The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-01-02
IN SEARCH OF A Wife
BY ELMER 3. WARRINGTON.

i'e regarded his mother in WXx
manner. For the first time in hi M.
she dld not seem 10 him Iufs I,e
mother. The old familiar dimitv so. -,s
had given place to a snowy brocoSa
The iron-gray hair showed traces :.
walnut stain. There was even . ~ VI
picion Of powder about the srrn.I,
faded checks.
Then, too. the meal ON ,bo ..,,
Mrs. Rachel futile had hired sa.,
ant girl only that week sew
Now I'm going to eniov u,a. =,
mad declared with vim. II nevo, on. sne
Niagara falls, nor the White HoUaS
nor the ocean. I'm going on a ,0~s
Ezra, and take in some relatives S'
New Hampshire and sort q, sns
myseil on all the money I'm going -
get. You say you don't want 10 I,'o
me, that you don't like rummos,.o 80
around. All right, Ezra, you've haos
good son and you shall have Won.
own way. Make yourself comfort.h,a
anu nave good time. Here's soma
money and spend it freely. | supnos, \
when brother Williams estate "a 90 4
ued up therell be a big plum for /,
And now, Ezra, remember you're mai I
ing a start In life. You won't be plain
Flooding Ezra futile any more Yop'rs !
gentleman of means, now"
Yes, ma'am," said Ezra, more A.
pressed than ever, with a lonrns
glance at his discarded homesnpn
hanging on the clothesline.
Immediately upon hearing that sha
was an heiress, Mrs. futile had drawn
goodly amount from the bank ana
had planned out her grand tour"
I'll have one grand breathing spen
after all my years % drudgery." aha
declared, and Ezra was silent hnt
he mourned in spirit. Three DAYS N
the slatterIlynew cook had given him
indigestion. Certainly his mother hsa
been a model housekeeper. How Ia
missed the homemade sausage ana
buckwheat cakes. and neighborhood
pure maple strip, the nectarlike COT
fee for breakfast. 4
Il am lonesome and out Of sorts"
he ruminated, and 1t will be an az.
perience, anyhow, and II mother In
going to wander about and break an
the home, why not wifeg Maybe
I'll find one in my travels-who can
tell?" and he smiled quantity.
Ezra was no clod, only homespun.
He knew fully how to conduct himself
in company and made a good impress
sion with the Mantells. His umored
fortune it was. however, that made
a better one. He was soon aware Of
this, judging from the specious In
Quiries OF Mr.. and Mrs. Mantell Then
they threw Helena at his head
She was an only daughter, tall,
stately, cold as ice. Amid her state
Illness, however, Ezra soon discefned
that she was bent on capturing him.
The family were truly aristocratic.
that was their bent and pose. They
were selfish, skimping, sacrificing
comfort to make show.
Three days of these people was al
l could stand" soliloquized Ezra a,
gracefully as he could, he took bis DE-
parture, feeling that he was lucky 70
have escaped still bachelor.
Then Ezra tried the Moores. They
had money and lived at private DO
tel. There we're two girls here, one
a blue stocking, the other a languish
ing sentimentalist. They played theiS
arts alternately. The flimsy feeding
at the table d'hote did the rest iol
Ezra. He made his adieux and struci
of for a rural jaunt feeling free ouct
more.
| Then came the crisis In Ezras IRE
He was passing field hedge vhe1
| his quick ear caught moaning SOUND
| He brushed aside the Usage orans'
| bushes to locate a man lying exhauss
ed to faintness. Beside him ly
| scythe. It was dabbled with blood
j Then Ezra saw that he must nav
stumbled, and one limb had iaiis'
athwart Of the keen blade.
= The mans eyes closed a. EN-
. sprang to his side. The latter nv :
!, a glance that the victim OF the see'
dent was bleeding to death u w
a question of a speedy emerssnq
: service. Within a few minutes "
. had stanched the ebbing life uas
bound up the limb at the cost q y
coat. and had the satisfaction u ~
ing the man come back to conse'"
y ness. -,
- Home" he just whispered y.
y pointed I'D a near rise. Ezra nv
: its ton to discover a handsome w.
" house a few hundred yards d'1A'
!. He took up the man In his arm ~
~ proceeded towards 1t. ~,
% You saved my lie, oeciai.s Z.
:, - ert Wadham that evening, as pe n
= his daughter Elinor and Ezra
n the comfortable best room. 49,,
- The daughter-ah! there naa ~,
= a revelation to Ezra. Pernsr =,
w. pretty gratitude had stirred nm y. "A 4
to deeply than common OF nei 'e
yotion to her father. =, A
Four months later, tireoous ,
~ appointed woman. Mrs Tut,le 80 -
H. the train to receive royal "sA'-
81 from her waiting son.
IT. "Oh. Just to get back 70 u. -
forts of home! I'm tired Oh - -,
ly iDs," she cried. House all in y
Is der, suppose?" .,rs
'ly aNeatest you ever saw It, Pc
uCOt a new QOusCbST