The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-07-09

| dom, aDsent-eyeu, ana fantastic III HcI
moods. What did it oil mean9 Why had
Colonel Audenreid written her that note il
he loved Felicia, and why was he going
to marry her if he loved somebody elses
Didn't he know that she had received his
message of lovei Or did he mean simply
to ignore it, having seen fit to changes
From living in state of happy excitement
when every tootstep in the street below
might be Colonel Audenreid's, who was
fastening to repeat the burden of his note,
Stella was suddenly brought down to earth,
to the dull certainty that nothing more was
ever likely to happen to her, that there had
had been some dreadful mistake somewhere,
which had lent her days rose-color for
little while, to be sure, only to leave them
grayer and more forlorn than before. All
at once she remembered with shudder
that Colonel Audenreids fatal note was at
Martinvale, that one morning she had been
reading it and getting it by heart in her
own room, when Felicia knocked at her
door, and she had slipped the precious doc
ument between the leaves of her Golden
Treasury lying on the toilette table; and
then Felicia had entered with Mrs. Davis
summons for Stella to return to duty, and
in her hasty packing and departure she had
left Martinvae without the the Golden
Treasury. Some day she promised herself
to beg leave of Mrs. Davis, to run away to
Martinyale, and secure her treasure, not
that its possession would signify to her any
longer, only in order to keep il from Felicia's
eyes; but Mrs. Davis would not hear to be-
ing left an hour, and sometimes Stella
cherished the insane idea of writing to
Mrs. Martin, and requesting that lady to
send the Golden Treasury Of Song, which
she would find in the gable room, without
opening it.
Dear Mrs. Davis" she begged one day,
when couple of months had gone by, and
she had heard no more of pearls and satins
and bridemaids from Felicia, "do let me
run down to Martinvale, if only to stay
over a train its very important"
"a matter of life and death, I supposed"
at concerns the happiness of two peo-
pie"
Cant you tell me about It'll"
.Yes, | will, and then you will surely let
me 90. When was at Martinvae in the
summer, l met Cola certain gentleman.
He was very kind. He carried the lifeline
out to distressed crew when we were all
at the beach together, and he left little
foolish, hasty note for me, in case ne never
returned; by some mistake the note was
brought to me, though he did return. 1t
was hasty little affair, you know, written,
no doubt, under strong excitement when he
had misunderstood his own feelings, sup
pose; for have never seen him since, and
the note is in my Golden Treasury, which |
left behind me, and my friend Felicia
Martin may find it, and it will break her
heart, for she is going to marry Colonel
Audenreid. Oh / did not mean to tell his
name; but you will forget it, dear Mrs.
Davis and let me 60 at oncei
81 am not likely to forget it child"
laughed Mrs. Davis; ''it was my own name
before married. Colonel Audenreid is
sort of cousin of mine. 1t is pretty story.
Yes, you shall 60. So the note would
break Felcia's heart, would IT. II must
have been very tender"
but you see there must have been some
mistake about it."
well, there are as good fish in the sea
as ever yet were caught, child Go and
look after Feicia's happiness, if you will"
And for the first time Mrs. Davis kissed
Stellas white cheek. "You might have
been my cousin, you know" she explained.
But Stella never reached Martinvalle.
Stepping into the station, she ran against
Colonel Audenreid stepping out, with her
Golden Treasury in his hand. They looked
at each other for breathing space.
II was going TO YOU" said the colonel.
"Where is Felicia" demanded Stella.
AT homeland happy still. Where
were you goingl'
ITO Martinvale, for my Golden Treas
ury.1
~ have made the journey unnecessary.
Let me call a carriage, and take you home.
l have great deal to confess"
ut happened oddly enough, he explain
ed, later when he had given orders to be
driven in the opposite direction from
"home." 81 had left the note to be given
you in case never returned. Afterward,
when | asked Jim TO surrender it, he con-
fessed that he couldn't lay hands upon it;
must have lost it through the hole in the
pocket of his pea-jacket. That was of no
consequence; If he had dropped it on the
beach, the tide had hidden it. Returning
alive, prepared to do my counting by
word OF mouth. did not know you had
left Mr.. Martins. When was able TO
walk, went there to find you. II
was dusk as approached
through the garden. Somebody was
dreaming on the piazza. 1T is Stella !
thought. Inside the house Mrs. Martin was
| speaking 10 Felicia. heard her say dis.
tnctly, Shall you 90 to town tomorrow,
Feciaf and Felicia replied, Certainly,
il the weather allows did not know
that there was an aunt Felicia with the
same tricks of voice Of course, if Felicia
was indoors with her mother, it was Stella
star gazing on the piazza, and perhaps
thinking Of me. Would ever things be
more in my favorl | drew near; some
tender words, some hasty avowal escaped
me she was in my arms, when a voice from