The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-10-12
BY ROBERT
LOUIS
STEVENSON

Ind. He made the most trifllng prog
ss with his Euclid for that forenoon
id was more often at the window
BAN at his improvised writing table.
INT beyond seeing the return OF Miss
andeleur and the meeting between
ar and her father. who was smoking
Trichlnopoli cigar in the veranda,
here was nothing notable in the neigh
prhood of the house with the green
inds before the time Of the midday
zeal. The young man hastily allayed
IL appetite In i neighboring restau-
INT and returned with the speed Of
nallayed curiosity to the house in the
ne LEIPZIG. A mounted servant was
aiding a saddle horse to and fro before
ne garden wall, and the porter of
runcis' lodging was smoking a pipe
eninst the doorpost. absorbed in con-
1uplation of the livery and the steeds.
Look" he cried to the young man.
kyhas fine CATTLE What an elegant
bstume. They belong to the brother
L NJ. de yandeleur. who Is now within
pon a visit. He Is a great man, a gen
Ial, In your country, and you, doubt
ess. know him well by reputation
Il confess" returned Francis, that
nave never heard Of General Nande
eur before We have many officers of
hat grade, and my pursuits have been
Exclusively civil"
| ut is he" replied the porter, "who
|bst the great diamond of the Indies.
pf that, at least you must have read
|ften in the papers"
AS soon as Francis could disengage
himself from the porter he ran up
Itairs and hurried to the window. I'm
below the clear space in the
chestnut leaves the two gentlemen
were seated in conversation over ci-
lar. The general. a red, military look
Ing man, offered some traces of Il fam
ly resemblance to his brother. He had
although very little, of the
same free and powerful carriage, but
he was older, smaller and more com
mon In air, his likeness was that Of a
.aricature, and he seemed altogether n
poor and debile being by the side of the
dictator.
They smoke In tones so low, leaning
,ver the table with every appearance
If interest. that Francis could catch no
more than word or two on an occas
,ion, for, as little as he heard. he was
convinced that the conversation turned
mon himself and his own career. Sev
,rnl times the name of scrymgeour
ouched his ear for it was easy to dis
lnguish. and still more frequently he
ancicd he could distinguish the name
francis.
AT length the general. as If in hot an
Ter. broke forth into several violent ex-
"Francis Vnndeleurr' he cried, accen.
uating the last word "Francis Van
lelellr' tel you
The dictator maue movement VI
lis whole BODY. halI ainrlhatiNe' nun
ontcmptuous, but his answer was III
udible TO The young man.
Was he the Francis Nandeleur IN
question! ne Wondered were lhe! u'S'
ussing the name under whlcil ne was
be married or was tle Whoie "iiair
dream and delusioh OF us own con
cit and self absorption!
After another interval OF ihauulb'e
ak dissension seemed again to arise
etween the couple underneath the
hestnut. and again the genera raised
is voice angriiy so as TO he audible TO
My wife, he cried. II have done !
Nth my wife for good. will not hear
or name. am sick OF her very name"
And he swore aloud and beat the tn
lie with his fist.
The dictator appeared by his gestures
B pacify him after paternal fashion,
nd little after he conducted him 10
he garden gate. The pair shook hands |
enough. but as soon az
he door had closed behind his visitor
John vandeleur fell into a fiji Of laugh |
or which sounded unkindly and even
IcvlIIsb in the ears OF Francis Scryln- |
,,eour
So another dav had passed and little |
more learned, But the Young man re- |
ne,uhored that the morrow was Tues |
law and promiscd himself some curl /
,us discoveries All might be VOL or |
m nioht no M. he was sure nj least I
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