The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-05-11
HE w AS
TOO KIND

Il ne girl with the coronation Dfafu
took three stitches on her embroid-
cry centarriece and then inspected
them carefully BY the way, Celeste,
she remarked, u saw you at the Bee
thoven club concert last night with
Fred Allson!" She raised her eye
brows -smilingly and her tone was full
Of meaning.
"You did. no doubt" affirmed the
girl with the black velvet bow in her
hair. "Wsat them" Her manner was
asgressiyeiy calm and unmoved.
why, nothing | suppose" replied
the Girl with the coronation braid
hastily. "Of course it's none Of my
business, dear. but every one knows
that Fred Allison is simple wild about
YOU and was only joking. anyway.
You surely know what people have
been saying
81 do know IT, broke In the igrl
with the black velvet bow, her icy dis.
pleasure giving way to open wrath.
Il also know that it makes me too ut
terly weary! For OF all the thick
headed, laundering inlbeciles on EARTH
that same Fred Allison is the worst!'
why, Celeste" cried the girl with
coral dropping her sewing in amaze
ment 1T was only a few weeks ago,
at the country club. that you said
Fred Allison was the handsomest man
there And that night you daGced
with him five times and an extra or
two"
did you COUNT" demanded the girl
with the black velvet bow. frowning
Certainly did," said the girl with
the coral beads so did all the other
girls And Harvey Emerson"
II had not met Mr.. Emerson at that
time stilly remarked the girl with
the black velvet bow,
"But how did yoG happen to 20 to
the Beethoven club concert with Fred
If you dislike him so?" demanded ev.
erybody at once.
"lIappen" said the center of inter
est, sarcastically. Happen! II was
because Fred happened to have an en-
gagement to call last night, that's all,
Fanny Thomas called me up on the
telephone In the morning TO ask ii
couldn't use two tickets for the con.
cert. as she and her brother We're sud
denly compelled to go out OF town.
said Yes gladly, because love mt
sic anyway, and since I've known Mr.
Emerson. who PLAYS the piano so
beautifully, my musical taste has real
~ developed.
ut occurred to me at once that II
Fred Allison hadn't been coming |
should have had a chance to ask Mr.,
Emerson to go with me He could have
explained all the movements aud ey.
erythiug But Fred was coming, so,
of course, | had 10 ask him. Still he
has had the grip aud the weather
was fearfully cold and / thought that
maybe he would excuse himself ANY.
way, | telephoned him, because if we
went to the concert he'd have to come
earlier than Just to make a call
"TEe minute he heard my voice he
said. WHY, | was just going to call
YOU mp
eyes? said I.
"T feel like a wreck to-day he
croaked. and If you could let me come
tomorrow night instead Of tonight
Certainly. said. before he had
the words out OF his mouth. Then 1t
| occurred to me that mustn't be i'm
| polite, so I added sweetly, I'm so
sorry, though because Fanny has just
asked me to use two tickets to the
| Beethoven club concert and"
"'And you want to go?' he asked.
ooh yes, of course stammered;
| but
Then I'll be there" said Fred,
promptly. I'm certainly not going to
disappoint you in thing like that
| She paused idiot" she concluded
shipping off silk thread viciously.
The girl with the coral beads gig
| gled Did you enjoy the concerto"
| size dShEu.
mo" said the other grimly. 81 saw
| everybody there that | ever knew and
they all smiled b!an9ly at me and
then looked knowingly at Fred. It's
| getting so bad that lot of my friends
won't ask RE 10 go out any more
| Some men feel that way about 1t
| you know, when they think some 9th
er man is girls fayorite."
Does Mr. Emerson feel that way?'
| inquired the girl with the coral beads
innocently.
"He does" responded the injured
one. With gloom And we sat direct
" "a front Of his sister and that Mr.
| Door who goes with her. ! hate tc
have any one know sitting behind
ne, anyway Don't you? You always
have feeling that the ends Of your
] false hair are sticking out"
| Don't you care said the girl with
the coronation braid soothingly
| Hers Is all false"