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


back 10 his quarters with his daughter,
Ia something II hurry, there was talk
Of trouble with the Indians. Il Was IA
derst0o.i THAI William hiEehis was 70 20
cat IN siz mouths tine - clam his
BRIDE and lear Der away before the very
eyes Of al those enyions warriors.
The MAJOR did not profess - be pleassd-
That glri who could marry N army
society should chooss "a civilian
amazed him, 40 openly confessed. Bar
"a wlllful woman must have her way,
Cora was OF aga--full fivs and twenty.
William kitchie Is very nice Mrs.
Afford said
mo doubt, tlls major sssentet- But
Cora might have had general"
How glad tsenie was when they were
goIes Ho. soon she left OF her acting.
Her motaer opinsd that she had been
too gay that summer Mrs. Richie,
who Was broken hearted at her VIII
lIarn's choice, came in sometimes and
was apt 70 wish herself in the tomb OF
her forsfarners Bat William never
came. He corresponded ANONYMOUSLY
with Miss Cors. Standish, who made him
jealous Of now one officer and now an
other, and he felt that he received little
sympathy at home.
Al last the time arrived when he was
10 20 10 claim his bride. Between hor-
ror Of having her brought home, ITO
ride over her head" a. she expressed il,
and fear that they would induce '.her
William" 10 take up his residence among
them. Mrs Richie was quite distracted.
She is POUR cousin she said 10 the
girl one day, ''or I'd say what think of
that creature. She might have kept
herself with her own kind. Why should
she carry OF my boy?'
Then Genie felt go much sympathy
for the bereayed mother that they min
gled their tears.
Mrs. Richie would not 20 to Wills
wedding-not she, indeedl
She went 80 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 III new Bible as her
wedding gift 10 Cora. Then VIII de-
parted.
What with Wills popularity. his moth
er's despair and the doubt as TO whether
the young couple would come back to
Z 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 s.trouble with
| the Indians" the newspapers would have
revealed the fact. This silence was very
strange.
Old Mrs Richie was sure that Will
/ was ''weaned from her already" and
consigned herself to despair. Genie read
over and over again a poem which began:
| Married. married. and not to mel
Is IL a dream or can IL be?
and pasted it in her scrapbook, and was
reading it in the honeysuckle arbor
when an expressman paused at old Mrs.
Ritchie's gate and hauled from his
wagon one solitary trunk with "W. R."
upon it. Later Will himself walked up
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 she
felt that her little bit of revenge was
ready for her. and revenge was sweet
and with a merry laugh she skipped
over 10 the fence that divided the gar
dens and called out:
"Why. how do you do, VIII? Where
Is Cousin Cora"
Will turned and looked at her, and
came straight toward her.
when reached the majors resi-
dence your cousin Cora had just eloped
with Colonel O'Shaunessy," he said.
"As the major and Mrs. Colonel O'Shau-
nessy's brother are out hunting the
colonel, thought would return home,
though kindly invited to join the sport "
"Ohr' cried Genie, with all the hor-
ror of an innocent girl "A married
man? Is she like that-ss bad as that?''
1T is pretty bad" said William.
"But I'm glad found her out 30 soon.
Later would have made 1t a tragedy for
me--and all your fault, Genier'
Miner cried the girl.
Yes said Will when you gave me
back my ring you threw me into her
hands Before that it was only q fiirta-
ton. never intended it to be anything
else. for my part. But when you used
me So
II used You sol" said Genie. "why,
William. heard you talking to Cora in
the srbor the night before gave you
back my ringl'
mo man ever talks that way to the
woman he loves" said William.
Then they turned away from each
other, bat though Mrs. Afford weptover
the awful conduct of her sisters daugh.
ter, Genie was happier than she had
been for many moons.
You and may wonder whether VIII.
liam Ritohie told the truth. or whether
be told half Of il, but Genie believed
him.
Before long the gossips Of the place
whispered that she intended Ito take
pity on him." and this was Genie's viev
Of the matter.
Her pet1laEt conduct she said had
driven him into the meshes Cora spread
for all men She wss ~ blame. II was
her duty To atone a. far a. she could
She felt sure Of that. and William insist
Ell upoa IL also. Therefore abe one day
married him.
In their case marriage has not proved
. mistake. for they make q very com.
Portable couple. aud no one WAS happier
On the wedding day than old Mrs.
Ritchie.-Nsfy Kyle Dallas in Fireside
Z Com rsas1ton