The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-06-23


mobile down an avenue when | met
another machine, on the back seat of
which sat the girl whom nobody
knew. There was an amused smile ON
her face as we shot By each other. |
determined to turn and follow her that
I might see where she lived or at any
rate, get some clew to Der identity. !
slowed mp and brought my auto about.
then started back. | put on sufficient
speed 10 oyertaise the other car and
came so near rbat, happening to turn
her head, she saw me,
"At that moment a policeman who
had been chasing me overlook me
and called on me to stop. Not daring
TO disObey the mandate OF an officer
Of the law. was Obliged tu come Ia
halt The girl / had been following
saw the Whole thing aud laughed The
policeman took me to The station, and
paid fine for speeding.
Mad is the only word that describes
my feelings. What could do? | had
lost my chance aud might never have
another.
But 1 did. One day was on
train. II was summer time, and every
window was open We came to a stop
at Il station. w0s reading Il news
paper. A train coming from the oppo.
site direction steamed up 70 the station
and stopped. the tw., trains remaining
side by side for several minutes. Then
[ heard the other train begin to move.
Looking up from ms paper, there in
window directly opposite mine, slow
iy moving away from me. with an
amused smile on her face--indeed.
mischief in her eye was the girl
whom nobody knew /
"As soon as she had passed ont of
sight snatching my belongings. |
arose and ran out Oh the platform.
intending to board her train, but she /
was in the last car saw ii pulled /
away with accelerating faptdity, Nev |
ertheless | ran after 1t and as did so /
saw the girl that nobody knew with |
her head out OF the window laughing !
at me. For few minutes gained !
on the train. then it pulled away from |
me and gave up the race.
Again | was plunged in the depths
of despair, OF. rather, | was all nerv !
isned up at these misadventires. and +
somehow | seemed TO be coming un
der spell. Every time | saw that
amused smile it threw me into
worse condition than before. ! was
simply being tantaized to madness.
Singular. wasn't IT."
Every"
ut was about six months after this
that my friend Jimmy Duttun was
married. We had been chumS for
years. and nothing would do but that
I must be his best man He made an
engagement with me to take me to
call ON the young slady who was to
be his brides maid OF honor. We call.
ed the evening before the wedding,
but the young lady, Miss Pemberton
sent down word that she was sick in
bed trying to brace herself up to be
able to officiate the next day. This
tcudtiSu IL luDOSSlDlP IOT us 10 meet
till just before the ceremony.
1.-THE next day the groom, attended
by his supports. leading. marched
down one aisle Of the church. while
the bride marched down another.
When we ali met Mt the chuncel who
do you suppose | met face to face as
the maid OF houorr'
1.-THE giri whom nobody knew"
Eyes"
What did she do: How did she
meet yuu:"
"Shs Iarghed."
Not Very Accomplished
Gerald My dog knows rs MITCH as |.
Gerailine-Why don't you srt an in
tcliigent dog?-AChicsso Record-llerald.
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