The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-03-02

came up the area steps, bearing half dozen
Jugs of different sizes, and made her way
| toward the corner public-house Mr.. Lor-
rimer intercepted r.
Good evening my dear Don't be
frightened" The girl had pranced into the
middle of the roadway 81 only want to
ask you question-quite harmless ques-
ton Half crown, my dearn The coin
ratified into one of the jugs. "There's a
lady staying at Mrs. Barnley's-a young
lady, dressed in morning-goes about with
| q little girl | want to call upon her-quite
honorable and correct-I know of some
thing to her advantage. fused to know her
maiden name Miss Churchill. What is her
| name nowi"
"MrS. Tregarthen," said the girl. "That's
her sister she's got with her."
"Mrs. Tregarthen," said Mr.. Lorrimer.
"Thank you. I've got the name all right
have II Tre-gar-thenl"
"Thats right sir, responded the servant
polishing her nose with the bottom of a
beer-jug. "Tregarthen. Thank you, sir. I"
" She's at home now, thinkln said Lor-
rimer.
The maid nodded, and he marched at once
to the door of the house and knocked Mrs.
Tregarthen sitting in her own room, heard
the knock, and felt her heart so leap at it
that she was fain to rise and open her cham
Der door to listen. But that was a common
experience. Not knock had come to the
door of Mrs. Barnley's establishment, since
the unhappy lady had entered it, without
shaking her heart and huttering her nerves
in this way. She heard the door flung open,
o,,1 bap tba l.
indistinct and low. The maids voice
cackled skrill and clear in answer
Mrs Tregarthen, siri Yes, sir Walk
in, sir. What name shall say, sirln
1t had been in Mrs. Tregarthen's mind
from the first, or almost from the first. that
Arthur might love her so well that, in spite
of her wickedness, he would seek her out
and forgive her, and her knees were so
weakened that she could scarce let go the
door and creep back to her chair to be in
readiness for the servants coming. Lodg-
ing-house maids are not more observant or
sympathetic than their neighbors, as rule,
but even by the light of the one pale candle
on the table Mrs Tregarthen's face had so
much trouble and terror in it that the girl
when she entered with Lorrimers card
caught fright, and begged to know what
was the matter.
Nothing" said the poor creature, with
her eyes wide open, and her face as white
as the lace about her throat. " Is that for
mein
She stretched out her hand for the card,
and when she had read the name upon it
she dropped it with little moan of escape
and disappointment, and one or two half.
historical tears ran down her cheeks. The
servant hustled about the room and got q
glass of water, after much unnecessary
chatter. Lorrimer, waiting in the room be.
low, had underlined notions of a cavalry
skirmish floating though his mind. A mo-.
ment later, the servant, petticoated ava.
lanche, precipitated herself down stairs.
The lady can't see you, sir. She's toob
quite ILL.,"
Indeed" said Lorrimer, politely regret
full Nothing serious, trust."
% l amt so sure o that" returned the
maid. Shes like a ghost, and she can't
scarcely sit in her chair, sir"
Lorrimer opened his eyes with unfeigned
fear He saw thousand Of pounds in Mrs.
Tregarthen, and, being sanguine man, a.
theatrical managers nearly always are, be
.
and had her enthusiastically trumpeted
and conducted her first performance with
| proJ;gious seLdt At the very moment
when the cavalry skirmish began overhead
he had been returning thanks for piece Of
plate publicly presented to him lin recogni
ton Of his havinc made fortune out OF
her BY the celebra Jed actress herself. The
servant was really frightened, and looked
50. and Lorrimer himself caught the infec'
tia.
Back as soon as possible, he murmured
"Gone for DOCTOR And he shot from
the room TO save his thousands and the lady
who was to make them.
He had noticed, in the course Of his pere.
grinatigns 70 and fro before the house, that
doctor lived next door, and he rang
| startling peal at the medico' shell. The pro
fessional gentleman ran rildly into the
| clearinghouse without his hat, and was
ushered into the presence Of lady who re-
ceived him with perfect self-possession, and
assured him that she had no need for his
services. He was not to he got rid OF how
| ever, until he had felt her pulse, and asked
question or two, and prescribed tonic.
| Before Lorrimer called next day the SER
want had told Mrs. Tregarthen Of the inter
est hahad displayed The actress remem-
bered the manager kindly, but she had no
mind 10 renew their old acquaintance. She
cent word down to him, in answer to his in
quiries, that she was very much better and
was very much Obliged TO him for his kind
inquiries. Somepeople would haveaccepted
this as an intimation Of polite dismissal,
but LOrrimer was not one Of them.
That's right" he said cheerfully. "Tm
glad to hear it. Just say should like to
see her-will you!-if it's quite convenient
to her. II it isn't, ask when | shall call
again"
"Show Mr. Lorri,ner into the visitors
ROOM she said, in answer to this message.
II might be as well, she thought TO get Mr..
Lorrimer over at once II lit were impossible
10 avoid recognition, it was still possible to
let those who recognized her know that sh
desired privacy, and it was not likely that
all who had known her would care TO make
pursuit Of her. She touched her hair and
the lace about her throat and wrists with
delicate fingers as she stood before her
mirror, with no result perceptible to man,
and having thus made herself fit TO be seen,
she descended the stairs and found Lor-
rimer awaiting her in the visitors room
carpeted box, with an odor of dry-rot.
A stage manager who could feel any
sense Of gdueherie in approaching an actrcs:
| must have had the practice of his urofes