The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-06-12

Effie-Effie is my niece--is a good
| girl. but impractical She is an or
| phan and was left to my care and
| guardianship by my sister who was
nve years older than |. promised tc
bring Efie up properly, do the best
could with her property and see thai
she married we'll She is now eight
cen. and I'm very much afraid she is
leaning toward that beggar Lawrence
Beckwith. Therefore | ann going tt
attempt to throw her In the way OF
Martin Sayer Mr. Sayler is thirty
six. we'll off and has an excellent so
cia position. don't believe In girl:
marrying men OF their own age a
girl needs man older than herself te
keep her in training.
Summer has come. and have
house party at my cottage at Lake G
left Beckwith out of my invitations
and included Sayier SayIer f. get
ting bald. and there are a few grey
hairs about his temples. but don
care for that OF course ! haven't
said word to Ell about what 1 III
tend for her-~that would spoil IT all
But I've told Sayler OF course be
couldn't say anything definite. He
only remarked that to win my niece
should make any man very happy and
very proud. | am well satisfied with
the way the affair Is progressing.
Eff proposed that we go up to the
end of the lake on picnic. We went
In boats. pulling up In the morning.
having our lunch In the woods. and
back in the evening As our party
consisted OF eleven we required six
boats. for we proposed to have only
down to get into the boats. Effie said
that she would pull the boat with only
one In it herself. What did she do but
get into 1t and pull away, leaving Mr.
Sayer standing with me. He very 20.
litely handed me into boat and got In
himself, The others paired off as they
liked
We hadn't gone mile before l saw
Eff ahead. making a landing at the
point where the railroad station is
located Before we reached her
man got into the boat with her. and
she pulled on up the lake. | wondered
who be was and what 1t meant. /
couldn't understand Sayier's action at
all He didn't seem bit huhty when
Efie pulled away alone or when she
took In a companion. He made him
self as agreeable TO me as If had been
Fife. But men have way of conceal
ing their feelings. | wish we women
could do that.
When we reached the end of the lake
who should help me out of the boat
but Lawrence Beckwith. | was never
SO astonished In my life.
why" l exclaimed, what brought
you here?"
THE purest luck. It's mighty |
strange how things happen sometimes
i was on train that stopped at a |
station. AT that moment your niece !
rowed up to a landing waved my
hief to her and called to her |
She asked me If wouldn't like to 20 I
on picnic. said would, and here
am"
THAT'S very strange coincidence"
! said coldly. II wonder how it could
have happened"
"strangest thing in the worldr' he
replied
Mr. Ssyler turned and looked out on
the lake.
Ell went Off with Lawrence, aud
Sayler couldn't very well do anything |
else than attend upon me You sec.
oil the others were mere bows and
girls. and Sayler and were the only
elderly persons In the party | was
very much mortified at Eff's action.
IL put me In an unpleasant attitude
towards the man ! had told wished
him for her husband #t
( However, he didn't seem to feel 80
awfnlly disappointed. AIT anygrate. ho
20 as the best Of ~, not showing any
.s.sE aaslre. All the hoy and e.rlscoi-
plesaof the party went Off IN different
leaving Sayier and me
flo.s tosgst what supplies WI needed
q. ::y9ct Ee took "a ..c& coss q or
sssa.u.
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