The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-12-17

conically, thrusting two fingers into his
waistcoat-pocket, and tossing her a
small silver coin, YOU'RE an honest lit
tie girl
For perhaps he read in Greta's eyes
and the expression of her thin pinched
features, that this effort in the right di-
rection had not been accomplished
without a struggle--though as her
small life was neither more nor less
than a succession of struggles, he
might well have spared himself and her
special commiseration on this account.
As we have seen, however, he flung
her the coin. and Greta with sudden
throb of overwhelming joy clutched it
tight, took to her heels, and followed
heetly, despite Of jostling crowds upon
the pavement, and throngs Of cabs and
carriages in the roadway, in the direc-
ton her superior had taken some min
utes previously.
She would not tell Margot: that
point she had accorded instantaneous
decision; so now with guilty glee she
popped the bright little threepenny bit
into her mouth, for thus only might she
successfully evade Marquis vigilance.
Never, never before in the whole brief
space of her eleven summers, had (Ireta
found herself the proud p0ssessor Of a
silver coin, and strangely enough her
impulse now was to cling to il, guard
il, save II from the rapaclous clutches
of her elder, rather than yield it up 10
be transmitted into bread-alDeit so far
there seemed every prospect CT both
Greta and Margot remaining supper
less.
Yes, the child was famished, and, oh!
how cold, She knew not whittier they
joumeyed-scarce. indeed. whence they
came; she recognized only by some
half-brutish instinct that she must jog
on close to the womans heels; why,
she never paused to ponder, perhaps
because she had so logged unQues-
tionably for three whole long years.
"HullOa moo! What's afther?' Mar
got had turned suddenly round with an
eye of menace and a hand in readiness
to deal the habitual blow, but finding
Greta close beside her THE child hay-
ing indeed but just gained that vantage
ground), neitherat standstill nor gaZ-
ing in at shop-window, as she had
perhaps anticipated, the salutary cuff
was reserved for some future occasion,
the eXertion thus husbanded expanding
itself in prolonged groan.
Hey. Use SPENT. the woman
moaned, rather to herself, it seemed,
than the callous crowd, the frosty
night, or the needless child beside her.
"Heer, Greeta. lend hand. Moo then,
Sharp, an push wi all yer might, a
lazy loon as yer are, or I'll know the
reason whal Lord Inv u.s." she con-
Guided with weary sigh. as she bent
her own back to the burthen. and the
Joint efforts Of the pair once more set
the numbering wheels in motion; this
'ere's boot tn last flicker. Ireckon l Sc
spent-Ise fairly spent! Hi merry
Chrlssermas for sum. ma doot." she
added. with unconscious irony, as a
barrow. groaning beneath its freight
| of evergreens and gay flags aud baub,es,
/ came in mOmentaTy contact with her
I elbow. the while the sturdy boy in
/ charge, with rudy cheeks and glowing
/ nose, shouted Justify 10 the pasSeys-by:
RE Christmas. Won't you buy, buy,
buzz"
I Then on. On again without further
!ss or hal1r3rcz. down tie Strand. past
4 t-z--- --tc-dss. OUT through some bye
Z STREETS -L,g Wt-z-.sJ-r .z.s, thence IN
c-= H--ss 10 g,1sl .T--.-cUs. where
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regard =.s O. sg
4&s- 1a- E-2. G-s.z vsU-g-ei
To- ~ -.si ,---s % 1-@a-E silence i..-r.
+ ICzz--tz.T II r--s .-,----. E-sEcilz I'd
/ z:E1y.e= mo sl< El.4-s- s face.
-. lLzse @ss q. response; 60 the
c1-1 sy1Ee1 L2t 'l-arC@1-T bit the
. harder. amusing GeEs-.f Cy pressing her
. tongue tnE0gZl q certain round u1.s in
/ one corner, and thus ia some meas re
I succeed il forgetting she was weary.
/ hungry. numb with cold, as were surely
I many thousand others that same night
/ IN the Wealthiest city in the world
Thus hath ii been. and ever shal! be,
I'll Time LAYS down his hOur-glass, ior
/ the poor shall never cease out OF the
land. Yet, none the less. the rich and
prosperous must eat, drink, and make
merry whatsoever opportunity pre-
sents.
On again, rounding the corner now at
last, up Piccadilly, past Burlington
House, and down CONSTITUTIONAL in
due course. The broadway here is
comparatively deserted, the busy, bust.
ling crowd is elsewhere. only few
carriages and hansom-cabs spin hither
and thither over the slipperv wood
paving, their bright lamps glisten.ng
through the night like colossal glow.
worms or tre-fies; the leaheSs trees be.
hind tue gannt palings of the Green
Park troWning menacingy Oh the
scene, as they stretch forth their
| snow-laden branches, like grsly arms
IN benediction DER needless world.
Margot once more comes to a full
stop, "Oh, my Loord." escaping her
ashen lips; then, without other pre-
J monitory sign or symptom, she stun
bles, staggers, sWays, and ialls--falls
| downward on the piano in q huddied
! heap, SO that t'Were hard to say. at a
| passing glance. whether she is merely
crouchng over her instrument prepara.
tory to making night hideous once again
with It's harsh, discordant wall, or
whether the human clock has stopped
at last, never to be set in motion
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