The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-08-02


happened"
Blank horror and dismhy were depict.
ed upon the face Of my small African, as
she stood upon my threshold with up
raised hands and eyebals that seemed
starting from their sockets. Her pause
was one of preparation, for with the in
nate consideration Of her race she
sought TO break the news gently to me.
but the burden of il was too great for
her, and with the next breath she ex-
claimed
Dem pigs done chawed upNliss Lyd-
dy's weddin' gown"
GLORY" | exclaimed (she had been
piously christened Gloriaua), GLORY,
how did it happen?0
'Dunno0' said Glory Pears tome
dem pigs has got Satan in EN-. Guess
dey's scended from de ole lot what run
down a steep place intcrde sea. I'll 20
an fetch We piece
She sped out and instantly returned
with tattered shred Of India null that
had once been white, and still bore some
resemblance to a gown Poor Miss
Lyddy! This was all that remained Of
her dream Of wedding splcndOrs. 1t
was too pitiful felt at once that the
bonds Of good neghborhood had been
iIretrieyably broken, and that Major
Hawthorne must be made aware Of this
last and worst depreciation Of his UNI
seemly pigs
But who would break the news to
Miss Lyddy?
GLORY said /, where is she2n
Gone over to de buryin' place TO
tend 10 dc ancestors answered Glory.
Poor, faithful soul, even in those last
days Of her maidenhood, with the vague
terrors Of matrimony and the still more
appalling responsibilities Of unSaved
heather souls hanging over her, she did
not forget the ancestors. Long lines
Of Ludkinscs Law buried in little sunken
hillOcks in the family burying-place,
which lay just in sight of her sitting
room window. She herself was the last
Of her race, and until within three weeks
it had seemed that the only fate which
awaited her was 20 live out her little
space under the ancestral roof-lree and
then take her place in the silent ranks
Of those who had gone before. But a
change had come II came in the per-
son Of a returned missionary from the
Micrunesian Islands who had buried
the first and second partner, of his Joys
and sorrows somewhere under the palm
trees of those tropical lands, and had
come back 10 the scenes of his youth "a
recruit his health, serve the cause aud
look up partner number three He met
Miss Lyddy at woman's missionary
meeting He called the next afternoon
and was invited to stay to tea. He ac-
cepted the invitation, and the next
morning Miss Lyddy into my room
for |, too, domicied under the Lud-
kinS roof-tree, for consideration and
with much hesitation and many faint
and delicate bushes informed me that
she had promised to share thefuture lot
of the Rev. Nehemiah Applebloom, tc
take care OF his six children and sustain
and support him in his arduous labor,
among the heather Of the Micronesian
Islands,
was struck dumb with amazement
miss Lydia | said at length, "haye
you duly considered this proiect?'
Her thin figure quivered and her whit,
face, that had yet delicate remem
brance OF youth in it, grew tender witt
feeling,
Yes" she said, II think have.
have always had presentiment that
should marry a minister or a mission.
ary." Admirable and pathetic faith
"And Mr.. Applebloom says he knew the
moment he set eyes upon me that wa,
ordained to be his wife; so You see it is
not the surprise to either of us that it i,
likely to be TO our friends.
| knew then that her mind was fully
made up, so | demurred no longer, but
lent myself at once to discussion OF
the wedding, which plainly saw was
what Miss Lyddy desired of me.
you will be married in church,
suppose"
"Oh, no." said Miss Lyddy, with gen
tie decision. 81 am the last of the Lud
kinses. All the Ludkinses have been
married at home. will go out from,
under my own rooi-tree, If | must
seem TO forsake the ancestors SHE
paused to regulate little choking il
her throat II will at least not forsakC
their traditions shall leave u little
money with the parish clerk, that he
may see that the graves of my dead arc
kept in proper order, as | always hav,
loved to keep them, and | hope they
will forgive my departure; but | will a
east go as a Ludkins should 1t is my
desire to be married in my grandmoth.
crs wedding-gown."
Miss Lyddy's voice trembled, ant
there was humidity in her eyes a
which | did not wonder, for twas mucl
like funeral, after all.
II thought, perhaps" went on Mis-
Lyddy, "it brought the venerated relic
to you, you would tell me if anything
were necessary TO be done to fit it t,
me. don't care for the fashions, yor
know, aud my grandmother, as | re
member her, was about my height but
still, YOU know something 49, some
changes might be advisable
Certainly" | said, "do bring it tc
me. should so like to see it,
at is sprggcd India (she called i
Ingy) mull. My grandfather, Captain
Simon Dudkns brought it home from
over the seas. I'll bring it,"
Like some pale and gentle ghost slit