The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-03-19


put in jamie, "about the extraordinary
phenomenon OF the rising of the Coal
mere. IL is number of few years ago.
will show II to you, lima"
"But granted the phenomenon" said
lima, "why should the yearly increase in
the rising Of the water concern the work.
ing out of the cursei"
Oh, you skepticl How should / known
But Of the curse working in one way there
can be no doubt" said Rose emphatically.
"stay moment, lima; You can hear the
weir now."
They were passing through little wood,
and, AS all stood still, they heard dis
tinctly the roar OF falling water. lima
listened for u moment or two, with parted
lips, and eyes into which tar away look
had come.
81 was thinking of Niagara" she said
softly ut last, then added quickly, "Pleasc
finish your story here, Rose. II We 20 OH,
we shall meet Roland, and l shall not have
the finish for an age"
The three girls sat down on a fallen tree
trunk, and Rose continued
"There Is no doubt about this, lima,
that from Sir highlands time all the Oar.
rells have been unfortunate In love. Sir
highlands wife died quietly; but then he
did not love her, he hated her. 1t would
take too long to tell you, but, when you so
through the picturc-gallery at the Court,
the old housc-keeper will give you his.
tory Of all the loye-affairs of the barrels
since Sir Ingelhard; and there was always
nd Hpafh n hatI fhnan IA tho Laval
wouldn't marry Darrell, grand as they
are-not even the present one, who Is the
handsomest of II handsome race"
"And dare-all, like the rest of them"
added jamie.
"l'm coming to him." said Rose noddlng
to lima. "Thc present DarrelPs father,
Sir Bertram, married Howard, and they
were both drowned in yachting, when
their sou Sir Philip was baby. Sir Der.
trans father was shot in . due. over u
loye-afiair."
"They were bold to fall in love, If they
believed in the CURSE" said lima.
81 suppose they couldn't help it. l
am not great physiognomst; dare say
you are. Look at their portraits and you
will see that theya had strong passions
This one has, and no mistake, rs you say
across the water. l wouldn't have him
hate me for something; / would almost
rather he loved me~
"llate you! That is surprising you were
man." observed llma "a gentleman
would not visit vengeance on n WOMAN
III suppose not--a Darrell would not /;
and certainly Sir Philip would not"
az am awfully curious about him." said
| lima; "but, first, 1 want to ask few
| questions about the past"
"l'm all attention." returned Rose.
"Then how was it Sir lngchard, who
was not too good for anything, did not turn
the lIeston's out Of the Mill after Zaralps
CURSE"
"Wel, perhaps even he thought he had
done enough wrong; or, more likely, his
superstitious fears prevented lin. Aud
no Darrell has ever dreamed of diSpos-
sessing the IIestonS, though to this day
they hate the Lords Of the Manor as if
they were all Sir highlands. They were
like the Corsican vendetta; gipsics have
SO much of that Kind Of thing; no other
people would think Of carrying hatred
through generations. dob is AS glad rs he
can be that Sir Philip is tho last Of his
race"
"Stilf they have always been good ten
ants" said janice they pay their rent
steadily, and hurt nobody. But they have
never been fayorites. The other tenants
| will hardly speak TO them becausc they are
against the barrels, and partly for their
gypsy blood. Job is 'Lour'-ookins man,
think"
"And Zcph looks cerie." added Rose.--
DWELL, lima, what neXtW
"Why the curse said
"'Whcn the floods are out, TAX hcedl'
That seems warning to the barrels that
they may meet with death or disaster at
worked out."
at never has been yet" answered Rose
mysteriously; :" remember hearing grand.
mamma say once that Anneris Darrell,
grand-aunt Of Sir Philip, YOU know, would
not cross the river one year when the
floods were out, though she had to take
an important journey South; but nothing
happened. The bridge she would have
had to cross remains still. General the
barrels have been reckless about that
warning; and not one OF them has come
TO grief ut the time of the floods. Sir
Philip when he was q boy, crossed Il foot
bridge just above the lock when he WAS
told it was dangerous; the river rose in
September that year, and three minutes
after he had reached safety the bridge
was swept away. The last time he was
here, was one October more than five years
ago, he did icarlully daring thing. One
of his tenants, apo0r woman, lived In
cottage near the river; the water rose so
high that she had to take TO the roof of
the cottage. Sir Philip launched boat
he'sa splendid oarsman; put the current
of the Coamere is always strong, and of
course ut the ilood-tlme IL Is like mill
race; nevertheless he put out, Ito was
carried down nearly mile, and how lie
managed to escape or to reach the cottage
know not; but lie did manage, and saved
the woman"
allow glorious" cried lima, flushing
with excitement and claspug her hands.
"Oh, Rose, man who could do such n
'deed Of dcering.do' must bear q charmed
life! No curse for crime not his could
touch him."
Rose looked admiringly at her cnthusi.
astic cousin.
"Hc believes In the curse" she said
graycly--"thcy all do; and am afraid II
viii be fully worked out with his life. 1
should feel far easier II he left before tho
river rose. Why, he Is thrty-one,. and
still unmarried; and such man rs he is
Mood nm hnuuin,v "a Iyifn In