magazine.
"Margery's hair" said Everett mo
body else looks like Margery, you
know. She's going to the party next
Tuesday afternoon and she's going to
dance with me. | asked her II she
wasn't. She's going to dance with me
lots-maybe six waltzes an six"
but, see here" objected his aunt,
you know there will be plenty of old
or boys there and they will want 10
dance with her, too. 1t might be that
she would want to dance with them,
so you mustn't be selfish. Just once
you may ask her, dear, no more!"
But she'll be dis'pointed!" objected
Everett, his face falling. She spects
me to dance lots with her! Did you
ever see the shoes she wears when
she dances? They are just as teeny
and have pointed toes an shiny buck
les ON EN-, She's goin to wear 'em
TO the party, for asked her-an' she's
goin' to wear pink dress When
see pink dress at the door Eli know
"She's 'naWfui Nice Girl"
Margery 'thout having to look hard.
Say don't you wish 1t was Tuesday
afternoon? | dol"
MY, yes" said his aunt. I'm just
living for Tuesday afternoon to come
myelf It's all | can do to wait"
You'll see her pink dress then and
the shoes said Everett. 81 know
Just how you feel" He sighed again.
Tuesday came and Tuesday went.
At home once more Everett did not
pour out the joyous condolences that
his aunt expected. He seemed alb
stracted and went to sleep eating
bread and milk
II was the morning after when she
went to waken him that he spoke of
Margery. His eyes were dreamy.
"She had flowers in her hair" he
said In awed tones
"Who?" asked his aunt. innocently.
"Margery" he explained In some
impatience at such stupidity. when
she smiles her eyes shine!"
did you have good timer" quer-
led his relative.
"Uhuh," said her nephew. AN |
danced with her twice, asked her
once n she asked me once"
"Then your happiness was com
plete, wasn't it?" said his aunt.
II d'now," said Everett. He sat up
IN bed and cloud crossed his pink
face. I've been thinking" he con
fessed. 1--WE been wondering-you see |
when she danced with me Margery |
smiled right into my cycc-an' her |
face was 50 close to mine-just as II |
she liked mo awfully, you know-and |
then-say, do you know she did ex
actly the same thing when she danced
with the other fellows that were big |
germ me! Why did she? Does she
like them. too?"
my graciousl" said his aunt TO the
electric light fixture, desperately.
Dearie." she said to the agonized
over. I'm afraid maybe she doesl"
Il WISH" said Everett. slowly and
sadly Il wish | hadn't given her that |