The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-07-30

TACT, on a regular champ because 1t
vexed Tricksy Newcombe, whose own
particular he was in the way of pals
Everybody laughs, In fact, Molly
r0ars,
"Did she stop thereY" he says; "that
was unworthy of her. Breath for once
must have failed her, as nothing so
trivial as want OF words could have in
fuenced Miss Carson"
You should have seen Mona" says
Godfrey. "She opened her eyes and
her lips, and gazed flxedly upon the
lively Edith. Curiosity largely mingled
with awe depicted itself upon her eX-
pressive countenanCe. She was won
dering whether she should have to con-
quer that extraordinary iargon before
being pronounced tit for polite society"
mo, indeed" says Mona, laughing.
"But it surely wasn't English, was it?
That is not the way everybody talks,
surely"
Everybody" says Geoffrey, "thatis,
all specially nice people, You won't be
in the swim at all, unless you take to
that sort of thing"
Then you are not nice person your
SELF
II am far from it, regret to say; but
time cures all things, and | trust to that
and careful observation to reform me. :"
Ana am to say pals for friends,
and call it pure English?o
1T is not more extraordinary, surely,
than calling a drunken young man
tight, >" says Lady Rodney, with calm
but cruel meaning.
Mona bushes painfully.
well, no; but that is pure Irish, "
says Godfrey, unmOved. Mona, with
lowered head, turns her wedding-ring
round and round upon her finger, and
repents bitterly that little slip of hers
when talking with the duchess last
night.
IF / mus. ask Edith Carson | shall
feel am doing something against my
will - says Lady Rodney.
1--WE have all to do that at times"
says Sir Nicholas. And there is an
other person, mother, shall be glad If
you will send card to-
Certainly, dear; who is itN
Paul Rodney replies he, very dis
tinctly.
Nicholas" cries his mother, family;
"this is too much.
Nevertheless, to oblige me, - entreats
he, hastily. .
but this is morbid "a foolish PRIDE
protests she. passionatcly. whilst all the
others are struck dumb at this suggeS-
ton from Nicholas. Is his brain failing?
Is his intellect growing weak that he
should propose such a thing? Even
! Doatie who as a rule supports Nicho-
las through evil report and good, sits 81
| lent and aghast at his proposition.
What has he done that lie should be
excluded?' demands Nicholas, a little
| eXCitedly. If he can prove first right
to claim this property, is that a crime:
lie is our cousin; why should we he the
| only people in the whole country side to
treat him with contempt? He has com
mitted no violation of the law, no vile
sin has been laid to his charge beyond
this fatal one of wanting his own-and
and
lie pauses, in the darkness a loving,
clinging hand has again crept into his,
| full of sweet entleaty, and by gentle
pressure has reduced him to calmness,
Ask him. if only TO please me, he
| says. YEARLY.
"Everything shall he Just AS YOU wish
II, utdltSl. SAYS HIS uOtutl' Will VII
wonted tenderness, and then silence
falls upon them all,
The fire blaZes up tercely, and anon
drops its fame and sinks into insig-
nifiCance once more. Again the words
that bear some vague but az yet undis.
covered meaning haunt Mona's brain.
"a splendid scheme A vile conspir.
acy. perhaps. Oh, that she might be in
strumental in saving these people from
rum. among whom her lot has been
cast But how weak her arm. How in
sufficient her mind to cope with an emer-
gency like this