The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-06-25
TOGETHER IN DEATH.

been more than oppressive all day. and
Charles Hamilton stood idly enjoying
it, as well as first-class Havana, from
the yeranda of the little hotel where he
had taken up his abode for the time
being.
He was a very handsome man, this
Charles Hamilton-tall, and finely
built, with fair face, laughing blue
eyes, and a tawny silken moustache
shading his handsome mouth, with
wayy hair, of the same leonine shade,
tossed carelessly back from broad
white brow dangerously handsome
man, with that easy nonchalant air that
is generally more powerful in helping
to win woman's heart than any other
gift q man can possess.
He was down here in Mexico, partly
on business and partly on pleasure, and
his stop promised to be quite long, as
things looked then.
Out on the night air music was float
ing towards him-not very high class
of music, but still inspiriting or
dreamy, as 1t was time about it was
far from unpleasant
II don't see," he said, taking the ci-
gar from between his lips, chow on
earth the Mexicans can stand their
weekly fandango, and above all, in
such weather as this. BY George! it
would be worth while to 60 over to
have laugh, if nothing else. If there
was one pretty woman there, | might
pass an hour or two, for it is confound-
eddy slow here.
''In novels have read of the beauty
of the 'dark-eyed daughters Of the
sunny south, and pictured hours with
my boyish brains; but alas! for dreams
even good-looking one | have failed
to see. Dark-eyed daughters the
poetry is very good, and their eyes are
dark, no, doubt, but then the rest of
them is so very much the same way,
one gets mixed; but" flinging the ci-
gar away, 81 will pay them visit, but
will not stay twenty minutes, except
meet pretty Mexican maiden"
A few minutes later he was in the
hall where the fandango was in full
bloom, and then-then he did see o
NutAlCuH
Yet pretty was hardly the word to
apply to the little dark-eyed beauty his
eyes fell upon.
She was small and daintily formed,
and her face was a picture in its color
ing, form and expression.
She was very dark-purely olive, but
q crimson flush glowed warmly on her
cheeks, and warmer still in her curving
lips; her eyes were wells of dreamy
light, and shaded by silken lashes, and
n cloud of ebon hair, bound back by a
glittering band, fell in waves below her
waist.
So Charles Hamilton stayed, and lit
tie dreamed that the time would come
when, in bitter anguish, he would curse
the day he met FRANCHISE, the beauty
of the ball
But he met her and managed to make
her acquaintance. and danced with her
more than once, despite the heat of the
night; looked into her deep eyes, ad-
mired her hair; then went back to the
hotel and laughed at the whole affair.
After that, however, he managed to
meet her again, and the again became
many times, till at length, her beauty
telling upon him. he yielded himself W
to the enjoyment of it.
Not that for moment he loved, o.
even believed he loved, the little Mex
lean; but her homage pleased him anc
her beauty charmed him.
Perhaps Charles Hamilton never
really gave one serious thought to what
he was doing, winning passionate
young heart to madness of love, then
smiling at how plainly she showed it.
Yet this man was capable OF love
love deep and strong, and love al
ready given.
Sometimes there rose before him the
naughty young face of the girl he
loved, with its great brown eyes ant
satin smooth skin, and crown of way
ing chestnut hair, its perfect feature
and curving mouth; and then-well
then for while he repented his love
making to FRANCHISE, not from any
thought of her, however, nor pity fol
the passionate young heart he hac
won, but simply because it came to him
how Viviane Wentworth's beautiful
lips would curve with disdain if she
knew OF it-how her eyes would darker
with scorn, not of FRANCHISE and hel
untutored heart, but disdain of him
her lover, whom she had trusted SO en-
tirely.
Then in the midst of all, a letter
came, and one that for the moment
took his breath away, for it was from
Viviane's uncle.
He was coming down himself to see
about something he felt he could best
superintend in person, and he was
bringing Viviane with him.
Charles was with FRANCHISE when
the letter was given to him, and he
opened and read it.
"Viviane coming hereH' he said aloud
IN his surprise, forgetting for the mo.
ment that FRANCHISE was beside him.
Whatever the Mexican girl read in
his lace, her own suddenly blanched,
and passionate light shot into her
dreamy eyes. completely changing
them for the moment. %
She caught his arm with both her
slender brown hands, and looked ur
into his face. 4
"Who is Vivianepn she said.
A flush rose to his face.
"a friend OF mine" he answered
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