The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-05-28

| This wear she married; and nowhere
is the end of everything--for her"
"May ! go with youY' asks he, anx-
iously. "These are lawless times, and
| dare say Maloney's cabin will be full
of roughs. You will feel happier with
some man beside you whom you can
trust
"Come, then" she says, slowly, IF
You will. Though l am not afraid.
WHY should beP DO you forget that
| am one of themselvesP My father and
l belong to the people,
They walk on silently, scarceiy ex-
changing syllable one with the other,
until they come within sight OF a
small matched cottage, built at the side
of the road 1t has a manure-heap Just
In front of it, and a filthy pool to its
left, in which an ancient sow is wallow-
ing, whilst grunting tremendously.
Two people, man and woman, are
standing together some yards from the
cabin, whispering, and gesticulating
| violently as is their nature to-"
The man, seeing Mona, breaks from
the woman, and comes up to her.
$50 back again, miss" he says, with
much excitement. They've brought
him home, an he's bad to look at. I've
| seed him, an it's given me a turn l
won't forget in a hurry. Go home, tell
| We. IT'S sight not fit for the eyes Of
the likes of YOU"
A little foam has gathered round his
| lips, and his eyes are wild. Godfrey
by o slight movement, puts himself be-
tween Mona and this man. who is eyi-
IDENTIFY beside himself with some inward
fear and horror.
What are ,ye talkin' about? Get out,
ye spalpeen," says the woman, with an
outward show Of anger, but warning
frown meant for the man alone. Let
her do as she likes. Is 1t spanking of
fear We are TO Dan Scully's daughterY'
Come home, Mona; be advised by
me- says Geoffrey, gently, as the man
6kulks away, walking in shambling,
uncertain fashion, and with curious
trick of looking every now and then
over his shoulder, as though expecting
to see an unwelcOme follower
mo, no; this is not time to forSake
one in trouble" says Mona, faithfully,
but with long, shivering sigh, II
need see nothing, but l must speak to
Kitty"
She walks deliberately forward and
enters the cabin, Godfrey closely fol-
lowing her
A strange scene presents itself TO
their eXpectant gaze. Before them is a
large room If so it can be called, pos
Sessed of no flooring but the bare brown
earth that Mother Nature has supplied
To their right is huge Fireplace,
where, upon the hearth-Stone, turf lies
burning dimly, emitting the strong arc
matte perfume that belongs 70 it. OPP
posite to her is pig, sitting quite erect
and staring at her blankly, without the
slightest regard TO etiquette or nice
feeling. lie is plainly full of anxiety
yet without power to express II, except
| in so far as his tail may aid him, which
is limp and prestrate, its very curl being
thing of the past. If any man has i'm
pugned the sagacity Of pigs, that mar
has erred,
In the background, partly hidden by
the gathering gloom some fifteen mel
and one or two women are all huddleC
together. whispering eagerly, with then
faces almost touching, The women
though in a great minority, are plainly
having the best or IL.
But Mona's eyes see nothing but ONT
object only
On the right side Of the fire place, ly
ing along the wall is rude stretcher--ol
what appears to he such-on which
shrouded decently in white cloth, lies
something that chills with mortal feaI
the heart, as it reminds 1t Of that to
which we all must come some day Be-
meath the shroud the murdered man
lies calmly sleeping, his face smitten
into the marble smile of death.
Quite near to the poor corpse woman
sits, young, apparently, and with q
handsome figure, though now 1t is bent
and bowed with grief, She is dressed
in the ordinary garb Of the Irish peas
ant, with short gown we'll tucked up
naked feet, and the sleeves of her dress
pushed upwards until they almost
reached the shoulder, showing the
shapely arm and the small hand that
as a rule belong to the daughters Of
Erin and betray the existence of the
Spanish blood that in days gone by
mingled with theirs.
Her face is hidden, it Is lying on hel
arms, and they are cast, in the uttel
recklessness and abandonment Of hel
grief, across the feet of him who
only yesterday, had been her IMAM
her pride and her delight.
kitty, can do anything for you2'
asks Mona, in a gentle whisper, bending
over her and taking the hand that lieI
in her lap between both her own, with ;
pressure full of gentle sympathy, -.
know there is nothing ] can SdU bu
can ! do nothing to comfort your
"Thank we, miss. Ye name it kindly
l know" says the woman YEARLY
But the big world is too small to holt
one dhrop of comfort for me. He
dead, ye seel"
The inference Is full Of saddest mean
ing. Even Godfrey feels the tears ris'
unbidden to his eyes.
"Poor soull poor sonll" says Mona
, brokenly; then she drops her hand, an'
the poor woman, turning again to tn
lifeless body, as though in the poor colt
clay lies her only solace, let's her heai
, fall forward upon it, and, turning sor
rowfully away, she drops some silve
, into the poor widows lap; wherein
Godfrey, who has been standing clos
to her all the time, covers it with tw
sovereigns.
> "Send down to the Farm, and vii
give you some brandy" says Mona TO
J woman standing by, after a lengthene,
gaze at the PROSTATE form Of Kitty
| who makes no sign OF life. "She want
. it," Laying her hand on Kitty's shoul
der, she shakes her gently. "Rous