The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-01-26
THEY COULD NOT BE PARTED.

There comes time in the lives OF
many young girls when they feel as If
their judgment 10 some matters is quite
superior to that Of their parents, That
time had come TO Cassie Wells, and the
matter under consideration was her
matrimonial engagement with Charlie
Forest. Cassie had made up her mind
that the engagement should and would
exist her parents had as firmly deter
mined that it should and would be ire
yocably broken.
The fact was, Mrs, Wells thought that
Charlie was not good enough for her
Cassie. And whyP Well, in the first
place, although young, he was becom-
ing slightly bald, 1t was Of no conse-
quence that Cassie wore switch; Cassie
was her daughter, and Charlie was only
the son of old Forest.
In the second place he had 80 much
gold in his front teeth" The girl was
wearing three false teeth; but what mat.
tered that? Her being Wells COM
pensated for such triiing defect
In the third place the doting mother
said his nose was too large, and sue
wanted handsome son.in.law
Cassie's nose was Que Of the kind
which is usually styled celestial, and it
Il painful to add that she was by no
means n beauty; but those truths we're
scarcely worth mentioning.
The fourth and last, or Of all. the
most important reason, was that the
sutton did not have sufficient money.
Very little Of the filthy lucre' did
Mr.. and Mrs Wells possess, but they
considered that to make mp for this de-
ticiency was sacred duty Of Cassie's
husband-to-be.
In consequence Of these very reasona-
bic reasons, the fond papa dismissed
poor Charlie With an admonition never
to come near the child again, and then
set to work Watching his childs actions.
At first Cassie managed to meet her
lover clandestinely; but vigilaut nam.
ma came upon them one day AT their
trysting.p,ace. took Cassie Instantly
home and locked her in her room, For
while after that tue vouny folks con.
trived to keep up a secret correspon.
dence, bnt that also was soon discover.
cd. All communication OF any kind
was prevented for the future, and the
lovers were in despair.
About this time Mrs Decker o
wealthy sister Of Mr. Wells, was prepar.
ing for pleasure trip to Germany
Hearing OF her niece's unfortunate at.
tachment to young Forest" she kindly
offered to separate the obstinate pair by
taking Cassie with her. Cassie's par.
ents were quite delighted with the idea
Just the thing said her father
amidst new scenes she will probably
forget that Scoundrel, and may meet
some one who is in every way worthy
of her."
Scouudrel--a young man who is
slightly bald, has gold in his front teeth,
possesses a lengthy nose, is not wealthy,
and insists upon havinga girl who loves
him. That was Mr.. Weiss definition
Of scouudrel
After much preparation, but no un'
necessary delay, poor Cassie was liter
ally dragged to the carriage which was
to bear her to the dreaded steamer Sad
and heavy-hearted she felt as she stood
upon deck gazing at the many friends
who watched the vessel as it left the
shore. Suddenly she discerned in the
crowd familiar figure. Could it be
hcg II was indeed he. There was no
installing that loved form.
What Is the matter, childp" asked
her aunt auxiously; you are white as
ghost"
There Is Charlie" she gasped. "Oh
how can leave himp"
"Tut--nonscnse, girl! You'll get over
all that In fortnight"
But the aunt's tone was not unkind,
and very tenderly did she draw her
niece towards another part of the deck.
For she saw plainly enough that her
heart was truly sorrowful.