The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-07-24

MI AlLOHDy lHcu ucSuH lhlhlnp OF inc
ball they had attended, and Of many
interesting incidents which had occur
red there. But Mrs. Allonby, despite
the effort she made to appear other
wise, continued i'll at ease and the first
rosy tints of morning had appeared be-
fore she at length fell into II troubled
sleep.
In the morning, as had already been
stated to the detective, the diamond
necklace was not to be found when Mr..
Allonby opened the casket in which it
had been securely locked, first by Mrs
Allonby, afterwards into the safe by
himself.
Husband and wife were alike stupi-
fed with surprise at the mysterious dis
appearance Of the jewels; but after the
first few minutes sensation of relief
amounting almostto Joy, took possess
ion of Mrs. Allonby's mind. She would
even, had she dared, have begged her
husband not to make their loss public,
| and to take no steps to recover the neck
lace. But to have done so would have
been madness, rs she knew; for her hus-
band certainly would have thought her
insane if she had made such q request.
She could but trusttO what she regarded
as the well-knOwn ineliiciency of the
police in such matters; and silently
prayed that the stolen necklace might
never be found. Even the near pros
pect of her husband S failure was less
appalling to her than the secret he
must learn if the necklace ever came
into his possession And now that it
was gone, and he could no longer de-
pend upon it as means of raising the
money he required, she could but hope
that he would find some other way of
doing so. But she was not prepared
for Mr., Allonby's utter despair; and rs
she truly loved her husband she found
her feelings put to strain which it
would be impossible for her to hold out
against long.
1t was the evening of the third day
since the mysterious robbery, and not
the slightest clue had yet been found
to lead to the thief. Mr.. Allonby rose
from the dining table, at which he had
with difficulty continued to eat sullic-
lent not to give cause for remark on the
part of the servants; and rs he retired
to his study his wife followed him. 1t
must have been evident to anyone who
had looked closely at her face that she
had made up her mind to some deter
mined but very painful act. She
knocked softly, entered the library
and then closed and locked the door,
and in another moment she was kneel-
inc at her husbands feet in q passion
of wild sobs and tears.
81 cannot bear it, she said car
thur, dearest and kindest of husbands,
| cannot bear to see your suffering
your despair!'
Rise, my darling said Mr. Allon-
by tenderly. at is no fault of yours;
| shall be a ruined man in two days
more-two short days-only forty-eight
hours between me and ruined fortunes
and disgraced name. All! That's
the worst. | must drag others down
in my fall, and the cruel world which
misjudges i'll fortune, and thinks the
rich man is always in the wrong as
soon as he is poor, will make little diff
ference between me and common
swindler. There's where the pain is;
but no matter. You are still left to
me, and you will believe in me, won't
you, darling?'
"Oh, Arthur, yes, and | will save
you, too, if you will let me, and forgive
me. Promise me that you will forgive
me, Arthur! You must forgive me, my
husband, for | am determined to speak
if it kills me, Before | met you, Ar
thur, | had fancied myself in love with
another man; but | wasn't dearest
wasn't, really, never, never. was q
mere girl, only seventeen, and | was
deceived in my feelings as much as in
the character of the man / fancied N.Y.
self in love with We were engaged,
and several letters passed between us.
| learned that the man to whom | had
promised myself was false and con-
tcmptible scoundrel. | broke my en-
gagement at once, returned his letters,
and demanded my own. He swore he
had burned them. But the man had
lied to me as should have known, and
about six months ago he forced himself
into my presence, and with my foolish
letters in his hand, demanded q thou
sand pounds as the price of them. At
first refused Indignantly, but when he
| threatened to take the letters to YOU,
and to demand his own price for them.
yielded to despair. promised to buy
my letters from him. When he was
gone, bethought me how to raise so
large sum; for generous as you are to
me, | could not ask you for so much at
once and besides, shrank with loath-
ing from going to you for money for
him. l pawned my diamond necklace,
and celebrated manufacturer of imi-
tation stones made me one so exactly
like it that no one for moment sus-
pected the deception. There are the let
tiers, Arthur; read them. They are alb
surd, that's ALL But you will find
nothing in them but the love nonsense of
a silly girl And with cold, trem-
bling hand, Mrs. Allonby held out the
n little packet Of letters for her husband
G TO take.
5 Arthur Allonby did take them, but
without single glance at them he
y flung the packet into the blazing fire;
i then turning to his wife he folded her
: tondly in his arms and kissed her ten
r derby.
J. "My sweet wife, could Won imooine