The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-09-17

m0nstache, "yOu were so overcome
with delight at the unexpected honor |
did you, that"
"oh, ! dare say" says Nicholas, iron
ically. "Iou get out.n
what else did they say, Nolly?n asks
Dorothy, in wheedling tone.
IF they could only hear us now,n
mumurs Godfrey, addressing no one in
particular.
$50 on, Molly" says Doatie.
"You see, | was so filed with the
novelty of the idea that it is the correct
thing to weep when seated on your
highest pinnacle of bliss, that I forgot
to put my fingers in my ears again for a
moment, SO heard him say, Are you
sure you love mey' whereupon she said,
Are yOu quite sure you love meY with
lots Of emphasis. That finished mel
Did you ever hear such stuff in your
justly incensed. "When they have been
us all to death with their sentimental
ty for the last three months, they coolly
turn round and ask each other II they
are sure they are in loyew
Molly, you have no romance in your
nature, y says Nicholas, severely.
mo, | haven't, if that's romance. OF
course there was nothing for it but to
shut my eyes again and resign myself
to my fate. | wonder I'm not dead,
says Molly, pathetically. ~ never put
in such a time in my life. Well, an
other quarter of an hour went by, and
then cautiously opened my eyes and
looked again, and-would you believe
it?n-indignantly, -" there they were
stillln
ut is my opinion that you looked and
listened all the time, and it was shame
fully mean of you" says Dorothy.
IL give you my honor | didn't. |
neither saw nor heard but what | tell
you, Why, if | had listened could fill
volume with their nonsense. Three
quarters of an hour it lasted. How a
fellow can take forty-tive minutes to
say, viii you marry mey passes my
comprehension. Whenever lam going
to do that sort of thing, which OF
course looking at Mona. Twill be new
er now, on account of what you said to
me some time since-but if ever should
be tempted, shall get it over in twenty
seconds precisely; that will even give
me time to take her hand and get
through the orthodox embrace"
But perhaps she will refuse me, y
says Mona, demurely.
''No such luck. But look here, I
never suffered such agony as | did in
that laurel. It's the last tree III ever
climb. | knew if | got down they
would never forgive me to their dying
day, and as was felt like condemned
criminal
'Or like the sweet cherub that sits
up alofty There is something cheulbic
about you, do you know, Molly, when
one comes to think about it. But finish
your tale
There isn't much more; but yet
the cream of the joke remains" says
Molly, laughing heartily. They seemed
pretty Jolly by that time, and he was
speaking. L was afraid You would re-
fuse me, he said, in an imbecile tone.
I always thought you liked Godfrey
best Godfrey said Violet. ION,
her voice. How could You think so!
Godfrey is all very well in his way, and
Of course | like him very much, but he
is not to be compared with you He is
very handsome said Jack, fishing for
compliments in the most indecent man
ner. 'lIandsome Oh, no, said Violet.
(You really should have heard her, Mrs,
Geoffrey.) i don't think so. Passably
good-looking, | allow, but-not like you.
Ha, ha, hal"
molly, you are inventing, says Mrs.
Godfrey, sternly.
mo; on my word, no." says Molly,
choking with laughter, in which he is
joined by all but Mona. "She said all
that. and lots more!"
Then she doesn't know what she is
talking about, says Mrs, Godfrey, in
dignantIy. "The idea Of comparing
Godfrey with jack
At this the laughter grows universal,
Godfrey and Nicholas positively distin-
gushing themselves in this line, when
just at the very height of their mirth
the door opens, and Violet enters, fol-
lowed by Captain Rodney.
ITO be Continued.