The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-03-21
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II RUBIES.
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III FRANCIS PERRY
III ELLIOTT
III NiEysratiesf 6v
III RAY WALTERS

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Bright, selfmade young man," |
caught as came back BY Jove. he
was still talking about that beastly
chauffeur! Such tine morals, you
know"
''Oh, dash it, yes!" And | think
this must have been when broke the
corner OUT Of filling.
That was why | was SO sorry he
failed with Francis" he continued re.
gretfully: but you may succeed bet.
ter-oh, | don't know but what 1t will
do just as WE'LL"
"Thanks-er-awfully!" I muir.
INJURED weakly.
"Oh, think so--oh, yes!" He bobbed
his head as though he were quite re-
signed TO it--then went on thought.
fully:
And anyhow, II Francis finds you
are in deadly earnest, why it" His
voice dropped off musingly: swell, |
believe that would make 1t easier
oh, lots easier for Scoggins."
blinked little with my free eye.
Wasn't sure. you know, but some
how 1t seemed to me rum thing to
say-almost offensive. dash II! But
then, for that matter. everything was
rum OF late--so that counted for moth
Ing. Fact was, 1t just seemed to me
like there was something In the air
" VsaH n
ly muddled, | should call 1t! Idea
had been gradually coming TO me that
! was the only one who appeared to
have any clear understanding OF
things; and somehow the realization
Just made me devilish nervous-the
responsibility, don't YOU know!
And just then the judge looked sud
denly at his watch, muttered some
thing. and hitched up to the table
strewn with papers. He bent over
these with frown, coughed oddly,
glanced at me--and bent again with
mutter. OF course, | saw he was an
noyed over sudden consciousness OF
the break he had made. and was striv-
ing to cover his embarrassment
And. by Jove, 1t seemed to me he
ought to feel embarrassed. for the
very FUNNIEST thing yet was this
crazy infatuation for this Internal
chauffeur 1t was pitifui-oh. dis
gushing If you ask me-and the more
so because II was something she did
not share. / knew she didn't, you
know! No, it was plain enough, dash
1t, that between her father and this
muoker of a chauffeur, my poor dar-
ling was being crowded to the what's"
its-name. This was what she had
meant--had limited at--and, by Joya,
I was ready to wager anything on 1t;
eager to PUT up all I was worth. you
know !AFs4 ~ 8
N Didn't know. dash 1t, how much
was worth. Went down In Wall street
one day and asked old Morley, my
man Of affairs. but forgot what he
said. Never could remember after
ward whether 1t was one million or
ten and always hated to ask again.
Truth WAS he had stared at me so
and seemed SO oddly surprised. | Just
worked of some Jolly apologize rub
Dish and got out Pugsley thought
must have violated some rotten, silly
law OF commercial ethics--that sort OF
thing. you know; declared that his at
torney had had the dashed imperti
hence once to ask him about some IN
yestments, 30 he got another man and
gave him power Of what's-itsname
Never was bothered now, he said, by
checks or reports or any boring dis
fractions Of that sort, this man Just
kept him supplied with money, and
once in while he scrawled his name
on something-all he had to do. Dey
ilish ample, you see. but then Pugsiey
is 30 Ingenious. so--oh, clever, you
know.
HIM" coughed the judge. En-
HINT" And I stopped swapping the
cover OF my cigarette case. thinking