The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-04-12

| WAKING hours WV pl"H'''hS w" h'tA"""
from my eyes.
To my great surprise, the advertise
ment was not repeated. could not en-
plain this to myself, but began to fear
that the police were on my track, and
that some fine day must walk into
prison.
A week passed, and ! had become q
mere shadow Of the strong, healthy man
/ had previously been, could rcproach
myself only with not having returned
the bag to its proper owner. | had not
taken penny of its contents. but al
WAYS carried the bag with me, and with
feycrish anxiety and trembling hand |
felt in my pocket from time to time to
see that il was still there.
Strangely enough, | had during this
time unusual good luck. My carriage
was almost always occupied, and learn
ed a good deal Of money. When | re-
Elected ON this fact, believed that Prov
idencc thereby gave me q plain hint. |
had always been q little religious, and
not free from superstition, and this idea
came to me. The result was that on
the tenth day ! came TO the resolution TO
return the lost property. The money
had become curse TO me ever since |
stretched my hand out toward it. had
no rest by night or day; ! felt weak and
wrctched, and visibly pincd away.
had noted the address given in the
advertisement. and so drove at noon
on the tenth day TO No, IS Grattan Str,
1t was the place where had driven the
Young lady. The door stood wide open,
/ called boy to hold my horse, and
went up the stairs, asked girl met
for Miss Berkeley, and she thought that
such 4 person lived on the attic floor. |
went up higher, and Knocked at the
door | presumed to be the right one. l
could not help feeling that had been
rascal, and only the consciousness that
was at last going 10 do right gave any
ease 70 my conscience.
Al my knock weak voice called
Come in" opened the door and en-
tered.
For a moment the darkness prevented
my seeing the interior. The windows
We're dim with dust, smoke and dirt, and
some broken pancS were pasted over
with paper. 4 table and two chairs
with a miserable bed made the whole
furniture.
"Stcp softly, Death is here" said a
trembling voice, in which / only too well
recognized the young lady whom ! had
brought there ten days before. But how
she had changed in this short time! Her
cheeks were hollow, her face was pale
as death and her eyes had an unnatural
brightness.
When | had gained the necessary self
command, | said, with my face turned
away--for it was impossible for me to
look on myself as other than q cowardly
villain:
Il bring the bag ofgoldwhich-" and
then | muttcred something about having
only just seen the notice.
at is too late" she whispered, sadly.
ale for whom that money was destined
is no longer living. Here he lies, He
died some hours ago. Yesterday you
could have saved him saved us both
but now it is too late, too latev'
And she went on murmuring to her.
self, "Too late" as if she had fallen in
to hcart-rending stupor.
Suddenly the poor woman rose slow
~ from the chair where she sat by the
death-bcd, and, after walking up and
staring at me, gave hollow cry which
thrilled me TO the marrow of my bones.
at is only right that you should know
what you have to answer for" she said.
THAT is your work. You can be proud
of it; it has been q complete success"
She laughed wildly-it was more q
mingling of laughing and crying and
looked ut me-
ale was my husband" she went on,
after while. 1--WE lived apart; why
and wherefore is nothing to You. For
three years heard nothing of him. Dur
ing this time | lived out as governeSS,
and earned that money which you hold
in your hand. May God forgive you for
what You have donen
Here she had severe fit Of coughing,
and when she took the handkerchief
from her mouth it was wet with fresh
blood, The hectic flush on her cheeks
burned deeper than before, and | could
plainy see that she had not much long.
or to live in this world.
"At last he found me-" she continued
weakly, land wrote, begging me to com,
to him. | came. He lived in this hole il
sickness and poverty. Had | not lost m,
gold then, ! would havetake him away
and cared well for him. He died OF
hunger. We have had no food for tho
last three days, and there is no Other
fate for me but to follow him. o, you
hrve done manly deed! Look there
your work.
She drew n cloth from the face OF
the corpse; it looked almost skeleton
and the sorrow of the sight ovcrpowcrec
her. She threw herself over it, ant
Sobbcd violently. This emotion brought
on another fit of coughing, with Alright
full torrent of blood, during which she
expired. Her disease had gone too fal
for her to survive the shock of her hus
bands death, and if she could not die in
his arms, she died by his side.
Terrified, spread the sheet over tn,
two dead forms, and hurried to call tn,
landady. still held the gold in m,
hand. 1t seemed to burn like fire, anc
would have hurled ii from me il / hat
not had duty to fulfill. The landlad,