The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1914-05-08


carriage, rolled up to the curb and
occupants In front of the door with
the great black bow; with each arrival
the crowd surged forward, and names
were uttered In undertones, passing
from lip to lip until every n in the
street knew that Mr.. So-and-So, Mrs.
This-or-That, the What-Do- You-Call-
Ems and others Of the city's most ex-
elusive but most garishly advertised
society leaders had entered the house
Of mourning. 1t was a great show for
the plebeian spectators. Much better
than Miss So-and-So's wedding. said
woman who had attended the
aforesaid ceremony as a unit In the
w~ell-dressed mob that almost wrecked
the carriages in the desire to see the
terrified bride. Better than a circus,
said q man who held his little daugh-
ter above the heads Of the crowd so
! that she might see the fine lady in a
%wild-beast fur. SWEETEST funeral New
York ever had, remarked another, ex-
cepting one way back when he was a
| kid.
At the corner below stood two pa
troll wagons, also waiting.
Inside the house sat the carefully
selected guests. hushed and stiff and
gratifed. Not because they were at
| tending a funeral. but because the &C.
casion served to separate them from
the chaf; they were the elect.) 1t
would be going too far to intimate that
they were proud Of themselves, but it
is not stretching 1t very much to say
that they counted noses with consider
able satisfaction and were glad that
they had not been left out The real,
high-water mark In New York society
was established at this memorable
function. AS n after the other ar
rived and wac ushered into the huge
drawing-room, he or she was accorded
a congratulatory look from those al
ready assembled. a tribute returned
who else was there, and each one said
to himself that at last they really had
something all to themselves. 1t was
truly a pleasure, a relief, to be able
to do something without being pushed
about by people who didn't belong but
thought they did. They sat back
stifly, of course-and in utter stiffness
confessed that there could be such q
thing as the survival Of the fttest
Yes, there wasn't a nose there tina,
couldn't be counted with perfect Sc
renity. 1t was a notable occasion.
Mrs. Wrandall. the elder, had made
out the list She did not consult hel
daughterin-law In the matter. 1t If
true that Sara f~orestalled her in a way
by sending word, through Leslie, thai
. she would be pleased IL Mrs. Wrandal
. would issue invitations to as many O
Challis' friends as she deemed advis
! able. AS for herself, she had no wisl
in the matter; she would be satisfied
with whatever arrangements the fam
! lily cared to make.
1t is not to be supposed. from tn
, foregoing, that Mrs. Wrandall. tn
elder, was not stricken to the hear
by the lamentable death of her Idol
5 He was her idol. He was her first
born, he was her love-born. He cam
Q to her in the days when she loved he
husband without much thought of re
specting him. She was beginning t
8 regard him as something more than
k lover when Leslie came, SO 1t was di,
e ferent. When their daughter Viva
n vas born, she was plainly annoyed bu
wholly respectful. Mr.. Wrandall wa
9 no longer the lover; he was her lor
and master. The head of the house {
u Wrapdall was a person to be locke
p up to, to be respected and admired b
g her, for he was a very great man, b.
d he was dear to her only because h
Is was the father of Challis, the frs
It born.
h In the order OF her nature, Challi
/ therefore was her most dearly believes
Vivian the least desired and last
j. her affections as we'll as In sequence
Strangely enough, the three Of the
II perfected a %curiously significant re
ord Of conjugal endowments. CEall
had always been the wild, waywar
unr~estrained one, and by far the mo-
lovable; Leslie, almost as good loo
ing but with scarcely a noticeab
trace OF charm that made his broth,
ye attractive; Vivian, handsome, selff
n. and as cheerless as the wind tn,
,e blows across the icebergs In the mort
,e Challie had been born with a wide
n, enveloping heart and an elastic CO
al science; Leslie with a brain and
soul and not much of a heart. as thin
n 60; Vivian with a soul alone, which b
of longed to God. after all, aud not
or her. OF course she had a heart, but
st was only for the purpose of pumpil
ed blood to remote extremities, and hi
OF nothing whatever to do with anythil
no SO unutterably extraneous as Low
VS. charity or s~elf-sacrifce.
ch As for Mr.. Redmond Wrandall
nd was a very proper and dignifed gent
ne man, and old for his years.
le- It may be seen, or rather surmise
70 that II the house OF Wrandall had n
ok been SO admirably centered under
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