The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-08-09
GENES CASE.

GENES CASE.
In the fall Of 49,. after they had had
such gay times and 80 much company OF
their country home, Mrs. Afford began to
look over her box Of homeopathic rem
edies for something that would suit
Genie's case"
BY degrees she made the girl take
upon her tongue or in two glasses Of
water. alternately crossed by the spoon
II one made no mistake, samples Of most
Of her nice white medicines. But some
how Genie kept on looking pale and
growing thin and being depressed, and
that unmptakable symptom of having
red eyelids Of morning continued.
Scenic always used to look so fresh
when she came to breakfast" Mrs. Al
ford said. "And give you my word,
her face was quite swollen yesterday
when went to call her."
1t never occurred to Mrs. Afford that
! the mysterious symptom of pink eyehds
in the morning might be occasioned by
shedding tears during the night.
"Why on earth should Genie weep?'
she would have said had this been sug-
gestsd. She had no trouble. But even
mothers do not always know everything,
and "Genie's case was really this.
William Richie, their next door
neighbours son, with whom Genie had
always been livery friendly" who had
walked to school, and gathered nuts
with her, and pulled her about on his
sled, and skated with her on the pond
in their childhood, had, after q two
years absence from home, returned to
find Genie quite grown up and wonder
fully pretty. For her part she saw in
him tho pink and perfection of man
hood, and their eyes confessed their
mutual admiration. Noon else dreamed
of any change of feeling between the
lifelong friends. But 1t was not long
before William said things to Genie that
made her happy when she thought of
them, and had rejoiced her soul by gifts
of flowers and volumes of poetry and all
manner of delicate attentions, and at
last had proposed to her and been &C.
cepted.
They had not made the fact public
yet, however, when Major Standish came
to them from the west to pay them a
visit and brought his daughter with
him.
The major had married Mrs. Affords
sister years before, and Cora was their
only child.
She was belle in army society, and
If there is anything calculated to in
crease young lady's satisfaction with
herself it is that. ..5..#..
She made no secret of her conouests,
but spoke openly Of the bleeding hearts
she left behind her. She might IL she
chose be Mrs. General That, or Mrs.
Colonel This. Captain So-and-so was
ready to die for her sake, and she had a
long string Of lieutenants to laugh about
even the chaplain was really very far
gone.
With all these adorers watching for
her return to the fort it seemed hard to
Genie that she should instantly make a
dead set at William Richie and know
no peace until she had stolen her one
eve lamb from her. But this is Just
what Cora did. and 1t seemed to Genie
that William met her half way.
Innocent Genie had never seen fine.
well managed, genuine Irritation before.
Her wonder was almost as great as her
grief to find man SO treacherous, and
one evening, when there was gay par
ty at the house and Cora and William
seemed to have vanished mysteriously,
she hid herself In the honeysuckle arbor
"a place just then plunged in deepest
flung herself down on a
corner Of the bench to indulge unseen in
Q few tears.
And while she fingered there Cora
and William came softly in, and sitting
down where the moonlight drifted in
upon their faces began most senti-
mental and dramatic conversation.
He compared her to a rose and a
He told her what star
Ting effect she had upon his heart when |
irst he saw her. and he alluded mys |
to "bonds that bound" him |
and to what he would do were he free.
But honorl honorl He would break |
40 sweet girls heart.
Never for my sake" Cora declared
Better that should suffer than one III
1t was quite like chapter from a sen
'ational novel. She gave him her hand
p kiss, neither of them guessing tina
The deep shadow in the corner was
3enie. and he quoted poetry by thu
Tard. They evidently considered them
'elyes very noble and self sacrificing.
suffering, glorious beings
And how the little maiden sat quietl, |
'wo feet from them until they rose and
vent away arm in arm she never knew.
neither how she lived through the night.
But the next day found her very strong
Carly in the morning she went to thu
garden fence and becloned William
3itchie to come to her, and took his arm
With a laugh, and made him walk with
Ter out of hearing. Then she said:
Don't you think that when people
lave made great mistake the best
hing possible Is to confess it,"
And when he answered, ~ suppose
o." she simply took her ring from her
niger and gave 1t back to him. Then
The left him and walked away, and oh,
low gay she was all that dayl She had
never believed that she could act 80
we'll. Her heart was full of burning
pain, and she wished that she were dead
But her pride upheld her, and no one
guessed how she suffered.
She was so glad that she had never
old any one of her engagement to Will
S,N Richie, and could join in all their
merry talk when it was publicly known
hat Mr.. Richie had cut out the gen
rails and majors and captains and colo