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Show I EH GENIE'S CASE. I' Blan In ,ho ,M c( I8' Rflcr ,1"'r l""1 '"', HSffi rac'1 K' tlxra nnd to much cooiinny ut i flagfj thpIrcotmtryhomo.Slri. AlfonUojpiiito fKU look orcr kcr liox of liom(rKttlilo rem- JHH llc (or "lomctliln I hat wouU tult BUS 11 ilegircft nh lumlo tlio Rltl t.ll.o I HR npfin her tongno or in two kIo-v' ot HH water, nltrruolply crorstsl liy tlio rpoon UHt 1( ono raaJo no inlilako, tamnlrt of moot KJJ of tier nlco v ito mctlicinei. But boiiio IBHS ',ow 0tn' fc'Pt on 'c0'-lnS l1o rniil j! Hu Rrovlng thin ami liclui; ilijirciM, r.ml 9 KHjEL that unnilttuknblo' mptoia of havlnf; ' gKM r0(l yolMi of a morning continued. IHR "(lonlo RlwnjiiiiM to look no frrali D ' KK rhcn iho como to brcakfait," Mrs. At I Hk ford laid. "AndlglVB jou inyword, I gB her fco wa qultn inollcn jester Jay fi H wlicn 1 went to call her." M BbM It iiQTtr occnrrMl to Mm. Alford that ,Jj H ' tlio iriyitcrloui yinp.toin of iilnkcjtlll S Hh In tlio raoniliiK might In ocoiulouod hy I I 'BV i heddlng teart dnrlne tho nlghU I i BsJK "Why on earth nhould Genlo wrepr ' It laVJr ' '" would 1 nro laid had thlt Ikvii n- i Jgjfj pelted. Bhohad notronblo. Ilnteieu I f Ht lnothcnilonot iilwnjnknowmorjthiiif, f lgVEj hd "Uenlo'a caio roa really thin. ifH William llltchle, their next door VpW neighbor'! ion, with whom (Jcnlo had flHn olwajibeen "very friendly," who )md IBa I walked to icbool, nnd gathered miU VgK' vil her, and pullod her about on hli HHk tied, and ikatcd with her on tho pond jHB In their childhood, had, utter a two HL yean abseuco from home, rotnrnod to t gjgB Und (Jcnlo qulto rown up nnd wondcr- ' MgH' fully protty. For her part iho a)' lit flBHk. him tho pink und jierfectlon of inan- Jllgj4 hood, and their cyoi confuted tlulr jBB; lnutiulaJralrutlcn. Kooneilnedreatnnl Hgflu of any chango of feeling lictwi-cn tho i fCK lifelong friends. Hat It wai not long ifltfi beforo William ald thinga to Oenlo that ;gjggi mado her happy whin alio thought of 1 gggrf them, and hail rejoiced her aonl by gtfta ', BBBjl of flower nnd rolumos of poetry nnd all I gnUs manner of dclicato attention!, and at HaJS Joat had proponed to her and luen ao- HgB ceptcl. HB' They had not mado tho fact puhtlo Bflg yet, howeer, when Major Htandhheamu BJB tothemfrom tho weat to juiythem n. ggggn vitlt and brought hla daughter with Hkbv qUaj ' 1 Tho major had married Mra. Alford'a fflH&' ( ulster 5 tara before, nnd Cora was their njfiyff ' I only child. jBHt i Show as a tello In army society, nnd ijSHaM " ",rn' '" 'ytll'K talculatcil to In- jggWto trtuwuyoun lady'a satUfacttou with MIME hi raclf It is that. jHjBf Shn mado no aecret of her conqneats, uRiSjl but spokooiHiilyof thobleidlng hcarta WMaK aho left behind htr. hho might it aho BgJH7 i choAa bo Mrs, Uiucral That, or Mrv. UnD Colonel ThU. Captain rlonndio waa ftsLir ready to dlo for her aako, and she- had n nftKI long string of lieutcuanta to lauh about gjiu oven tho chaplain was rially very far mm BB With nil theso adorer watching for ffi M, her return to tho fort It seemed hard to SJh raft Uenlo that she ahould Instuutly n( iko n jEj M doadaet at William llltchlo nud know lSj OT no iaco until aho had stolen her one I ?! If , euo lamb from her. Hut t hl is jnit i n j i what Cora did, and it secuud to Uenltt ! S 'it I that William met her half way. '' 'J W !i Innotont Uenlo had net er seen A fine, i; MltM ' wtllmnnng(d, gonuino flirtation Wforo. 1 & th Her wonder wuinl most a gnat aa her j wl grief to find tnnu so trcailuroua, nud 1 H SI "u evellin' vheu tl. ro was n gay ur- 1 ' JJ ty nt tho houio nud Corunud Wlllhm f ,1 rS iccuicd to havoaulhed mvstcrlously. 'M jt she. hid herself In tho hone sucklonrlur j 1 J t -a placo just then plunged in deceit M shadow and flung licmlf down on a ) corncrof thu beuch to lndulgo unseen in I f 'A t a fow tears. J a& And whilo sho lingered thero Con Mil W ","1 William c.imu softly in, and slttltig i Mi ft down wluro tho moonlight drltte.1 In ! H. H '' iiion their facefl began a moat audi. VVf " mental nnd dratiiatlo couvircation, 1 ihn !j t Ito compared hir to n roso and n jij'tt clghtlnnule. Ho told hir what n stur- 11 j tliugilfcct aho had upon hla Ik art whin : ! j ' jtrat ho saw htr, and ho alluded jti)s ". I! ' i tirfously to "hon.la that bound" htm I? f I ttni w1'1 '10 ouhl do wtro ho free. K j '! llut honor! honor! Uo would break Mr no sn cct glrl'a heart. ijf' "Km er for my sake," Cora doclored ,- ' "Uettir that I ahould aulftr than nno In 1 t , 7 ( noccnt." C ). "1 ,i Itwaiiiultallkonchnpterfromnsen .,'! -! latlonal no; el. hho (,n u him her luml i , j, to kiss, lnltli' r uf tin m guessing Hint ji tho dctp ahi'dow In tho comer wu ; " I Ounlo, nud ho quoted lioetrj by the ; I ard. Thoy uiilcntly lousldcred theui ! ,i aehea ery noblo nnd self nucrlficlni;, H '. ; ' wonderful, sulTirlng, glorious Uligs HB . And huw tlio llttlo iinldeu aat qnlttl) BBijiii twu tut fiom tluin until thty rose nnd HB 2 ' went away arm lu ami aho uevor knew, ' j I neither how aho Hied through tho night HB I i I Uut tho uext day fouud hir wr) strong HH j ' Knrlvin tho morning sho went to the HH J 1 1 garden fento nnd Kikoued Wllllai i HBtf B I J ltltcliio to toino to hej, uud took his iirm HB r 'SI V wl"' u laugh, mid mudo him walk with HBjf, li, lur out $f hearluK. TKuthosuldt "Don't j on think that when oplo liaro inado a great mistake tho best thing powlhlo is to conrcs Itl" And when h nnswereil, "I aupiioso so," ahe simply took her ring from he nngcr and garolt bucbrtnhtm. Ulion aho left him and walked away, and oh, how gay sne mi all tint day! Buo had norcr liellorod thut sho loald ait ao well. Her heart woa full of burning taln, and sho wished that alio werodeiid. llut her pride nphcld her, nnd no una guessed how she suffered. Sho waa so glad tint slw had never told nny ono of her engagement to William Wil-liam Itttchlo, and could Join In all their merry talk when It was )iublicly known that Mr. llltchlo had cut out tho ipu-crala ipu-crala and majors nnd captaina nud colonels colo-nels of army society. A for William, he was greatly congratulated, con-gratulated, nud .when tha major wmt back to his qunrtors with his daughter, In something nf a hurry, thero waa talk cf troublo with tho Indlins. It was tin deritood that William llltchlo was to go out In six lnontlu' lliuo to claim his I rldo and bear her away lieforo tho Tory eyes of nil thoso enrldus warriors, Tlio major d Id not prof es ti bo plcaed. That n gill who could marry lit nrmy locicty shonld chiico "a clIiau" amazed hln, ho oiK'nl confesstil. lint "a willful wo"nnn mint hno her way " Cora wu-i cfogo full Iho nnd tweut). "William llltchlo I my nice," Mrs. Alford said. "No doubt," tho major awonlod. "But Cora might haVn h id n general " How glnd (lenlo waa when they wero gone! How awn ahe left off her nctlng. lltr mother opined Ihnt sho had been too gay that summer. Mrs. Illtchin, who was broken hiirtcd at her Wil Ham's cholc, camo in aouullniM nnd wna npt to with herself in tho tomb of her furifatheri. But William mvor tamo. Ho corrsiquded oluiiiluously with Mian Cora Utandl.li, who mado 1 lin Jealous nf now ono ofllcer nnd now an- ' othor, and ho felt that ho roteh cd llttlo I nmputhy nthnmo. j At list tho tlmu arrirol when ho wca to go to claim his brl le. lietwH.n a horror hor-ror of hating her brought home, "to rtdo oTirher,hvl,"nhoeiiiredlt, ' nnd n finr thut they would linluio "her I Wllllam"totaki) iiji hla rtaldenco nmonp them, Mra. llltchlo was qulto ilUtrac'cl "ShoUourcohslu,"iho s.ild to tho girl 0110 day, "or I'd say what 1 think of that creature Hho might luuo kept herself with her ow n kind Why shoul I sho carry tilt wy Iwyr Then Uwilo felt so, mnih sympathy fortholmnnTcd mother that tiny mingled min-gled their tears. Mra. llltchlo would not go to Will' wedding not aho, indeed I Hho went so far ns to 1i0h that when ' ho returned ho w ould ilnd her dond of n broken heart. But alio packed his trnnk for him nud put In u now lllbl as hir wwldlng gift to Corn. Thcji Will do-jiartinl. do-jiartinl. Wh it w Ith Will' popularity, hla moth-cr'a moth-cr'a dcup dr nnd tho doubt na to w hither thojoung couilowuu!d como hark to, livuor settlodown at thofurt, this wed. ding jnndu a great deal of talk, nnd whin ttuiu passed on and uiithr telegram, letter, nor anything i lio In tlio ihapo of new a nrrivM, thorn was somo excito-lnent. excito-lnent. Had thero liccn "troublo with tho Indiana" thnncwspnpirawonld hnio rivrnlcil the fact. This ttlcrco was Miy ilratigo. Old Mrs. llltchlo wns suro that Will was "wianwl fiom hir alnndy," nnd consigneil herself to die mlr. (Jenloread ovir and m ir again u jmon which bt gaui rjarrlrd, tnsrrlM, and a tu inrl UltaurraiiiDrcanlllr nnd pated it in her airopbook, ntid wax nadlng it in tho hoiujsmklo arbor whin nn cxiircssmau io,iisihI at old Mm. llltchlo' gnto and lnulud from hit wagon ouo rolltary trunk with "W, 11." upon It. Later Will lilmsilf walLedup tho road alono, with his tNirtmanteuii in Ida hand, uud stood.at his mother's door. Komethlng had hiptienid. (leulu wonhl harobten nn nu'tl If alio had grlovcd oer tho fact. Aa It was ah- I filt that her llttlo bit of rceugowas nady for hir.und 'roieugowa auiit mil with n merry laugh sho skipped oTcr to tho feneu that dh Idod tho gar-tlrus gar-tlrus nnd culltil outi "Why. how do j on do, Will? Whero i Cousin Curnr Will turned nnd looked at hei, and camo atrnight toward hir, "When I reached tho major' resl-dcncn resl-dcncn our cousin Cora hod just ilopod with Colonil O'Shaunoasy," ho aald "Aa tho major und Mr. Colonel O'bhuu-nessy'a O'bhuu-nessy'a brollu r nro out liuntln t thu , colonel, lihought I woull n turn homo, though kindly lui Itcd to join tho iqiort." , "Ohl' crleilUenle.witli nil tho horror hor-ror uf an innocent girl. "A married j man? Is alio like that us bid n that?" "It is putty, bid," said William. "But I'm rhid I found her out so soon. Later would haie mado it n tragedy for me and nil our fuult, Ocnkl ' "Mlmrirliilthoglrl. "Vi," B.ild Will. "Whenjougaioino back in) ring )ou throw mo Into her hands. Biforothat Itwnsvnl) ulllrta-Hon. ulllrta-Hon. I lion r Intituled it tolu nn) thln-else, thln-else, for my part. Bat whin you used mo ao" "I used jou aol" anld (Knle. "Why, I Wllllim, I heard )ou talking to Com In tho arbor thu night Infoio Igaiujou back my rinl" "Noinnn iicr talka that way to tho i w omaii ho lo i s," sat 1 William. Then they turned uwoy from each ' othir, but though Mrs. Alford wept over tho aw fill conduct of her vlitcr'a daughter, daugh-ter, (liuio was happier than fho hid lxi n for many moons. Yon and I inn) wonder w hether William Wil-liam Illtihlo tol 1 the truth, or whether lin told half of It, but (Jcnlo Ulloicd him. Ihforo long tho. gossips of tho plaid whtyiored that alio luUmlcd "to tiko pit) on hlui," uud this was (lenlu'ri llew of thu mutter. Hir lwtulant conduct sho said hail drliiu him into tho meshe Cora spread for nil men. She wns to blime. It was htr duty to atone As far na aho could, bin) Mt suro of tint, und William Insisted Insist-ed un it ulso. T In ri fore, thu ouo d i) married hlu. In tlulr c ise marilugu has not pro cd n uiUUkv, for tin) inukoni cry comfortable com-fortable lotiplo, nud no cue was hnppiir on tho unllliu ilui thin oil Mrs. llltchlc.-.Mar) K)lulJalhis In I'liislda t'ouqi.inlou. |