The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1892-10-22
GENES. CASE.

such gay times and so much company at
their country home. Mrs. Afford beyanto
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
if 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 unmistakable symptom of having
red e. elids of a morning continued.
"Genie always used to look so fresh
when she anne to breakfast" Mrs. AL
ford said. ''And l 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 eyelids
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-
gested. 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 Every 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 a two
years absence from home, returned to
find Genie quite grown up and wonder
fully pretty. For her part she saw in
him the pink and perfection of man
hood. and their eyes confessed their
mutual admiration. Noone else dreamed
of any change of feeling between the
lifelong friends. But it 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 al
last had proposed to her and been &C,
copied.
They had not made the fact public
yet, however, when Major tandish 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 a belle in army society, and
if there is anything calculated to in
crease a young lady's satisfaction with
herself it is that.
; She made no secret of her conquests,
but spoke openly of the bleeding hearts
she left behind her. She might if she
chose be Mrs. General That, or Mrs.
Colonel This. Captain So-and-so was
ready to die for her sake, and she had 2
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
W lamb from her. But this is Just
what Cora did, and it seemed to Genie
that William met her half way.
Innocent Genie had never seen a 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 a gay par
ty at the house and Cora and William
seemed to have vanished mysteriouslv,
she hid herself in the honeysuckle arbor
"a place just then plunged III deepest
shadow-and flung herself down on q
corner of the bench to indulge unseen in
a few tears.
And While she fingered there Cora
and William came softly in, and sitting
down where the moonlight drifled il
upon their faces began ? most sent
mental and dramatic conversation.
He compared her to a rose and i
nightingale. He told her what a star.
ting effect she had upon his heart When
first he saw her, and he alluded mys.
%teriously to ''bonds that bound" hin
and to what he would do were he free.
But honor! honor. He would breal;
no sweet girls heart.
"Never for my sake" Cora declared.
"Better that / should suffer than one i'll.
|; nocent."