The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-02-21

the firm. with the consent OF his guardian
cancelled his indentures, and gave nm th'
position of foreman.
You may imagine that some OF the other
felt Jealous of his sudden preferment; bu
if so, you are mistaken. They were al
proud of him, and freely acknowledged m
superiority. BY Jove that was happy DAY
for Veet He came down into the JOB
room (for we no longer worked in the ole
place. to tell me of it, was a jour ther
and we obtained leave Of absence, to ceIc
brate the occasion appropriately.
Veet never seemed selfish or stingy; bul
somehow he managed to save money, aho
never touched a dollar of his little patrl'
mony. To be foreman of frst-cass bind
cry, with money OF your own earning IN
your pocket, at eighteen, is not bad snow
ing. And the lad could not be called eX'
travagant for asking me to JOIN nm IN a
dinner, game of ten-pins, etc, all at his
expense.
Oh, he had got to be a young fellow OF
great consequence in the town lie was
| president of young mans debating club,
and tell you he presided with dignity and
ability.
Manners improved Ivy that timeI |
shonld say they had He had the manners
of born prince. Just to show you how
| punctilious he was in this respect: As he
and | were standing by the second-s'ory
window, and was putting on my coat we
saw young lady passing on the sidewalk
below, with little black-and-tan dog trot'
ing at her heels When she had reached a
point directly under our window, bull
terrier that came from the opposite direc-
ton made plunge for the little whelp, and
it sprang to its mistress for help. She
gathered il up in her arms, and the bull
terrier, not 10 be deprived of its prey,
reared up with its fore.feet on the young
lady Of course she screamed and frantic
ally clutched her pet, while Veet swung
himself out OF the window and dropped
plump on the hind quarters OF the savage
brute. His next move was to size 1t by the
hind legs and brain it on the curbstone. As
he Tossed its nfelcss carcass in the gutter
he discovered that he had dropped his hat;
and I'll be switched if he didn't stoop
down, pick it up and put it on before he
looked at the lady, and then he raised it
gracefully smiled sweetly, and hoped his
sudden appearance hadn't frightened her.
No, indeed !" said she in gasping sort
of a way. "You seemed to drop from the
clouds, just in time to save me and my pet
from that horrld dog"
As she still looked somewhat frightened,
Helvetius asked her to walk into the store
a moment to get out of the crowd that be-
gan to gather, and he went limping in after
for his ankle had received a wrench and
when she made him very graceful ac-
acknowledgement and expressed her anxiety
about his injuries, he blushed like a girl,
and said II was nothing, nothing at all, ]
assure you"
But it was enough to lay him up for a
few days, and | can tell you that the young
lady-daughtcr of railroad president, by
the way game to visit and condolc with
him at his boarding house. II was quite
an episode in his life, and ended by the old
man offering Veet a position on the road,
which he very promptly, but respectfully,
declined.
Fall in love with, and marry the daugh-
ter?' Why, man, what are you talking
aboutl Remember that the youth was only
a little past eighteen years of age To be
sure, he looked manly enough, barring the
beard, to be IN his twenty'fourth year, But
he was too sensible lad to think about
marrying. However, if you care to hear
me through, we haven't come 10 that part
of his biography.
Well, then, as foreman, my hero had bet
ter opportunities than ever before, both TO
save money and to spend his spare cash to
advantage. He went to dancing school one
winter; commenced reading and studying
under an instructor, and by the time he was
twenty, had his head pretty well stocked
with general information. As to his bust.
ness, he knew all its ms and outs. There
was no material used in any department OF
book-making Of the manufacture of which
he had not as good theoretical knowledge
as could be gathered from books. He was
man of muscles as well as brains-l call
him man, now, because he had the only
requisite he had previously lacked, a mus
tache and goatee.
As | said before, his manners were those
of a well bred gentleman. His politcncss
was not all reserved for fine ladies; daugh-
tiers Of railroad presidents and the like; but
was extended to every book folder and
stitcher in the bindcry. If any one Of them
felt herself to be anything less than lady,
it was through no fault of his. He under
stood the peculiartes of their situation,
and permitted not the slightest breach Of
dccorum on The part Of the hands in the
bindery, or any one whose business or Gu.
riosity brought him there. Nor would he
knowingly employ girl of doubtful repu-
taton.
Marbcsides, who you will remember,
said was a little "tast,' brought him rath-
er yolupiuous looking specimen Of feminin-
! ity at one time,
Veet looked little blue about it, but be-
ing short of folders, and partly out Of def.
crence to the proprietor set her at work,
She turned out to be lazy, and impudent,
and finally manifested such easy familiar.
ity with the men as to scandalize the other
young women with whom she was assocat-
ed, and the foreman discharged her. She
came, however, on Monday morning and
told her tnln 10 Marblps,dos and hn