The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-10-11

enough, in a resent'ul moment, to call
a . band box puppy. He was reassurlng
poor terrified Lena in the most winning
phrase he knew, and apparently he sue
/ ceeded in a very fair degree.
Never, in the days of his most happy
| cnthraliment at the feet of the beautiful
Genevieve, had he so exercised himself to
entertain. He scarcely quilted the side
of his timid companion the whole even
| ing, aud Mis- Genevieve had DO oppor-
tunity, Consequently, to whisper her
! threatening anger in poor little Lena's
ear.
" Wont's she give it to me, though,
when we get hOme?" sigked the child.
She caught occasional flashes from her
| queenly cousins black orbs.
! Whatever the wOnderment might be at
Frank DUpOn's odd Irritation with Gene
We've Mobiles ulgy little cousin, nobody
darl d sOmueh. as look anything of the
sort in MS presence. As for Frank, upon
the principle, perhaps, that a COED act
is its own reward, he discovered sudden
! ly that he was. enjoying himself very
much. 1t was something of a triumph
to be able to charm this frightened child
/ into forgetfulness of the situation and
J her own aWkwqrdness. But really she
| seemed to lose her ewn awkwardness
with her self foTgetfulness. Frank dis
! covered too that she had the loyeliest gray
! eyes, they were like wells of light when
! she laughed, and her laugh was as sweet
a. a chime of bells. She had Il perfect
mass of silky brown hair twisted in an
ugly knot at the back of her head, and
| dancing it tumbled down. Sucha ripping
/ shower of shining wavelets as it was, and
! such pretty color flashed into Lena pale
! cheeks. as with both little unglOved hands
she tried to reduce it to order again Her
belle cousin mentally resolved that that
hair should come off the next dav, every
lock of it.
But in going home, Miss Genevieve's
attendant, who was not much of driver,
managed to have a runaway, and tipped
her into snow bank. 1t was about as
soft snow bank as there was, but Gen
evieve Noble found dislOcated shoulder
in it, and was in no condition. for some
days after, to see to the fulfillment of
her threat concerning poor little Lena's
Iuxuriant locks. To her amazement,
when she did signify her wishes, the
child OostiBately refused to have them
cut off.
Genevieve Noble was convalescent.
Very handsome she looked in her scarlet
mOrning-robe, with the delicaCy of her
complexion heightened by the cOnfine-
ment to her room. She asCertained that
fact by a glance in her dressing just
before she went down to the parlor, where
Frank Dupont was waiting to zee her.
She net him statily. They had not
seen each other since the sleigh-ride, and
nticipating his repr9aches, the beauty
resOled to fOrestall them by her own
hauteur CT manner.
Frank smiled as he guessed her thought.
3" think, Genevieye," he said, that
| you must be quite tired of my wbims by
| this time. | came this morning to pro-
pose a dissolution of our engagement.
| Genevieve bit her lips.
{" He thinks will not take him up, and
| TO punish him, shall, she said inwardly.
Very well, Frank" she an-wered
smilingly.
"And-do you think Miss Montrose
would have me !? - he asked, after a pause.
% You can easily ascertain Geneyieve
answered haughtily; and not guessing
that he could be in earnest, she rang the
bell and sent for Lena. When she came,
Frank asked her in so many words to
marry him, and she said yes, blushing
very prettily.
GeneYieye could have boxed her ears,
but Frank Dupont married the shy, sen
sitive child in Just six weeks after; and,
odd as it may seem, 1t was generally ac-
knOwledged that she made one OF the
| prettiest brides of the season.