Gunnison news-champion., 1914-04-03
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tUnssal services we're hssl.
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~, obsoluesly corrsct atnoaDAsee q
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display q Joyous curiosity tAat nust
have jarrs1 severely oa ths hiGA- -hsel
ssasibilitiss ef ths chief nOurneH, -
- spsak q the invitsl guests wAe
ha1 been obliged v pass bstwssa pows
Of 0apinG bystanAers IN os1sr - Peach
The portals 81 the house u Grief. 81
who must have reckoneA with sstpe0s
distaste the cost Of subseavent -
partuFe. a 10sen raueous-veioo1 -
liceoen were employed - hse0 boeh
ths hunAreds that thr0nGsl ths siAs-
walk anl bleeAel The stpsst Curiosity
wos rampant. Ever stnoo the Dsosa4
that the body of Challis WrsnAaN wae
carried into the house sf his father, .
RGtasy, vaSyfng CROWD q psop1e shift
el restlessly in front u the mansion,
Alled with gruesOme interest in the a.
sslutely unseen, animated by the ely
hope that something sensational might
happen IL they waited long enough.
Motor after motor, carriage aftss
carriage, rolled up to the curb and
emptied it's s0berfaced, self-c0nscious
occupants In front of the door with
the great black bow; with esch arrival
the crowd surged forwarl, and names
were uttered in undertones. passing
from lip to lip until every one In the
street knew that Mr. So-anA So, Mrs.
This-or-That, the at-Do- YouC Call
Eme and others of the city's most eH-
elusive but most garishly advertised
society leaders had entered the house
Of mourning. 1t WAS . great show for
the paebeian spectators. Much better
than Miss so-and-So's wedding, said
one woman who had attended the
aforesaid ceremony as q unit ~ the
well-dressed mob that almost wrecked
the carriages In the desire to zee the
terrified bride. Better than Q circus,
said q man who held his little daugh-
ter above the heads of the crowd 20
that she might see the fine lady in Q
wild-beast fur. SWEETEST funeral New
York ever had. remarked another, ex-
cepting one way back when he was .
kid.
At the corner below stood two pa
troll wagons, also waiting.
Inside the house sat the carefully
selected guests. hushed and stiff and
gratified. mot because they were at
tending q funeral, but because the oc-
casion served to separate them from
the chaff; they were the elect) 1t
would be going too far to intimate that
is not stretching it very much to say
that they counted noses with consider
able satisfaction and were glad that
they had not been left out. The real
hieh-water mark in New York society
was established at this memorable
function. As one after the other ar
rived and was ushered into the huge
drawing room. he or she was accorded
a ccngratulatory look from those al
with equal amiability. Each one noted
who else was there, and each one said
to himself that at last they really had
something all 70 themselves. II was
truly q pleasure. a relief to be able
to Go something without being pushed
about by people who didn't belong but
thou ut they did. They sat back
stii1y. of coarse-and in utter stiffness
con zsed that there could be such a
thirg as the survival OF the fittest.
Yes there wasn't nose there that
corlJGt be counted with perfect Sc
rer Sc Il was a notab occasion.
Ms Trsndall. the elder. had made
OF ra list She did not consult her
da tzr-inlaw in the matter. II is
true nat sara fe-estaIied her in a way
by aeudiag word. through Leslie. that
she would be pleased if Mrs Wrandsn
wc-'+ issue invitations to a. many OF
G. friends as she deemed advis-
al As for herself. she had no wish