The Cairo bulletin., 1913-12-30

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meet young woman-a-a friend"
| He reflected rapidly on the old pro-
verb. "A friend in need is friend
| indeed" In that sense she was
fricndl "She is temporarily separated
from her friends. and is a stranger In
the city. In fact. I'm the only &C
| quaintsnce or friend she has, and
feel rather under obligation to see
her TO her hotel and look up trains
/ for her She leaves the city tonight. 8"
Nov, look here. Tryon Durham.
, you're not going to leave me In the
: lurch for any young woman. don't
care how cid an acquaintance she is:
| You simply bring her along. She'll
/ make up my number and relieve me
wonderfully. No. don't you say a
word Just tell her that she needn't
! stand on ceremony Your mother and
! l are too old friends for that Any
! friend Of yours is q friend OF mine,
and my house Is open to her She
{ went nina These girls Who have
Travelled great deal learn to step
/ over the little foymalities of calls and
/ introductious. Tell her IN call on her
afterwards, Il she'll only remain in
( town long enough. or I'll come and
| take dinner with her when | happen
| to be in her city. | suppose she's
/ just returned from abroad-they all
havc-or else she's just going-and if
/ she hasn't learned to accept things as
| she iinds them, she probably will soon.
Tell her what a plight I'm in, and
/ that il will lee q real blessing to me
{ if she'll come. Besides--I didn't mean
to tell you'll meant it for n surprise,
but | may as wei tell you now
/ judge Blackwell is TO be here, with his
wife. and / especially want you to
meet him I've been trying to get
| you two together for a long time"
All" breathed the young man, with
interest, Judge Blackwell! I have
wanted to meet him
We'll. he has heard about you, too,
| and think he wants to meet you. Did
you know he was thinking Of taking a
partner into his office? lie has al.
ways refused-but that's another story,
and haven't time to talk. You ought
to be on your way here now Tell
! your friend will bless her forever
for helping me out and l won't take
no fer an answer You said she'd just
returned from abroad, didn't you? OF
course she's musical You must make
her give US some music She will.
won't she? | was depending on Miss
Mayo for that this evening
well, you might be able to per,
suade her murmured the distracted
young man at the phone, rs he strug-
| gled with one hand to unite his neck.
tie and unfasten his collar. and men.
tally calculated how long It would take
him to get into his dress suit.
yes, Of course. You'd better not
speak of tit might make her de.
cline And don't let her stop to make
any changes in her dress. Everybody
will understand when tell them she's
just arrived-didnt you say?-frou
the other side, and we caught her or
the wing. Thesis some one coming
now. DO, for PHYS sake, hurry, Tryon
for my cook is terribly cross when
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