The Cairo bulletin., 1907-01-16

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What did you say?" springing (,
her feet.
Married to a dowdy little woman
a woman with money; he leads her ,
devil OF a life, but she adores him"
Married No--imposshle. 1t fl
not true,"
Yes everyone knows that"
There was long, long silence.
Ana ! thought he loved me- Oh
my heart is broken! Oh. what shall
do?' And she put her handkerchief
to her face ana began to cry softly
No, no; Your dear little heart IL
too young to know what the word
broken means. Tell me how old are
YOU"
! am II In month.
And You are wild, enthusiastic,
impulsive Irish colleen Now. shall /
tell you what you will dor
'Oh, think | shall die Of shame."
she moaned Historically
For Gods sake don't cry--the DO
liceman will be coming over to ask
-.
| II I'm ill-treating you We will Just
take a hanson, and drive straight to
Enston, and You will return to Dub.
lin by the night mail Your toothache
IS, presume, still very bad; but you
can present yourself to your grand
mother tomorrow morning and tell
her You are quite recovered"
Yes; only want to go Homeland
hide myself the rest of my life"
Youll never give a thought to that
scoundrel again 70 think Of his lur.
ing You over here-and YOU little more
than child-~ignorant penniless and
friendless,"
Yes; I've no money, but | have
this, producing tiny gold watch;
1T will pay for my ticket"
No, no. I'll lend you the fare,
whatever is necessary, and give you
my card and YOU can return me the
money at any time After all, on sec.
ond thought, we had better remain
lncognito; my address is No 10 SAKE.
Cnburg Mansions You will be the
nameless young lady the nameless
stranger"
Oh, how kind of you you dear,
good old gentleman-~it Is as If you
had saved my life, feel so fright.
aned and strange, and in another
world over here, and people stare SO
as If they knew how wick
ID | had been,"
Well, now, come along, let us be
off he said, rising briskly; you can
latch the $50, with lots of time to
spare. You will have spent Just
hree hours in town. hope you will
leyer have anything more to do with
Miss Tooke; declare she deserves to
20 skinned alive"
AS he talked, they walked out of
he park; in another moment had
Irlyen away together in IA hanson be.
lind a smart horse
Just as they moved off, another cab
ame rapidly toward them and drew
p at the gate The fare sprang ont
"a good looking, Slim, well-gloomed
ian, he caught fleeing glimpse Of
ne pale face and great, tragic eyes Of
ne pretty Irish girl, of a mans shoul.
or and tall hat, and in another sec.
nd they We're out of sight-and Ru.
art Wolferstan was left standing by 8
re gate, with q real frown on his :
lshed face and bad words on his ,
lips. +
Five years had elapsed, and Sir a
nephew, who had been quar- II
red In the west of Ireland, had there
ct his fate--a certain Miss Kathleen W
Hara-a lovely, unsophisticated I,
vel Of girl an only daughter and o
considerable heiress. g
According to Capt Guy Tracy, his Y
ncee was so entrancingly lovely, so "
nple-mindcd, so witty and so grace. a.
!. that, naturally, all his relations o,
re clamorous to see her, and he +,
ought her in triumph 10 London, in r.
Ter to present her to his mother. "a,
j sisters, and, above ALL to his
cle Richard. .,
Uncle Richard made the lady's ac- nj
lintance at a formal family dinner ri
'ty. The instant their eyes met N
" recognized each other; he was On
"nameless stranger In the park, ~,
: was the nameless young lady he ~,
seen off at Euston, and the cause L..
his leaving an empty chair at the wa
'yille's dinner party, on a certain on
ming in May some years previously or.
girl who had inclosed him a post
re order for three pounds. with t.I
ON a grateful friend" written in -,
dish scrawl
was wonderful! how she retained an
scltpOssession; but her hand was g.,
cold as she placed it in his. 49,
S the head Of the family Sir Rich.
conducted his future niece to din. e ''
; the fingers on his arm were now
milling perceptibly ~
Did they ever find out2" he muir NJ
ed in his most fatherly tone. H.
Never" she whispered back. H.,
The toothacbe was so very bad?" NV, ,'D'
Yes and /. vas so-bad-" , ~
Md aow y0a nave cut your Wis a,,.
teeth
Din, hope so" She answered. in a o.ii
voice
md 40 one knows except sou and d''i
md Miss To2ke-and him-and- ~ 49,