The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-03-06
CHAPTER III.

Edward Leighton had been wont to call
Helen Tcnnicl his sweetheart in their child
hood when his father was still one Of the
leading men of the town; and Mr. Tcnnicl,
though not as intimate with him as Rich
ard Fellows, had regarded him in every
way as desirable acquaintance, Reycrses,
however, had attended Mr.. Leighton's later
years and after an absence from Eldrdge
of one or two years, he died poor and
broken hearted, and was soon followed to
the grave by his wife, a woman whose
health, at all times poor, had completely
given way under her load of sorrow and
adversely. Edward leighton, their only
child, found himself at sixteen an orphan,
and utterly without means Of subsistence
II was then that Mr. Fellows, using his
good Offices with Luther Tcnnicl, secured
the lad position in Tenniel e. CourtnCy'S
bank, in which he had risen, in the course
| of six or seven years, to position of trust
and responsibility. Unfortunately for him,
| he had, as time wore on, and Helen TenniCl
developed into charming girl Of sixteen
or seventeen, allowed his once childish
feelings TO ripcn into genuine, devoted
love, which Helen returned with all the
intensity Of her ardent and determined
nature. AS soon as this state Of things was
discovered, Mr.. Tcnnicl decided on trip
| to Europe as a sure cure, and great was his
| disappointment when, few months after
his return, he discovered that nOtwith.
standing a years absence, the old feel -e
! had never died out, and that his cure had
only served TO, if possible, aggravate the
disease.
A short time before the scene described
in the foregoing chapter, Mr.. Tcnnic had
given Helen certain limit Of time to break
of all intercourse, with the threat that if
his wishes were not complied with, he
would then speak TO Leighton himself, and
tender him the alternative Of permanent
position and rapid promotion in the employ
Of Tennicl q Courtney, in case he would
engage TO abandon all claims upon Helen
and restrict his intercourse with her to the
mcrest acquaintance, promising further TO
send him 10 Europe for time, in the
interest of the concern, in order to render
| this course more easy, or of immediate
discharge, with nothing but good recon-
mendation as TO ability and integrity, and a
months salary in advance, in case he should
persist in his attentions TO Helen, or decline
10 release her absolutely from any absurd
engagement" as Mr., Tcnnicl styled it,
which might exist between them. This
threat he had prepared himself to carry out
that very morning, but the reference 10 the
state Of the monograph, made 10 his friend
Mr. Fellows, had led him into train of
thought which, for the moment, deferred
the execution of his plans.
Mr.. Tenniel was naturally man OF
honor, and any thing underhanded was
completely foreign to his character; but
what will not man sacrifice to his idol?
Every man for whom things temporal
are OF the highest importance, worships
some idol and for this idol, whether
ambition wealth, or love, the honest man
will compromise his integrity, the proud
man will swallow his pride the generous
man will stifle his affections.
1t had cost Mr.. Tennel some sacrifice
of his naturally honorable nature to con.
sent to the construction of this Invisible
eaycsdropper, and II was only owing TO the
urgent and persistent solicitations OF Mr.
Fellows, who was sincerely DESTROYS, from
scientific motives solely, Of practically Illus
trating the effect Of his Improvements, that
he finally yielded, and allowed the neccs.
sary alterations 10 be made in the private
office. So far, the experiment had not
been altogether successful, and although a
few days previous Mr. Fellows had sue.
ceeded in SO accurately reproducing two
or three times in succession, words, and
even sentences, uttered by Mr. Tenniel that