Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1914-10-01
CHAPTER ~.


Tie 1ext day t1t o-= = -h= huge
olo-.zs-.ooed mansion Q. he U-zn-
dzlls = i0Ee- E-tth zve-u=. Il ne
crz~i1z-ruon directly o=-ez-h The
CHAMBER 4 ~hich Chzllis Ezs born
tae impressive bu- gri1ly Conventional
funeral se-Flc=z Ts-= lid
Contrasting s-zrrly E--1 -hs son
Der, Absolutely correct atmosphere OF
Re gloomy interior Ees he exterior
display q soyo1s curiosity hat INST
have JARED severely O. The high-bred
seos1oiItiss 0, he chief Dou-ns-s. not
70 speak o. The invited guests Eho
had been obliged 70 pzss between rows
o. gaping bys-z16erz Il order % reach
the portals o. The house % grief, and
~ho r1st have reckone6 With extreme
c-stzsts The cost q subsequent DE-
par-ure- 4 dozen rzucous-yoicsd Do
hcenen we're employed 70 keep back
ne hundreds thai thrOnged the side
walk and blocked The street Curiosity
Tas rampant Ever since the moment
that the body Of Challis Wrzndzu vas
carried into the house Of his father.
motley, varying crowd Of people shit
Cd rsstlesely il front OF the mansion.
nlled z-.th grussOme interest IN the ab-
solutely unseen. animated by the sly
nope that something sensational might
happen II they waited long enough
Motor after motor, carriage after
carriage, rolled up 70 the curb and
emptied its sober-faced. selfconscious
occu pants in front OF The door zirh
the great black bow; zith each arrival
the crowd surged forward. and names
were uttered in undertones, passing
from lip 70 lip until every one IL -he
street knew that Mr.. So-and-So. Ms.
This-orTha hat, the What-Do- You-Csll-
Ems and others Of the city's most x
elusive but most garishiy advertised
society leaders had entered the house
OF mourning It was great show for
Inc pieoeian spectators. Much better
than Miss So-and-So'E wedding. said
one woman who had attended the
aforesaid ceremony as a unit IL TIE
well-dressed mob that almost wrecked
the carriages in the desire TO see the
terrified bride. Better than z circus
said a man who held his little dsugh.
ter above the heads Of the crowd 50
that she might see the fine lady in a
wild-beast fur. SWEETEST funeral New
York ever had, remarked another. *
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 funeral, but because the Or
casion served TO separate them from
the chan; they were the elect II
would be going too far 10 intimate that
they were proud OF themselves bur +,
Is not stretching 1t very much IN sav
'nat they counted noses with consider
able satisfaction and we're glad that
they had not been left out. The real
high-water mark in New York societv
was established at this memorable
junction. AS one after the other ar.
rived and was ushered into tho hrga
oraw1ng-room, he or She was accorded
congratulatory look from those al
ready assembled, a tribute retur,a5
with equal amiabfiity. Each one noted
~ "oo ehCi c. anu tdC0 one said /
70 himself that at last they really had
something all to themselves. II was
truly pleasure. a relief, to be able
~ 10 something without being pushed |
ABOUT by people who didn't belong b,,
thought they did. They sat back- |
sunny OF course-and in utter stiffness
confessed that there could be such
thing as the survival of the fittest
ies' there wasn't a nose there that
couldn't be counted with perfect Sc
renlty' II was a notable occasion.
MIS- Wrandall. the elder. had mada
out the list She did not consult her
oaugnter-ln-law in the matter. II ,s
rue .nat sara forestalled her in a way
oy sending word, through Leslie. tho,
she would be pleased if Mrs. Wrandau
would issue invitations to az man =,
challis friends as she deemed adv,s-