The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-08-06

Favored beyond words. II took him 50
long 10 say anything that II one were
but moderately bright he could finish
the sentence mentally some little time
in advance of the speaker aud thus be
prepared Ia properly appreciate that
which otherwise might have puzzled
him considerably. II could not be said.
however. llmI Mr. odall-Cafuey was
ponderons lie wIs merely the effec
tuai Result or delay Perhaps II is safe
to agree With those who knew him
best; they maintained that Odeli-t'ar-
ney was pose, nothing more
His wife was quite The ollnsiie IN
nearly every particular except height
and ansularity. SHE was bony and
red faeed ami nplnionated 4 few
sallow years. with a rapid, profilgate
nableman had brought her. In widow
hood. to a line sense ~ appreciation of
the slow going though tiresomels un-
practical men Ut the Odeli-Carley
type IL nnttered little that lie made
poor Investment at the ni,Iney SHE he'd
seluestered from his lOrdship Iip had
kept her ia the foreground 10y asaociat
ing himself with every big venture that
Interested the financial smart set Not
withstanding the fact that h. never
was known 10 have any money. he was
looked upon as "A fiuancier OF the high
est order. which IL saving great deal
In these uufeeiing days OF pounds and
shillings.
|. Or course Mrs. Ode!l-Carney was
dressed as all rsngy. long limbed Eng
lishwomen are prone to dress-after a
model peculiarly not her own. She
looked ridiculously ungraceful along
side the smart. chic American women
and yet not one of them but would
have given her boots TO be able to array
herself as one OF these There was no
denying the fact that Mrs odell Car
ney was regular tiptopper," as Mr.,
Rodney was only too eager to say
She had the air of Il born leader-that
Is to say, she could be gracious when
occasion demanded. without being pat
roniging
la due course of time the Nledcrofts
aud Miss Fowler We're presented to the
distinguished couple. This function
was necessarily delayed until Odell.
Carney had time to go into the details
OF particularly annoying episode OF
the afternoon He was telling the sto
~ 10 his friend Rodney, ana of course
everything was at standstll until he
got through.
1t seems that Mr. Odell.Carney felt
the need of II nap at 3 O'Clock lie
gave strict injunctions that there was
to be no noise in the halls while h,
slept and then Went into his room an,
stretched out Ans one who has stop
ped Mt the Hotel Four Seasons vii
have no difficulty IN recalling the eiec
trio hall bells which serve to attract
the chambermaids TO given spots II
one needs the chambermaid he press
es the button In hiss room and III
until she responds and shuts ii OF
In that way one Is sure TINT she has
heard and is coming. a most admirable
bit OF German ingenuity. II she hap
pens to be taking her lunch M the
time, the bell goes on ringing until she
returns. 1t is a faithful bell Coming
back to Odell-Carney. the maid on his
floor was making up room IN close
proximity when a most annoying thing
happened to her, porter who had
reason TO dislike her came along and
turned her key from the outside, lock
ing her Ia the room She couldn't get
out, and she had been warned against
making sound that might disturb
the English guest With rare inteli-
gence, she did not scream or make an
cutlery, but wisely proceeded to press
the button for chambeFmald. Then
she evidently sat down to wait To
make the story short, she rang her
own call bell for two hours. no other
maid understanding TO notice the call.
which speaks volumes for the almost
martial system OF the hotel The bell
was opposite the narrators door. Is
It, therefore, surprising that he re-
quirei great deal of time to tell all
that he felt? 1t was not so much of
what he did that he spoke at such
great length, but Of what he felt.
"'POn ME soul" he exploded In the
end, twisting his mustache with ner-