The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-06-02

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''Ja. ia! goo, goo!" answered baby
looking up with n laugh, and maxim.
both hands and feet fly up and down a,
if attached to springs.
Again something shot from that pure
little soul into the dark hard soul of
Abel Grimes.
"Confound it, he muttcrcd, II be-
lieve YOU re WITCH
ia! ia! goo. goo! ja-goo" laughed
baby, all full of springs.
The next moment she was up in those
strong arms, and her little velvet cheek
was softly pressed against his lips.
81 am glad ldidn'tkill you, u he said.
At that moment his sister came hur-
rying into the room, but paused with
fright and astonishment on seeing her
brother present, and baby in his arms.
The only child | ever saw that
could bear to handle, he observed, with
kind of sheepsh look, as he placed the
little one in her arms,
"Oh, Abiel, She is an angel sent from
heaven for the comfort of us both!n
cried Griselda with a warming enthu-
siasm.
The brother did not answer, and the
sister felt happy that he did not storm
and rave.
The secret work Of heaven had begun.
From that time forward, there was a
change in Abiel Grimes.
The iron began to melt, the stone be-
gan to soften, the soul began to human
ize, and people who had known Abel
Grimes for years, began to wonder.
One day poor man came TO plead
for little more time in which to pay his
rent.
my little girls very sick" he said
in voice of distress, with fearful eyes,
land I've been obliged to lose time, and
take the money which I'd saved for you
to buy medicine with for her.
You owe me months remit" said
Abel, taking up his pen and beginning
to write.
"And if you give me time
You will never pay met interrupted
Abiel, at the same time handing the
poor fellow receipt in full for the
amount, and five-pound note.
Take that, and 90 home and nurse
your darling; and, if not enough. for
your distress, come back to me agaiD!'
God bless you cried the poor man,
bursting into tears.
HE has Already murmured Abel
to himself. He did it one Christmas
night, when He sent me little angel"
IL come to tell YOU that my husband
is dead, and that | cannot at present
satisfy the mortgage you hold said a
weeping widow to him at another time.
Take the mortgage itself down to
the recorder of deeds, madame, and let
him write satisfied on it, was the re-
ply of the once hard-hearted man, as he
handed the document, together with an
order for satisfaction, to his astonished
visitor
Like to the pent-up waters of stream
when the distractions give way, so
flowed forth the charities Of Abel
Grimes, and all who knew him marveled
and said:
Behold miracle!'
Years rolled on, and. thousand
places felt the secret influence of that
baby darling who had come so myster-
ously on that cold Christmas night to
the then hard cherries home Of Abel
Grimes.
As his heart softened under her genial
smiles, the now humanized bachelor had
her named Mary Albright, in memory OF
his first and only love, whom he fancied
she resembled.
And as she grew in years, the once
gloomy mansion was made cheerful for
her sake, and every Christmas there be-
came a happy day Of rejoicing.
Ten years had passed, and the thin
hair Of Abel Grimes was becoming
flecked with silver; but his face looked
fresher, and his heart felt younger, and
his soul was happier.
Into his presence one day came
lady in BLACK, deeply yelled, and, to his
utter amazemeni, related the incidcntof
his finding baby on his steps
81 put that baby there, she went on.
at was not my child but my daugh-
ter's child, | married, and my husband
died, leaving me a daughter. She mar
ricd, and her husband died, leaving her
A daughter. Then she died, and the
child fell to me. was poor, and you
were rich, and hoped to interest YOU
in the little link | did not desert the
child, nor put it there by chance. |
knew you were coming home, and
watched from my hiding place till you
.ook the little blessing in,
Unknown to you have had an eye
On il ever since. You have cared for it
enderly, Abiel Grimes, and / feel that
n turn it has cared for your soul You
nave called 1t Mary Albright. WhyP
Well, the name is answer enough You
nave seen resemblance to one you once
knew, and once loved, but to whomyou
lid grievous wrongr
81 did, burst from the white lips OF
Abiel Grimes.
''She forgave you then--forgives you
has come to say that you can
have her grandchild for your own"
con, give me herself also" cried
Abiel Grimes with powerful emotion, as
he seized the lady's hand and drew
aside the veil from the calm sweet face
of his old love, Mary Albright
Need we 20 on with the sequel?
They were married on the next Christ
mas, and have ever since been counted
among the happiest of mortals.
And now, instead OF curses, Abel