The weekly Thibodaux sentinel. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 1898-1905, 1901-03-16
His Great Generosity To-
wards His Newly Mar
ried Niece.
A Realistic Romance of Thibodaux. In Which Num-
Der of Prominent Business Men Take Very
Conspicuous Part

header over bashfulness, only to hear
q sweet
"Can l aspire tO-er-to-that-'s"
Again lapse into silence, followed
BY an encouraging
Eyes. Charley"
"Oh, il might only hope 10 er-to-
| Another failure of language. 1t
was seemingly a hopeless case. and
might have been, only for demure
"Charley. l have said yes twice,
and if you mean it, l mean it, too,
And to this day that young man will
insist that he popped the question.
All this happened away down
east" and it wasn't long before there
was a wedding. Not much longer
before there was a letter from 70 ly's
Uncle Josh, (tlon. Joshua Turner. an
old pioneer planter of LafOurche
parish) rich. generous and level head
ed, who wrote effusively of his delight
at her exhibition of what he called
"grit," and he proposed that If the
young people would locate at ThihO-
daux he would start them up in life,
as wedding gift, having fully ex-
planned that this is the best spot in
the world for young married people to
get q good start. OF course they ac-
cepted, and were soon bidding their
friends adieu.
A few weeks subsequent to the
above conversation travel-stained
party arrived in ThibOdaux. Our
friend, Uncle Josh, was in charge and
he led the party straightway to the
, Empire hotel. "We'll 20 to the En-
pire," said he, "'cause that's the
popular place and strictly first-class.
have known Larre, the proprietor,
for years and he is mine host after
mine own heart; being endowed with
that delightful intuition that makes a
guest feel at home, comfortable, con-
tented, and in mighty good luck. The
house is one Of convenience; the apart
ments are we'll furnished and the
= cuisine--well, that hotel is noted for
its excellent table, so have engaged
rooms here until your own house is in
, readiness"
"After breakfast is over" continued
the old man. II must take You for a
, little drive and then we'll proceed to
. buy your outfit. To expedite matters
, I'll Just call up phone No. SIS and have
Naauin & Keeler. our enterprising
livery people, send us around rig
. When the handsome carriage, with
= elaborate trappings and prancing
horses drew up in fro t of the hotel
Polly declared it to be a turnout fiji
for a queen. "Yes Sir-ee," replied
! Uncle Josh, ''that is purity neat rig
the three SIS. speed. .-Safet. and Style
p Is Naouin & Keeler coat Of arms. and
best of all, the rates are mighty rea'
sonab g. Their wedding, party and
| funeral equipments are unsurpassed
z 1t was in a stylish turnout indeed
|, that the rounds of the city we're made
Z mo grass shall grow under oul
feet" remarked Uncle Josh, 'se
o what's first on the programme ?
"Oh goodness knows there's lots Il
8 buy, - remarked Poll. Then suppOs,
we buy lots first" quoth Charlie!
without turning hair. We'll, l set
you've got a great head for business,
/, laughed Uncle Josh, well just stOI
4 at H. N. Coulon's real estate office.
car always depend upon Nick COuoI
!. for bargains in real estate, as he neve
\ holds out false lights to induce people
to buy, but what he tells you abOu
property. may be set down as sOlit
:. facts. He controls large list OF des
1 irab!e residences as we'll as farm pro
perties. and his Judgment on tn
good things is par excellence" Ac
: cOrdingly MIR. CoulOn, accompanies
3 the trio on their drive and before re
turning had sold to Uncle Josh. TO
his wards, a cosy cottage on Cana
;, s. rect, as well as other property as al
" investment.
Having already provided . Gag
q for the bird" said Uncle Josh, NOV
:. the first thing we'll look after will b
a the furnishings for it," HereupOl
!; Polly energetically declared that sh
:. had heard so much about Edgar +
Il Riviere's furniture store that she ha
decided to go there. The result va
that they were ushered into such q bf
4 wildering display that the girl was a
= first at a loss how to select. But sh
soon yielded to the seductiveness of
I. magnificent parlor suite, bed room sc
D, In oak, golden finish, that would d
i credit to old Mr.. Klondyke himself
To this she added an easy rocker fO
Uncle Josh, and didn't forget mos
convenient and ornamental writin
desk for chubby" e ,arles. havin
u. come to the conclusion that Riviere
!. prices we're below the very whisper Q
. competition.
10 "And in the matter of insurance.
d the old gentleman continued. .'Ths
-e is also of importance. You will wan
N a risk on your new house and goods
then you can't do 4 more sensible
e satisfactory thing than provide 70
your family by taking out Sl0,W
q policy in the Mutual Life OF Ne
4. York. Our friends, C0ulon, Braud
y Coulon, not only represent the Mdtus
Life, but also have the largest iii
y agency in this part OF LOuisian;
a. Their companies all belong to the oil
n reliable category, being we'll know
= for their prompt and satisfactory at
q justment of losses. It's better to
safe than sorry aud you'll surely /
b safe in the COulon, Braud, Il COulOl
pr agency, because they are exper. an
~ trustworthy underwriters" The i!
surance matter was subsequently a
oi tended to.
"a pretty. good start" said the ol
man." and now we'll go to J.
}. LevrOn & Co. big hardware and sto,
store where Poliy's housewifely il
stincts will have full play in marve
of Kitchen apparatus. There Is uy: :,