The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-01-22

70 Aunt Rehecce NH. Il Is a lonely,
lonely lot to be clearsIghted; but
noblesse ohllpe hut often during the
last few days have thought that Cas-.
snndra wasn't enough plticd.
Your al. wife, NJ.
THE SAME TO THE SAME
Casa Fuerie. san FranciscoI Cal,
"Wednesday Dear Husband fhu
heading may surprise you. Hut We are
making visit 20 Mr. Anthony Arnold
lthe Arnold's SOM in his beautiful
house IN the suburbs OF the city II
was FAR more convenient for me At
the Palace where found Mrs. Wig
ellsworth most attentive and congen.
lal and found rome great bargains but
you know can not be false to my
Trust TO watch Aunt hehecca Win
ter without seeming 20 watch, OF
course. for the aged always resent the
care which they need Is my chief
object III this tripi therefore when Mr..
Arnold (whose father she knows, but
the old gentleman is travelling IN Ecu.
rope with his married daughter and
her familyl when the young Arnold
urged us all to come and spend a
couple Of weeks with him. ! could not
very we'll refuse Though stranger
10 me, he Is not TO auntie OF BERTHE.
The house Is his own, left him by his
mother. who died not very long ago.
AZ ilrst ! remained az the Palace with
BERTHE and Archle BERTHE seemed 50
disturbed AZ the Idea Of my going and
Aunt Rebecca was very liberal. In.
aisting that was just as much her
guest as before. Il was only she who
was running away; and the end Of II
was lshe has such compelling per
sonality, you know that she Went
with Randall aud ]. {. 10 Casa Fuerte
tStrong House-and you would call
Il wellnained could you see It; Il is a
massive structuroi) while we others
remained until Sunday On account
Of what have limited IN regard TO the
designs Of certain lady was not
sorry to have BERTHE under another
roof he has fortune OF his OWE,
sou know, and q reputation as well.
Wealth and position at one blow GER
tainly would appeal to her, an obscure
dependent probably Of no family lit Is
not q romantic namel, and liertle ls
very wellbred and rather handsome
with his black eyebrows and gray hair
and aqulinc nose. have been very,
very worried but feel relieved as TO
that Melville, she is nslng at higher
game. In this house is a multimillion.
alre. IN fact the fourth richest man
IN the United States. Edwin 3 Keatch-
am lie is ill-probably with appendi-
cltls, which seems 70 be the common
lot asked the doctor-nf course
very delicately and he said, We'll
not exactly, butt and smiled very
ronndenllaily, and begged me not 20
mention Mr Keatchams Illness or
even that he was IN the house. "You
know, he said, that whel these great
iinanelers sneeze, the stockmarket
shakes 80 absolute secrecy please,
my dear madam Don't mention IL 10
soul. will you? OF course | haven't
seen the invalid; but I've seen his
valet, who Is very English; and have
secn his nurse Who do you suppose
che ia? Janet Smith Yea; you know
she has been a trained nurse Was
there ever u more artful efeaturel Dut
Mr. X, 10 none Of my affairs, be Will
have to save himself or be lost Once
she ia his wife We are safe from that
denlenlng woman / am quite willing
to admit his danger aud her iaaeina.
tion Nov. Melville, for once admit
that can be iust % 4 woman whom I
dislike.
This house ia aumptuous; I've g love,
y bathroom and q beautiful huge
closet With a window. II must have
cost mint Of money have been
told that Arnold pere made g present
Of It to his wife; he let the architect
and her draw ell the plans Of H. but
he insisted on attending to the con
struetlon himself; he said he was not
going TO have any contract work or
"soamplng.n such as ! am reliably IN
formed has bcan common in these toy.
efing new buildings in San Francisco
he picked out all the materials him
self and inspected the inspector It
has what they call reinforced con-
crete" and all the beams, etc. are
steel and the lower STORY ls enormous
y thick as TO wallis, IN The genuine
style. He said he built for
The hoase Is all IN the
Spanish hldaleo fashion. ! wish you
could see the basrellefs and the
carved furniture with cane seats Of the
seventeenth century, ali genuine and
Ine stamped leather and the iron grille
work reias they call it-ail copied
from famous Spanish models from To.
elo; you know the ancient spanlards
we're renowned Tor their reias 'fhe
pictures are iineall Spanish: ! don't
know half the names Of the artists.
but they are al old and imposing and
some Of them wonderfully preserved
rhe electric lights ere all IN the shape
4 lanterns. The ratio as they cell
he court around which the house Is
luilt, reminded me Of the court in Mrs
palaee IN Boston, only It was
aot SO crowded with objects and The
iillars are much thicker and the trop.
cal nlante and vines more lnxnflant