The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-04-05

Frankly. was scared to pieces"
related the girl who had been married
year. Il did want TO make good
impression, because, even If decided
that Dick wouldn't do it would have
been comforting to have had the ram.
lily eternaly regretting my loss,
wanted to make them feel that II all
the girls they had ever fancied for
Dick were combined into one the prod
uct couldn't begin 10 equal me- had
just got back from a year and a half
in Europe, and had the latest things
in clothes and hats, so | had some
reason to hope that | should make q
hit.
Il arrived late at night and beyond
the impression that the house was
huge and the family numerous reach
ed no conclusions The next morning
at breakfast l began to distinguish
myself
while had been abroad they had
invented several things in tho United
States, among them one particular
breakfast food that was stranger to
me, and when found the maid ofro-.
ing me fine assortment of little
bales of hay took one at random be-
cause | seemed to be expected to do
SO. | took it nonchalantly and depos-
tied upon the plate before me. Then
l was offered cream and sugar.
$50 | began with cream. | poured
and poured. and the cream disappear.
ed from sight. Where 1t went. can't
imagine. but | know | did begin to
think the thing must be a sort Of
sponge.
at last when I ceased to pour on
cream rerspiration was standing on
my brow. Then 1t was that saw all
the members of Dicks family solemn
ly engaged in tearing their mattresses
to bits, They faxed the stuff off and
made airy little mounds of it, amid
which the cream cIrcled, as 1t should
have dsne with mine and didn't. They
were trying to look no more panied
than they could help at my display
\
stuff, but swallowed it. t
when we arose from the table |
dashed to the piano to relieve the ten
sion and burst into particularly lively
ragtilne. could play, and played
until found the whole family lined
up most apparently waiting politely
for me to finish so they could proceed
to the business OF tho day.
"Dlck was nearest to me, and he
was terribly embarrassed.
"'Would you care to Join us?' he
stammered when | paused startled.
Father always has Scripture reading
after breakfast | was much inter
ested after ! got over my perturbation
until 1t came my turn to read~and I
got come verses filled with the most
complicated proper names In the whole
book. over which | stumbled and
choked and disgraced myself.
II had to have air after that. so
put on some things and rushed out
for walk-and | stumbled and fell
the full length Of the steps!
"They carried me in and stayed In
bed a week with wrenched ankle,
while the whole family waited on mo
like slaves. and | simply scorched in
the realization that I had disgraced
myself utterly and absolutely.
"But somehow or other Dick and
got married finally In spite OF Il. In
few years I'm going to get UP my
courage sufficiently to ask my in-laws !
what they really thought OF me that
time and what arguments they used
TO try to dissuade Dick from marrying |
me. confess that they have been |
beautifully resigned about me since /
they discovered that was inevitable"
II wish | was through with III"
mourned the newly engaged girl. I'm
entirely convinced that It's worse
when you know they know it's set
tied thing, and they've got to take you
anyhow"
Here's another aeroplane horror"
remarked Cynicus, looking up from
bis newspaper ~FA r
Anybody killed." asked Sillicus.
mo" growled Cynicus. Couple !
married In ons!"