The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-03-23

unctuous, STACEY chuckle stopped and pat
ted the child's head.
"No, my dear" he said, with grand
fatherly information. There is no intention
of that sort in your sisters mind. | am
sure. And for my part continued Lori
mer, suddenly quitting the grandfatherly
attitude and manner, and bowling jauntily
at Mrs Tregarthen, II am quite resolved
old bachelor, and not even Miss Churchill's
inestimable charms could persuade me to
the sacrifice of liberty" He saw vaguely
that this style of waggery was scarcely
suited to the ladys taste, and became dis
concerted. Though l am sure" he
added by way of atonement for possible
blunder, that if any charms could pierce
a thrice-armed heart Miss Churchill owns
Them
This being no better received than the
former compliment Lorrimer became al
most sheepish for moment, but speedily
recovering himself, departed, with the
stately grace and cordiality Of beau of
the old school, returning Immediately, with
a legal air, to secure the document signed
by Mrs Tregarthen, the which he folded
and pocketed, with a business-like frown.
and then relapsing into smiles again bowed
himself away finally.
THAT is very funny gentlemen said
Miss Lima gravely.
9 He is very good man. my darling"
returned her sister, "and has been very
kind TO both of us"
She was so unworldly that no touch of
suspicion was in her mind when she thought
of Lorrimer and the baby's coral 1t is
probable that she would have conceived
that device to be no less than diabolical if
she had pierced its meaning, but the man.
ager was blown out with pride at his own
knowledge of human nature whenever he
remembered the expedient.
Lorrimer,' he would say, wagging his
jovial head "you know your way about.
dear boy. 1t was the coral that did the
trick. You are a bachelor, Lorrimer but
you are not unacquainted with feminine
human nature"
But after all, there had been much
genuine kindness mixed up with his bust
ness motives, and a woman might be
trusted to find out as much and to be
grateful for it.
When he had Miss Churchill's signature
at the foot of his agreement, and the docu-
ment was once in his pocket, Lorrimer ex-
ulted and beamed. He went about all
day to places where he was likely to meet
the men he wanted-shady old public
houses which have outlived their reputa-
tion, now, and no longer give shelter to
dramatic critics-and, drawing one of
them aside when found would hum a
secret in his ear, secret confided
as particular favor to him alone
other, with unfailing industrious men,
dacity, lining his twigs for the
British public. Next morning, by the
separate influences Of the gentlemen whom
Mr.. Lorrimer had primed the whole world
was made aware Of the facts that an en-
gagement had been entered into by the
Miss Churchill, who had once disappointed
London playgoeIs. to appear at the Mirror
Theater, and that she had entered into a
three years contract with the manager of
that favOrite house.
But Lorrimer did more than this, for he
was master in his way, and could puff as
well as any man alive Artful paragraphs
went down TO the provincial papers (which
were not 50 well off for London news as
they are now, when every one Of them 70
level with the great journals of the capi-
tab, and these paragraphs We're artfully
transplanted to the columns of the metro
pOlitan organs, until the bruit of Miss
ChurChilfs coming was in all mems ears.
Lorrimer kept her constantly supplied
with the news of his achievements in this
way, and frightened her more than he
guessed. Every one Of the managers pre-
liminary bangs at the drum sent nervous
fear through her heart, and she had pre-
monition of failure and disaster She had
no stage passion to buoy up her sinking
spirits, and the memory of her husbands
ssorn for the business upon which she had
a second time embarked would have made
her run away from the enterprise alto
gether but for her own native loyalty and
the thought of her child and sister. 1t
was to be all so different, too, from
her actual experiences of the stage. She
would no longer contrast with the failures
of the provincial theaters, but would have
to move side by side with the best actors of
London and one of its best actresses. For
Lorrmer, in his own phrase, was "going
for the gloves" and was getting together
picked company. He meant to have such
glare and blare Of triumph in London
that when the time came for the provinces
playgoers should be on the tiptoe Of ex-
pectation there, and then, with his one star
and a cheap scratch company, he would
gather in money by the hatful.
The company being once got together,
were rehearsed severely. The pale gentle
woman, young and sad, did not promise
well for the ideal Rosalind of any onesof
them when she first came among them.
But the spirit of the scene began to lift her,
and when Orlando, even in his frock coat
and tall hat--most un-Orlando like-was
supposed to have overthrow the boastful
wrestler and she dropped the meaning
words. 90 You have wrestled well, and
overthrown more than your own enc
mies.'n the sweet voice and perfect in
tonation fingered on the players ears like
music, her figure grew all grace, and her
face all sympathy. Rosalind trod the
stage in Victorian attire, and the brightest
and tenderest of Shakespeare's conceptions
took concrete form for all who heard and
saw. This triumph was achieved at the
first rehearsal, and the report Of it raised
expectation high among those who inter-
ested themselves in the matter. Actors are
a Jealous race, and as consequence there
is no class of people who praise one another
SO unreservedly; for jealousy is not a
pretty passion, and its owner will gener-
| ally 20 out of his way to hide it,
so when Mrs. Tregarthen's COM
| peers had once made up their
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