The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-04-09

| A few he pNs,Cd over, and lima wondered
why. iii they came to u gaIlant-lOoking
gentleman in the dress OF George HIS
reign, when lima touched her companions
arm, and asked
.Did lo never love any one:"
"Ay," answered Sir Philip, after mo.
mcnps pause, "not wisely, but too well!
1t was for no lawful love he died in his
own halls. lie lied with the wife of
Westmorcland Squire; her husband pur.
sued them, and shot Morton Darrell in the
great hail you passed through when you
| arrived"
SO, when he passed by others, lima ask
| ed no qucStOns-shc could read OF them,
| he said once, in book he would lend her,
which gave all the family hi,tory---but, for
good or for evil, ii seemed that this dark
passionate race must needs love, though
they knew the curse that went with It,
and others knowing il, yet were not proof
against the power to win when Nature
had so Myishly bestowed on u gifted house.
Would Sir Philip Darrell escape? she
wondered. Had he vowed to be free at
least from the anguish, though his race
should perish with him?
And now they stood before the grave
handsome face OF Sir l}crtram and The beau.
tifu face Of his wife.
81 know who these are" said lima
quickly, to spare Sir Philip speaking of
thcm; and she guzed Oh them in deep rev.
ercnec--not only because they were DOOM
ed for their very loves sake, and died
Young by terrible death, but because
l,.fr l,t Il
not thcn realise this element in her ycner-
alton.
al have no memory Of them" observed
Sir Philip. "They were lost when l WAS
only two years old.'
lie said this indilcrcntly, not with any
elaboration OF carcessness, but as though
he really felt no concern in the matter
lima however knew that he was not really
calous; she knew that he would have CIV
Ell worlds toremcmber his beautiful moth
er. She dared not look at him, for her
eyes were blinded by tears; but Sir Phil
ip read her silence, and lie set his teeth
hard rs he turned away.
lima passed on and stood before the por-
trait Of the last of tho barrels. How
long she could have gazed on that remark
able Couulenancc, II 1t had been possible to
| do SO, She noted the vacant space beside
| it, and wondered ii ii would ever be occu-
! ped by the picture Of Philip DarrelPs wife,
or that Of stranger. Rose had told her
that the next heir claimed through the ie-
male line, which brancAed oil in tue reign
OF Henry WILL, and thus escaped the
curse, which fell only on the descendants
Of Sir lngelhard. Could Sir Philip Dar-
| rell endure the thought Of stranger
| reigning ut the Court, oil alien faces on the
| panels which should reflect the dark bcau-
~ of the DurreI'ss lima who knew so
little, could not bear 10 think of it. She
could not keep back the tears, nor speak
for the choking sensation in her throat; she
was obliged to turn abruptly from her
companion and walk away.
Sir Philip stood still, folding his arms
tightly OH his breast, and looked after her,
but he did not stir step to follow her,
His face was deathly white, his heart was
beating heavily; his eyes glowcd with
look almost of defiance, rs though he dared
some invisible power, either from without
or the voice of conscience. But, when IL
ma came back to him, he had regained self
command, and smiled and asked where she
would like to 20 now, as though she llau
done nothing that could have been no.
ticcd.
"Supposc," he added awe do something
brighter, aud do some more pictures after
luncheon, If YOU wish it; these family his
tories have driven all the brightness from
your face. viii you come TO tue stables
and choose your horse"
"YeS, thanks. should like that"
"This way then. There is postern
close by, which will lead us by short cut
to the stables"
Tncy descended few flights Of stairs,
and passed through some mysterious pas
sagcs; then Sir Philip Darrell opened q
po>tern, and the sunlight blazcd full upon
them. After going through some shrub
berries, the stables were reached
"Why," said lima, looking round the
immense range Of buildings, "lou might
stable y regiment here, Sir Philip"
"Ay, and more than u regiment has been
stabbed in Old times; and in my fathers
time, aud always till mine, all those stalls"
pointing to long range OF stables evil
IDENTIFY disuscd--"wcre full OF hunters,and
thcrc'-iudcatin another building-"my
grandfather kept his raclng-stud. 1t was
the finest stud in the North in those days;
but my father sold 1t; he did not pat
rouze the turf. The hunters were dis
pCrScd during my minority, and | never
filled their places. Poor old Marsh, the
head groom, raves at me and calls me
names because don't hunt. Bah! l
would as lief shoot fox as run him to
earth; but when said that to Marsh once
he almost had Il tit Of apopleXy. But here
is Marsh"
Up came the old groom. lie salutcd his
| lord, and paid his respects TO lima in the
| broad dialect Of Cumberland. The stables
| were not what they used 10 be, he told her
Marsh was u very old servant, aud said
pretty well what he plcascd--Dut there
were some beautiful horses in them yet
| As they went towards the stable where
| the animals were from among which lima
was to choose, the old man glanced several
| times from beneath his shaggy Dr0ws at IL
| ma and wondered who She was, and whetll-
CT his lord had taken u fancy TO her.
Marsh hoped he had; for Sir Philip ought
10 marry and keep up the line, ho consld-
cred, whether he loved his wife or not.
"Now llma," said Sir Philip, as they en-
tered the stable, the doors Of which Marsh
respectfully threw open, 81 should recon-
mend Xuleika. She needs skilled hand,
for She /, full Of spirit, but she is rs gem
tie AS lambs and her pedigree Is unim-
pcachablo. Her dam WSa thoroughbred
Arab"