The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1914-07-18


carriage. rolled up to the curb ana
emptisd it, soberfaced. self-conscious
occupants in front Of the door win
the great black bow; with each arrival
the crowd surged forward. and names
were uttered In undertones. passing
from lip TO lip until every one IN tne
street knew that Mr.. So-and-So, MRS.
This-or-That the What-Do- You-Caii-
Ems and others of the city's most ex.
elusive but most sarishly advertised
society leaders had entered the house
of mourning. II was great show TOT
the plebeian spectators. Much better
than Miss So-and-So's weddinE SAID
one woman who had attended the
aforesaid ceremony - . unit IN tne
well dressed mob that almost wrecked
the carriages In the desire to Gee the
terrified bride. Better than circus.
said man who held his little daush-
ter above the heads OF tho crowd %
that abe might see the nne lady In .
wild-beast fur. swellest funeral New
York ever had. remarked another. ex-
cepting one way back when he Wa =
kid.
AT the corner below stood two pa
troll wagons. also waiting.
Inside the house sat the carefully
selected guests. hushed and sdR ana
gratified. (Not because they were At
tending . funeral, bat because the 90
CASTOR served to separate them nom
the char; they were the eiecto IL
would be going too far to intimate that
they we're proud Of themselves. but II
Il not stretching II very much to say
that they counted noees 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. A one after the other AZ
rived and was ushered into the huge
drawing-room, he or she was accorded
q congratulatory look from those al
ready assembled, q tribute returned
with equal amiability. Each one noted
who else was there, and each one said
to himself that at last they really had
something all to themselves. II waa
truly a pleasure, relief, to be able
to do something without being pushed
about By people who didn't belong bat
thought they did. They sat back
stiHiy, of course-and In utter stiffness
confessed that there could be such
thing as the survival Of the nttest
Yes, there wasn't a nose there thai
couldn't be counted with perfect SO
renity. It was q notable occasion.
Mrs. wrandall, the elder. had made
out the list She did not consult hel
danghter-in-law in the matter. 1t II
true that Sara forestalled her In . way
by sending word, through Leslie. tha
she would be pleased II Mrs. Wrandal
would issue invitations to as many o
i 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.
It 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 lido
He was her idol. He was her hrs'
born, he was her love-born. He cam
to her in the days when she loved he
husband without much thought Of n
speeding him. She was beginning :
regard him as something more than
lover when Leslie came. SO It was di
ferent. When their daughter Viva
was born, she was plainly annoyed bu
wholly respectful Mr.. Wrandall wa
no longer the lover; he was her lor
and master. The head of the house {
wrandall was a person to be locke
up to, to be respected and admired b
her, for he was very great man. br
he was dear to her only because b
was the father Of Challis. the mrs
born.
In the order of her nature, Chall
therefore was her most dearly believe
Vivian the least desired and last
her affections az well as In sequence
Strangely enough, the three Of the
perfected . curiouslyo significant re
ord OF conjugal endowments. Chall
| had always been the wild, waywar
unrestrained one. and by far the mo
| lovable; Leslie. almost as good loo
| ing but with scarcely noticeab
| trace of charm that made his BROTH
attractive: Vivian. handsome. selfii
and as cherries as the wind tn
blows across the icebergs In the mort
Challis had been born with q wide
enveloping heart and an elastic co
science; Leslie with brain and
soul and not much Of heart, a. thin
20; Vivian with q soul alone, which b
lonsed to God, after all. and not
her. OF course she had . heart, but
was only for the purpose Of pumpiI
blood TO remote extremitiee, and hi
nothing whatever to DO with anythi'
- unutterably extraneous - loy
charity or self.sacrifcs.
u - for Mr.. Redmond Wrandall
~ veey proper and dignifled gent
-, and old for his ycars.
= my b sesn, or rnfher surmis<
e he house Of wrandall had y
- admirably conferred under
49, and Ag tree, II might ha
esvlded against itself witho
- wsan1ail ~ {