Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-08-13
GENES CASE.

tlsir country home. Mrs Afford basant 10
ioOk over her box Of hom0epathic rem
edies for something that would suit
GsenLss case.
By degrees she made she girl take
upon her tongue or Ia two glasses III
water. alternately crossed By the spoon
II one made no mistake, samples OF most
Of her niee white medicines But some
how Genie kept on looking pale and
growing thin and being depressed, and
that unInistakabls symptom OF having
red eyegs<is Of q morning continued
sGenis always used 10 look so fresh
when abe came 70 breakfast Mrs. Al
ford said. And give You my word.
when went To call her.
It never occurred 70 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-
geStsd. She had no trouble. But even
mothers DO not always know everything.
and '.Gsenies case" was really this.
William Richie, their next door
neighbn's son. with whom Genie had
always been every friendly who had
walked 70 school. and gathered nuts
with her. and pulled her about ON his
sled, and sklsted with her on the pond
in their childhood. had, after two
years absence from home, returned 10
find Genie quite grown mp and wonder
fully pretty. For her part she saw IN
him the pink and perfection Of man
hood. and shsir 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 towers 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
10 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
II there Is anything calculated TO in
crease young lady's satisfaction with
herself 10 IL that.
She made NO secret Of her conquests,
but spoke openly of the bleeding hearts
she left behind her. She migat IL she
chose be Mrs. General That. or Mrs.
Colonel This. Captain So-and-so was
ready 20 die for her sake. and she had =
long string OF lieutensnts to laugh about
even the chaplain was really very far
gone.
With all these sdorers watching for
her rstrrn 20 the fort it seemed hard to
Genie tnat 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 it seemed so Genie
that William raet her half way.
Innocent Genie had never seen q fine,
well managed. genuine Irritation before.
Her wonder wss almost as great a. her
grief 60 had man so treacherous. and
one evening. when there was u gay par
~ as ne bos.ee and Cora and William
seemed to hssse vanished mysteriously.
abe hii herself In the honeysuckle srbor
"a place Just then plunged in deepest
shaiow--and flung herself down on a
corner Of the bench 10 indulge unseen in
few tears.
And while she fingered there Cora
and Willsum came -oftly in. and sitting
down where the moonlight drifted in
uxou their faces began q moss senti-
mental and dramatic conversation.
He compared her 10 rose and a
nightingale. He told her what a star
thing effect she had uysn hs heart when
first he saw her, and he alluded mvs-
ter,onsIy ~ ''trnds that bound him
and b. what he would do were he free.
But horor' huuori He would break
no swest girls heart.
Newer for my sake Cora declared.
Better that should suffer than one in
nooesit.'
II Wa quite hhe chapter from q SEN
sstionss novel She gave him her hand
90 kiSs. neither Of them guessing that
the deep shadow in the corner was
Genie. and bs quptsd poetry by the
yard They evidently consi.5esed them
solves very nobls and self sacrificing.
wonderful. suffering. zhorious beings.
And how the little maiden sat quietly
two feet from them until they rose and
went away arm in arm she never knew
neither how she Hvei through the night.
But the next .isy footsl her very strong.
Early in the morning she went ~ the
garden fence and beckOned William
Richie 20 eotse 20 her. aud took his arm
with a laugh. and made him walk with
her out ~ hsaring. Then she SAID:
'-Dcnt yca think thar when people
have made q great mistake the best
thing possible " % confess itgr
And whsn he answered. Il suppose
90 she simply t,ok her ring from be-
finger AMI xsvc is bach 20 him. Then
she left hirr and walked away. and on,
how gar de wee AL that asyi She had
rs~er believed sinns she could at -
weti Her heart w1s full Il euvnina
pair. aud she wished tasf she were dead
rnt ber pride apAeld h@F. and ao ons
anessetf how she suffered
she ws@ - xlsd fhaf shs had sere'
cold my one II har engagements ~ WI
isara Ritch5e. ard coai1 ioiu n all theil
perry talk when i vss publieiy kBo~r
Eaas Mx. Ritelsis lad cut Gus the arm