The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-03-01

| gentleman said, in an easy manner,
and with knowing winkle in bis eye:
.Thcn, my dep9 Kate, | wish you'd
! tell me, zoos ,icr 20" an amlable and
very prc.iy hlaal.c Was lrghtp Per-
haps Won can tel. ms 10 # h speaks
any len ,oage t HnIo "anec, or
whatever The uuknown Tongue is that
she's been talking
"That frivolous tone is useless now,
Sir George said Lady Lynx, with iron
dignity; at has been triel too often.
Perhaps YOU viii kindly tell tho waiter
to call me cab
Certainly, my dear" said Sir
George, with nn exaggerated good
humor. At that moment waiter came
in, carrying saver on which was q
goblet of brandy and soda
That's right" said Sir George;
"perhaps this will clear my brain, for
Pm beginning to believe I'm dreaming.
Waiter, call cab for this lady"
"Waiter" cried Mrs. Valery, "where
is the Russian gentleman you took my
card TOP"
He is here, madam" said the wait.
err, as at that moment the door opened
and swarthy, yellow-skinned man,
evidently with Jewish blood in his
veins, entered the room. He looked
id Gaialilriaasi az The two ladies. Mrs.
Valery reused herself; she advanced
toward him, and without holding out
her hand, asked him in Rus ,ian if he
was Count So-and-So. He said Eyes"
;hd Mrs. Valery moved away few
PAGES to speak to him more at her ease.
But she found it more difficult to re-
enact the warm welcome which had
been wrongly given. She was shaken
and unnerved, too, by Lady Lynx's face
and words.
"Vhat does this mean?" asked Sir
George, in a low voice, of his wife.
GLOW can tcll?n she asked. You
know better than do. This is some
further development of the farce, |
suppose. am going home; you need
not trouble yourself to accompany
me-
And she turned away, but he caught
her arm.
Look here, Kate" he said, "this
must be explained. What are you talk
inc about? You seem to know that
LADY. but | don't"
"Nonsense!' cried Lady Lynx.
81 never set eyes upon her before.
You don't mean TO say you imagine we
met here on purpose?'
"What else can | imagine?"
"What grounds have you for mag
lining it?"
That saw your atfectionate meet
ing"
Sir George laughed. "Deuced affec-
Tomato! Why, thought she was mad!
Don't be absurd. What else?'
Why didn't you say what time you
were arriving? What did you mean to
do before you came home?"
"Not meet her, | assure you. Who
is she?"
Frank Valery's wife"
Then take me over. and introduce
me to her and apologize. And another
time don't choose a lady to insult when
you are jealous. "
LAZY Lynx stood irresolute. She
knew Sir George was in the right and
she felt he was speaking the truth.
And as she looked at Ms. Valery and
the Russian as they stood talking to-
gether she saw that she had made a
mistake amateur detectives are apt to
fall into. She had too readily con-
cluded that Mrs. Valery was telling
made-up story. She saw that there
was nothing 10 be done but apologize.
But she could not bring herself to doit.
AT that moment Mrs. Valery turned
round, and meeting Lady Lynx's look
Of mingled emotions, she smiled. Her
sense Of humor had come uppermost.
After all she could afford to forgive
Lady Lynx; her enemy was so very
plain.
you must both come and dine with
U.S. she said by way Of answer.
Frank will be delighted to see Sir
George; | know they are old friends.
You must-the count is coming"
Sir George made haste to accept this
invitation. After dinner Mrs. Valery
told the story of the scheme in the cof-
fee room, making but one change in it
she left out Lady Lynx unfortunate
speech. Everybody laughed, even Lady
Lynx herself.
Aud so Mrs. Valery disarmed a Bit
ter enemy and made a new ally. For
Sir George became one Of her faithful
admirers and Lady Lynx had to put up
with it, whether she liked it or not.