Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-05-22

located, 20 far AZ neighbors were con.
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 environs of New York city and
the rich towns up the coast. Years
afterward he built . commodious sum-
mer home on the choicest point that
his property afforded. named 1t South
look, and transformed that particular
part of his wilderness into q million
aires paradise. where he could dawdle
and putter to his hearts content,
where he could spend his time and his
money with q prodigality that came 20
late in life to him that he made waste
Of both in his haste to live down .
rather parsimonious past.
Two miles and . 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. 1t had descended from well.
worn and time-stained ancestors to
Redmond Wrandall. and. with others
OF its kind, looked with NO little scorn
upon the 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 q bitter contempt for the
other, though consolation was small
in comparison.
II 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 defed al
things supernal. for matches are
made in heaven. Their marriage did
not open the gates of Nineveh. Sebas-
tan Goochs paradise was more COM
pletely ostracised than 1t was before
the disaster. The Wrandalls spoke Of
1t a. q disaster.
Clearly the old merchant was not
over-pleased with his daughters
choice, q conclusion permanently 90.
tablished by the alteration he made
| In his will year or two after the mar
| Rage. True, he left the vest estate to
his beloved daughter Sara. but he fast
ened q stout string to It. and with
this string her hands were tied. II
must have occurred to him that Chal
liz was Q profligate in MORE ways thar
one. for he deliberately stipulated IN
his viii 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 the face OF con
siderable odds.
He lived long enough after the max
ling Of his will. l an happy to relate
to ind that he had made no mistake
Al he preceded his son-in-law into tn
great beyond BY . scant three years
It readily may be seen that he wrought
too well BY far. Seventeen unnecee
sary years Of prescription remained
and he had not intended them TO
Sara alone. He was not afraid Q
Sara, but for her.
Il Wu0u tu0 WIZ W. O&s~S 49, sesO S>Ss>
dition revealed. Challis Wrandall tool
1t In perfect good humor. He had tn
grace to proclaim in the bosom Of hi
fathers family that the old gentlemal
was Q father-in-law to be proud Of. n
canny old boy" he had announces
with his most engaging smile. quilt
free from rancor or resentment. Cha
Lie was well acquainted with himself
And 20 the acres were strapped te
gether snugly and firmly. without .
much a. q town lot protruding.
So impressed was Challis BY the fl
sightedness Of his fsther-in-law thu
he forthwith sat him down and mad
q will of his own. He would not hav
It said that Saras father did viii
better by her than he would do. H
left everything he possessed to hi
wife, but put no string to 1t. blandl
implying that al danger would b
past when she came into possession
There was . sort Of grim humor !
; the way he managed to present hin
self to view a. the real and read
source Of peril.