The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-02-10

NY boy. Glad to have met you"
Trsgarthen took train and reached his
swn quarters, and his thoughts dwelt good
deal about Miss Churchill by the way. To
his mind she was the first real artist he had
seen upon the stage, and for the first time,
ct least, her voice had taken him captive.
Shakespeare for once had found an actress
worthy 70 interpret him, and surely no other
man who had ever lived could have created
payt sweet and bright enough for so az.
(uisiSe creature to play in. He smoked
. cigar n company with his own agreeably
fus&sred fAncies, and thsn be went TO bed
aud sSaPk soundly and forgot them He
vSs net nearly % much Impressed with Miss
Churchill IN the morning; and though she
tauNhsd h. thoughts pleasantly once or
twice, he got through the days business
with no great hindeyance from her.
Late afternoon foand HIM at headqusr'
tsrs, with httas nnse than time 10 dress for
dinner LieutsnAut-coionsl Pollard had 70
sumsd the setive command Of the corps
and took The bad place at the mess-tabis.
rregarthen was presented, and formed
poor opinion Of the bloatod cid warrior,
who met him with q dreputsbae jest, and
told straightwsy a Objectionable tsory
which grated "a he comets ears. When
the real business Of the dinner began Inc
manners Of the officer In command we're NOT
ct all to the taste OF the young gentleman,
Who was, possibly, fastidious. The col.
oncls eyes goggled and his face crimsoned
g he strained over the table TO get at his
soup, and his wicked speech was half choked
by whsezings and paintings He gobbled as
Q gentleman ought not to gobble, and no
drank q gentleman ought not to drink.
When dinner was over the naughty old man
told shameless tales of his youth and man
hood; and Tregarthen, who had been bred
to reverence old age, and to think purity a.
desirable and lovely In . man q In wo-
man, found the evening almost insuppert-
able.
"Somebedy ought to put . stop to all
that" he Told Captain Harcourt after din
nsr, to that gallant officers great sstonish-
ment. In society Of gentlemen the
thing Il intolerable. We serve lady" he
added, with the generous pomposity OF
youth, land that Of itself might teach N
better mannerS"
The captain stared at him with an amaze
ment he took no pains to disguise. A touch
Of contempt was discsrnible even in his
wonder.
"Shouidnx advaiss yah talk lake that"
be said. "Cursed inoonvsnisnt have yang
fsllahs o6erin' that sort Of opinion b sAe
army"
II shall naks II nay business" returned
Tregarthsn, in some heat at the captains
contsmptuous wonder, "to represent to
Colonel Pollard that at least one Of bis Of
ncers 6nds his style Of conversation rlrsoms,
and thinks II unbeeoming"
Don't be IN ass, Tregaythen," said Cap
tain Harcourk Tregarthen meiined his
head sifRy, and marched away. The cap
tain told ons or two Of his closest friends
tho story Of the youngster's Hnsscountabls
erase, and they all agreed that he was
psig snd grsenhorn. Polly" said Har.
court, b about the best sort in the SER
vice. Idea of young fool like that pretend
Ing to dictate officers old enough to be his
father"
Captain Harcourt's friends ooncurred
With him, and che story OF Tregarthens
presumption spread rapidly throughout the
regiment Next day he was treated with
evident eoldness, and some Of bis brother
ecassrs who bad hitherto been on friendly
terms with him took pains to avoid him
He was not unpopular to begin with, but Il
vas the general sense Of the corps that the
sort Of insoAancs be bad shown deserved 70
buks he must be made to see at once that
this was not the tone to take.s
That evening there came time when the
conversation at the head OF the table was
animated and loud The youngsters at the
bower end smoked and listened, and got little
good by listening II was nothing less than
ths reputation Of q lady which % excited
Tie seniors Ons man held out against the
rest, and avowed his belief tAat the lady
ives chasts as ice and pure IS mow. Tbs
others naturally laughed at him, for the
woman he defended was an aoeress; and in
those days--it may be better now--an setssSs
was anybodys fair game at uaess-table.
await Bit" said the colonel, with his
wicked, bronchial old chuck. "Fll tell
you story prTs,."
Everybody listened, and the colonel told
- story. h rsdounded infinitely to his
ewn credit as man Of gauantry, and IN
1aaseiy 10 the discredit Of the Lady whose
personal charms he sang and whose char
acter he stole.
NOW, who do you think that wasi asked
the soIonel. Nobody answered, and the fat
old rous relit his cigar and gazsd about him
with look Of twinkling triumph. "lons
other" he said, after pause, than our
chaste young friend, Miss Churchill What
do you say 10 thatr
1t happened At this moment that tho col.
onsls twinkling eyes looked full into the
eyes Of rregarthsn, who was bending for
watching hi commanding otsesr with an
oppression Of sasurnine disdain. The black
bsowsd cOrnst half rose In his place.
beg your pardon, sir" he said slowly
and dastinctly. "You seemed to address
your question TO me. II you press me for
an answer must give you onA"
II We generally felt Nat ths hour had
come, and ths assembled gentlemsa bsaced
themselves 70 sappart autbority. n the
colonel lad understood ths situation be
would probably have mubbed Tie qusrist,
BY leaving him unseen aad unanswered.
But, being taken by surprise, hs raped
out, "Weii, sir! and stared ct the intruder
with q look half surprise, half anger.
~ am TO answer your question, sir"
said Tregarthen. IL think, then, sir, that
NO gentleman could have told such a story,
and that no asssmblage Of gentlemen could
hear II without marking their sense Of its
cowardise, its brutality, and its general Of
Esnsiveness.s
The colonel bounced to his feet and sent
dozen wine glasses flying. Major. sdju-
tsnt, captains, lisutenants, and cornets all