The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-10-04

I'm afraid poor Aunt Fanny might
think now fathers gone we won't want
her to live with Us any longer and be-
cause | always leased her 50 much she
might think I'd be for turning her out.
| don't know where on earth she'd go
or what she could live on if We did do
soupthin" like this. and of course we
never would DO such thing. but I'm
pretty sure she had something of the
kind on her mind. She didn't say any
thing. but the way she looked is what
makes me think 50. Honestly, to me
she looked just scared sick. You tell.
her there isn't any danger in IN" world
of nv treating her like that. Tell her
everything is To 20 on Just rs ii al
WAYS has. Tell her t. cheer up"
Isabel did more for Fanny than tell
Ing her to cheer up. Everything thar
Fanny inherited frcm her father. old |
Aleck Minafer, had been invested III |
Wiihur'S business; and Wilhur'S huSl- |
ness. after period of illness CORE !
Sponding in dates to the illness ot VII |
hur'S body, had died just before VIII
bur did. George ANDERSON and Fanny
wore both wiped out To Il miracle al
precision" as Anderson said. lheN
owned not II penny and owed NOT
penny" he continued. explaining MS
phrase. ITS like the moment Just he
fore drowning: you're not under water
and you're not out of it. All you know
| is that you're not dead yet.
He spoke philosOphically, having his
"prospectS" from his father To fall
/ back upon; but Fanny had neither
/ prospects" nor philosophy. However
Il legal survey of Wilbur'S estate re-
vralcd the fact that his life insurance
was left clear of the wreck; ana lSa-
bel. with the cheerful consent of her
! son. promptly turned this salvage over
TO her SiStcr-in-law. Invested. il would
Weld something better than nine nun
drcd dollars year. and thus she. was
assured of becoming neither II pauper
NOR Il depcndent, but proved 10 be. as
Anderson said. adding his efforts To
the cheering up of Fanny, IAN helresS,
after all, in spite of rolling mills ana
the devil"
The colicgian did not return to his
home for the holidays. Instead, lSa-
bel Joined him, and they went South
for the two weeks she was proud of
her stalwart. good-lOOiing son ut the
hn,eI where they stayed. and it was
meat and drink 10 her when she saw
how people stared at him in the lobby
and on the big verandas-indeed. her
vanity in him was 50 dominant that
she was unaware of their staring al
her with more interest and an adj
miration friendier than George
evoked.
Both of them felt constantly the diff
ference between this Christmas time
: and other Christmas times of theirs
: in all. il was Il sorrOwful holiday. But
when Isabel came East for George
commencement. in June. she brought
: Lucy with her-and things began to
seem different, especially when George
Anderson arrived with Lucy's father
on class day. Eugene had been in New
York. on business; ANDERSON easily
: persuaded him to this outing; and they
. made Il cheerful party OF it, with the
I new graduate Of course the hero and
center of il all.
His uncle was fellow alumnus
; "Yonder was where | roOmed when
e was here" he said. pointing out one OF
G the university buildings to Eugene, 'I
don't know whether George would lei
: my admircAS place a tablet To mark
: the SPOT, or not. He owns all these
= buildings now. you know"
Didn't you, when you were here
Like uncle, like nephew"
I'm sure | didn't have it so hadl!
mt his age" ANDERSON said renectively
" rs they stro!led on through the com
mCncement crowd.
Eugene laughed. You need onh
> three things to explain all that's gaoc
and bad about George
- "Three?"
Hes Isabel's only child. He's al
, Anderson. He's boy"
:, We'll. Mister Bones. of these tire
10 things which are the good ones ant
= which are the bad ones?"
"AlI of them" said Eugene.
~ George took no conspicuous part Il
. either the academic or the social cele
in brationS of his class he seemed to re
~ gard both sets of exercises with tO
a Grant amusement, his own crowd
u mot going in much for either of thOs
sorts of things" as he explained t
q Lucy. What his crowd had gone in 70
% remained ambiguous; some negliger
id