The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-08-09

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pond the crowd pressed close. Small
boys sat on the banks of dry grass
that had long given up trying to iinl-
tate nature, and scattered paper bags
and advertising material on the un-
complaining trout The marke )
rested undisturbed on the dirty wat
er, untouched BY the hook in thu
hands OF the embyro sportsman who
stood on the end OF the pier. wildly
attempting to cast.
Well down toward the end OF tLs
pond young woman In browl
suit edged her way through tn,
! crowd. After much pushing. sh }
gained position In the front row,
and stood watching the pier, The
frantic young man reeled up his lin,
and departed An Official with 4
megaphone took his place.
MIR. Alylen Mclean win cast
| first Handicap. s feet, Mr. Nc
Lean Is now casting Mr.. Mclean"
he booted to either side
The girl in brown watched The
pier carelessy. When Mr.. Mclean
appeared she gave sudden stat
and her dark cheeks flushed, Then
she leaned more firmly on the baak.
her chin In her hands.
Mr.. Mclean advanced. unreslei
his line, made a few preliminary mo-
tons and nodded unconcernedly 10
the timekeeper. Behind him. eager
~ watching his prowess, erouched
his sworn friend and ally, DR.. Max
we'll, muttering encouragement and
| cheer
Again and again Mr. Mclean cast.
The crowd, attentive, critical, ar
plauded The girl watched, her eyes
never leaving him. AT last he seemed
TO become conscious. His eyes
wandered from the markers and his
arm lost some of its steadiness. Th9
| girl smiled slowly.
/ And then he saw hor. Her brown
| eyes looked steadily into his meet
| ing his look with frank recogni-
ton while the red lips curved in a
merry smile.
| 1t was her face, the face he hal
/ been longing to see Stree that day lat
summer when he had seen it for the
Arst and only time. Then it had
! looked at him from a background OF
green bushes. and now it gazed out
among hundreds of other faces, bat
| 1t was still the same. He had been
! following a winding brook among
| the New Hampshire hills. making a
/ desultory cast now ana then, when
/ suddenly, around bend he had come
upon her. She was sitting on rock,
| her blue bingham skirt held care
| fully about her knees, her feet dab
bling In the cool water. He remem.
| bered now her cry of dismay whan
she had seem him. and how she fed
from the rock and UP the bank.
But once among the bushes she had
! turned and laughed at him. even as
she laughed now
| Allan, for heaven sake, what Is
It? Have You seen a ghost? Ninety
/ seconds gone, man, and there you
stand. What ails yoa?'
| DR. MaXwell's voice recalled him
to his surroundings He squared his
NAIR EN0 AbA " ~ Va ana 1i&~
ed his arm But he could see only
the girls face, and his hand shook
TIE hook flew out far TO one side.
A girls shrek rang through the
Stiffness The girl in brown pressed
her hand to her cheek and took 1t
away, dripping with blood Then
she quietly slid down on the bank.
Mr.. Allan Mclean dropped his rcd
and leaped from the pier. Dr. Max
we'll was close second Cries and
commands filled the air. Dr. Max
well pushed Mclean to one side and
lifted the girl. He made a quick
examination.
stand back" he shouted, don't
crowd Its only flesh wound She's
-fainted that's all" When she came
to herself there was a hospital dress
ing on her face and strange young
man bending over her.
Don't be alarmed You're all
right. It's most distressing acct
dent. but | was fortunate enough to
be on hand with my kit, and / doa't
believe it will leave a very bad scar.
cant tell you how badly my friend
feels. He viii never cease to regret
his clumsiness. And now If you viii
tell me where you liye. my auto IS
at the door. and I'd better take yoa
home
You're very kind" she answered.
In shaky voice. Her pretty chin
qmyered. 1t was my own fault. /
shouldn't have tried to make him
look az me. I'm Margaret Perry.
and I'm stopping with my aunt"
She named the address 'I'd like
to go home. please"
II was really surprising how many
calls Or. Maxwell was Obliged TO
make TO be absolutely certain that
that flesh wound was healing pro-
perly. And when it was healed he
seemed professionally Interested II
the scar.
When Miss Perry returned TO New
Hampshire, DR.. Maxwell sent and re-
ceived daily bulletins