Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-08-30
GENES CASE.

In the fall Of 49,, after they had had
ouch gay tinm and so much company ut
their country home. Mrs. Afford began 10
look over her box OF homeopathic rem
cdios' for something that would suit
Genio's case"
BY degrees she made tho girl take
upon her tongue or IN two glasses OF
water, alternately crossed by tho spoon
II one made no mistake. samples of most
OF hor nice white medicines. But some
how Genie kept on looking pale and
growing thin and being depressed, md
that unmistgknblo symptom Of having
red cyelids Of morning continued.
Comic always used to look 10 fresh
when she camo to breakfast" Mrs. Al.
ford said. "And give you my word,
her faco was quito swollen yesterday
when went 10 call her"
II never occurred TO Mrs. Afford that
the mysterious symptom Of pink cyclida
in tho morning might DO occasionod by
shedding tears during the night.
"Why on earth should Genie weep
she would have said had this been sug-
gcstcd. shc had no trouble. But even
mothers do not always know everything,
and "Genie's case" was really this.
William Richie, their noxt door
neighbor's son, with whom Genie had
always boon "very friendly" who had
walked TO school, and gathered nuts
with her. and pulled her about on his
sled, and skatod with her ON tho pond
In their childhood, had. after n two
years absence from home, returned 10
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. Noone else dreamed
of any change Of feeling between the
lifelong friends. But II was not long
before William said things to Genie tina,
mado her happy when she thought Of
them, and had rejoicod her soul by gifts
of flowers and volumes Of poetry and all
manner OF delicate attentions, and NJ
last had'proposcd to her and been NO
ocpted.
They had not made the fact public
yet, however, when Major Standish cam,
10 them from tho west TO pay thom 1
visit and brought his daughter will
him.
Tho major had married Mrs. Afford
sister years before, and Cora was theii
only child.
She was belle in army society, nnt
II there Ia anything calculated to IN
crease young lady's satisfaction witt
herself II 10 that.
She made no secret OF her conquests
but spoke openly Of the bleeding heart
she left behind her. Sho might " sh
chose DO Mrs. General Tint, or Mr
Colonel This. Captain So-andso wa
ready to die for her sake, and she had
long string OF lieutonants to laugh abou
even the chaplain was really very IA
gone.
With all these adorers watching 70
her return to the fort II seemed hard I
Genie that she should instantly make
dead set ut William Richie aud kno,
no peace until she had stolen her ON
eve lamb from her. But this IL iu,
what Cora did, and 1t seemed to GEM
that William mot her half way.
Innocent Genie had never seen fin
Her wonder was almost as great us III
grief TO find man 80 treacherous, nn
one evening, when tbcre was gay pa
" ut tho house and Cora and Williai
seemed 20 have vanished mystoriousl,
she hid herself in the honeysucklo arb,
"A place just then plunged in deepc
shadow-and flung herself down ON
corner Of the bench to indulge unseen
a fow tears.
And while she fingered there Co
and William came softly In, and sittil
down where tho moonlight drifted
upon their faces began q most sem
mental and dramatic conversation,
He compared her TO rose and
nightingale. He told her whit n sta
Ting effect she had upon his heart VIII,
first he saw her, and he alluded any
teriously TO "bonis that bound" hi
and 10 what he would do were ho free
But honorl honor! lie would bre
no sweet girls heart.
'"Neyer for my sake" Cora declar,
Better that should suffer than one
nocent."
II was quite like u chapter from Sc
sational novel. She gave him her ha
10 kiss, neithqr Of thein guessing III
the deep shadow in the corner "
Genie, and he quoted poetry by t
yard. They evidently considered the
selves very noble aud self sacrihch
wonderful, suffering, glorious bcinl
And how the little maiden rat quiu
two feet from them until they rose u
went away arm in arm she never line
neither how she lived through the mig
But the next day found her very strol
Early in the morning she went to /
garden fence and beckonod Will
Richie to come to her, and took his u
with u laugh, and made him walk W
her out Of hearing. Then she suid,