The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-03-27
The Photograph Witness.
by Y. 5. NJ
CONTINUED From Last sundays Daily
CHAPTER VIII.

the broad piazza THAI ran around two sides
of the TCnne mansion II was her birth.
day, her twenty.frst birthday, and It was
saddened by the approaching anniversary
of that terrible event that had not only
taken her father from her, but had cast such
gloom over her young life apparently ioi
ever. She remembered the last time she
had referred to this day in speaking to Ed.
ward Leighton. II was on the occasion OF
that ill.ialcd interview which had had las
she always iclO so much effect in securing
that terrible verdict, when in answer 10
Leighton's cndeavor to persuade her to an
immediate marriage against her fathers
will, she had replied "Oh, no, Edward,
not now. Wait until am twenty.onc and
on that day, even though my father should
still oppose our union, you shall call me
yours if you will. Can not you wait for
me two short years ?" And now the day
had come, and he was serving a tclons
sentence and she was poor, brokcn.hearied
girl,
She had received a short letter from Ed.
ward every month since his confinement in
the pcniteniiary, and at first he had ap.
pcarcd 10 be in comparatively good spirits
whether fegncd or not, she Of course, could
not tell, but ii had really seemed to her
that, for time at least he shared her hope.
fulness regarding their ultimate success in
getting at the truth OF late. however his
letters had grown more and more dcspOnd.
ent, and she felt that, Notwithstanding all
her efforts to write hopefully and cheer.
fully, her letters TO him had betrayed the
sadness and detection with which hope
deferred had overwhelmed her
The last letter she had received from
him, and which she had read and re.read,
that very day. begged her, in justice TO her.
self, 10 think Of him no more save as one
who was dead A pardon he would never
accept, ana MS innocence would never be
proven. II was unmanly.in him and fool
ish in her TO maintain any longer this anon.
alous engagement between q convicted
feon utterly dead 10 the world, and beau.
tful girl who, in few short DAYS, would
attain her majority, and add 10 her other
attractions that Of being an herrss. As for
him, he should endcavor TO aid his resi- na-
ton by the reflection that, for her at least,
there was happiness in store
The reflections induced by the memories
Of the past, so powerfully revived by this
as by every anniversary, had made her feel
that she must have air and rapid motion
or she should be completely overcome; So
disregarding her mothers gentle admoni
ton regarding her imprudence, she had
thrown a shawl over her head and shoul.
ders, and was endeavoring, on a sort Of
counter irritation principle, to soothe her
over-wrought feelings.
1t seemed to her as if all the world was
TO blame that matters were as they were,
She had grown irritable and detected, and
could scarcely speak patiently on any sub.
ject save the one nearest her heart, and,
with the exception Of Nr. Fellows, Rich.
ard Courtney, and his father, she rarely
saw any one outside Of her own home
When she was seen, on the few occasions
that she went into the city by some Of her
old friends and acquaintance, their inter.
course amounted TO scarcely more than a
formal recognition, and they referred TO her
as q sad, very sad case, poor girl who had
become almost maniac on the subject OF
her lovers innocence Of great crime,
So far her efforts 70 discover the truths
regarding her fathers death had been bar.
rem Of results, Notwithstanding she had
been for the last two years, aided by the
amiable zeal of Mr.. Fellows and the
legal aCumen Of Richard Courtney, whose
as5iduous devotion To his profession now
his only mistress, he used TO saw, had
placed him in its foremost ranks; in fact
he was now the district attorney, and re.
garded as one Of the ablest lawyers in
the State Indeed so futile had been
their combined efforts, tina, even Richard
and Mr.. Fellows themselves had thought il
their duty 10 advise her to resign herself 10
lao % ,to hat I'll 20, e tla,r ia
accomplish nothing, and they must leave
the rest 10 time
The last effort in any special direction
had been suggested to Richard by his acct.
dentally coming across some article belong.
ing To Mr. Tcnncl's desk at the hank,
which was kept by the person in whose
hands he found IT, rs an interesting relic.
lie at once secured II for Mrs Tennicl, a,
The same time suggesting 10 Helen and Mr.
Fellows that possibly an effort, to secure
all the relies possible, Of the great fire
as II was called al Eldredgc might be the
means OF furnishing them with some clue
which, in the hands Of sKilful detective
would serve TO lead them to ,he truth.
The advice had been enthusiastically
adopted and energetically carried out witt
the result of accommodating numerous relic
Of every ire that had occurred in Eldrcdg,
during the last thirty years - the promise
Of reward in case relics of value should b,
obtained, having stimulated an cxtraordi
nary competition. Nothing more had
come Of il, however, and when, after an.
other six months, The relic scheme was
practically abandoned, j, might be said
not untruthiully, that all hope was dead.
II was about this time that Mr. Courtney
remarked 10 his son Richard, while sitting al
breakfast together, that il would be well ioi
him TO endeayor 10 reconcile Helen u
the actual condition Of affairs rather
than TO assist in keeping her mind intent
upon remote, nay hopeless, possibili
y. Indeed Richard" he added, IL car
conceive OF nothing more reasonable than
mat you should now feel justified in re
ncwing your own attentions TO Helen. A
"onans affection IN easily obtained wher,
once her esteem and friendship are w
cured. You have them both from Helen
ana, ior her sake a. well NJ Yours | ,rnv
that ere she altains her twenty. first hIr,h
day, the thing viii be settled. Besides,
be went on TO say, "you are ,urc n
Mrs Tenniels influence You know nm,
your being the only bachelor admitted
10 Helen's friendship and confidence, I'm,
caused such result TO be generally re-
carried as inevitable Indeed, may say
Richard, the world expects II, and the ordi
nary conventional rules Of society make