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

times" she said.
"a lover swears many things" he
said.
"A loverp Then you are my lover.
Tell me it again as you told il once be-
fore-the time you kissed me-"
His face grew more annoyed, but If
FRANCHISE noticed it this time she gave
no sign, only chung closer to him, her
beautiful eyes fixed ON his face, her
long hair falling like cloak around
her.
1t was not pleasant now to Charles
Hamilton, with the knowledge that the
woman he loved better than his life
was coming there, to be reminded of
bis treachery to her.
He remembered his own last words
as he had kissed her goodbye:
''Keep this kiss for me, my darling,
till l claim it, and l will keep mine
for you" '
Your kiss will be on my lips till
you return" she had answered, and he
knew she had kept her word, and her
kiss-ah, he had wiped it away many
times on the red lips of FRANCHISE.
A silence fell between him and Fran
coise now, and he felt her hands drop
from his arm as a shudder swept over
her.
He glanced at her, and noticing her
lpallor, felt how contemplate his act
had been--felt it this time, not only in
memory of Viviane, but in sorrow for
the girl herself.
He saw that her eyes had turned in
the direction of the blue waves that
lay below them.
She seemed to feel his gaze, and she
turned her eyes suddenly back TO his
face, and their expression startled him.
"Do you know" she said, II would
sooner leap into that water there. never
to rise again, than know you loved
another; but ahH' with low laugh.
81 could not lie there if l left you with
her."
The next moment, without waiting
for him to speak, she turned and left
him.
One week later, Viviane Wentworth
and her uncle arrived in Mexico, and
! Charles Hamilton clasped the girl he
!. loved so dearly, despite his love-mak'
,, ing to FRANCHISE, close to his bosom
= again.
/. A few days passed, during which vi.
viane rested. Then she announced
- herself ready to see the sights.
J 81 would like to see the great cliff, y
y she said the one you mentioned in
- your letter."
y Charles Smiled.
- ut is very near the home of Mrs.
20 King" he said. 81 wrote you of her,
g also; she was the dearest friend my
- mother ever had. though Mexico has
: been her home for years. My mos
. pleasant hours here have been spent
;. with her.
" Most likely when he said that he for
q got the hours spent with little dark
Il eyed beauty, beneath odorous Southern
- tress, or rambles through valleys ant
" dells, when the same little beauty was
, his companion.
= He had only seen FRANCHISE once
since Viviane had arrived, and that
time something in her manner had
given him vague feeling of annoy
ance-a feeling he found it strangely
hard to Danish.
- Looking in the fair pure face of vi.
= viane, he wondered how for moment
: he had let the dark beauty of FRANCHISE
! move him--how for an instant he had
u yielded to its spell.
q A vague feeling-could it be fearp-
haunted him, and FRANCHISES face rose
before him as he had seen it last, all
, the bloom faded from it, the strange
> passionate light in the beautiful eyes.
He tried to Danish all memory Of it
in the light of his darling's presence,
in the joy of her smile, and the music
!. of her voice.
He tried, and he succeeded, and his
heart was light enough the day he drop
: ped line to Mrs. King, telling her he
was bring Viviane to see her.
:. The morn of the appointed day rose
u fair and clear; not.a cloud dimmed the
le azure of the sky, and Viviane came
" down all smiles for her visit, feeling
Up sure she would like Mrs. King from
her lovers description.
Or Charles spirits were light as well
x and any fears he had about Francois(
ia he had put aside with firm will, ant
almost laughed at the forebodings tina
'r had hauxted him for some time.
1t Early in the afternoon the horses
TO stood waiting, and soon Viviane came
n down in her riding-habit to where he
t., lover awaited her.
= How proud he was of her, how rare
4 ly fair she was, the deep blue of he
close-ftting habit making the purit.
le of her complexion more noticeable, a.
re well as displaying her beautiful form
Id perfectly.
" In his after life, when all hope wa
es dead, and living itself was bitter q
u, death, Charles Hamilton never forgo
e. that ride with his darling. Her words
" her smiles, her every attitude lived witt
Or him forever.
"a Soon they reached the pretty sequeS
m tered homo of Mrs. King.
IL AS they approached the door afte
10 dismounting, their hostess met then
n with out-stretched hands, welcoming
'r with smiles the beautiful girl she wa
d. prepared to love.
D. After they had spent about an hou
with Mrs. King messenger followed
'r them. Viviane's uncle must SCI
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