The Cairo bulletin., 1911-02-20
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Copyright /, american Press Assoc
ci0tinn, 1911.

ness. Anyv ay, | have, seem your
husbah' he's run away with my wife"
"fo' mean, Mr., Todler, thet your
wife run away with my husban"
Its just as bad one way as t'othcr
I'm goin' to shut my baby boy up and
never let him see gall said Mr.. Tod
Ter.
Il was thinkin o dom the same
with my baby gal"
I'VE mought do ii up hyar in these
mountngs and bring 'em clean up
without the boy seem gal or the
gal boy
ITS powerful lonesome Nobody
ever comes UP hyar unless it's rev.
enuc men lookin' TO stills
"Waal, mornin', Miss Barker"
"Mornin', Mr.. Todler
The homes of these two persons were
far upl in the highlands Of east Ten
nessce. They were successful In keep.
ing their children from seeing one Of
the opposite sex TIL they were sixteen
years old. Then the boy demanded
gun. His father gave him one on con
dition that he never hunt off the III.
closure But one day the youngstnr
followed a bird from tree to tree Till
he got on to Mrs Barker's premises
There, sitting under tree knitting, he
saw Miss Barker They looked at each
other I'D astonishment.
'Oh, mother" called the girl, come
here! There's the funniest thing you
ever saw"
But Mrs. Barker was not within
hearing
You mean" said young Todler, that
you are the funniest thing in the
world. Queer. isn't 1t! You can talk
just like man, only your voice Is
different"
You must be some kind of wom-
an"
"You must be sone kind Of n man.
Il know; mother often told me that
there was thing like YOU that ! must
keep away from. She says they poi
son women's lives. She's always been
afraid I'd meet one of them"
Pops told me the same thing about
what he calls n she man. He said
one of them wrecked his life"
"Wellp said the girl, ~ don't see
anything so terrible about YOU"
"Nor about you" ~ .e ~,
She approached him, put her hand
on his shoulder, drew 1t away quickly,
put it on his neck, took off his hat and
combed his hair with her fingers. He
touched her cheek
"Arc you going to bite meT' she
asked
'Not I. Have you got any poison
about you?"
"Polsonl No. Why do you ask
that|
Pop oaya these she men are vlpers.
That means snakes. Most snakes are
poisonous"
"Your pop must be horrid."
She pattcd his cheek with the palm
of her hand. He put his arm around
her waist. With the other hand he
pulled her chin around near his face.
Instinct told him to touch his lips to
hers. M
isn't that nicer he said.
"Kind o nice"
"Do you wish me to do it againT
81 don't care"
He did 1t again and again. Then he
noticed her hair done up in u knot at
the back Of her head Pulling at 1t,
he at last got the hairpins out, and
the coil fell on her shoulder.
"By gum" he exclaimed. What In
thunder do you let your hair grow
like that forf"
"Why do you cut yours OFF,
Following a natural inclination, these
two young things chung to each other
the boy winding his arms about the
girl and the girl about the boy.
"Tm thinking" said the girl.
"About whatT
"My MON has warned me against
yopr Mind, and your pop has warned
yohs at&iinst my Kind If we tell them
anything about this they'll tie us boil
up the way they do the dogs"
eve needn't tell"
Suppose we don't"
They concluded that they were toe
near the she-mans mother for safety
so they strolled away to safe dis
lance and remained together severn
hours. When they separated the he
woman kissed her. which shows plain
!, ~ that lovers kisses at meeting ant
parting are a matter Of instinct.
4 When the Girl went into the house
and met her mother she said not,
word about the queer creature sh'
had met And this shows that prime
law of nature with the sex Is to ge
the better oe each other, which enables
them to get the better of their hus
bands. Her mother asked her wher'
she had been SO long, and she said sh
had been out IN the woods listening t
d frog croasing In the creek. A quee
sound came from II she had neve
heard before.
When the boy went home his fathe
asked him il be had had any luck. II
replied that he had seen a bird o
paradise, but II was so beautiful h
hadn't the heart to kill it. His fathe
suspected from an Observation-Disclosures
about his boy that he had seen Il CIR
He asked what the bird looked like.
pretty near as big as la big tor
knot at the back of its head and n
legs. AT least could not see any"
The father rroaned