The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-09-06

HdliSh NAit' 49, 4
toned woman-no, it could not be
Mollie Kenton.
Idly he listened to the stirring words
of the speaker, his eyes occasionally
pausing in their wandering to rest on
her fair throat her queenly head or
rounded shoulder. He felt strange
lack of interest now, and his disap |
pointment was bringing him to reali
cation of the folly of making the un
warranted journey.
In the midst of his thoughts the
speaker ended and drifted lightly ava!
to the plaudits of the assemblage.
"Mollie grows younger every day!
remarked some one near by.
The professor opened his eyes
| quickly and glanced about. He tapped
i his neighbor lightly on the arm.
who was that last speaker NJ
inquired
That's Mollie Kenton! Don't you
| know herr"
His informant spoke in tone OF
surprise and Professor Draper leaned
Imply back In his seat.
Was that really Mollie? There was
something Of the miraculous Ill TINS
thing, and in an endeavor to account
for it on scientific grounds he became
calmer. He folded his arms and fixed
his eyes straight ahead. He was
aroused presently by his neighborS
rising and edging out into the aisle
unthnkingy he. too arose and forced
way down to the rear OF the nan
| He glanced at his watch~-it was
eleven o'clock. The program must be
well-ngh ended.
With feeling of loneliness he lef'
the hall and stood bareheaded in the
calm June night From the stage en-
trance a light shone, and as the pre-
fessor caught sight Of it his hosol
sweIled with recollections Of ofhe
, | times when he had watched that se.m'
| | stage door with palpitating heart an'
| heaving breast
/ And then, as he looked, o shaefs
I thrust forward, followed almost -
stantly by form. He knew her now
that telltale sweep Of the hands A.
they gathered the straying locks ave
/ matted them deftly to place. Eefott
4 he realized it he was stepping "
I | toward the light. In moment u
I stood at a point so near that anoth"
I stem would reveal his presence
I | RreathlessIy he stood and studied IN
i pirl-it was the same Mollie kenton
He stepped forward into the path Q
! light. The girl turned startled fac
] toward him as he came up the walk
"Why, it's Tom! Tommy Draper!
4 The girl reached out quickly an
I grasped his hand
oh, ii Is Toni" she repeated, Will
4 the professor flushed to his hair an
:, struggled to speak,
Yves, it's Tom" he said. And yc
= don't mean to say that you are II
he same old Mollie Kenton?"
"The same-only--a trine older"
She pushed him out at arms leng
az and surveyed him critically
10 my, But are you really such II
mendous professor as those loo
as would indicate? You are $3.50 st
ar dious looking, Toni"
"I-ah--I am trifie studious, | pl
dr sumo" he admitted.
ly II can remember when you
is Isn't IL a lovely night7 Is that an o
ed hooting, Tom? ?"
Some one blowing horn, judge
said the professor,
ly' She glanced at him with a fai
ny smile.
I'll, And 1t is fine EVENING"" he add'
aS alphabetically.
"IIl get my things, Tom, and Y
his can take me home, was going wi
sol Stella Tilton, but she has Ned Edge
yer to fall back on and won't be disi
nv pointed"
aH she whisked out Of sight, leaVi
az the professor dazed at the suddenne
of it all. It was just like the {
ne times. The same moon, the same re
0" full quiet, the same sprightly care-fr
VI: Mollie-all was as 1t should be
ccpt himself. He seemed SO mu
sed more adyanced--older and more
vas derby.
lla. In a moment the girl came out a
| seized MIS- arm Win an al vi pI1F
Try. etorship that made him vince,
ely switched him wholly back to tht
,rk other days
du. The walk home was strangely 10
his At times the moon opportunely lurE
n in the protecting lee Of interven
pro, clouds At the end the man who
ced | fingered ten years over his researc
nth | forgot his science In the possess
of his one perfect af1nity-the won
an who had fingered ten years, sustain
rise by her buoyant spirit, melted !
Its weakness as she realized the prese
Of the primal factor In her life.
,nly And, DEAR remarked Tom ORA
nee facetiously, Just before they Sc
rated, Il was wondering just recei
whom you had married never Dire
X, ing but that you were married."
" Eyes, Tommy" said the girl, as
49, pushed away from him. But nc
wondered whom was going to ma
knew that--you'd come back 81
~ timei"
"Ah--that is to say--as-----"
"That il to say that | knew the
sequences would be---would be
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