The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-05-21


night before"
"Thcre is hardly any taste 80 charm
ing or so engr0ssing as that for flowers
says Godfrey. MY mother and cousin
do a great deal of that sort of thing
when al home,
"Ay, 1t looks pretty and gives the
Aild something TO do.n There Is re-
gretfnl ring in his tone that induces
Godfrey to ask the next question
"Does she-does Miss Scully find
country life unsatisfyingY Has she not
lived here alwaysf"
Law no, sir" says the old man,
with loud and hearty laugh. II think
If ye could see the country girls round
htre. an compare EN- with my Mona,
you'd see that for yerself She's as fine
as the queen to. them, Her mother, you
see, was the parsons daughter down
here; tip top she was, and purity as n
fairy, but mighty delicate; looked as If
q March wind would blow her into
heaven. Dan--he was brother Of
mine, an a solicitor in Dublin You've
been there, helike?"
Yes, stopped there for two OF three
days on my way down here. Well, and
your brotherp" He cannot to himself
explain the interest he feels In this
story,
Dan? He was a fine man, surely;
six feet in his stockin', he was, an eyes
like a woman's, He come down here
an met her, an she married him.
Nothing would stop her, though the
parson was fit to be tied about It. An
of course he was no match for her
father bein' only bricklayer when he
began life-but still will say Dan was
a fine man, an one to think about; an
no two ways in him, an that soft about
the heart He worshipped the ground
she walked on; an four years after
their marriage she told me herself she
never lad an ache in her heart since
she married him. That was fine tellin'
sir, wasn't it2 -Four years, mind ye.--
Why. when Mary was alive (my wife,
sir we had shindy twice a week,
reg lar as clock-work. View wouldn't have
known ourselves without ii; but, how
ever, that's nayther here nor there"
says Mr. Scully, pulling himself up
short, An l ask yer pardon, sir, fol
pushing private matters on ye like
this
but you have interested me-" says
Geoffrey, seating himself on the broad
sill of the window, as though preparing
for a long dissertation on matters still
unknown. pray tell me how your
brother and his lovely wife-who evil
IDENTIFY was as wise and true as she was
loyely-got on"
Mr., Rodney's face being of that rare
kind that is as tender as it Is manly,
and by right Of its beauty demands con-
lidence the old man twho dearly loves
his own voice. IS encouraged TO proceed.
They didn't get On for long" he
SAYS, mouIufully--and what voice Is so
full Of melancholy as the Irish voice
when IL sinks into sadneSs2 when the
little 0ue--Muna-was barely five years
old. they went 70 ground, Mount
Jerome got them Fever 1t was; and II
carried EN- both of just while ye'd haye
time to look round sc. Poor souls, they
went TO the blessed land together. Per
haps the Holy Virgin knew they would
have got OF badly without each other
anywhere"
And the child-Miss MonaY" asks
Godfrey
"She went to live in Antrim with
her mothers sister, Later she got b
Dublin, to her aunt there-another OF
the parsons daughters, who married
the Provost in Trinity; proud sort be
was, an awful t.resome with his Greeks
an his Romans, al not the height Of
yer thumb. says Sir Scully, with Ia.
efiable contempt. Il went 70 Dublin
one day about cattle, and called ~ see
me niece, an she took 70 me, bless her
an brought her down here with mt
for change of air, for her checks were
whittier than a fleece Of wool, an che ha,
staid ever since. Dear soul hops
she'll stay forever, She is welcome"
"She must be = great comfort To you,
says Geoiirey, from his heart.
"She Is that. More than can say
An keeps things together, too. She Il
clever like her father, an he was on tb'
fair way to make a fortune. Ay, | al
ways say it, law is the thing that pay
in Ireland. A good sound fight set
them up But I'm keeping you, sir, HI
your gun is waitin' for ye. If yol
haven't had enough Of me company b.
this time" with another jolly laugh
an take ye down to field hard by, an
show 20 where ! saw fine young cove.
only yesternight.'
Ell should like to say goodbye =
Miss Mona, and thank her for all he
| goodness to me, before going" say
the young man. rising somewhat slowly
NAY, you can say all that on you
way back, an get half-shot into tn
bargain" says old Scully, heartily
you'll hardly beat the potheen ca,
give ye,' lie winks knowingly, pat
Rodney on the shoulder, and leads th
way out of the house. Yet l thin
Godfrey would willingly have bartere
potheen, partridge, and good dea
more, for just one last glance at Mona
| hpautiful face before partinp. Cheeref