Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-05-15
CHAPTER VI.
9outhlook.

cerned. Her father, Sebastian Gooch,
shrewdly foresaw the day when land
In this particular section Of the sub
urban world would return dollars for
pennies, and wisely bought thousands
Of acres: woodland, meadowland.
beachland and hills. inserted between
the snvirons Of New York city and
the rich towns up the coast. Years
afterward he built commodious sum.
mer homo on the choicest point that
his property afforded, named 1t South.
look, and transformed that particular
part Of his wilderness into a million.
aires paradise. where he could dawdle
and putter to his hearts content,
where he could spend his time and his
money with prodigality that came 80
late in life to him that he made waste
Of both in his haste to live down .
rather parsimonious past.
Two miles and a half away, In the
heart of . scattered colony Of purse
proud New Workers.. was the country
home Of the Wrandalls. an imposing
place and older by far than South.
look. It had descended from we'll
worn and time-stained ancestors to
Redmond Wrandall, and. with others
Of its kind, looked with no little scorn
upon tho modern, mushroom struc-
lures that sprouted from the seeds Of
trade. There was no friendship be-
tween the old and the new. Each had
recourse to . bitter contempt for the
other, though consolation was small
In comparison.
1t was in the wooded by.ways Of this
despised domain that Challis Wran-
dali and Sara, the earthly daughter Of
Midas. met and loved and deded al
things supernal, for matches are
made in heaven. Their marriage did
not open the gates Of Nineveh. Sebas'
| tian Gooch's paradise was more COM
| pletely ostracised than It was before
the disaster. The Wrandalls spoke OF
1t as disaster.
Clearly the old merchant was not
over-pleased with his daughter'a
choice. q conclusion permanently 90
tablished by the alteration he made
In his will q year or two after the mar
rage. True, he left the vast estate to
his beloved daughter Sara. but he fast
ened q stout string to 1t, and with
this string her hands were tied. 1t
must have occurred to him that Chal.
lis was a profigate in more ways than
one, for he deliberately stipulated In
his will that Sara was not to sell q
foot Of the ground until period OF
twenty years had elapsed. A very
polite way, 1t would seem. Of making
his investment safe In tho face OF con
siderable odds.
He lived long enough after the max
ing Of his will. l am happy to relate
to find that he had made no mistake
As he preceded his son-in.law into the
great beysndsby q scant three years
It readily may be seen that he wrought
too we'll by far. Seventeen unneces
sary years of prescription remained
and he had not intended them fol
Sara alone. He was not afraid o.
Sara, but for her.
When tae will was read and the con
dition revealed, Challis Wrandall tool
It In perfect good humor. He had thu
grace to proclaim in the bosom Of hi
fathers family thae tho old gentleman
was father.in.law to be proud Of. n
canny old boy" he had announced
with his most engaging smile, quite
free from rancor or resentment Chal
lis was we'll acquainted with himself
And so the acres were strapped to
gether snugly and firmly, without q
much as town lot protruding.
So impressed was Challis by the far
, ! - - l.. A~kh hos In 1nU
he forthwith sat him down and mad
q will of his own. He would not hav'
It said that Sara's father did = viii
better by her than he would do. HI
left everything he possessed to hi
wife, but put no string to it. blandl,
implying that all danger would b.
, past when she came into possession
| There was . sort Of grim humor Il
the way he managed to present him
} self to view a. the real and read
source Of peril.
Sara and Hetty did not stay long Il
town. The newspapers announced tn
return of Challis Wrandall's wido'
and reporters sought her out for intel
views. The old interest was revive
and columns were printed about tn
murder at Burton's inn, with shar
r editorial comments on the failure 9
the police to clear up the mystery.
: II shall ask Leslie down for th
; weekend" said Sara, the third da
, after their arrival in the country. tn
Z house was huge and lonely. and tim
hung rather heavily despite the glor
! Gus uplift of spring.
: Hetty looked up quickly from be
> book. A look Of dismay dickered I
I her eyes for an instant and then CAV
way to the calmness that had come
dwell in their depths Of late Her liz
parted in the sudden impulse to or
out against the plan. but she checke
the words. For moment her darl
: questioning eyes studied the face
: her benefactress; then. ~ II nothin
I had been revealed to her, che Above
her gaze to drift pensivsly out towaE
the sunset soA.
They were sitting on the broa
vsrandah overlooking tho sound In
dusk Of evening Vas beginning 70 ste.
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