The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-11-23

Presently Heartsease, with pretty, bare
arms involved In -four, heard q voice which
somehow always sounded especially pleas
, ant 10 her, call over the kitchen-stars:
"lleartseaseV
"Well," she called back, what is it?'
MAY come down."
Heartsease laughed.
"Yes, If you like"
| ST. John needed no second bidding. In q
minute his tall form appeared in the kitchen.
There stood HeartSease tumbllng dough
about in basin, and looking so bewtchlng
| that st. John needed no small amount OF
| sef-command TO abstain from taking her IN
| his arms then and there, and drawing the
| pretty floury hands about his neck, and say
| ing-wel, he might not have said much or
ANYTHING, words would have been superilu-
Gus, if Heartsease had submitted to the en-
brace and allowed him TO kiss her smiling
lips and If he had felt certain Of his recep-
ton 1t is very likely Dottie might have been
minus her cake; but he was not certain,
therefore his fine broadclOth was saved from
ruin and Heartsease went on with her cake.
"There is chair by the fire. she said,
nOdding her head in that direction, but ST.
John seated himself on the opposite side Of
the table.
"Mayn't sit here and watch the myster-
ious process"
"If you like. Are you anxious to learn
| how cakes are made?"
VERY. / did not know you could make
them"
Live and learn. can do many useful
| things, assure you. Poor people have to
turn their hands to many things"
A shade fell on st. Johns fine face. With
the lavish and withal mistaken tenderness
of such men as he for the woman they love-
he would have folded her in cottonwood;
no harsh wind should have touchedher; her
feet should tread in no rough way
He bit his lip and was silent.
Ieartsease, of course not understanding
what was in his heart, looked up, laughing,
"Do you think it mira diG for lady 10
make cakes?" she asked
mo, indeed! That is not what | was
thinking of. But shouldn't like to see you
do rough work."
"You and might differ as to what con-
stitutes rough work. Really rough work |
could not do. have not the strength. But
women are not made of blown glass, you
know, Mr.. st. john"
mo; but your life ought to be all flowers,
| like your name" he said.
what a tlowery speech" said She pun
ningly, lifting her white hands, and color
ing, too, little.
For shame, IIeartsease! but mean it."
"Do you? Then thank you for nothing!
A life all flowers means selfish life."
Nothing would make you selfish"
'lf you came down here said lleartsease
gravely, "to pay me compliments, you had
better go up again."
please let me stay, and will be a good
boy"
And he kept his word.
Where is Mr.. st. JOhn?' asked Kate,
later, putting her head into the dining-room
Dottie lifted her head from the puzzle.
Hes in the kitchen, seeing Heartsease
make cake"
Kate retreated, screwing up her mouth.
HUM she said to herself, II think he is
teaching rather than learning won't in
terrupt the lesson.'
n
One morning st. John went out immedi-
ately after breakfast, and when he return
| ed, still early in the day, Nina was absent
| Katie Of course, had gone to her teaching;
Mrs. Vernon, who often suffered from those
headaches that tie their victims to their beds
during an entire day, was in her room with
her relentless foe; and Fl0ssie was at pres
ent out with Dottie, so the young man was
left to his own resources.
10 eotl ,,., ,,,it hnp I,,t hn .tt1
not get on with it, Where was Heartsease?
he thought restlessly.
He never called her any other name to
himself, and as often said Miss IIeartsease"
as Miss Nina"
No one ever used the name Nina, and she
well deserved the favorite appellation that
had replaced her baptsma. She was the
special Joy Of them also bright so unset
fish, so perfect peacemaker; not that jars
were frequent, but if quick word was
| spoken, HeartSease would ward off a retort;
| If there was discussion that waXed warm,
lleartsease would prevent its going too far;
If Dottie was very naughty" lIeartsease
could always make her good" and yet all
was done with such exquisite tact that she
never seemed to interfere or to put herself
forward in any way.
st. John could not read now at all. 1t was
miserably dull without IIeartsease. When
was she coming back? Where was she now?
What doing? Was she thinking Of him?
Not likely. She was too unembarrassed
| with him to think much about him; he
would have given the world to know that
| his face was haunting her now.
Presently he threw aside the book and
went and sat down at Nina's writng-tabe
in the corner. lie knew she wrote, and
longed to ask her to let him read something;
but she had not liked to do 50 hitherto.
She never spoke of herself or her doings
and he could not even discover incidentally
whether her writing brought any grist to the
mill.
There was need of grist, he imagined
there was trouble, of late especially, on the
horizon.
The Vernons were not people to talk Of
their family affairs, but st. John was quick
witted, and he could not help perceiving
certain signs of tr0uble--for example, q let
ter had arrived last evening that had evil
IDENTIFY caused some dsmay Kate and
Heartsease had been cOscted with their
mother for some time, nd.to.day Mrs. Yer
non had bad headache, But he could not
ask any questions.
There was newspaper on the desk be-
fore him, and taking 1t up he saw manu-
script lying underneath. 1t was written in
Nina's clnnr hold hand ST Iohn,s ulonon