The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-11-29
THE BULLETIN: FRIDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER % 1878

Mr.. Campbell has been here this even.
ing, Catherine, and left that note for YOU
lie goes to New York by the morning boat,
and God knows whether you will ever sec
him again"
Kittys hand trembled, and her heart
sank, as she tore open the envelope, and
read the following lines
~ am here, and find you gone. Aftcr what pass.
cd between us this afternoon, l am forced 10 look
upon your going as deliberate expression OF your
indifference TO my love, and your decided rejection
of my suit. Under these circumstances any further
announcement OF the affection which will ever live
| In my heart for you would be unwise and unman ly
God bless you Kitty! Keep the ring In memory OF
our brief hour OF happiness; and II at any future
time can be OF service to you, that ring will bring
me fromthe nttermost parts Of the earth TO your
side.
"Thanksgiving-day, 1885," "R. c."
Three years have passed since Roy Camp
bell and Kitty Somers parted-years which,
in their flight, have touched the brilliant
petulant child with the barbed arrow of
sorrow and disappointment, thus maturing
and developing her character into subdued
and thoughtful womanhood. During all
that time no tidings had ever reached Kitty
of her absent lover; and after wearing his
ring for two years, she had put it one day
into Aunt Rachel's hands, with a great
burst Of tears, and said ~ shall never see
him again. know. 1t is all my own fault,
and have no right to wear his ring. Keep
it aunty, and send it back to him when /
am dead" And then Aunt Rachel had
folded the poor child in her motherly arms,
and comtorted her with that silent sympa-
thy which, from her earliest years, had
never failed to calm Kitty's stormiest moods.
And, now, on the eve of another Thanks
giving'day, Kitty sits in the very spot where
he saw her tirst-alone, for Aunt Rachel
the beloved friend, companion, guide
has passed away forever, No more encour-
agement from those loving lips-no more
tender admonition from that soft low voice
no more firm but gentle guidance
over the rough places and through the dark
valleys of her litc's journey. Aunt Rachel
Is gone, and Kitty, as she bows her head
upon her clasped hands, weeps as if her
heart would break. So she continued TO
weep, violently and systematically, until the
overburdened spirit had, in a measure, re-
lieved itself; and then she raised her head,
and the tears still dropping slowly and 81
lently on her black dress, fell to specializing
on the problem OF her future life and how
it was to be endured alone Alone--alone
the word had terrible significance TO
Kitty Somerss loving heart, and ii took
all her newly acquired fortitude and self
control To reconcile her to the idea Of
long life in that desoate mansion, with only
Keziah for consolation and companionship.
"Oh, Roy" she said. MY first and only
love. Ii could but bring you back again,
how patient and submissive would be-"
And then she shuddered as she glanced
round the large, desolate room, where the
twilight had already deepened into night,
and the Pickering freight brought out
strange shapes and shadows on the wall,
and buried her face in her hands again.
why doesn't Keziah bring lights" she
exclaimed in loud, petulant tone. "Shc
can't surely be making preparations for to-
morrow. | can never, never keep Thanks
giving day again"
".Shall alter the inscription on the ring,
then Kitty said low voice close at her
side and the next moment Kitty was
clasped tight against Roy Campbell's
/ heart
"0h, Roy, dear Roy she exclaimed, as
soon as she could speak; chow good Of
you TO come just as was ready to die Of
loneliness and despair Did you know how
| had missed you and longcd for you
through all these years, and how glad, how
unutterably glad, / should be to see your
dear old face again? Tell me what brought
you, lear, and how you happened 10 arrive
just on this very night, when | wanted you
so muchs'
1T was the ring, dearest replied her
lover in rather a rcproachful tone. Surely
you knew that should come as soon as /
received it. | was away in Japan Kitty
and have travelled day and night since the
moment it was put into my hands,
The ringm exclaimed Kitty. "How in
| tie world did the ring travel after you to
Japan y
And then, as the truth flashed upon her
mind, she bowed her head, while the tears
streamcd through her claspcd fingers, and
cried sob, aunty. dearest and best of
friends, even in death your love watches
over your child, and brings her back her
lost happiness again.
So Kitty kept her second Thanksgiving
in meekness and lowincss Of spirit, and
with a glad and thankful heart And dur
ing all their marriage life neither she nor
Roy have regretted the lesson of mutual
concession and forbearance which the trials
of their Thanksgiving taught.