The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-09-25

return found them together on the
porch, engaged In a suppressed and ap.
parently >aIHest conyersaLiO-I. allied
her In and forbade her leaving our
room again during the evening
| told her what / had heard. |
reminded her Of my former remon.
strances, and told her l regarded it my
duty to be positive, and that | intended
to put stop to Henry's attentions to
her, even If violence were required to do
1t, On account OF my nervous aud deli
cate health | slept alone In one OF our
rooms. My wife and little son slept
together in the other. The door between
US was always open. That night, after |
thought Griffith was asleep, | called my
wife into my room, and she took her
place by my side, and | talked with her
Tor fully two hours about
uER RELATIONS WITH HENRY.
She said she could not understand how
anybody could think of anything wrong
In the case, or how it was possible to at
tribute to man OF Henry's age any inn
purity Of motives. replied that it was
great mistake to imagine that his age
was guarantee OF the purity OF his mo-
t7es. The very immunity afforded by
his age made him more dangerous than n
younger man. | urged, also, that If his
motives were honorable he would never
by indiscreet conduct jeopardize her rep
utati as he was doing; that his con-
duct showed him to be unprincipled, and
justified the gravest, distrust of mis- mo-
tiyes. eliminate association with
handsome, attractive young woman like
you sets him beside himself. Everybody
sees that he is madly in love with you,
and next they will be saying that you are
madly In love with him."
She disclaimed having any such feeling
for him, but admitted that he had won
her genuine sympathy. He was without
friends or companions, and had hardly an
associate; he had to some extent made
her his confdant, and seemed deeply
gratiAed to have her confidence and COM
passion, and she thought it very hard
II the little comfort she could afford
him 10 such circumstances was to be for
hidden.
To this l replied with considerable
alarm that she had contracted most
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should speak to Henry and forbid his
further, calls upon or attention to her.
She begged me not to do so, declaring
that such course won d cause her great
modification, and promising to heed my
advice.
HER BOY OVERHEARD.
The next morning after this interview
at the breakfast table | observed on the
countenance of my son an expression of
the greatest sadness. ApprehendIng the
cause, said Griffith, were you awake
last nightI Did you overhear the con-
yersauon between your mother and me!n
He replied, with choking voice; 81
heard every word" After breakfast,
when We 7, turned to our room, he threw
his arms around her neck and, with a
food of tears, said: "Oh, mamma
mamma, don't love Major Henry! He
can never love you as papa aud | love
you. Oh, mamma, stay with US and let
him go!n
Late that night, after Griffith was
asleep, again called my wife to my
room. Taking her in my arms, told hel
| found had been too severe, and that
possibly had made upon her mind two
erroneous impressions, one that | was
jealous; the other, that had lost conf
dence In her. begged her to eject both
these Impressions, | said; 1.-THE one
thing have dreaded is that your name
might be connected with a scandal,
which believe
WOULD KILL ME.
know you are Absolutely incapable of
criminality, even in thought, but you
have always been tenderly shielded from
tempting influences, AMI are wholly with
out experience in the cruel ways of
worldly men. Your sentiments have
never before been tempted. Your
strength to retain them within your
control is INFESTED. Your love for me
and for Griffith, great as it is, may prove
wholly insufficient as counter force.
Think of the Christian example of your
dead mother, of your aged father, OF our
little grave at Crown Hill, Of the noble
boy asleep yonder in your room; come,
as of old, to your husbands arms; bring
your whole heart, with all its longingS,
all its sentiments, here. This is the only
course of security or of happiness" In
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was never a tenderer, sweeter moment
than when we parted that night.
The next night again was awake late
into the night. My whole soul was
aroused by the bodeful aspect of the stu
alton. The danger of my wife being
compromised, the thought of even a
fragment of her affection being else
where bestowed, stirred me to the lowest
depths, for no wife was more tenderly,
more entirely or more deeply loved. 1t
was near midnight when, overwhelmed
by those feelings, arose and went to her
bed. She was asleep with her hand I'M
der her cheek and her hair scattered over
her pillow. caught her up to my heart
and
FASTENED MY LIPS TO HERS.
Then kissed her cheeks, her forehead,
her eyes. There was not space upon
her whole face large enough for my lips
to rest upon that did not press kiss.
Again and again | kissed down her eye
lies and chung to her lips. She put up
her arms and returned my caresses.
Without word being spoken by either,
| returned to my bed and slept.
The next day, while my son and |
were in my Office alone, he spoke to me
of the trouble, and took him fully into
my confidence. | was careful to i'm
press upon him that l had not the
slightest doubt of his mothers integrity.
He understood the case exactly; and
he realized as fully as | did the import
ance of keeping the level of her love in