The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-06-25
CHAPTER XI,


"And you really mustn't think us
such very big people, says Godfrey, in
a deprecatlng tone, because we are
anything but that, and, i'll fact, with
a sharp contraction of the brow that be-
tokens inward grief there is rather a
cloud over us Just now"
"A cIOud?N says Mona. And | think
III her lnmost heart she is rather glad
than otherwise that her lovers people
are not on the top rung of the ladder.
"GeS-ln a regular hole, you know"
says Mr Rodney 1T is rather com
piCated story, but the truth is, my
grandfather hated his eldest SONNY
uncle who went to Australia-like poi
son, and when dying left all the proper
ty-nOne of which was entailed-to his
second son, my father
THAT was little unfair, wasn't it?n
says Mona. "Why didn't be divide it?n
Wen, that's just it," returns he.
"But, You see, he didn't. He wlled the
whole thing to my father lie had a
long conversation with my mother the
very night before his death, in which
he mentioned this will, and where it
was locked up, and all about it; yet the
curious part of the whole matter is this,
that on the morning after his death,
when they made search for this will, it
was nowhere to he found! Nor have
we heard tale or tidings of it ever since
Though of tile fact that it was duly
signed sealed and delivered, there is no
doubt
How strangel" says Mona. "But
how then did You manager"
"Well, Just then it made little differ
ence to us, as, shortly after my grand
Father went Oft the hooks, we received
what we believed to he authenticated
tldings of my mCle's DEATH
Yes, says Mona, who looks, and is,
intensely interested.
well, belief, however strong, goes a
short way sometimes. An uncommon
short way with us"
But your mcle's death made it all
right, didn't itY"
mo, it didn't; it made it all wrong.
But for that lie we should not be in tie
predicament in which we now find our
selves. You will understand me better
when | tell you that the other day q
young man turned up who declares
himself to be my uncle Georges son,
and heir TO his land and title. That
,cdS a blow, And, rs this wretched will
is not forthcoming, fear he will inherit
everything. We are disputing it,, of
course and are looking high and low
for The missing will that should have
been sought for at the first. But it is
very shaky. the whole affair"
1T Is terrible, says Mona, with such
earncstncSs that he could have Rugged
her ON the spot
at is very hard on Nick" he says,
disConsoately He is engaged to one
Of the dearest little girls possible, but
of course If this affair terminates in ia
vor of'--he hesitates palpably, then
says, with an eifort--'my cousin. the
engagement comes to an end
But why?' says Mona.
"Well, he won't be exactly catch
after that, you know" says Rodney,
sadly. Poor old Nick it will be a
come-down for him after all these
years"
but do you mean totell me that the
girl he loves will give him up Just be-
cause fortune is frowning on himp"
asks Mona, slowly, Sure she couldn't
be so mean as that"
III won't be her fault, but OF course
her people will object, which amounts
TO the same thing, She can't 60 against
her people, YOU know"
IL don't know" says Mona, uncon-
WINGED. II would so against all the
people in the world rather than be bad
to you. And to iorsake him, too, at the
very time when he will most want SYM
patty, ut the very hour Of his great
trouble. Oh! that is shameful shall
not like her, think
81 am sure you will, Notwithstanding.
She Is the gayest creature imaginable.
just such another as yourself You
may not get on well with Violet Man.
sergh, who Is somewhat reserved, but l