Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-04
THE APRIL FOOL

I day at school how she liked her teach
 CT She's lovely and sweet" was the
 reply, but she cannot know much. for | she asked me how to spell man, and 1 knew that long ago. An indiscreet l admirer said to her one day. What i beautiful curls you have. my dear!'
 "Oh, they do very well for an April l Fool" was the child's reply Then she
 added with a flash of her bright smile, i My papa likes them. and kisses them i sometimes. Isn't it ri-dic-ulous to l kiss a curl?" Her fondness for using | long words was an amusement to the l household, especially as she spoke l them so closely, and always separated l them into syllables. Her pet cat was
 named NebuchadnezZar. It sounded ! soft and fuzzy to her. but even she i called him "Neb" for short. while her favorite dog, d large hound which followed her everywhere was named Corisolanus.
 Genevieve seemed gifted with more than even the seven senses accredited i in ancient times to those who were wise, and her keen observation led her to discover what others failed to mo- tice. She heard q faint mew from the attic of the schoolroom, and there from was rescued a missing cat. That Is not a cat-a-c chism. Is it a cat a. piliar?" queried she. Tt crawled down the stick they held up to it." She never seemed to understand why people laughed at her talk, though sne always laughed with them.
 As Genevieve grew older she gained in wisdom and intuitively graSped at
 results which were hidden from oth-
 CTS. The brothers and sisters were
 grown to manhood and womanhood by this time, the sisters were all prosper ously married, and with happy homes of their own more or less remote from the old family seat. The same
 was true of the boys with one eXcep-
 ton, the youngest of the brothers be-
 ing still at home.
 Everett Holden was employed in the
 counting room of a local mercantile firm, where he showed himself faith ; ful and deserving of cOmmendation. But they were losing pieces of goods,
 and now and then cash disappeared in a mysterious fashion. Everett had held himself aIOof from most of , the other clerks. and on that account was not a favorite with them. Feels above us," sneered one, but we'll see who comes out ahead in the game" At last the peculation grew to such proportion that Everett was questioned closely as the matter, and felt that he was under suspicion. He came home that night down hearted enough and told his people the reason for his depression You don't need to be told that am honest, but how shall l convince others
 Some one is working against me, but who I don't know"
 Tt must be some one in the store,'' said Genevieve and I think, I can find
 out Cheer up, brother mine. I'll set my wits to work"
 Now 1t chanced that in Genevieve's Sunday School class was included one of the girls employed in the same es tablishment, and our charming April Fool had been friendly to this girl, IS was not the case with all the class for they were mostly from wealthy fam- flies. Strang isn't it. that even in church money often makes a class division. One Sunday Genevieve took her seat beside the neglected member
 of the class. and with a neighboriy smile shared books with her at the opening service. At a favorable in terval whisper came to her ear, Your brother Everett is employed in our store, isn't he?" Tell him to watch Steve Bassett. That is all l dare say now.
 Thank you" answered GeneVieVe, that's enough"
 Our dear girl knew the young man. His sister was one of the haughtiest girls of the class, and stephen Bas-
 sett would have liked to be a favorite with GenevieVe, but from his first advances, she had felt an aversion to him. She now felt sure that he was at the bottom of the trouble. Isut how to prove 1t.
 Time and patient perseverance, will work out most trouble, and so it was in this instance.
 Stephen Bassett, emboldened by his apparent success in throwing suspicion upon Everett Holden, felt safe in trying to dispose of some of his ill., gotten gains. and there he over
 reached himself The evidence was conclusive against him, and had not his father come to the rescue, the young man would have been in open disgrace.
 q owe it all to you my little April FOol,'' said Everett thankfully, and the firm have advanced my salary, and congratulated me for my sisters eff forts. 1 am not sure that they will not want you in their employ as pri- vate detective" Why, l didn't do much" returned Genevieve. T only dropped a word here and there when 1 had chance
 Mr Holden and his wife were growing old and feeble Even Everett now had made a home of his own, and they were left with only their youngest daughter at home. MT. Holden was no longer the acute busi- ness man which once he was, and con- fided his worries and perplexities more and more to his daughter. He felt sure his income was growing less, and he could not understand why 1t was so. T ought to get more from my western ventures" grumbled he one day, there are some papers somewhere, which I have overlooked, and I cannot think where or what they are'
 Let's look through the safe and desk together" laughed Genevieve, two heads are better than one, al though one is an April Fool"
 Together they made the search, and the missing documents were found, and proved of much value.
 T recollect now" said her father, T invested in this enterprise at your birth, though you were our April Fool. It was similar to what I had done for all the others, and I had a certain