The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-03-11

in the apartment anywhere"
''Eh--how--what's that" For Jen-
klnss hand extended an envelope.
Perhaps you would like to read
this now, sir"
1t was from BillingsA-I knew his fist
In an instant. 1t was very short and
without heading In fact, above his
name appeared just hals-dozen pen
ciled words heavily underscorcd. and
without punctuation:
Damn you send mo my clothes
His cIothes?' | looked perplexedly
! at Jenkins.
1 He was looking a little pale and
! held his eyes fixedly to the picture
molding across the room, He coughed
I gently.
\ Yes, sir" he uttered family;
they're in his room, but he amt"
He stepped back, leaving something
on the stand by my bed.
What's that?' l questioned in
alarm. Another note?"
| mo, sir--not exactly, sir. But il
may saggest-without offense, SIR
that you fill it out, will see that it
! gets to him."
Him? Who's him--he, mean?"
Doctor Splasher, sir. the temper
ance party was speaking or, I've
already filled out mine, and I'm going
to put one In for Mr.. Billings when
send the clothes" From the doorway
he turned wcebegone countenance
toward me, ITS heartrending, sir
II / may be permitted to say soto
think Of nice gentleman like MIR.
Billings wandering over to the club
with nothing on but red pajamas,"
But when | telephoned they stated
that Mr.. Billings had not been at the
club since last evening. Some one
who answered the phone thought Mr..
Billings was with his friend, Mr.
Lightnut, in the Kahoka Apartments.
And, of course, knew jolly well he
was not.
As I turned from the telephone,
something in Jenkins expression ar
rested my attention.
".Well?" l said impatiently, for he
has so many devilishly clever inspira-
tons, you know; and, dash it, like
to encourage him.
Pardon, sir, but don't you think
Here he looked straight UP at the
eleetrolier and coughed, about Mr..
Billings, sir;fI was going to suggest
that though he isn't over at the club,
he's somewhere, sir
Why, dash it, l thought that jolly
likely, myself! said so.
Eyes, sir" said Jenkins darby.
And Mr.. Billings usually knows
where he is, guess, sir. he's in this
neighborhood-h'ml"
just sat staring at him a minute.
thinking what devilish wonderful
thing intuition Is for the lower classes.
''By Jove, Jenkinsl" said; then
you think"
Il think Mr.. Billings. sir. might pre-
Fer to find himself HIM! Yes. STR
| jenkins lifted the breakfast tray with
| deliberation, removed 1t from the
room and returned, moving about the
furniture and busying himself with an
air OF mystery. Dash It. knew he
had up his sleeve some other deyilish
clever notion, and SO presently 7
spoke up Just to touch him of.
by Jove!" | remarked.
YES, sir" Jenkins rested the end
OF the thumb brush on the table and
considered me earnestly. You know,
Mr.. Lightnut, last night as Mr.. Bill
ings was retiring, he says to me.
Jenkins, Mr.. Lightnnt has promised
to go up home with me tomorrow for
the week end, There's tenner chm,
ing your way II he doesn't forget
about It, He's to go tomorrow, now,
mind you, jenkins; and 1t don t mat,
ter what comes up. You see TINT he
goes up tomorrow,
"By Jove," said as he paused, and
/ screwed my monoclc tighter and
nodded. 81 see"
OF course didn't see, but | knew
the poor fellow was driving at some
thing, and wanted to give him a run.
Exactly, sir And he stood wait
ing. so, shall / pack. sir? You'll
want to take the fourteen express,
suppose?" nS.a
! BY Joye, 1t was the most amazing
ly, dashed clever guess ever knew
jenkins to get off! Fact knew
that II there was one thing more than
another In all the world that | wanted
TO do. II was to take that fourteen eg'
press To think of seeing Frances
again, and today,
I left Jenkins to travel by a later
train, and a little after four was
whiriing above Spuyten Duyvil and
looking about the chair-car to see II
there was any one knew But, by
Jove, there was hardly soul in the
car--nobody except Just women, you
know, and these filled the whole place.
by Jove. she could be spared" |
thought, studying young woman who
stood In the aisle beside me- She was
rather heavy set--what you might call
egg SHAPED Her face and her heavy
classes seemed 70 nEoe.ainl g mission