The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-09-10

other, and he felt that he received little
sympathy at home.
At last the time arrived when he was
to go to claim his bride Between hor
ror of having her brought home, "tt
ride over her ii ad, as she expressed it
and a fear that they would induce cher
William to take up his residence among
them, Mrs. Ritchie was quite distracted
"She is your cousin, she said to the
girl one day, cor I'd say what think Of
that creature She might have kept
herself with her own kind. Why should
she carry off my boyg7
Then Genie felt so much sympathy
for the bereaved mother that they min
gled their tears.
Mrs. Ritchio would not go TO Wills
wedding-not She indeedl
She went SO far as to hope that when
he returned he would find her dead Of a
broken heart. But she packed his trunk
for him and put in new Bible as her
wedding gift to Cora. Then Win de
parted.
What with Wills popularity, his moth
er's despair and the doubt as to whether
the young couple would come back to
live or settle down at the fort, this we'd
ding made a great deal of talk, and when
time passed ON and neither telegram,
letters, nor anything else in the shape Of
news arrived, there was some excite
ment. Had there been "trouble with
the Indians" the newspapers would have
revealed the fact. This silence was very
strange
Old Mrs. Ritchie was sure that win
was "weaned from her already" and
consigned herself TO despair. Genie read
over and over again poem which began
Married, married. and not TO mel
Is 1t a dream or can It beg
and pasted it in her scrapbook, and was
reading it in tho honeysuckle arbor
when an expressman paused at old Mrs.
Ritchie's gate and hauled from his
wagon one solitary trunk with "W. r. 81
upon it. Later Will himself walked m
the road alone, with his portmanteau in
his hand, and stood at his mothers door.
Something had happened. Genie
| would have been an angel if she had
| grieved over the fact, As it was sh.
felt that her little bit of revenge was
ready for her. and revenge was sweet
and with a merry laugh she skipped
over to the fence that divided the gar,
dens and called outs
"Why, how do you do. VIII: Wheri
is Cousin Cora.'
VIII turned and looked at he1, AM
came straight toward her.
"When reached the majors resi-
dence your cousin Cora had just eloped
with Colonel O'Shaunessy," he said
GAS the major and Mrs. Colonel O'Shau
nessys brother are ont hunting tn,
colonel, thought would return home
though kindly invited to join the sport.
"OhV cried Genie, with all the hor
ror Of an innocent girl. "a married
man? Is she like that-as bad as that?
"It is pretty bad" said William
"But I'm glad found her out so soon
Later would have made it tragedy fo
me-and all your fault, Geniel'
"Mine?' cried the girl.
"Yes,n said Will. "When you gave III
back my ring you threw me into he
hands, Before that it was only flirta
iion. never intended it to be anythin
else, for my part But when you use
me so''---
81 used you sog' said Genie. "Why
William, Iheard you talking to Cora /
the arbor the night before gave yo
back my ring~
"No man ever talks that way TO III
woman he loves" said William.
Then they turned away from eac
other, but though Mrs, Afford wept ov,
the awful conduct Of her sisters daugl
ter, Genie was happier than she Ia
been for many moons
! You and may wonder whether Wi
: liam Ritchie told the truth, or wheth,
he told half of it, but Genie believe
him.
T Before long the gossips of the pla,
o whispered that she intended "to tai
a pity on him, and this was Genie's vie
V Of the matter.
e Her petulant conduct she said hi
t driven him into the meshes Cora spre;
G for all men, She was to blame. It W
her duty to atone as far as she coul
, She felt sure Of that, and William insii
?. ed upon it also. Therefore she one di
II married him.
d In their case marriage has not prov
r a mistake, for they make very col
II Portable couple, and no one was happi
:, on the wedding day than old Nj
II Ritchie Mary Kyle Dallas in Firesi
st Companion.
a Some Old Ne,,spapers.