The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-04-20
There is nothing strange under the sun


is nothing new, nothing unexpected. All
things are inevitable and in order. The
smallest is the type Of the greatest. You
know the Malestrom, If you have studied
an eddy in gutter"
- have news, though" said Phil, trying
to dispel the comfortless feeling this sngu-
lar welcome gave him, (Which will inter-
est you deeply, Arthur"
:" have news, if l cared to tell it, " re-
turned Tregarthen, (Which would trans
form the world.n He laughed, and arose
from his seat. Chow oddly" he said,
81 the inaccuracies Of speech cling to us
have been telling you in effect that there is
no transformation possible for the world,
and moment later 1 profess to be able to
transform it. l could resolve human
nature into its simple elements of greed
and hate, no doubt--such greed, Phil that
if | told my news men would gnaw Mont
Blanc with their teeth, from its highest
peak to its lowest foundations to get at me
such hate that even hypocracy should
vanish in its fire. SO that my news
would scarcely be good news to the world,
Phil, and may as well be kept a secret
He spoke lightly and yet with every
appearance Of sincerity, and, wild as his
words were, his manner was calm and
usual.
II don't know what to think of this
said Phil to himself. AS a matter Of fact
he knew well enough what to think Of it,
but he did not dare to father his own
fears.
~ won't be so discourteous, Phil, said
Tregarthen, Gas to refuse to hear your
Va, oh, |
will lock up this valueless bit of devilry,n
he continued, with the greenish crystal be-
tween his finger and thumb, "lest any fool
should find it and do himself a mischief
He crossed the room, unlocked a safe which
stood in one corner, and tossed the object
carelessly into a small box. 81 was al
ways inclined to be harmless, Phil but never
80 much inclined that way as now, Which
shows, | fancy" he said, as he slammed the
door Of the safe, "a certain sweetness Of
disposition, for which | deserve some credit.
owe the world nothing but hatred and
could pay the debt a million times over
He crossed the room again, and laying
both hands on Pills shoulders, locked
into his eyes with a profound and mourn
full earnestness. Power and response
bility are inseparable," he said. "yhe
world suffers already. Men are bitten by
their own desires, and gratitied desire is
despair. And | am one of the dirty crowd
myself, Phil, though l scarcely care to
think it, and have not the heart to give
them what they cry for"
Phil could only look back at his bene-
factor and friend with grief and wonder.
" You are hungry after your journey
said Tregarthen returning to his lighter
manner. "Get something to eat, and in
the mean time 1 will dress, You shall tell
me your news out-of-doors, when you have
had luncheon. Let me look at you again.
You are honest-you are not changed.
The little bit of leaven has not leavened
the whole lump YETI Not yet Pure hands
and q clean heart are great gifts They
are greater than any | could give you.
though made emperors despair to think OF
you. Don't throw them away, Phil don't
barter the immediate jewel Of your soul
for the husks which the swine do eath He
had laid his hands again upon Pills Shout
ders, and his voice was full of entreaty
and affection, but he broke off abruptly
and began to pace the room. " You will
do what you must do. Go your way, Phil.
Eat and drink and be merry-if you may
Phil open the door, passed through it,
came upon the corridor, and stood there
amazed and desoate. He could find but
one solution to the problem Tregarthen's
speech presented. That there was much
melancholy wisdom in it, and the revela-
ton Of a heart by nature noble, made it
none the less the speech Of mailman.
The house-keeper had already prepared
meal for him, but Phil had no desire for it,
and sent it away untasted. By-andby
Tregarthen appeared.
Are you ready ~ he said. Have you
lunched' Come into the open air, then,
and let me hear your news. my work is
over Phil rose Obediently, but he asked
himself what good end he could serve by
telling the news he had travelled SO far to
carry. 81 have of late said Tregarthen
as they came upon the grass in the rear Of
the old house. have of late, and where
fore know very well, foregone all custom
of exercises; and indeed it goes so heavily
with my disposition that this most goodly
frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile prom
ontory; this most excellent canopy, the
air, look you, this brave Exchanging tirma-
ment this majestical roof fretted with
goiden fire-why, it appears no other thing
| 10 me IMAM lOul anu leslIIculIdl COuoEe-
CATION Of vapors.
"He can quote Hamlet, said Phil to
himself, "and perhaps he is no more mad
than Hamlet after all.
"Your news, Phil y said Tregartheu.
"You promised to surprise me-"
II have serious news indeed Phil an
swered. 1t looked harder than ever to
offer it now, and he could not guess how it
might be received. "Arthur, | have met
Mrs Tregarthen. His companion swung
around upon his heel and faced him
"Wellp
II owe you so much," said Phil earnest
ly, THAT | must try to pay little" He
forgot his ditlidence and began to forget
his fears for Arthur. IF ever there was a
good woman in the world-if ever there
was woman in the world who loved her
husband-if ever there was an unhappy
woman in the world have seen her; Ar
thur, there was a great mistake
"You wrote Of her said Tregarthen,
with no show of feeling, "but you did not
write ingenuously. You pretended not TO
know my knowledge of her, and wrote OF
her as stranger
She was a stranger then" returned
Phil, "kut she learned from a friend that
came from Tregarthen and that you had
raved my life She sent for me and tried
TO question me about you as If she had
NOT haen interested in YOU THE lad was