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


spake wild him. Need remark that no
has wisely hired his own particular at
tendant from among the gay and festive
youths Of Bantryp
Whereupon he goes without. :"
which means TO his own hall-door that
always stands wide open, and there ac-
kn0wledges the presence Of Mickey or
Dinny, az the case may be, with a gra-
ciOus nod. Mickey instantly removes
his caubeen and tells This honor" ire
CARELESS Of the fact that his honor can
tell this for HIMSELF that lit Is a gram
fine day." which as q rule is the first
thing m Irish person will always say
on greeting you, as though full of thank
fulneSs TO the powers above, in that
sweet weather has been given.
Ill-luck has attended his efforts to-
day, or else his thoughts have been
wandering In the land where love holds
sway, because he Is empty handed The
bonnieabrown bird has escaped him, and
no gift Is near to lay at Monas shrine.
AS he reaches the broad stream that
divides him from the land ne would
reach, he pauses and tries to think of
any decent excuse that may enable him
TO walk with bold front up to the cot
tage door, But no such excuse pre-
sents itself. Memory proves false. 1t
refuses TO assist him. He Is almost in
despair.
lie tries to persuade himself that
there Is nothing strange or uncommon
In calling upon Wednesday to inquire
with anxious solicitude about the health
Of a young woman whom he had seen
happy and robust on Tuesday, But the
trial Is not successful, and he is almost
on the point Of flinging mp the argument
and going home again, when his eye
lights upon fern, small but rare, and
very beautiful, that, growing on high
rock far above him, oyerhangs the
stream.
IL Is q fern for which Mona has long
been wishing. Oil happy thought.
She has expressed for it the keenest adj
miration. OH. blissful remembrance
She has not one like it in all her collec-
ton. OH certainly full OF rapturet
Now will he seize this blessed oppor-
tunity, and, laden with the spoils of
war, approach her dwelling (already she
Is "she,") and triumphantly, albeit
humbly, lay the fern ut her feet, and 50
perchance gain the right to bask for a
few minutes In the sunshine of her
presence.
a branch Of tree ovespreading the
water catches his attention. 1t is not
strong, but 1t suggests itself as means
Do the desired end. II Is indeed slim to
fault, and unsatisfactory to an alarm
ing degree, but IL must do, and Godfrey
swings himself up 10 II, tries it first,
and then standing boldly upon it, leans
over towards the spot where the fern
can he seen.
IL Is rather beyond hts reach, but he
Is determined not 10 be outdone. OF
course, by stepping into the water, and
climbing the Shiny rock that holds the
desired treasure, II can be gained, but
with lazy desire 20 keep his boots dry,
he citngs 10 his present position. regard
less of the fact that bruised flesh If
nothing worsel would probably be the
result of his daring,
He has stopped over very much In
deed. His hand Is on the fern. he has
safely, carefully extracted it, roots and
all lone would think I was speaking of
a tooth but this is by the way, from
its native home, when erik goes some
thing; the branch on which he rests be-
trays him, and smashing hurls him head
dovnwards into the swift but shallow
stream below.
a very charming vision clad in Or,
ford shifting, and with a great Whit
hat tied beneath her rounded chin with
blue rfbbons-eomething In the style 81
Sir Joshua Reynolds--emerges from
among the bw-lying fins at this mo
ment. Having watched the tseemingly
light catastrophe from afar, and beinl
apparently amused by IL, she now give
way 70 unmistakable mirth and laugh'
aloud. When Mona laughs, she does i
with all her heart, the correct methot
of suppressing all emotion, be II Of 10!
or sorrow-regarding II as q recreation
permitted only 70 the yulgar--being "a
ye. unleamed by her. Therefore hei
expression OF merriment rings gayll
and unchecked through the old wood.
But presently, seeing the author o.
her mirth does not rise from his water
resting place, her smile fades, a littl'
frightened hook creeps into her eyes
and, Fastening forward, she reaches th,
bank Of the stream and gazes into IL
Rodney Is lying face downwards In TIN
water, his head having come with some
force against the sharp edge Of Il stonC
against which II Ia now resting.
Mona turns deadly pale, and then IN
stinctively loosening the strings Of he
hat filings 10 from her. A touch OF de
termination settles upon her lips, 81
prone TO laughter at other times. Sit
ting on the bank, sho draws off he
shoes and stockings, and with the hell
OF an alder that droops to the rivoFI
brim, lowers herself into the water.
[Tb be Continued.