The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-04-24

called fOfth by NOrO or ueeu an ueep SYM
patty In her nature. She was Of course
blind 10 his faults, and now was often
reused from her dull aching pain, her al
most despair, to fury, at whispered words
of censure which some dared to utter in
her presence, She, VINO had been looked
upon rs an heiress, whose very nature was
pride incarnate. whose beauty WAS we'll
nigh iaultless, whose pOStionirom its proud
height was almost inaccessible, was now
humbcd almost to the dust, she could
scarcely call her costly clothes her own.
"Who can tell If She will be allowed to
keep them allg" the Countess Raven said
tcarlully, and GROSSLY too.
Florence shut herself up in her own
room. refusing even the small attempts at
consolation which were offered TO her. She
would zee or speak 10 no one took food but
rarely, and then only when exhausted ma
turr asserted the necessity too pOtentiy to
be- denied. She was now realizing slowly,
but surely, with every passing hour. her
hitter fricndincss, her utterly and pitilcss
ruin.
one hope her pride sometimes whisper.
cd 10 her heart in spite Of all her misery,
but il was II hope fast fading away; it was
r,, hcart warm cnou,h. a friendly bnnd
sim nnyynrrul cnourh in load her hack Ia
horIo., no,itior TLo Kindness would have
sowna priceless germ Of gratitude at least,
if love were impossible in her nature. But
it must be forced upon her, she would not
even stretch out her hand to meet it half
way In old times She had been proud
enough; but she was prOudcr now. Her
nridr r,y h,rdcninc hrr oven taking the
lb,rncst sling, from her pripf bv GIVING
her food for tlought. and So abatement of
hrr main
I'm the first DAYS of Miss Worthinrton's
bereavement shaver. of cards and friend.
~ mqui,ics were .cil at her door--amonr,t
fine former always that of Lord IIarcourt
Vernon. With the mos, scruuulous care
thi. act Of courtesy was rcuralcd daily for
a week: but ne made no cior, to see his
beautiful hctrothcd he never BETRAYED his
anxiety even bya few warm words. Lady
Raven commented loudly upon his great
drlicYcy and Performances: b,It Ia Florence
II WHISPERED other meanings, and even in
her Grief made her pride smart ,orclv. A
word Of sympathy from hnr lordly lover at
such A time, little as sine lN,cd him would
have Soltcncd her heart to him aud kim
died gratitude. which later might have
changed into ,till warmer feelings: but it
never came.
4 FORTNIGHT three wcck>-.draemcd slow
~ mast. and Lard JIarrourt'. cards we're
,tiIl left in portman Square, though now
les, rrcououtly: and hc made no effort TO
pas, the threshold, He wa. indeed most
a.
but tlorcnrc'. nro,d lincurlcd more Srorn.
fully each time ne entered her thoughts.
IIurh Cnrlrton-ramc twice and thrice n
dlv, more than once forcing his way past
fine spryuuts-ybose orders were 10 admit
no one and I'M the stairs. ia hear more
nearly Nv word Of mouth how Florence
Jared. Looking upon her rs hctrothcd to
Lord Uarrourt he IMAGINED that her IA
tlcl,, ruin mattcrcd little 10 her beyond
the ug,>iug shame and main. from which
her youtb and no,ition mist soon eXtricnte
her. Ouro ITurh Carleton forced himself
into her presence. 70 Lady Ravens dismav.
and his words Of real ,ympathy brought
the only tears Of relief that Florence had
known since her grief.
lie was honor itself, and to him now
Mis-, WortAinrton was almost another
man, wife. But had she been free for
himself it. ,yould hive ayailed him little
The Younger son of a noble house may not
marry where his heart or fancy leads him,
and HUGH Carleton knew this; but he |
rca.ul ,a hclp Florence if he could in her |
grief and trouble. His ATTEMPTS at consO-
Mtinp were well meant, though they were
,.ly,p.v ,u,,,,rL lint ut lnnSt thnv ru,nn |
from hi, heart. He reminded her of the
hundreds daily in the same prcdicament AS
her father had been, and of the fact that
She would soon be eXtricatcd from her
present depcndence-thiS last hurt her
pride, and so cascd her gricf-and he de-
rarcd earnestly and ccn,clc,sly that She
might count upon his friendship at all
times Poor fellow, his will was GOOD. hut
hi, power weak; and his fathcr-a poor
also n sufferer bv Sir Arthr's
dcfalcations, and hence not too kindly dis.
posed towards the dcthroncd heircss.
Nearly n month Mis-, Worthinrton wait
ed for some sim of taiIbtulupss from her
mobile lover: Int none came. Lady Raven
pcr.i,tcd silently in hoping AGAINST hone:
IUt Florence would not hear hi, name from
her aunt's Inns She resolved what TO do.
and She did il auickly and dccisiyelv. She
wrote, herself, to his lordship, informing
him that hi, absence and silence told her
plainly enough that his feeling towards
her were like her own for him; that their
engagement had been mduly hurried by
her dear father, and that .vniic THANKING
him for the grcat honor he had done her.