The Cairo bulletin., 1904-06-18

listen to, and she heard him as though
much impressed, but her reply was not
exactly what ho evidently hoped it
would have been
ooh. yes, " said she, II have thought
Of all that in vague sort Of way But
you sec, | have been IN love with my
beautiful Queen for so long that car
not imagine life without her And
yet there was a trcmOr IN her voice
~ am going to lose her soon She
will go away for awhile, and then |
fancy ! shall feel that loneliness Of
which you speak So if you want to
hear my real ideas upon that subject,
you must wait till after the wedding, "
She said this last with a tone of deep
meaning, and Mr.. Thauret seemed 10
accept her remark as hint, for he
changed the subject shortly afterwad
he went away. As he walked down the
avenue there was almost u Triumphant
smile upon his face This, however was
not reported to Mr.. Barnes, for the spy
was behind and could not see his face.
1t was only few nights after this
that Mr. Mitchell was walking home
from the club, accompanied by Mr.. THAI
ret, when the latter turned the CONVEX
saton upon the Miss RcmsenS.
They certainly are charming girls, "
said he 'but one would need to he rich
to afford the luxury of marrying one of
them ISuppoSe they have nothing un-
til the death of the mother
Mr. Mitchell thought that he under
stood the object of the question: and for
reasons of his own was glad to reply
to it,
"Oh, not at all. F" said he "Tho ia
ther left each Of them handsome sum
$50, 600. in fact--which they are to re-
ceive as soon as married. The bulk Of
the money, of course, went to the wild
ow, but her interest is only for life, and
then it is to be equally divided between
the girls think it is somewhere near
$500, 600 "
"You are a fortunate fellow wish
| had your luck "
my dear Thauret, can a man Of your
intelligence believe in such stupid
thing as luck? 1t no more exists than
its antithesis, i'll luck Every man sue
CeedS or not, according to his own skill
in guiding his life. Now you envy me
my marriage to Emily, when certainly
her sister Dora is just as charming and
richer too
Miss Dora is charming true, but
that does not make mo a successful suit
or But what do you mean by saying
that she is richer?"
"Why, you see, her sister is devoted
to her and has promised her a gift Of
$40 600 the day she maries, upon one
condition. "
And that condition is:"
''That the husband shall he satisfac-
tory to her, "
There was a silence for several min
utes, finally broken by Mr. ThauIet
well, in the light Of your approach
ing marriage, which will make you the
only man in the family, / presume your
influence would count If ] should wish
to marry Miss Dora, ! suppose you
would favor my suit?'
"That is not "a new idea to ule, as
sure you. All ] need say is that when
yuu gain Dora 5 consent you shall have
mine.
THANK you. Mr. ThaWet said this
with suppressed emotion, and after TINT
neither man spoke until they said good
night at Nh. Mitchel's hotel Mr. Thau-
ret upon reaching his own ROOM smck-
ed a cigar and blew little ringletS over
his head, thus occupying himself till
long after midnight. He seemed to be
building castles and from the satisfied
expression on his face they must have
been grand ones.
Thus matters stood when the day
dawued upon which the marriage was
to occur. Everything was lmaH lie and
confusion at the home Of tla%Bemscns,
The bridesmaids arrived carly, helped
tu deck the bride. and then stood around
in delighted admiration. Dora was in
ccstasies. Two magnificent bouquets
had been sent to her, one entirely Of
Cauation pinks, from Mr.. Randolph
and the other "a fine assortment of cut
flowers, among which were tluce beau
tiful Gala lilies, tied with long white
satin ribbons These were the gift Of
Mr. Thauret She stood admifiHg the
flowers for few moments then tender
ly united the pinks, and, taking few
of each color, made a small bouquet,
which she pinned just at the opening Of
her dress near the throat. Thus they
Were near enough 70 exbale a fragrance
Of which she would be cont nHally con
scious. Just before leaving the house.
however. She took the callaa and carried
them with her in her gloyed hand.
Before the day was over little trag-
edy occurred, Of which she vas not on
ly innocent, but unconscious ia the
throug entering the church her piuts
We're swept from her breast, and in her
excitement she did not observe her loss.
Mr.. Randolph, however, the sroup's
best man, noted carefully that she car
ried flowers and that they were not his.
subsequently She IN reply 10 q question
from him, admitted who bad eut them,
and though nc made no remark be- slept
little that night. Thus easily men sui
fer
Emily was drcssed--but there, Why
should | attempt to describe what only
a Worth could have furnished and culy
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