The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-07-24
|-AVISION OF a.
| METROPOLIS
~ BY ,MADGE ELLSWORTH. !
Copyright by American Press Asso-
citation lsli

Of park oyerlooks the Hudson river
and the heights, or Palisades, ON tiE
opposite side.
one summer night young man IL
evening dress SAT on bench In Til
Riverside pnrk He had bcen durinl
the evening We'll, perhaps ii IL BETTE
not to shy where ile had been New
York IL au artificial rity and possess
es many attractions for those inclined
to gayely and at night IL ~ illumindt
ed pleasure ground, In It's streets. sonie
OF them bright almost AZ day viii
electric lights. one may see 4 mixture
Of every degree from The highest Il
the lowest,
This Young mau, a student IN Colum
bia college, had been spending .ta
evening 10 suit himself nnd befon
going 70 his rool near hy wished Il
get the air III Tie l,ark | was dt'~rr
ed except ~ himself, and he fGnH,
the change fruu the bcwildernG
crowds in the streets refreshing IL
sat some tiluc wiiliont II single per
son passing
Extremely drowsy. he was failing
into doze when he Suddenly became
! conscious thlt there was sonle one sit
ting on the other end OF the bench.
! Rubbing his eyes, he locked aud saw
Il young gin, her head resting on The
! back Of the hpilrh her face, whIrh
was very pale turned upward toward
| the stars She was nashiiy dressed
| and The student had but little doubt
as to the class to Which she belonged
He was about to rise and leave he
park when the alrl said in a faint
voiee;s
Take me 10 my foom.,
"Are you ii2" he asked.
Unto DEATH
"Where IL your r00In?"
"Not far. Come | will show you'
She put ouf her hand for him NJ he'll
her to rise, and h. noticed thatit w.s
cold. III assisting her no did not ueed
10 exert amy strength. for she WI,
light as feather Indeed, il did n"'
seem to him that there was any MeiEhl
nj al in her. She put her arm through
his and leaned on him, but still there
was no weight
Have you no home?" he asked
She shuddered Don't speak to M
Of home When girl comes from the
country TO New York home is o thing
Of the paSl
Not all girls"
They walked on In silence. The arm
resting On his was not only cold, like
her hand, but there Was dampnoss
about 1t that seemed 10 chill him "a
the very marrow Moreover, he fan
cied he heard faint gurgliug, like
running water The route TO her rood
lay through lonely streets, aud the
student would have been glad 10 "
free from her But Ae feared that. Il
he dlsengaged himself she would fail
So he walked on, constantly yielding
to the chill Of her presence as II q
woman Of ice were walking beside
him
There is a park on the other side d
the heights from the Riverside drive
and into this the tive descended. Pass
Ing a bench. the girl sank down int
IT, saying
II can't go any farther"
Seeing that she was falling from IN,
bench, he held her M and, believing
she had lost consciousness he ~ \ BIZ.
ont upon It. He clafed her hanGs am
famed her with his lat, atrir & T.
revive her FINDING Sat she siiil re
maincd unconscious. il put his Ia
down 10 hers 70 fearii If he cord de
tect warm lFe;tth He could not
Placing his 'iarHt en-. her helts lt
could not feel It's beaEing.
The student felf troubled lie WEI.
too chlyalrous 70 desert the girl. Whey
she came to eonScioWsness iimluI
herself alone might turn the scale
against her. And vet he was not
sire fhat she was4dead Suppose Inc
were foHnd In such atsituatidn With a
| dead girl His whole HE would bt
blighted. He knew moi what ~ do
He tried once more to revive his com
panlon and, failing. resolved to 20 f0l
| assistance. 1t would bc fur better fol
him 10 go, fiud some one 10 help ant
tell Il straight story than TO be found
at dead Of night With dead woman
| The park IL narrow, and the student
crossing 1t, entered one Of the streets
near by. Catching sight Of u police
man, he called to him aud told hin
there was a woman IN the park vile
needed assistance But few minutes
\ WERE required toigo to her, aud ON the
way the student gave the cop a bare
outline OF what had happened A.
they approached rlieir destination the
student was surprised TO find the
bench empty,
Thinking he had mistaken another
| for the one on which he had left the
| girl, he went to the next ON either
side. Both were vacant Then he
looked up at the cop and said in star
tied voice.
| "She's gone"