The Cairo bulletin., 1909-07-30
THE LOVE EXAMPLE.

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OF Dickens, trips to Niagara, house
hold magazines, feather busters, base
ball bats and red-dyed ostrich feath-
ers. II was the opera tickets for
! The Sultan of Kaboo," that fell to
Big Tim and to Maggie
Big Tim drew left F SO and Maggie
drew right ID IS. which were entirely
too far apart for lovers. Therefore,
Big Tim exchanged tickets with his
friend, Sullivan, the ice man. This is
how Tim and Maggie came to sit to-
gether for the first time in their joy
Gus lives in the parquet OF really
splendid theater.
After Big Tim had found the place
| for his hat and Maggie had begun on
her peppermint chewing gum. two very
fine people wedged in past them and
sat in + 64-65. adjoining. They were
people of SO fine texture that Big
Tim couldn't keep his shrewd, gray
eyes away from the mans sparkling
solitaire, and Maggie knew she would
give her eyes for fluffy, creamy dress
like the lady's. And for minute,
old ugly Envy crept in and spoiled
the lovers paradise,
But Big Tim soon saw that the
mans thin, patrieian face was very
set and stern, and that the lady,
though beautiful was unhappy He
nudged little Maggie and explained in
a horribly audible whisper:
Mag Mag-the big bloke's mad as
hornets and the lady amt any ways
tickled To DEATH"
Mag nodded, and the fine lady, who
had overheard, Redeemed, then laugh
ed. The man didn't laugh, but the
fine lines in his face relaxed little
The immense asbestos curtain rolled
roofward and the Court-of-Oly
curtain rolled after Big Tim and
Maggie gave their attention 20 the
opera. and it was not until the mes
senger OF the Bisara of ROongitang
surreptitiously kissed the sultan's
lovely daughter that Big Tim came
back to earth and noticed that the
very fine people were still in trouble
Our temperaments are absolutely
Incompatible, the lady was saying
YEARLY. las far removed as Plato
from Cinderella. And she sighed
The man answered with a look of
pain, 1T is your perspective. your
superactive habit OF analytical intro
spection. Elsie. That is all
Listen, Mag" commanded Big Tim
in another thunderous whisper, DE
high society guys is slingin French
Gee, such woids Dey'd break your
purity jaw bone
This time the fine man smiled, too
and his lines relaxed wonderfully.
But they were soon at it again.
This is the end, Elsie" the man
murmured. desperately; I suppose
you will never understand" And Big
Tim, hearing, took it upon himself to
explain,
"Ill tell you how 1t is lady. You
see. the sultan's girl wants to hook
up with the w. U. messenger from
RoongitGng, and de sultan's dead sore
Oh de deal
The man endeavored to frown Big
Tim into silence, but falling, laughed
outright and the lady gave little
sigh OF relief and regarded Tim with
twinkling eyes.
John she whispered "the big fell
lod simply won't let US quarrel. Wen
have to wait until we can carry it off
in private"
But Big Tim, who possessed a won
derful sense of hearing, had even
caught the whisper He turned to
Maggie, who was watching the red
headsmen of Mogadore sing seesaw
songs with Little Miss New York on
right center. Mag" he whispered, 80
that the man In the box Office heard,
its a lovers quarrel Now, If 1t was
me an you we'd make up" And Big
Tim kissed rosy Mag, right there in
tue COSliy palqutt.
The fine lady saw and, somehow, O
tiny tear trickled from her brown
eyes, down, down, over pretty pink,
checks. upon the fluffy, creamy
gown of worth. And Big Tim saw the
tear he thought that the man had
forced the tiny drop, and he scowled.
But Maggie was Juggling at his arm,
Tim" she whispered, look. They're
tcget her-the lovers-Roxane, the sui
tan's daughter. and Fantan, the mes
senger,"
Tim looked and saw that 1t was
true The brave royal messenger had
the dainty little princess-girl in a
shell of boat on a papier mache sea
of blue, and they we're singing and
cooling And Big Tim could under
stand this
oh, Mag!" he cried; and with a
hundred insignificant people looking, |
he kissed his true love again and |
again. AS he looked up from the last |
fond salute, the people were leaving. |
The lads looked radiantly from hsr
brown eyes.