The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-12-18

house, ! expect my sister to visit me much
more frequently now that money Is no object
TO her and she must be able 10 do so with COM
fort. Yours, faithfully,
"LETTICE MosTYN."
snow have done i'll" cried that lady
TO her husband, when she had signed her
name. III have written letter that will
plant dagger at every turn ! am 30
glad,'
"You have written letter which will
show Merivale most clearly that your
poor little sister was very much attached
to hint"
Sand won't that be the biggest dagger
of them all But of course ! don't want
him to think so, and don't think that he
will"
81 am sure he will"
81 can't help it, then. After all, he won't
show my letter! 1t puts him in such
ridiculous position! Philip am proud
of it,"
"Does it strike you as lady-like, dear"
II don't want to be ady-like--I want to
be disagreeable He will be ready to kill
himself with vexation when he reads it,
You see he may spend his whole life in
paying court to his uncle, and the old man
may leave him nothing after all, whereas
if he had been true to his love for Lucy,
he would have had all this money now
1t is splendidw
ale will try to get her to forgive him"
"There won't be much difficulty in per-
suading her to do that"
"Lettice"
"Forgiving him is not marrying him! l
am convinced that nothing will ever in
duce her to do thatw
All Mrs. Mostyn said was truej Lucy
IldeMon was now rich lady, and her
wealth came from the odd old gentleman
with whom she had travelled three months
before, When she opened the lawyers
letter which had been forwarded to her
by Aunt Esther, she learned this astound-
ing fact and had hardly recovered her
surprise when she reached home. The
lawyers letter was catalogue of riches
and wealth Lucy had handsome fur
nished house in Chester Square, contain
ing gallery of ancient masters, folios of
drawings and engravings, cabinets Of We
netian glass and china and stores Of fine
old plate. She had horses and carriages
a large estate in Cumberland, and yacht
lying at Cowes. Mr.. Kenrick had left her
all he had, and had written her letter
which touched her inexpressibly. 1t was
dated just two weeks before he died, and
was as follows;-
MY DEAR CHILD:-I am i'll, and I begin to
see that shall not be aole to keep my appoint
ment with you, but that ii is much more likely
that before the 18th Of September | shall have
set out on my long journey from which no
traveller returns. ! have made my will; | have
left you all that possess. ! have done this be-
cause you are to me the living representative
OF lay dear wife that was to have been. You
are like her in face, form, and manner, and |
think also that yOuare as good and sweet as she
was Ii plcases me to know that when | am
gone, that one who resembles her so nearly will
live in my old home, see the things which |
gathered together for my pleasure and instruc-
ton, and, | hope, enjoy them as ! have done
Iwish you never mt any time to part with any
of the land leave you, or any Of the houses,
or any of the pictures, cngravings, or books or
china. beg you not TO discharge any Of my
old servants, unless grave misconduct on their
part should make such q step absolutely neces-
sary, and of this they are incapable. If youdo
part with any of them provide for them hand
somcly and see that they are always safe
from want.
~ entrcat you TO be a kind and indugent
mistress to men and women who have been
treated more as friends than as servants, |
wish you to take the surname Of Clavering
You can guess whose name it was. If you
ever marry, ! make the condition that your
husband takes my name, 50 that after all,
Claverng and Kenrick may marry and i've
happily together in the houses which have s EN-
such sorrow. All these things are stated, and
properly provided for in my will; but ] think
you will like to hear what Iwish in letter to
yourself. have heard little about you lately
dear child, from some one who knows Litch-
field and its neghborhood wei. He says young
Mervae is paying you greatattention. Should
you become engaged | wish you every hap
piness. Should any difficulty arise on the score
Of your want of fortune, | eXhOrt you on no
account whatever to renew the affair when You
become rich. His hesitation will prove him
to be unworthy Of you. Any man possessedo OF
youth, health and education can carve out
way to provide for the girl he loves II only he
loves her enough to work for her, and both love
each other enough to bear little privatiOn.
If he has in any way drawn back, give him up;
and if he renew his suit when he hears your
circumstances have changed for the better give
him up still more If you are content with hall-
heartedncss, or are sOft-hearted and take him,
you will regret it all your life advise you to
live in your London house Mt once, and not to
go to Calderwater until next April. Take pos
session in Chester Square as soon as those slow
folks the lawyers will permit you, and stay
there quietly all the winter | wish you to take
| lessons in music, drawing, painting, languages,
or whatsoever you fancy, and to work really
| hard at whatever you decide to study. You
may be a great proficient in these things al
ready, but something remains for everyone TO
learn | desire you to spend two hours daily
in reading books likely TO do you good, not p0-
etry, and not novels. Buy what you read; do
not subscribe TO lbraries-that wcakcns the
| mnd-but buy what you want, and take pride
| in adding works TO my library to which those
| that ! bought will not feel ashamed. All! how
| / shall miss my booksl Keep up such of my
| charities ms deserve TO be kept up,and as rule,
| remember that il is better to know the people
| 10 whom you give your money, but that is not
always feasible. Think kindly Of me, and to
| please me keep things as much as possible in
| order In which leave them. shall like to pic
| tllre you living in the dear old places, and TO
know that all is looking as II used to do. | do
not know that this power is granted to us after
dnath bit ~ may hp Espppiully remember mo