The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-04-17

Strings Of carriages reached from one
end of Portman square TO the other The
London season was drawing To close, and
but few houses for reception; so that,
amid them all, sir Arthur Worthugton'.
mansion Shonc with umdimmcd hrillian,y.
The evening was very sultry. and the win
dOws were thrown open wide to admit ~
much air as possible into the rooms: but
they were arti>tically draprd with lace and
silk TO shut out the vulgar gaze of tho Lon
don mob gathered outside in the vain hope
Of picking up few crumbs Of he pleasure
which seemed scattered with such houn-
tiul hand within.
1t was an old story. A man on the verge
of ruin was layishing hundreds in an hour
on crowd Of people whom he would new
er care TO see again, and who would proba-
bly, be his most ccnsorous critics cvcntu-
ally. Sir Arthur Worthington was risNing
all upon his last and deares, stake; he had
an excuse which hundreds lack.
Lord llarcourt Vernon. dazZcd, hut not
yet quite vanquishcd by Florence Worth
ington's beauty, was on this occaSon--hy
the additional luStre her lovelincss Dor.
rowed from her splendid Eastern costume,
the intoxicating music, the enrrvatng per-
',,ihe OF mowers me sweet food on all sides
offered 10 his yanity--to he utterly subdu-
ed and led into captivity beyond all posi-
hlity Of escape Amongst the whole host
of fair young arlstocrats-peaSants from
AL nations minnie queens from lairyland,
shoW-ldlrleS, lcc-ihlrleS, goldenhairpd Mar
gurrltes WIN real or borrowed trcsSeS 10
their lc't-Lord llarcoIlrt was TO find but
one pear OF price and truly there was ono
whose all-powerlul beauty, whose subtle
power to charm, and whose radiance sur.
passed all the rest.
Amongst them all there was not one
tha, in beauty, grace, or animation, APP
preached Florence Worthinglon. So all
thought and admitted who were not blind
ed by vanity or envy: so best Of all knew
her iather-and II brought comfort, yet
some pain, to his weary heart; so decided
without hesitation Lord liarcourt Vernon,
as ne hent over the bright young face so Ca
gerry upli',ed 10 his own, as hc drank in
the SoitheSs Of her dark eyes, that were
conscious oil 'hclr own power and beauty
anu oi inc admiration they attracted; So
anew p'!ohu uouDt, 4 florence Worthlng-
w" 'eIsoH' i'i tIcn brown halr was gath
'rtu "acN III 'li'k lr'>Ncs uhdcr SILVER
ven ana WINE" WIN s'fings oi pearls; the
o'Uva'e.,,nl'u SILKS She wore were hroid-
eIvu WIN Eo," ana N,lN'r ana fastened
WIN Je"'''e" ''nr'' 'nr lalr throat and
'ou"uru arms '""'" win SHINING pearls
ana Sll't'IlhG gchN'
"r'' '"uc'u ,au MIS- hlIhort lnllIlcd
hei '"'n'S'' H,H NoTthlng'oh'S dress
W." 'hu'ru P'Il''''"h' us '0"ct most daz-
M'"g' N"'l'lK us W"af"r SNyl" OF beauty
70 pcrl'c'loh' lorenzo knew this well
herself. and il gave additional brightness
TO her eyes and softer tenderness 10 her
lips. There was no doubling her power:
and apparently she was waiting for her
fate with little hesitation or reluctance
Lord Ilarrourt was her shadow and no
mean one, in his Greek dress which me-
corded well with hi. Jirht wcu.knit No.
ire. his straight dark features possihI,,
without hi. title. Lord lIarro,,r, mich, ,nt
40 easily have foitud tho ,y,vtoa ho,u,ic,,I
rirr, heart. ~he might Lay. ro,,rd his
face too cyprcssionlcss his crov ovos foo
dull. his smile wantinc in s,voo,uc,. and
sincerity, hi, words lnckingtruo symnathv
with herself or others but FLORENCE soon
ed 10 find no ,hortromino. IN his Iord.bir
Lord IIarcot,r, knew thar ne ,ras tbo mos,
onyipd amid Aft thc brilliant p,,horin, and