The Cairo bulletin., 1907-11-19
THE SKIRMISH|

Tia girl with the golden vanity
bag looked determined. "lf y were
ANYTHING else on earth but charity
bazaar, ] would gladly lend my as-
| sistance," she said. "But the very
Thought OF the last one ] was III
gives me nervous prostration.
"Bnt," insisted the girl with the
blue-topped shoes, ''you would make
such stunning gypsy. Besides,
we're going to read by cards and not
by palms.
4 Don't please. 1t sounds just Ike
the last one Miss Perkins inveiglcd
me with Just such subtle art. she
told me first about the poor Girl
| babies in India who were fed alive TO
the crocodiles just because they were
girls. She ended by SAYING that |
would make lovely geisha girl IN
her Japanese booth Well, thought
If | could really help to keep a lot
of babies from being swallowed alive
BIZ crocoaiIes it was plainly my duty
to do ii. yielded and got Q gor-
geous kimuno. with birds iyins al
over 1t.
Miss Perkins made Us up for the
onening night | mad two chrysail-
themums topping over my ears ana
halfdozen fans In my hair, When
Miss Perkins wanted to rouge my
checks told her that mine were PINK
enough already. Tess Summers re-
marked that it was very clever Of
me to put on my makeup at home.
as it really saved time. THAT made
ME angry. so when she asked me y
didn't think her costume artistic,
told her sweatly that 1t was indeed.
4 for 1t made me thing OF my. artist
palette III home. That was the way
| / started Off the evening.
/ Ne rallied some china tea sets
In our booths and Miss Perkins sent
tbe gitls round the hall with chances
to sell saw Ted over at the flower
booth and Tess saw him at the
same time. we both made d dash
but reached Ted first and held my
chance book right under his nose
IIe sald he would take alt nay chances
Il would 50 into the cafe with him
and have something to cat. Of
course since ! had sald an my chan
ces i thought 1t wasn't wasting any
tinic, SO went in With TED
u was enthusiastically explain.
tne to him all about the babies and
the crocodiles when Miss Perkins,
with 4 where is-she- air that sent tine
chills along my spine, came I'll. she
saw the chr1 sauthemums above my
ears and came directly over to our
table. She asked me III | woalda :
kindly give her my chance book, al
the other girls we're probably losing
opportunities OF selling them. She
apoIpgizeh sarcastically for interrupt
! ing our conversation | took nice
bid OF chicken salad before | answer
ed her, as | was too angry to speak.
! when / bad myself under fair con-
, troll told her that ! regretted very
, much that couldn't oblige her, as
had already sold my S. worth OF
chances on the 50-cent tea set.
She said then II didn't mind
she would like 10 have me serve tea
I'm the Japanese booth the rest OF the
evening. Ted asked If he might
come ana squeeze the lemons and
Miss Perkins went away with hel
head IN the air You see, Tess Sum
! mers is Miss Perkins, niece isn't II
perfectly obvious?
We'll / went back into that stufl
booth and poured tea. Ted cams
over in few minutes, but Tess cor
nered him and fixed his tea anc
air;ed with him on one of the BAN
boo seats right before my eyes.
g overheard Ted ask her If she didn'
u think my costume becoming. Silt
e nodded her head emphaticaIiy ant
ID said it certainty was a dear kimono
q the fying-bird pattern was so un
usual and quite my style. The gen
erai effect was extremely Eighty sh'
said and giggled Ted laughed too,
Il was so euraged that IMroppet
: a whole lemon into cup OF tea tina
was passing and splashed the te
ell over Miss Perkins embroidere
: simono She almost vept then an
!, sail she uoul relic q ea { seem
(, ea nrr,oue $50 she Gase me som
moro -i, 10 sell in the hail Tho
left Ted to Tess tender arts. I Noub
have cried II hadn't been afraid O
IT spelling my japanese face.
e as went out of the booth ! al
a most kpocked over the Japanes
ID dragon. but I wouldn't have care
ID much II the Whole booth had tumt
ID led down. saw Charley Wake
g over in the gypss tent. The gyps
girls haveat yet forgiven me 70
taking him away and bringing hii
over to our japanese booth.
&c we sat on the bamboo seat. mel
G. 10 Ted and Tess. Ted didn't seem
70 be very happy aud ! heard him te
10 Tees that il she didn't mind h
n Nolld rather write out . check tina
% drink ans more tea At 30 cents
cup. Later somebody made an al
dress and Ted managed to get mel
TO ne When Tel whispered ths
4 he thought it was time for me TO g
y home I vas just about ready {
" burst into tears. asked him {
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