The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-02-03
"CaIl carriage for me- she direct

tear of the hated costume which had
caused her such trouble; her next to
throw herself on the bed aud sob out
her excitement and contrtion. The
morning sun, streaming into her room,
awoke her.
With shudder, she remembered the
events of the past night She looked
down at her hand--the hand which had
been polluted by another's touch--as
though in some way she expected to
| find the contamination branded on its
soft white surface. 1t was all unmarried;
but She looked again-she looked
away and back-shc rubbed her eyes
| and looked-the color meanwhile tiut-
tering out of her cheeks, and her pale
lips quvering, as il her heart seemed
to stand still in sudden agony Of fear;
for from the third finger was missing
| the talismanic ring
When and where had she lost it, and
how could she now find the courage TO
confess all to Gerald? She rose and
dressed, revolving and re-revolving this
problem in her mind.
AT any hour her husband might re-
turn. For the first time she dreaded to
meet him -- dreaded to look into his
kindly, handsome eyes, and read there
all his incredulous reproach, mingled
| perhaps with scorn and anger.
The day wore on. Her friend Mrs
Martin, ran in to scold her for her de-
sertion; but her pale face and trem-
bling tones made good her plea of sud
| den illness.
At nightfall Gerald arrived. She
threw herself in his arms, in n burst OF
nervous weeping; but when he wonder
ingly asked its cause, her courage fail
ed her.
Why was il she had never imagined
that he might look stern until to-dayP
A week passed, when one evening,
sitting in the twilight, step sounded
close beside. She looked up to discover
| the count.
Pardon he began, in answer to her
indignant, questioning look; "why
must you be so cruelP May not now
see you?"
''Sir, command you to leave me. /
am now under the protection of my
| own roof"
| He was about TO answer, when latch
| KEY was heard inserted in the outside
| door
| IN an instant. he had sprung into some
| place of concealment, but the fact that
he was near lent to the young wife
sudden courage, born of the moments
desperation. Her husband, entering,
| IL, 81, l.,
back.
Gerald" she said, 81 have bitter
confession to make. 1t is fitting you
| should hear il now
He listened, with arms folded across
| his breast, while she told him all the
story of that fated night,
"And is this alp" he questioned bit
terly, when she had paused.
| "No, not ALL" she continued, raising
her voice, my confession has another
| witness, who has forced his hated pres
eDcc again upon me. The Count Bel
zoni is here again, Gerald"
AS she spoke, she drew aside tho cur
tain; but the form she expected to dis
close was gone, the open window at
testing to lis flight
Silently the husband drew paper
from his pocket, and showed her par
agraph Offering a reward for the arrest
OF a thief and swindler known as the
Count Bclzoni
"My darling" he said "my little
wife has learned lesson she will never
forget, have known this story all the
| time, but have waited until you came to
! tell il TO me. | returned the night Of
| the ball, to take you with me, when |
found you had gone, Imagine what |
suffered, and my added suffering when,
| arriving at the scene of enjoyment,
where had followed you, discovered
who was your companion. | stood near
you, and heard the words he addressed
TO you heard with joyful heart your
answer; saw you wrench your hand
from his hold. and also saw what you
did not, the sparkle of the ring he drew
from your finger. Poor little girl! /
watched you hasten through the crowd,
and knew that you had already met
your bttcrcst punishment II has been
through my efforts that the Count has
| wv" i"N'" anu cNpooOu' OHty Wis
morning | recovered your ring from the
man with whom he had pledged it as
security. Once more place it on your
finger. But remember, darling, it is
only the outward charm. A wife's true
talisman is her husbands honor, which
no thief may steal, unless he added as
sassnation to his crime, and buys it
with her hearts blood"
| .
"Disraeli the younger" was intro
duced to Lord Melbourne in 1880, Just
after his return from his Eastern tour.
1t was at a small dinner, and Lord Mel
bourne, with characteristic good nature,
began to talk of the countries just WIS.,
tied by the author Of "Vivian Grey"
and the Young Duke" to which con-
sidcrate civilty Mr.. Disraeli replied,
with sort of sneering assumption Of
superiority: "Your Lordship seems to
have derived all your notions Of Oren-
tai countries from the Arabian Nights
Entertainments "And dcyelish
good place 10 get them from, too, :"
| rn;niunu Inrl Mplhnurnp lauphinU and