The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-03-13
A STORY OF WONEN'S
RIGHTS.

1t was half past y before the dozen
friends who had been dining with me
left the house.
The evening began with argument,
which by degrees was relieved by light
vet bitter banter. Some of the ladies
began to make use of those most eX-
pressive words, Indeed" "Roally, y
and Il must say" or If you will al
low me to say" etc. And | am asham-
ed to confess that | myself-the host
became so animated as TO desire to
prolong the discussion instead of put
ting an end to it before anything eX-
treme should be said on either side.
My guests were my nearest relations
--nephcws, noces and young cousins.
One niece was the wife of a rising
Member of Parliament, a man suppos-
ed to have prosperous future before
him. Another was one of the sweetest
girls | ever met. One cousin was a
Sister of Mercy, who had no home-t.es
left, and dedicated her life to God 5
poor.
And the subject over which we grew
so eager was the rights of Women
To my surprise, the wife of the Men,
Der of Parliament, more than Ord ma
rily agreeable, clever young woman,
took the most decided line against her
sisters.
The Sister of Mercy only sat and lis
tened, and often laughed heartily,
The youngest and weakest, a pale
little creature who spent ali her time
in nursing her children and arranging
her fair tangled fringe, was our bitter
est enemy, and loud were her COM
plants against the unjust subsection of
the woman; though | happen to know
that on that very morning she had
gone in tears to her husband TO entreat
his interference with refractory nur-
serymaid.
But ! am old enough now never to be
surprised at anvthngl
Twas betrayed into using strong ex-
pressons myself. remember assert
ing that So!omon's v.rtuous woman
contented herself with giving him
tirst-rate dinner and keeping his gar
ments in order and the children alto
gether out OF SIGHT
The argument grew hotter. E'ector-
al disabilities had to be exhausted, then
the veXed questions of University hon
ors medicine and womans degrees.
Finally | almost shouted, "In my opin-
ion woman's mission is subn4issionw
After that they left me-
felt too much excited to 90 to bed
at once, 50 | rcsorted to the calming
influence Of a cigar
My wife died twenty-five years ago.
Our married life lasted five years; and
when she died gave up---pshaw! 1t
was not that that made me give up the
militia, and Parliament, and Quarter
Sessions and the old schemes for pay
ING OIL the mortgages, and all that, to
90 abroad. The old church is not res
tored yet. However, this is nothing
TO the purpose. ! am meditating an
essay on women in general, not on in
dlvlduals, and if the world lasts a
thousand years it would never produce
again a woman such as she was
- The cigar is very soothing. | will
only make a few notes on the back of
an enye.Opc-heads of the subjects
with their consequences arranged like
apedlgree under them. | BEGIN with
the creation of Eye-a most important
point.
Here my pencil rolled away from
me- and | think must have fallen
asleep and yet should be sorry to
ewear IN acourt Of justice that all
winch followed was only dream.
"A study had been recently added to
the house, and the shadows Aickered
strangely over the wide white master.
ed wall that faced my grea, easy chair
as | sat by the fire
1t became suddenly quite dark then
circle of light danced into the center
OF the white wall, and grew larger and
brighter, TIL saw as if in broad day.
light scene which might have been
reflected from a magic-lantern.
Ring-a-rlng-a.r.ng! Ga! that indie
scribable sense of hurry; who that ha
ever experienced it does not recocniz
itP 1t must be the diyi5ion-bell of tn
House OF Commons. There 90 tn
honorable members running fast. Tn
scene represents the exterior, two DC
licemen stand at one of the doors. Tw,
or three pigeons hop stilly out of tn
way Of the honorable members.
Ring-a-rng-a-ring. 1t has stoppe,
now. There is pause, the pigeon
peck about and plume themselves an