The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-03-04

living in any other house. Oh, mother, Il
Valentine could only come and stay with
met"
"Write and invite the chanionesse &c
come and bring Valentine with her
Once she is here, we will try and keer
her with US"
"fou are 30 good, mother; kiss me, and
then shall go and write my letter"
Rising quickly, Adlienne kissed and
Rugged her mother, indifferentto powder,
pufs and laces, and then hurried away to
her own room MS fast as her hoop and
lengthy train would allow of.
The duchess sat for some time gazing
at her frame, but not putting stitch in
the canvas. "A young girl with secret
clouding her name. Dear me! And Adj
rienne, Of course, must be attracted. by
this stranger, as il some magic spell
bound together those who suffer under
similar misfortunes All, WE'LL Adrienne
has outived all her childish sufferings
everything is now bright before her"
Footsteps and voices in the direction Of
the road put an end to these reflections
The duchess rose as her husband and
much younger man approached from the
shadow of the trees.
"What Raoul, is II your"
The duke looked quite delighted as the
young man threw his arms around the
Duchess and kissed her on each cheek.
''Yes, Aunt Claire, and am with You
now almost as a fixture The duke has
had me exchanged TO detachment Of our
regiment now at Tonlon, so can see YOU
every day. Where is Adrienner
Turn around said the duchess, smi
ing
Raoul did so. Coming along the in.
closed terrace he saw tall, slight girl.
dressed in white satin petticoat, with n
light blue Vatican over-dress and long
train Her hair was raised in puns over
her forehead and powdered to a snowy
white, as was the fashion of the day. Hen
large, dark. blue eyes, however, were un.
altered, and met his with the bright smile
that he had never. forgotten.
"Adrienne"
"Raoul"
he would have embraced her. but sht
put out little white hand, extended
tiny white satin shoe, and dropped him o
low courtesy. With bow matching her
own, Raoul took the little hand, and kissed
il with feryor.
80, Adrienne, that is what you learned
at dHyeres, ehl To be digniied with
your old playfellow, and wear hoop
powder aud train"
"And you, Raoul, have learned mill
tary STEP and you are so tall that hav,
to bend back my neck to look in YOU
face But, indeed, we are the same Adri
enne and Raoul. in spite of our fueries.'
Raoul smiled as Adrienne glanced over
his tall figure. He wore the blue Goa,
faced with white. the uniform Of tn,
Kings Guarl, blue velvet breeches, whit,
silk stockings. and shoes with diamond
buckles, and carried his hat under biz
arm.
All at once Adrienne's eyes changed,
startled expression replaced the bright
smile
They all noticed it no one understood it.
Adrienne put her hand 10 her head. sW
ut seems so strange. That coat is like
something have seen in a dream.
cannot remember"
my darling, you are thinking OF
ORourke's old uniform He wore blue
coat when you were little creature, and
you recollect his appearance in it. Come,
Kaoul, you and the duke must need re.
ireshments after your dusty ride. 1t is
very warm, think"
The duchess put her arm in her hus-
bands, and walked toward the house,
leaving the young people to follow.
How tall you are, Raoul! How you
have grown! You could carry me easily
still, as you did when was little girl.
Would you have known me, RaoulTe
"Known you, Adrienne" He took
locket from his white. satin waistcoat,
and. opening it, showed her little minia-
ture Of herself, painted by fine artist,
who had gone into raptures over the
beauty Of Mademoisele dAubretot in her
twelfth year.
81 could carry you now, Adrienne, as
easily as ever, if that hoop and that long
train were out of the way. Are there any
woods here to counting mi Any streams
TO fish inl wish we could sometimes
forget our height and our new dignity,
and play together as we did in our old
garden in Paris"
every one in the neighborhood would
be very much shocked. But at school we
had lovely times Valentine and wore
short skirts and went fishing and took
long rumbes around d'Hyeres with the
She is coming, aud she will
bring Valentine"
Valentine Who is she1
MY dearest friend. Raoulw
"lour very dearest, Adriennei |
played with you before you met Valentine.
If she is your dearest friend, she is not
your Oldest"
"Oh, Raoul, you are just the same dear,
old, jealous boy you always were" She
put her hand on his. Can | not have
two dearest fliendsl" Her eyes met his
in soft pleading. Raoul relented little.
and took her hand in his.
"llow can two be dearest, Adriennel