The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-08-20

run down stairs and find the girls and
make Yourself happy with them"
Happy reproachtully, III shant
know q happy moment until l see you
againW
Nor till | see YOU says Godfrey,
earnestly, actually believing what he
says himself
II shall do nothing but look at the
clock, and listen for the sound OF the
horses feet"
Mona YOU mustn't do that. Now,
shall be really annoyed If you insist
on sitting up for me and so lose good
nights rest Now, don't darling. 1t
you pale and languid next day
but shall be more content so; and
even if went to bed | could not sleep
Besides, shall not be companionless
when the small hours begin to creep up
on me"
"Eh2n says GeofGrey,
mo; shall have him with me; but
hush. 1t is quite a secret, placing her
finger on her lips.
"'IlimY'-- whom?"- demands her hus-
band, with pardonable vivacity,
My own old pet, y says Mrs, Godfrey,
still mysteriously, and with the fondest
smile imaginable.
Good gracious, Mona, whom do you
mean?' asks he, aghast both at her
look and tone.
"Why, Spice, of course" opening her
eyes. Didn't you know. Why, what
else could mean
~ don't know, I'm sure; but really
the way you expressed yourself. and
Yes, of course, Spice will be company,
the very best company for YOU"
II think | shall have Allspica too"
goes on, Mona But say nothing. If
Lady Rodney knew it she would not al
low it for moment But Jenkins
| 1.-THE old bntler) has promised to man
age il all for me, and to smuggle my
dear dogs up to my room without any
one being in the least the WISER
If you have jenkins on your side
you are pretty safe, says Godfrey
"My mother is more afraid Of jenkins
than You would be of a land-leaguer
Wei, goodbye again. must he off =
What horse are you taking?' asks
she, holding him back.
BLACK BPss.'
"Oh Godfrey, do you want to break
my heart. sure you know he is the
most vicious animal in the whole sta.
bles, Take any horse but that"
"Well, if only to oblige you, I'll take
Truant,n
What the horrid brute that puts
back his ears and shows the whites o.
his eyes? Geolfrey, once for all, | de
sire you to have nothing to do will
him."
Anything to please you, says Geof
fry, who is laughing by this time. "Nla,
| trust my precious bones to MaZerin
He is quite fifteen; has only one eye
and hasa shameless disregard for The
whip"
"Ye-es; he will do" says Mona, af
ter seconds careful thought, and ever
now reluctantly.
II think | oce myself behind Mazerin
at this time Of day, says Mr., Rod
ney heartlessly. you don't catch m,
at it, if know it. I'm not sure wha
horse shall have, but | trust to Thorn
as to give me good one. For the last
time, goodbye again, you amiabl,
young goose, and don't expect me till
come"
So saying, he embraces her warmly
and, running downstairs, Jumps int
the dog-cart, and drives away benin,
the vicious Black Bess.n
Mona watches him from her window
as far as the curve in the avenue vii
permit, and, having received and re
turned his farewell wave of the hand
sits down, and taking out her handkeI
chief, INDUCES in good cry.
1t is the first time since their mar
riage that she and Godfrey have beel
parted. and it seems to her hard thinj
that such paintings should be. A sens
OF deSolation creeps over her,-a sens
of loneliness she has never before
known.
Then she remembers her promise t
60 down to the girls. and abstain from
trettng, and, rising bravely, she bathe
her eyes, and goes down the marble
staircase through the curtained alcov'
towards the small drawing-room, where
one of the servants tells her, the famil.
is assembled.
The door of the room she is approach
ing is wide open, and inside, as sh
draws nearer, it becomes apparent tina
some one is talking very loudly, ant
with much emphasis. and as though de
termined not to be silenced. Argumen
is plainly the order ofsthe hour
AS Mona comes still nearer, the word
of the speaker reach her, and sink int
her brain, lis Lady Rodney who i
holding forth, and what she says float
lightly to Mona's ears. She is still ad
vmcing, unmindful of anything but tn
fact that she cannot see Godfrey agai
for more hours than she cares TO c0un
when the following words become clea
to her, and drive the color from he
cheeks.
3 And those dogs forever at her heel
) positively, she is half a savage. TT
whole thing is in keeping, and quite d.
: testable. How can YOU expect me
, welcome girl who is without FAM
!, and absolutely penniless? Why, ! al
+ convinced that misguided boy bougl
4 her even her trousseau!N
Mona had no time 10 hear more; pal
! but collected, she walks deliberate
I into the room, and up to Lady Rodne
You are mistaken in one point" 81
I says slowly II may be savage, penn
: less, without family but bought n
\ own trousseau. do not say this to e
7 cuse myself, because | should not min
:. taking anything from Godfrey; but
" think il pity you should not know t
y truth. had some money of my own
very little, | allow, but enough to (,
,. nish me with wedding garments
n Her coming is thunderhOlt, |
u speech lightning. Lady Rodney chang
~ color, aud is for once utterly disco
* certed
II beg your pardon she manages
~ CIV Nnf COURSE had | known yo,l ",