The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-04-29


J house, but inquiry enabled him 10 find the
person whom he sought, and, as Margaret
entered the house after walk, her mother
met her with the information that Mr.. War
} ING waited her in the "best ROOM" With
out removing her hat she entered and 90
ing up to him, extended her hand, as she
said:
"Burk Waring, am glad to see you"
''And this is Margaret Howard"
Tossing her hat careessly upon table
near by, She sat down. After little, see
ing that he was closely watching her. she
said, half defantly;
"Wcll, what is your verdictW
The same queer smile came to Burke
Warnings face that had followed his read
ing other first brief letter to him.
"You are younger than thought, and
more slender and girlish. Frank never
told me your age or described you in any
way, so had formed my own ideal.
Whether am disappointed or not, l will
leave you to determine as our accquaint-
ance progresses"
How doyou know that twill rrogress''
you cannot help it and l will not"
81 may try"
"And fail"
Half vexed, she laughed. If he had
been little more humble, she--would
not have liked him half so WE'LL 1t was not
tlatierng to her vanity to be told that she
was at the mercy of this mans whims, but
she did not rebel half so much as though
one of her own sex had given her the same
assurance. They made strange picture as
they sat there-thosc two--she slender,
pale, almost weird-looking; he tall, elegant
and strong in his glorious manhood, The
room was large but bare, and the white
walls stared down upon them in ghostly
sort of way. The floor was uncarpeted and
the furniture hard and plain. She saw it
all, and a bitterness crept into her heart
that she never known before, for while she
realized how little luxury she had seem
she had never until now had her own pow
erty brought strongly into contrast with so
much quiet elegance. AS they talked he
said to her with apparent earelessness.
you are very independent girl to write
me without an introduction"
"Outside of the fact itself, pray what in
PRODUCTION was necessary to the man who
was kind to my brother"
None, but custom makes il so'
at is true, Mr.. WaTng, know little oi
society rules but correspondence seems to
me something which our own common
sense ought to regulate"
Il have referred to the fact that you have
allowed it to do so as an evidence that you
are independent in action"
II cannot see that it requires much indie
pendence to do what is agreeable and in
which one sees no harm
II think it requires much of that quality
to put public opinion under foot, since
hold that fear of that same public opin-
ION is the governing principle OF nme-
tenths of the world"
you must remember that my circle is
not large one, hence | am treer to act
than one who sees more people"
II will remember that | have met
young lady who darcs to do and say what
she thinks is right, and that is something
of an anomaly at the present time"
! After short silence, he said, with q
merry twinkle in his eyes:
Miss Howard, shall you hold forth in
yonder temple of learning tomorrow"
THAT is my expectation WhyI'
~ was only wondering how shall man
age to pass the time until you will be at
liberty see me again-that is ALL"
She said nothing, hut wore the annoyed
look that a country school teacher would
be likely to wear upon such an occasion,
we'll knowing that dismissal of her pupils |
would bring upon her head the harsh crti
cism of inquiring patrons although she had
fully determined to brave it, Soon after
warn her companion babe her her good
night.
She sat for long time where had left her
and thought upon this new revelation
which the book of human nature had
opened to her, wondering if the world, of
which she knew SO little, held many such
men. He, instead Of at once retiring upon
his return to the hotel, took cigar and
dwelt far into the night upon this girl whom
he had Just left. Perhaps there was a tingc
Of sadness in his revcry. One thing is GER
tain, as he laid down his cigar the smile
was less bitter than it had been a few hours
before, and The man was none the worse for
his dreaming. Who shall say it was
chance that brought them together:
The next day as he sat at lunch note
was brought him.
"MR WARING: have Seeded not to
hold forth this afternoon, and if you feel
so inclined, should be pleased to have you
call. "MARGARET HOWARD"
OF course he called That was his OBJ
ject in coming into town and like the rest
OF his sex, he chose to make the most of
his opportunities. ! was about to say he
found Margaret in one Of her best moods,
but this would not be exactly true. She
had done some very foolish, but at the
same time very natural thinking, and
formed some very absurd resolutions, one
of which was not to betray the least in
terest in this splendid fellow, who was
probably amusing himself by visiting her
in one Of his idle times. Thus fortified,
she met him for the second time, and there
was less defiance in her manner than she
had shown during the previous evening.
His questions drew quaint replies, and she
seemed for the time to have forgotten all
social differences between them.