The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-05-17
myers, what should | be takin on for2'

, she said, suddenly lifting herself up {,
Q the extreme Of her superb figure
, Then rubbing his head rapidly will
both hands, as if she were amounting
his hair with some rare urgent. sh,
pattcd him on the back and returned
to her room. The result Of this and
one or two other equally sympathetic
interviews was to produce a change in
Mr.. McClosky's manner, which was, if
possible, still more decomposiDg. lie
grew upjustifiably hilarious, cracked
Jokes with the servants, and repeated
to Jenny numerous stories, with the
attitude of Righteousness carefully per.
served throughout the entire narration
and the point utterly ignored and FOR.
gotten. Certain incidents, reminded
him of funny things, which Invariably
turned out to have not the slightest
relevancy or application. He occa-
sionally brought home with him prac-
teal humorists, with sanguinc hope
Of setting them going, like the music
box, for his daughters edifca.ion. be
essayed the singing Of melodies With
great freedom Of style and singular
Limitation of note. He sang Come,
Haste to the Wedding, Yo Iaasc5 aud
Maidcns,' Of which hc knew n single
line, and that incorrectly, as being pc.
culiarly apt and appropriate. Yet
away from the house and his daugh-
tcrs presence he was silent and dis
traught. His absence of MAD was
particularly noticed by his workmen
at the Empire Quartz Mill IF the
old man don't look out AMI wake up,
said his foreman, 'he'l have them feet
Of his yet under the stamps. When
he amt giyin' his mind to EN-, they is
altogether too promiskuss.
\ few nights later, Mrs Jenny rec
ognizcd her fathers hand in a timid
tap at the door. She opened It and he
stood before her, with yalisc in his
hand, equipped as for Il journey. Il
takes the stage tonight, jimmy dear,
from -Four Forks to Frisco. Maybe
III drop in on Jack afore | go. III
be back in week. Goodby.
'Goodby.' lie still held her hand.
Presently he drew her back into the
room, closing the door carefully and
glancing around. There was look of
profound cunning in his eye as he said
slowly
Bear up and keep DARK, jimmy dear,
and trust 20 the old man. Various
men la. various ways. Thar is ways
as is common and ways as i, uncom-
mon, ways as is easy and ways as is
Uneasy. Bear up and keep dark
With this Dclphic utterance he put
his finger to his lips and vanished.
1t was ten o'clock when he reached
Four Forks. 4 few minutes later he
stood on the threshold of that dwell
ing described by the Four Forks SEN
tinel as the palatial residence Of
John Ashc,' and known to the local
satirist as the ash box 'lievln' 10
lay by two hours John he said to his
prospective son-iu.law, as he took his
hand at the door, "a few words of So
cial converse, not Oh business but
strictly private, seems to be about a
nat'ral thing as man can do This
introduction, evidently the result of
some study and plainly committed to
memory, seemed so satisfactory to Mr..
McClosky that he repeated it again,
after John had led him into his pri-
yatc office, where, depositing his valse
ia the middle of the floor and sitting
down before it, he began carefully to
avoid the eye Of his host. John Ashe,
tall, dark. handsome Keutuckian-
with whom even the triies Of lite were
evidently full Of serious import
waited with a kind OF chiyalrous re.
spect the further speech Of his guest
Being utterly devoid Of any sense OF
the ridiculous, he always accepted Mr.
McClosky as grave fact, singular
only from his want Of experience CT
the class.
Ores is running light now, said
Mr.. McClosky, with easy indifference
John Ashe returned that he had nc.
ticed the fac, in the receipts Of tn,
mill at -Four Forks.
Mr.. McCloSky rubbed his beard ant
looked at his valisc, as if for sympath
and suggestion.
You don't reckon having any ,roubl
with any Of them chaps ca you cut on
with Jnny|
John Ashc, rather haughtily hat
never thought Of that. 4 saw Rance
hanging around your house the othe
night when | took your daughter home
but he gave me wide berth, h
added carelessly.
Surely, said Mr.. McClosky, with
peculiar winking of the eye. After
pause, he took a fresh departure from
his valise.
: "A few words, John, cz between ma
and man, cz between my daughter
father and her husband as expects t
t be, is about the thing | take 1t, as
= fair and square, ken here to sa
t them. They're about jimmy, my gal
q Ashes grave face frightened, to MI
4 McClosky's evident discomposure.
!, Maybe | should have said, abor
= her mother; but the same bein'
i stranger to you, l says, materially
= jimmy