The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-01-01
This was Joe's Uncle William.

dashed just little too Tar. and all at
once, as sometimes happens in parallel
cases, found himself uscl up body and
soul Then, since nothing else remained
to be done, he had rcpent,d, and found, to
his astonishmcnt, that the laws Of Nature
wouldn't work backward even for repent
ant prudgals. Tho Amshouse impcndcd.
Just then Joe, the size Of whose heart was
out Of all proportion with his resources,
had interposcd. He had LEFT pleasant
boarding place for detcstablc tenement,
saddled himself with burden which he
was likely to carry for lie, ard gone 10
housekeeping.
Uncle William, when securely establish
ed in his three chairs at Joe's expense, had
given himself urrescrvclly to brooding
over his troubles and lamnting his hard
fate. His melancholy gaze was this morn
Ing fixed out Of the window, and he failed
to withdraw il when Joe entered,
Morning again. Uncle William" said
Joe, briskly. Its been BIZ dull here tor
New-Ycar's morning; has it, ch."
Uncle William, slowly turning from The
window, delivered himself ot sound tha:
might have been either grunt or groan.
"And you havn't found anything inter-
csting in the papcrsl', continued Joe, look.
ing down at the pile Of pictorials, hoping
you would be entertained by them"
Uncle William shook his head slowly
and trihc scornfully.
II couldn't be entertained By pictures,
Joe; I've been refecting'
Then wouldn't reflect any more, 1t
don't agree with you. Aren't you glad you're
going to have me for company this after
noonY And hot dinner, tool Hot dinners
are luzunes nowadays, Sc: here, will you'"
pulling from out his basket around Of beef.
Uncle William eyed it gloomily.
"Becfstcak for New-Icar's dinner"
muttcred he.
"Beefsteak isn't to be dcspiscd not fits
tender and juicy as this like you always get
at Kochlcrs," replied Joe, making an Incl.
sion in the beef with his pocket-knife, and
watching the juice start ont with an expires.
sion Of keen qualification.
Not in our present situation, ! know it,
Joe; that's the sting of it. | don't blsm,
you, Joe; but can help thinking how it
used to be with me-"
Here Uncle William attempted moving
one of his limbs, hit his foot against chair
back and cried ont with pain.
Joe slapped his steak upon the table,
brought Uncle William his IMMINENT and
then pirouctted off into his bedroom three
minutes, and he was back again, in . suit
| the patches whereof attcsted the fact that
he did his own mending as we'll as cook
Ing.
Now, We must have dinner in a iiffy,
uncle. Then I'm going to give the room q
thorough cleaning up; and, after that, if
Mrs. Dowd brings up the washing. I'll sew
up the holes in the stockings While you
read aloud"
"You know cant read aloud, Joe; it
puts me out of BREATH" snapped Uncle Will
liam.
mo more you can't. How iorgetful in
me! Well talk, then, and have good
time just the same"
Uncle William gruntcd dcrisivcly, and
fingered his swollen and bandaged toes.
Joe shook down the ashes in his stove,
turned on pile of coal, brushed out the
oven and tumbled in half dozen or more
potatoes. From suspicious looking depths
beneath the table he drew forth u gridron,
which he began scraping vigorously, mean
while talking briskly -whethcr to himself
or to uncle William il would have been diff
ficult TO decide
ats miserable way to leave a gridron,
without cleaning; but what can fellow do
who has rs many irons in the fire as havc'
breakfast to get and clear away. rooms 70
tidy up, dinner to be laid out, Mrs. Dowd's
water to b, brought Uncle Williams feet
and legs to be bound up and may he run
to the druggists or the doctors. Hang it
all u fellow can't be AS nice about all these
particulars as he'd like to be. He must
once in a while neglect his gridirons,'
Joe soon had his steak suffering on the
IRON, it's grateful odor minglng with
that Of the coffee on the stove, and over.
powering the perfume Of Uncle Will
Hams Iinlment He then jerkcd the
table few inches from the wall,
spread over it sttlly-starchcd and
highly-blued "bcst' tablcclo'h, set on the
dishes systematically, and, just as the lit.lo
mantcl-clock rang twelve, he announced
dinner, and offered to assist Uncle William
to the table.