The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-01-01


they opened it they saw the likeness of a.
good-tempered, fne-looking boy Of nine,
aud lock Of soft young hair
ooh, do shut up all these thingsg cried
Lettico, for she saw that Lucy was begin
ming to make herself miserable over the
thought that Mr.. Kenrick would not have
preserved these portraits so carefully Il
he had not had very tender feeling for
the originals; and if so, why had he pre-
ferred a stranger before them2 shut up
those things, Lucy, and look here" and
she pulled out large bunch Of SEALS
That is what they used to bangle at their
'lobs,' as they called them, and there is
one Of their turnips Of watchesl dare
say it was Mr. Kenrick's fathers | ale
ways think those dear old gentlemen
ought TO have been grateful to the foot
pads and highwaymen who relieved thom
Of such unwieldly burdens"
This new drawer was almost filed with
things labelled as belonging to my dear
mother" Her pomander box was there,
and her equpoge. This last was II pretty
little enamelled box with scissors, thimbe,
necdle-casc and scent.bottle, made to hang
TO the waistband. Her ian was there, her
wedding ring, a bonbonniere, and ring
Or two, but the principal articles Of jew
elry were absorbed in the large collection
in London. Mrs. Richmond ought to
have everyone of these thingsW cried Luz
g., "Think of perfect stranger having
all these keepsakes and all those pocket
books too! l can't keep them! She shall
have them At every turn am remind
ed Of the injustice l have done these peo-
pie"
Nonsense, LUCY No doubt she got
her share Of her mothers things, and if
sba did not, she can't have these! You
are to forfeit all you have if you give up
any part Of If, and you surely would not
lse all you have for the sake Of giving
few faded gimcracks TO a cross old woman
with great deal more ill-temper than
sentiment about herr You u0aH be very
sl'y%
mo one can accuse you of sentiment.
Lcttice~
81 don't know lam sensible just now
because you are 50 foolish; on other occa-
siols | have my due share Of the useless
commodity! Come, we have made dis
NAL morning for ourselves with this stupid
old cabinet Shut it up and let us 20
out"
They went into the garden, and on into
The wood. Lucy still looked as fshe had
not forgotten the contents Of the cabinet.
Mrs. Mostyn set herself the task Of dissi-
ratng this cloud II wish to make two
remarks to You Miss Lucy" said She
Zone is that Mr.. Kenricks behavior to his
sister shows that she must have treated
him very i'll, and that he could not forget
it--and the moral of that is, mind that
You always treat your sister well,and obey
her The other is, life is short. and short
is he time in which we can be happy
That over, we are huddled out Of sight,
AMI all Of our little treasures are stuffed
away too, perhaps into the pigeon-hoes
Of some old marquety cabinet. You will
he very simple if you let that happen to
you without your having some happiness
in the meantime! Now, really, with this
lovely place aud with all the nice things
you have, you ought to be the happiest
girl in the world"
II know l ought, and l will try to for
get about these Standardization all, it
was not my fault"
"Of course ii was not You will soon
find You have enough to do with repent
ing your own sins, have, l can assure
ycul Come, let us enjoy this sweet place,
/ think like your London house better,
thought don't believe really like the
country-at least, don't want more Of II
than have at Lakewood. You have
great deal too much Of it herel All your
birds and beasts come far too close TO the
house, and so do the trees. They bring
those odious midges and all that endless
noise Of birds--my life is burden to me
with your midges, LUCY In fact, think
hate place where insect and animal life
is SO rampant as it is herel Men and wo-
men are quite pushed out Of the world
What with the midges biting, and the
wasps crawling about the carpets and
singing ones feet if one forgets to put
pair Of slippers on and ones fingers every
time one picks any thing upand the doves
and pigeons coohooing from daybreak till
dusk. all about nothing too and the hens
making such an idiotic fuss every time
they lay q common egg, and your ill-tem.
pered old turkeys gobbling, and rocks
cawing, and geese and cows and pigs and
donkeys conversing necessarily in their
own very unseemly language--one can't
get a moments rest Talk Of the quiet Of
the country, what mistake! l like a
place where everything is not given up to
birds and beasts and nsectsl London is
the best place. You havonothing to cope
with there, but the noise Of human beings
aud cairiages' Lucy, let us 20 to London
for week or two"
The truth was that Mrs. Mostyn had
come to the conclusion that in Lucy's
present excitable and uncomfortable frame
Of mind, Calder Grange was a most unde-
sirable place of residence for her and
wanted to get away to some place where
she could have more change of scene, and
less time to torment herself with her own
thoughts. Lucy quite understood this