The Cairo bulletin., 1914-08-28

Tho hcbl,cases s@=---
were filled with books, richly 10y
she was struck with the simp't - OF I
fbe furnishings. -
Suddenly the fire flickered into life.
and the picture hanging over the fire.
place caught her attention. II was OBJ
y.ously d snapshot, enlarged but ex-
uuisitely finished.
Ii was 4 picture Of woman. her
motherhood stamped distinctly on her
beautiful face She sat before an open
IRE. the frelight radiating the laugh
ter In her eyes,
At her knee stood small boy, his
brieht eyes revealing the love of his
own little soul as he smiled respons-
lively.
Suddenly she reused herself; she
had been dreaming. She was not pre-
barring an answer for the man waiting
outside In the darkness Denny
Brown had asked her to marry him
and she had promised her answer to-
night.
They had been running swiftly.
amoothly through the exhilarating air
Ut the suburbs In Denny's car. Sud
denly something had gone wrong IL
had happened at the very moment
when she should have been answering
Denny.
lie had brought her to this bungs
low, asking permission for hsr to
wait there.
He had telephoned to neighborins
garage for man. They were now re-
pairing the machine. In few mo-
ments he would return for her.
How strongly at this moment all
Denny could give her appealed to her!
She was so tired-so nervousls tired
OF her own life,
But the other mani Somehow Denny
had guessed that the other man had
been something TO her. For tonight
he had told her, quietly. that the other
man had failed again. Uncor%ciously,
she had been waiting for 'the other
man" to win success.
A mans step sounded on the veran
da-Denny had como for her and hes
answer was not ready She heard the
click of the telephone receiver In the
hall. A mans Voiee--not Denny'R-
called Woodstock, N H., on the long
distance.
II was Phil Berkley-the other mani
She was waiting in his bungslow--to
night of all nights, but she had to
listen.
Hello, that you Mater?"
"oh, l'm-rm all right !
"-u
''Yes-a bit blue tonight. how did
you know"
-
y hate to tell you. mamsy: but It's
another failure"
"--"
NO. I'm going to try again. Third
times trying, you know"
s."
You're so comforting. Mamsy, yes
I'll succeed-some day"
"--n
"ouiuH tar5 30 tHuCu III III
weren't for you aEd--that little girl"
S." 4s
Yes. she's waiting for me-"
So"
Yes, there's Just the understanding
between us. Yet trust her to wait.
Sometimes think l must have
dreamed 1t all"
-"
Goodnight. dearest"
-"
In moment the man would ring
on. She must either hide or run. BY
the light OF the flame she saw a door
leading from the room to the We
randa.
Rising quickly, she stepped softly
across the room and out onto the We
| randa,
Stumbling over the low steps, shs
ran Observation-Disclosures the damp lawn
toward the lights shining dimly In
the road
Pausing within the shelter OF the
shrubbery, abe called softly, Den
ny!"
Tho man left the machine and came
quickly to the lawn.
Denny, won't you take me home
now? Send the man with tho car to
the garage. want to go now
WHAT" he asked perplexedly.
''Tired of waiting. Beth? It won't be
more than twenty minutes. It's too
| far to walk There's no other way but
the trolley. and that's 80 crowded"
Yes. yes: that's what ! want" she
interrupted; ''the trolley--the crowds
tho lights"
"But. Beth, we want to be alone to.
night. dear; Just you and I--your an
swer-you promised me your answer
tonight"
Hush, Dennyi ought to have
told you, can't marry you. I'm
waiting for the other man. I've prom
ised No: it's not an engagement
There's-there's-just an understand
ing"
Copyright. 1914 by the Mcclure Newses-
per Syndcata-l