The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-05-11

| which Carrie declared 10 ne spacious
enough to entertain all their friends
from the east should they chance to
wander that way and honor them with
visit,
Overhead was low chamber or gar
ret whichever they chose to style it,
which was to serve as sleeping room for
Julian and Pat, and also as a receptacle
for such articles as there happened to
be no other place provided for.
Mr.. and Mrs. La Vergne smiled at the
enthusiasm of their children, and Pat
took his pipe from between his lips and
spread his mouth with broad grin, I'M
til the cavity displayed nearly monopo-
lized his entire features from forehead
to chin, at the quaint remarks of Julian
and Carrie, and the aristocratic names
| they bestowed upon the different apart
| ments.
One bedroom they styled Lady La
Vergne's boudor, the other was the
sumptuous private apartments of the
| Young Countess Carrie, while the garnet
was dignihed by the name of the young
Lord Julian's magnificent apartments,
| allotted to the exclusive use of himself
and his yalet-de-chambre Pat.
The large room was named the state
drawing-room, in which would be re-
ceived his eXcellency the governor OF
Michigan. and his arch-eXcellency the
President of the United States when
those officials should come to pay thelI
respects to his majesty Emperor-mon
arch Paul La Nergne.
| Mr.. La Nergne listened with an
amused smile, to the remarks OF his
children, and after awhile, facetiousIy
enquired,
But where haveyou located the royal
apartments to be occupied by his ma
iesty, the Emperor-monarch Paul La
Vergne? You have allotted each one
else place, but have left me unprovid-
ed for
"Now. really" exclaimed both chill
dren in a breath. Eve have actually dis
inherited the head of the family! Well,
father. we shall be obliged to let you
make your own choice. even though it
shall dislodge any one or all of u.s."
well children" said the father, Il
dislike to cause the removal of any of
YOU since YOU have fixed the positions
of all with such eminent fitness; there
fore | will choose a royal apartment
higher and broader and more beautiful
+In,, IN ,,rgaCCnH l,y anu pf Won ba-
cause its architect has never been ex-
celled nor even equaled. Its floor is
carpeted with living flowers more beau
tiful than artist ever designed, its col
umns are the stately trees ornamented
with their native foliage, and its roof
is the star-spangled heaven; but even
though | choose to occupy my royal
apartments during the day, when night
comes on | think | will claim your kind
hospitality to provide me a secure and
comfortable place in which to sleep"
"We shall be most happy to entertain
your majesty not only during the night,
but at all times; and will cheerfully &C
knowledge your authority and your UNI
questionable right to occupy in part or
wholly any apartment which we have
allotted to our own use," answered Car
RE quickly.
"IIowly Noses" exclaimed Pat, who |
thus far had employed the most praise
worthy efforts to keep his mouth closed |
and had succeeded admirably, but could
do 50 no longer, when we lived in Sche- |
nectady we was none of us anything |
more but merchants and ladies and GIN
tlemen, Now we've got to be majesties
and lOrdships and ixcellencies and high
nesses and the divil knows what more
that royal, all except mesilf that only
plain Pat without any handle to me
name on ayther side. ., what cOun-
try. what country"
We'll fix you Pat" exclaimed Julian.
well make You our military man, the
general of all our armies. You can do
the fighting for this royal family; and
surrounded as we are by bears and
wolves and many other enemies of a
like character, who will doubtless mass
their forces to dispute the title to these
domains we.have taken possession of,
YOU will have plenty to occupy your
mind and bring into requisition all the
military talent you possess"
We'll, suppose we leave all that until
some future time, and at present devote
our energies to putting up the stove and
getting things arranged III order" broke
in Mrs. La Vergne. LET us descend
from the ideal to the practical"
This sudden transition from the
realms of poetic fancy to the trite prose
of real t0iling life, seemed SO ludicrous
that it enlisted hearty laugh from all;
and they at once went at work setting
! up the cOok-stove, arranging beds, prop
| erly disposing in the pantry the articles
belonging to the culinary department.
and preparing to live and enjoy life to
the utmost in their backwOods home.
Not more than four or five rods from
the house, a spring of cool water bub-
| bled up from the ground and merrily
sped away in little stream, between
mossy banks, until it reached q creek
of sufficient width and depth to be the
home of tribes of fish which attained q
| growth that rendered them a choice
article of food,
That night. the first after four weeks
of camping out, the La Vergne family