The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-03-26

1 "she's welcomc--most Welcomed said
Zeph, scanning lima furtiycly again
"Did We see the lord ride past, Mr.. 10.
landy"
"No. Where and whenp
"Oh, just before you came up! lie rode
by Oh black horsc--a rare beauty. IL
will be best Tor the lord not to stay here
long"
"Why, zcph" asked Rose eagerly.
"Fathcr says there will he heavy rains
next mouth, and lie knows"
| "What them" asked Roland.
"Fathcr says the foods will be ont to
the hills this year, said Zeph oracularly;
"and you know what It says"
at" was apparently the Darrell curse
| in the Scarth Abbot.
dwell, but" said Roland whe barrels
have braved the floods again and again.
See how Sir Philip himself escaped when
he saved widow Hunt"
ellis time was not come, Mr.. Roland"
returned Zeph, frowning little; shut
the time must come, and Sir Philip is the
last Of his house. Good evening, my Ia
dies; good evening, SIR"
With another .Ook--not oycr.friendly--
at lima, and covert glance at Roland,
| Zeph went on her way.
''What an oddly" said lima, gazing
after ner. ~ can follow her pretty well.
What pity we missed seeing Dark OAR
rell on his black stecd! l knew it would
be black, Rose"
Rose and jamie discussed the black horse
which Sir Philip had not had the last time
he came to Scarth Abbot, all the way
home, while lima walked BY Rolahd's side
and asked him hosts Of questions about
the place and the people.
The remainder Of the evening passed
| pleasantly in music and cony crsation, and
| 1t was late when Miss Durnford and lima
returned to the Grange.
llma's dreams that night was tumble
OF Ottawa and Scarth Abbot, gipsics,
weirs, mills, and Spanish cavaliers
on black horses; aud she awoke early,
with the sun shining in her room.
The girl sprang up, dressed quickly, and
opened her bedroom door, Not q soul
was stirring In the house. lima looked at
her watch; 1t was barely six O'clock.
"Jolly" she thought. 81 shall run
down TO the weir before breakfast"
She did not put on her hat, but ran out
barcleaded, effecting her exit by her bed.
room window. A creeper grew without,
and by means of this the agile young girl
rapidly reached the garden; she then hur-
rled away toward the river. She had the
| dcwy morning all to herself, and scattered
the diamond drops like spray rs she moved
through the grass, laughing to see how
wet were her shoes and the bottom Of her
Diuc-and-white serge morning dress.
The mll-wheel had just began TO work,
but no one was about; and lima stood for
nearlya quarter Of an hour on Zarah's
Leap-so Roland had told her the fatal
spot was callcd-looking down upon the
weir; then stepping back 10 the bank, she
wandered along towards the bridge which
| Mistress Anners Darrell had refused to-
| cross. The ground rose in this direction,
and, looking ahead, lima could see that
the river, which wound very much, flowed
between banks fully twenty feet high, not
more than quarter of u mile from where
She now was.
She paused presently close to the bridge
and, going up TO the extreme verge Of the
bank, looked down at the rapid current,
flowing ut this spot with terrible velocity
towards the weir. Absorbed in listening
to the r0ar Of the weir, which seemed 10
| drown all other sounds, the girl might
have remained thus for an hour, had not q
most unexpected sound made !.c, look up
and glance quickly towards the bridge,
whence had come clear penetrating
"llolloaW In mans voice.
A man mounted on u splendid black
horse was crossing the bridge, and, as lima
turned her face, be waved his hand With
M imperative gesture, intiinating to her
to draw back. She obeyed instantly, re-
firing several feet, with less OF any fear In
her heart Of possible peril against which
the rider had warned her, than feeling
Of keen amusement and pleasure on be-
holding one who could be no other than tho
famous Dark Darrell, the accused. ics;
there WINS the dark handsome face; and,
Us she drew back the rider raised his hat
and bowed, as il to apologize for having
called to her, or to thank her for con-
descending to have her life saved. She
stood still, watching the horscman, and
| little thinking what an exquisite picture
she herself made with her youthful beau
ty.
While yet u hundred PAGES from where
lima stood, Sir Philip Darrell drew bril-
die, and, springins lightly to the ground,
advanced on foot, with doncd hat
Seeing that he approached her, the girl
went forward to meet him, thinking that
this last of the Darrclls needed only shin
ing armor or velvet and lace to he hero
Of some wild poetic romance of the Rhine.
"Pray forgive me-" he said, AS the two
met, "for shouting to you; but you were
standing in a very dangerous place. The
earth there frequently yields"
"Why, ought 10 thank you very
muchw replied lima earnestly, looking
up almost fearlully into a pair of large
stcadily-brilliant eyes Of the deep gray
that seem black in the shade. "f
had fallen in, l should have been washed
over the weir. But came only ycstcr-
day; 30 | don't know where there is dan
ger"
al should know you were stranger by
both your looks and speech" said Sir Phil
ip, smiling; and lima felt that so sweet u
smile could redeem any curse, even were
the face IL illumincd less strikingy hand
some than that Of the Lord Of the Manor.