The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-01-20

only thing | have TO fear. The olde
people | can control; the younger one
want brought up to believe In me
The old master would not do II, and
. had him removed. With your help il
the school you ana ! can manage thi'
island as completely as though we hat
an army here, Songez-y scrleusement
Do not answer me now. Take days
weeks, There is comfort TO be hlt
here IN the way | propose that can BIZ
had nowhere else"
Before Chat could reply Celestinf
was gone ana he was alone on tn,
beach Her words had made an i'm
preston upon him, hut not IN the was
that she intended Her French con
tinued 10 ring in his rears Her French
pronunciation had always amused him
but she was able to make herself un
derstood That day, hSTeyer he had
been turning the pages of the SeyizaC
IN the little school library wouderlna
what could have induced n school board
to send 4 French grammar to PALMER,
and some of the translated exercises
! had seemed strangely familiar to him.
He was sure now that he had heard
/ one of them used within n few min
! uteS.
| On his way home he stopped at the
sch)ol,euse and with the aid of a
| lighted match f0aud The Scyizac and
put il in his pocket Five minutes later
he was looking through the exercises
HI his 0wn room "Son2"Zy serieuse-
mont" Calc5tue had said 10 him and
there 1t was, set forth in the book
with ITS equivalent in English ANA with
various marks to give the reader an
idea of the pronunciation Then he
called to mind some OF the other
French phrases that Celestine Ind
rsed. I'll ne tient qua vous De
rcussir." she had told him. and that
too was among the exercises, duly
translated "N'ayez vosS point etc Ia =
"Je MY pcnse plus" ana a dozen othcI
commonplace sentences that Sue had
used he found ready translated in the
book
Il wonder that did not occur to me
before" he said to himself as he rolled
into his hammock. "Of course the girl
knows no more about French than one
Of my little pupils. She has learned a
few phrases from the grammar and
works them in wherever they viii I'll
The sun was stealing down through
the palms next morning when the
schoolmaster was awakened by
Georges voice
"Maws hossl Maws boss he called
through the half open door. "Deges Il
steamer at anchor off dc landn sah."
Chat was up ana dressing in a no
meut There were voices in the G1r, for
all the people were hurryng down u
the beach To see the unusual sight
lie threw open the shutter aud looked
out. and there she lay. about half a
mile from the shore, not very large
bat trim and shining brayely in the
morning sun. As be looked his eyes
opened wider ana wider. He rubbed
the sleep out Of them and looked again |
then closed the shutter ana hastily |
made new toilet, putting on garments |
that PALMER had not seen before, for |
the vessel lying at anchor was the |
steam yacht Rambler, General Fabian. /
owner
That meant that she" had arrived. |
she being General Fabiaus daughter.
Miss Brita Fabian, between whom and
Chat. as you may have surmised, there
existed something more than an under
standing. The Fabans spend every
winter in Nassau. always taking their
yacht along In a few minutes Chat
was at the landing among the negroes.
and Celestine was there, aud a launch
was coming ashore from the yacht.
When General Fabian and his daugh-
ter landed, Chat was prepared to give
a warm welcome to Miss Brita, but she
had hardly shaken his hand before she
turned aside, eXclaiming;
why. there is She had caught
sight Of a familiar face among the
crowd Of blacks, but as she spoke the
face was turned away and its owner
tried 10 escape
nelly, Nelly Stubbsl Don't you re-
me- Come here and speak TO
me"
TO Chats surprise the person who
answered 10 this summons was Mann
selle Celestine She advanced unwill
ingly and took the hand Miss Fabian
offered. but her commanding air was
gone, her eyes were east down. her
face was pale and she looked anything
but the queen she had proposed few
hours before to make herself.
Il have met an old acquaintance,
Miss Fabian said TO chat when they
were alone This is the last place IN
he world that / should have expected
20 meet Nelly Stubbs."
"Nclly Subbs!' Chat repeated "We !
know her here by the name OF Mann
,elle Cclestiue."
Nam selle Cclestinc" Miss Fabian
aughed "Mam'scile Humhug. That
IS just like the girl. but her name is
Nelly Stubs She was my maid for
hree winters in Nassau and did very
veil. though her head was always full
# romantic notions. She lad never
zen away from Nassau Her mother
vas very light colored, almost white.
mi after being a widow for many
ears, slIe married man from some Of