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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-06-20
CHAPTE XXI.
Words Of Love.

In spite Of the fact that he was
armed the advantage was all with mo
His grip on the girl dragged FER TO
the ground with him. but abe rolled
aside as we grappled like two wild
beasts, my fingers at his throat. |
knew the strength OF the man, but
my first blow had sent his brain yesl
ing, while the surprise of my uneX-
pected assault gave NE the grip
sought He struggled to one knee,
wrenching his arms free, but went
down again as my fist cracked against
his jaw. Then it was arm to arm,
muscle to muscle. every sincw
strained as we clung to each other,
striving for mastery He fought like
a fiend, gougiHg and swapping to make,
ne break my hold. but | only ciung
he closer, twisting one hand free
and driving ny fist into his face. At
last | gripped his pistol, wrenched 1t
forth, and struck with the butt. He
sank back. limp and breathless, and
| rose to my knees looking down into
the upturned face. Almost at the mo-
ment her hand touched my shoulder.
rs he dead? Have you killed him.
Ear from it, l answered gladly
"He is merely stunned, and will re-
vive presently, bat with sad head
ache. | would not have hit him, but
he is a stronger man than /.
"Oh. you were justified, 1t was done
to protect me. ! knew you must be
somewhere near"
"You were waiting for me?"
"Yes-no; not exactly that, I was
in the summer house; / did not mean
you should see me, but wished to
be sure of your escape; I-I-of course
was anxious"
81 can easily understand that, for you
have assumed much risk-even ven
tured the life Of the devoted Peter"
ooh, no; you rate my devotion too
high by far. Peters life has not been
| endangered"
But the guard told me he was the
| direct cause of all that firing beyond
the ravine."
The starlight revealed the swift
merriment in her eyes.
"I-I-well, | believe he was orig
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-06-20
Safety Play Counted.

The subject Of kissing before en-.
.gagements for marriage" came up at
q whist club of half a dozen married
couples. 1t turned out that not one
of the women had been kissed untll
her troth was plighted. One OF the
men had poor memory: 1--WE used 10
kiss, sometimes, didn't WEI" he said
to his wife mo, SIR" she said with
deep Indignation; you tried to. and
you fought for the privilege, but you
never succeeded" lis that so?" the
husband remarked; i've kissed so
many" whats that? What did you
say?" the wife asked. There was
pause. Intense but suppressed excite.
ment was visible on the faces of the
other married men. Il say" said the
husband, Il have kissed you so many
times that | can't remember when 1
began Then the other married men
breathed more freely.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-06-20
CANARY is PLUMP AND HAPPY
Absent.Mlnde Woman Discovers Why
She Wanted Telephone Opera
tor to Call Her.

Absent-minded persons sorely try
the patience Of girls In the New Ro-
chelle telephone Office. Not long ago
a woman confessed hrself subject 10
extreme forgetfulness and requested
the day operator on her exchange to
ring her up every morning at nine
o'clock A week later she said:
Central. what was it I wanted You
to call me for at nine o'c!ock?"
81 dou't know" said the girl. "Yol
didn't tell me. You just asked me to
call at nine o'clock"
TOO bad" said the woman. 4
know there was something ! wanted
to do every morning at nine o'clock,
but I cent for the life of me think
what it was"
The nine o'clock calls continued,
however, and several days later the
woman took central into her conf
dence again.
Il have found out why wanted TO
be called" she said. "A friend had
given me canary and wanted to
make sure Of remembering to feed IT..
The poor little thing is nearly starved.
Hereafter when you ring won't you
just say, Feed the bird and I'll go
straight and do IT,
Central promised, and the neglected
canary Is now a plump and contented
bird.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-06-20
Indication of Character,

InsinceHty In dress IS n very good
indication Of other kinds OF insinccri
ty, end IL woHau's lingerie does not
accord with her dresses, you may DO
pretty sure that her actions Will not
accord with her words.
There is besides, nothing SO salts
flying as the feeling Of being we'll
dressed all the way through There
is nothing which gives such perfect
poise and grace as the consciousness
of well.htting undergarmeRts and q
retticoat OF which one need not be
ashamed. The woman who puts all her
spending money into the things that
show" feathered hats, silk gowns,
chiffon blouses, etc. and is willing to
go about wearing the cheapest OF I'M
derskirts and stockings, Is rather like
the hypocrite who could carry whole
load of secret sins hidden beneath a
smiling countenanca.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-06-20
ADVICE TO EMBRYO POETS
Fret Efforts Should Not Be Directed
to Subjects That Would Test
Genius.

+" Far. far Ia II from our wish or In
tention to hurt anybody's feelings, but
We do wish to state, very, very gently,
that one Of the most difficult tasks q
real poet, experienced and skilled in
the practice OF his art, could under
take, won!d be to write an adequate
and fitting poem on the loss of the IT.
tanic. For anyone else to attempt It
Is to invite inevitable failure. and fail
ure OF a kind that--well, OF q kind
that It would be unkind, In the circum-
stances, to characterize.
To lie deeply and sincerely moved
is one Of the requisites for writing
noble verse about tragic episode In
human history. but 1t Is far from be-
Ing the only requisite, and, with all
respect for their emotions and inten,
tlons, we would suggest that those
who have only a desire to express
hat they feel In regard to this calam
oAa event should do 1t otherwise than
81 verse. At least they should moi
y to get the ver Q printed. for by &C
dciag they place upon the winnowers
az ntetrichl offerings the always pain
f.i iuty to be cruelty kind,
Az Surely, surely. surely. q first effor'
tywywrite poetry should. not he on 3
!: ,.ct that would test all the powers
Ga iuns.tystsd genius.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-06-20
when the attention Of The SUI
ttix il sailed to any nisstatemeni
4 fact or to any error soneerzint
any man or thing, eor-sstioas sill
sheeffally b. made.
Protecting Life on Railroads.

The toll,of life and limb taken by
American railroads has lsng been
a, standing reproach. There is now
welcome sign that the roads them
selves are adopting more or less ed
fectiye methods OF cutting down the
frightful accident list. One OF the
contributory causes, for which the
public itself is largely responsible,
is trespassing on railroad property,
The method now being generally EN-.
ployed to combat this evil is through
public warnings. The people must be
educated into keeping off the tracks
President James McCrea of the Penn
sylvania in q recent magazine ar
ticle called attention to this and a
kindred form of earelessness. He
said:
1T is horrible to me to think OF
the number of trespassers that are
killed or injured on the lines of the
railroads simply because they pay no
attention to the laws on the sub
ject. On the Pennsylvania system
alone. In the last ten years, there
were $3.50 trespassers killed and
1886 injured. The danger to the
public due to the custom OF carry
ing concealed explosives on passen-
ger trains and trolley cars is also
very great. To what extent this
practice is INDUCED in of course we
cannot tell, but we know that it Is
done much more than is realized by
the public"
Another source of danger is the
carelessness of employees as to thei"
own safety. The Northwestern has
organized regular campaign to edu-
cate them against taking chances.
with the recult, as recently reported,
that there were 107 fewer deaths
and 3,996 fewer injuries during the
past sixteen months than during the
sixteen months preceding. The conf
mittee making this campaign con-
sists of $50 officers and men dis
tribnted throughout the system. Its
chairman says, I'VE must aim to
stop making cripples, widows and
orphans " IN
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-06-20
Gifts for Filipino Trihesmen.

While travelling around among these
people Of the mountains the giving or
presents enters great deal into the
methods of treating with them. AS
rule the gifts which are acceptable are
mere triflcs. Among the lfugaos a GUS
tom formerly required them to wear
in The hair a white ROSTERS feather
on fiesta days. More recently a strip
of onion skin tissue paper an inch
wide has been introduced, and 1t IS
now the universal present from the
secretary on his visit. These papers
are worn as n sign Of holiday, and
after the fiesta Is over they are care
fully preserved till another occasion
calls than forth. The Ilongots ana
calingas like beads, and a common
bead of imitation agate which Is worth
few cCntavos in Manila has Its
value enhanced till it Is worth so CEN
tavos in the hills. Scarlet cloth Is
also acceptable to the 1fugaos and
Ilongots. One OF the very highest
prizes OF all Is the pearl oyster shell,
ard several of these are always taken
along. A great deal of discretion must
be exercised in giving such presents.
so as not TO cheaper them, nor to
place them in the hands Of the wrong
peo2le.--Manila Times.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-06-20

Twenty thousand minute pieces o.
wood entered into the construction OF
an deliberately ornamented Notre Dame
cathedral clock made by James Cal
way OF Show hogan, Me. This clock,
which is finely carved, stands seven
feet and ten inches in height and took
Mr.. Galway six long years to complete.
In the upper story six folding doors
open every ten minutes and the apos-
ties appear marching in time to an
air played by large music box that
Is governed by the clock, each one
bowling before the Savior as they pass,
except the fourth one (Which repro
sents Peter, who turns his back upon
the Savior, and the devil comes out
of the top Of the clock and blows a
trumpet in honor Of Peter.
The second story is in the form OF
a mansion with double doors IN trent
which also open every ten minutes
Lazarus appears at the rich mans
door and on Bonded knees asks fer
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-06-20
LOSING a King.

One OF our naval officers tells OF an
incident that occurred when an Ameri-
can war vessel was lying at anchor
in a European port, on which occa-
sion It was visited by monarch and
his suite.
One Of the members OF this suite,
Respondent In gold lace and decora-
lions, with big sword at his side and
sporting a huge mustache, was explor-
ing the skip, and, being ignorant Of
things nautical, had leaned against the
main.hatch windsail. mistaking IT for a
mast. OF what ensued the officer OF
the deck was informed by the boat
swain's mate, who had seen the catas-
trophe and who broke the news Of 1t
thus:
"You will excuse me. sir. but think
one of them kings has fell down the
main hatch, sir. "--Harper's Magazine.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-06-20
Raising Cotton.

Ever siace the United States block
AIDED tie southern po:+s early in tbs
Civil war European count'is5 E~VT
been trying to raise cottoa in til.
Asiatic and African possessions, l.
half a century they have NOT succCcG
Cd in doing enough to make any pr
;icular impression upon the world
cotton markets The area oil tie Nj,
valley is very limited. Cotton Of &
short staple is raised In India, bu
ynly in a moderate amount, ana the
culture shoas little tendency to IN
crease. Russia has long produced IN
her AFiauc possessions a mo@rate
amount Of cotton, and the little dis
pute over passports for American Jews
increased the desire of Russia to re-
duce it's imports from this country
to which end the minister OF agricul-
ture has just visited central Asia, but
he has returned convinced that little
can be done to increase cottoh culture.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-06-20

They are happy Sewickley couple.
They haven't been married very long.
In fact, the honeymoon has barely
waned. An elderly friend met the
bridegroom down town yesterday and
slapped him on the back.
Well, happy as lark. SUPPOSE"
"Oh, yes"
"How's the cooking?"
81 have one trouble there. It's just
this, my wife has been preparing angel
food every day for dinner"
You must be getting tired of It. :"
II am. Yet feel hest ancy about
saying anything. How soon after the
honeymoon would 1t be proper 10 ask
for beetsteak and oaions?"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-06-20
MOTOR BOATS
By GEORGE FITCH.
Author of "A Good Old Siwash."

any motor boat, no matter how en-
pensive, without an auxiliary engine
in the shape of stout oar, is no;
wise.
Some motor boats are very power
full and have engines OF 400 mule
power, not only in strength, but in
noise and stubbOrnness. Ii takes as
long to start these engines as II
takes the United States Senate TO
get heated up over bribery investi-
cation, but when ,hey are once in
action the boat presents an inspiring
sight as it leaps from wave TO wave,
throwing vast sheets OF water Oh
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-06-20

haps, at first, but-but later it was
different OIL. why do say this.
Why do delay your departure by cen
senting to remain here in convarsa-
toni Major Lawrence, cannot you
realize that my only desire is to have
you get away safely?"
But that is not my only desire" I
protested, TT must be weeks, months.
before / can hope to see you again.
l am servant of the Colonies, and
must go where | am sent: we are upon
the verge of a campaign involving ex-
posture and battle. | may not even
come forth alive. Must | go without
a word. without hope? Claire, Claire,
sweetheart, you have no right to turn
me away, because Of some phantom OF
imagination"
But 1t is not, it Is terribly real"
i care not; | would still love you
in spite of all; you may be a gpy-a
British spy--but the fact would mean
nothing to me. ! would trust you,
Claire, your womanhood: should
know that whatever you did was in
accordance with your conscience, and
be content-if you but love me. and,
thank God! know you do"
Tho! You cannot mean th&t!"
"Ay, but | do. Have you supposed
| could not read the message of these
eyes? Oh, 1t may be dark, dear, bat
there is stargleam, and when tho
lashes lft-they confess a thousand
times more, than your lips acknowl-
edge. Yet insist on the llps Now
Tell me-" and ! held her to me. "tell
me-"
"What--oh, major, pleased"
There are bat three words 10
speak; whisper them, dear, and So"
Three WORDS
"Sueh easy words: they are tre,n-
bling on your lips now-I love you"
but If do not: if they are false.
Hush! There Is some one on the We
randa-Seldon must have returned"
"All the mere reason why you
should speak quickly" | whispered.
without releasing her.
viii you so, then? At once?"
Il pledge my gord."
She drew a deep breath, her eyes
Swallowed. but could hear the swift
pulsing Of her heart.
Tit will mean Notwithstanding.
"Of course; only memory to dream
over"
Her lashes lifted, her head tilted
back upon my shoulder For a bare
instant gazed Gown into the depths.
"Then-I WILL love you!"
With the words kissed her, press
rag my lips to hers; an instant they
chung, and felt the pressure Of her
arm, the hot blood rioting through NY
veins.
Sweetheart" whispered, sweet
heare"
mo. mol" and she thrust me from
her. You forget, l an net thct. You
must not think it even, See, that man
Ia coming Down tho steps. He will
discover Captain Grant. and II will DO
too late--Oh. go, major. please go!"
turned without another word. fully
realizing the danger, the necessity Of
action Her hand touched mine as
srasped the rein.
We part friands," she said softly
Some day you may understand and
forgive me-
Il understand new more than you
.hink, returned swiftly, land l am
| coming back to learn all"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-06-20
Stocking Renovations.

Skill with the needle saves money
at every turn, and in respect to few
articles Of apparel does this fact be-
come more apparent than in the case
of stockings Even when stocking feet
are past re-mending with darns it is
possible TO give the leg" portions a
new lease Of life by providing them
with new feet" cut from the legs"
CT similar hose. The objection fire.
quently put forward that the seams
which Join the feet" TO the legs" are
uncomfortable in wear, is avoided If
the following method ia adopted:
From the pattern obtained by cut
ting of the out-worn feet" cut new
pieces from the calf" portion Of an
other older pair. Join the seam at
the back of the heel with a run and
backatitch. Then place the edges of
the seam fat and stitch them down
with the fine herring-boning.
Fix the foot" in position on the
leg" and work from the center OF
the heel towards the toe. on each side,
with a run and backstitch. Great care
must be taken to get the toe portion
to fit quite accurately. Then herring
bone the raw edges down fiat as in the
cage of the heel seam. Press the
seams with q hot iron.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-06-20

charity. the dogs licking his sores. an,
the rich man stands in the door Fwir}
ing his arm as Il he w6ge thru win
crumbs from his table. Ell these raoE
able aguges are run ty machinery &C..
nected with q time movement, so e
to work on the minute. Tie bottom
story is a very deliberately designed
foundation of Gpo inlaid w0rk.-Scian
tic American.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-06-20
Ito be Continued
Erouqht Death to Pigeons.

At a meeting Of the Linnaan society
of London, Professor Pouiton presto
ing. a%etter was read from Herr Pau!
Scherdlin, as follows: For hundreds
of years pigeons have nestled on the
spire of Strassburg cathedral. They
increased so much that many at
tempts have been made to eXterul-
nate them, but in vain. During tho
last few years there has been a sud
den and startling diminution in tho
number Of these cathedral pigeons, /
am Of the opinion that this manifest
reduction is Cue to the asphalting CT
the streets round the cathedral. Be
tween the stone sets Of the pavement
the pigeons were able to pick up toCd
in quantity. In consequence Of tie
asphalting and daily watering aud
cleansing OF the places in the imme2.-
ate neighborhood the birds Aayo
gone"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-06-20

A motor boat is a small, frail
vessel afflicted with a gasoline
engine and an amateur mechanic
When the engine is in full cry and
the mechanic is making threats. the
boat sometimes develops a speed OF
so miles an hour in its efforts to get
away from both of them.
Motor boats are used by men fond
of machinery. and keep them from
taking more valuable things apart
and repairing them, When a man
has motor boat and two bushels of
tools he is perfectly happy and will
not stay at home Sundays and at
tempt to dissect the plumbing or re-
pair the furnace or tune the piano Or
revive the door bell. A very small
boat with an engine in it two sizes
larger than an alarm clock will keep
two strong men busy all summer,
and will even prevent them from add
ing TO the horrors of presidential
campaign by talking politics--for
motor boats take precedence over
politics or the cost of living when
two boat owners are conyersing.
A motor boat is very simple, I'M
like an automobile, and can be start
ed very rapidly by putting in new
spark plug, adjusting the vibrator,
replacing the carburetor, repairing
the feed pipe. tightening the propel
lor, renewing the batteries and
straining the water out of the gaso-
line. When this is all done the boat
will start Immediately and proceed
with the utmost cheerfulness to a
point IL 3. tbs miles from civiliza-
tion, at which place it will go into
state of coma for the rest OF the
day. The man who tries to navigate
Copyright, 1912, by, G
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-06-20

1t is a very peculiar fact that while
water is found al a depth OF 20 or
l30 feet on the farms surrounding
Grand Chain the people of the town
have not found it at depth of $50
feet, and the result is that everyone
uses cisterns all the year around. In
the dry hist season the water for
stock Is hauled in tank wagons clear
from the Ohio river two miles away,
The question OF a good, deap well
for the town has been agitated for
several years but nothing definite
has ever been accomplished. 1t is
probable that cord water in suffi-
cient quantity will not be reached at
less than depth of 500 TO 700 it.
The saloon element is in force here
at present but their majority is SO
small that they are very fearful OF
the next election. The $1,000 total
license money for one year is not
sufficient to cover the expense Of a
deep we'll and the uncertainty of
each election makes the town board
reluctant TO assume the risk OF an
initiative. The remedy would be for
the people to get together and build
the well and quit scrapping until j,
was finished for obviously 1t Is the
people themselves who furnish the
money take it either way, and the
saloon keeper is only q middle maj,
after all In most enterprises one
begins at the bottom and works up,
but it is just the reverse in digging
a we'll
The wheat is In precarious con
dition everywhere. The ground is
too soft and wet for cutting and
every day the black rust is topping
the heads over so that they lay down
more and more out of the reach of
the machine, II is fine sight TO
see some OF the fields about Grand
Chain. The bearded wheat seems to
stand up the best this year and great
fields of it stretch away in every di-
rection, clean, tall and fairly heavy
Some wheat here will harvest as high
as 80 bushels,
Although this is fine country
for small fruits there is very little
raised.
The Big Four railroad have re-
fused to operate proper cars for the
shipment of fruit until the crops arr
increased and the farmers are afraid
to increase the yield until the cars
are assuxed, so there they swim :,
hand in hand with the town well
proposition. and in merry -go-round
proposition of this kind 1t is Won
der that the sidewalks and streets do
not grow up to weeds.
There is money in fruits here. Ii
the people would get together in a
serious organization they could say
to the Big Four railroad I'VE will
agree to plant so much land to small
fruits If you will agree to give US
an adequate shipment" and any
| business man could almost dictate
/ the answer that would come back to
that association by the return mail.
The railroads are ready to respond to
any call that sounds bushes like AMI
| business for the farmer means pros
perity TO the road as we'll as vice
versa,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-06-20

by Gen. Washington, Just after the win
ter at Valley Forge.
CHAPTER IT-Disguised in . British
UNIFORM arrives within the enemy's lines
CHAPTER 1Ir-The Major attends
Biended Rose" from mob He later meets
the girl at brilliant ball
CHAPTER IV--Troubie IL started over
waltz, and Lawrence is urged by his
partner Mistress Mortimer, (the Lady of
the blended Rose), to make his escape.
CHAPTER V-Lawrence is detected as
a spy by Captain Grant of the British
army who agrees To drsJ
CHAPTER vT-Tne duel Is stoned by
Grants friends and the spy makes a dash
Tor liberty. swimming river following q
narrow asrs~~
CHAPTER vTr-The Major arrives at
the shop OF blacksmith who is friendly.
Rose.
CHAPTER vTTI-Captain Grant and
rangers arrive and search the blacksmith
shop In vain for the spy.
CHAPTER TX-Lawrence Joins the min
ute. men who capture Grant and his
train.
CHAPTER XI--Lawrence's captors lock-
p In h strong cell. where he meets
Peter tho jailer
CHAPTER xI-Peter advises Law
renee not to attempt escape as some
one VIII send for him
CHAPTER xIv-Lawrence again meets
the Lady OF the Blended Rosa who In
forms him that he is in her house and
that she was in command Of the party
that attacked and captured him
CHAPTER Ev-ThA captive is thrust
INTO dark underground chamber when
Captain Grant begins search of the
premises
CHAPTER XvT-After digging his wav
out Lawrence finds the place deserted
Evidences Of a battle and dead man
across tfe threShnLd-
CHAPTER XVTT-Col Mortimer. faith
er OF the Lady Of the Blended Rose. finds
his hnr1a n rui~s
CHAPTER XvTrT-Capt Grant insists
that Lawrence be strung up at once
CHAPTER XTX-Mizs Mortimer ap-
pears, explains the mystery and Law
renee Is held prisoner of war. and IS
again locked ia tie stranR room
CHAPTER XXI.