Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-01-22
A GREAT TEMPTATION.
How James Forrester's Fortune
Won and Lost ON Heir.


A sweet, proud face, crowned with
wavy nut-brown hair, soft clear hazel
eyes, 1.-the young form, clothed in
mourning, and you have Genie Howard
that soft, fair afternoon.
She was standing in the old-fashioned
garden OF the Forester homestead, her
form coming toward her.
1T must be she;" she murmured, land
Hugh must have missed her somehow. {"
She walked quickly down the broad,
graveled path, and the next moment she
and Eunico FORESTER were facc to face
"You are Eunice Forrester?" Comic
said, smile Of welcome curving her
lips. II sent Hugh to meet you, but he
must have missed you somehow. am
not mistaken, am II"
The newcomer raised the gray travel
ing veil TINT shaded her face, and looked
straight in Genie Towards clear eyes
mo. l am Eunice Forester it is
kind Of you Toto welcome me-"
ITO welcome you TO your own homc!"
Genie laughed.
AS Eunice raised her veil cry OF
startled wonder almost broke from &c
mics lips at tho beauty OF the faco hnr
eyes rested upon-a face perfect in con.
tour. exquisite in coloring, faultless in
every detail.
II wonder what Colonel Erickson will
think OF her?" was Genio's irst thought
and then she wondered vaguely why tn"
same thought had not crossed her mind
| about her lovor, Hugh Vernon.
The coming Of Eunicc Forester to the
quaint old home OF the Forresters hold
. romance III itself.
The last master Of it. who had only
| and dicd a bachelor.
Tho reason was simply this
The ono woman no had loved in his
lifo had welded his brother, Clark.
Sho had boon the elder brothers
promised wife. but week before tho
wedding day she had fed with the hand
somo scapcgraco OF tho family
james Forester never forgavc them,
and whom his father, cspousing his
cause. died and loft him all his possos-
siOns no refused all intercourse with
Clark or his vito
Even whom Clark died, leaving his fra
gile young wife in poverty-evon when
sho, dying. left their only child, Eunicc
q lonely orphan. he refused to relont.
Not till he lay on his own death bed
| did tho Thought OF forgiveness enter his
| mind.
He had loved the girl who proved
false to him as woman is seldom loved,
and she had wrecked his life by her
treachcry.
Dying. however. all bitterness passed
| away. 1t would never do to carry that
before the eternal throne. and 40, max.
ing bis peacc with God. he sene for
Eunice Forester, the little wait his
brother and false love had left behind
them, but before her CO.. AZ he hsd
passed away. but not before he had loft
her all his earthly possessions. wish the
exception of reffe~AA=ance 9iIe TO his
ward, Genie Howard. 49,
a little later Euniee stood be fore the
mirror in her own apartments. her eyes
fixed on her own face, strange light in
her eyes.
Suddenly shadow fell over the'lovely
face. denser shade in tho sapphire eyes
what has my beauty gained mop"
| she said. Nothing but per-
haps l may need it to hold what my
brains have won. After ALL what wToae
have Idone?"-waIkrng to the window
and letting her eyes wander over the
| fair lands around the homcStead-"it H.
only just; they are MINI have a RICH
to tn, m-the best right o. any one Iiv-
ing-no matter what any olc would say
l am justified
| Justified! But still tho shadow lin
gered on her face, tho sapphire eyes still
held their look OF pain.
When evening came. however, in the
quaint. old-fashioned drawing-room, hei
face was bright and 'cloudless as the
| dawn of summer day.
There she met Hugh Vernon, the
| naughty handsome, master of Oaklands,
the stately mansion where people be-
lieved Genie Howard woIld yet reign
mistress.
There was no promise between them,
but he >ent the greater part lis time
at the homestead, and was GenIss es-
cort on al occasions.
They had another visitor that even
| ing, Colonel Erickson. , handsome, SOL
diefly nan CT perhaps .sirtY-ave-am man
in whose elea- blue eyes any one With
QUICK observation nigh. read at times
passionate admiration Of proud, sweet
Gea:e Howard
BIT he. as well IS almost every other
one looked on Genie's fate as settled.
II Gad been Hugh VernoDs lasher's
wish when dying that Hugh should
make Genie his wife. and the girl was
perfectly willing up till-well. perfectly
wiling still for her nature was loyal
and trSe. and yet-and ye, what was this
vague unrest that had crept into her
soll-this longing for. something. she
scarcely knew WHAT Only lately her
heart lad beat madly AT anosher.s COM
ing, her pulses bad thrilled a. the touch
. Of annfhar,a hand the 81 : kr.arnnei ha.an.