The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-08-23

deal about bass viols!' he wrote her.
She made no response - the note, I'M .
less il was an answer, two weeks
later, when her engagement was an
nuunced. She took the persistent one.
Wilbur Minafer, no breaker of bass
viOls or of hearts. no Serenader ar all
A few people. who always fOresaw
everything. claimed that they were not
surprised. because though Wilbur Min !
afer might not be an Apollo, n II
WERE" he was "a steady young busl-
ness man and good church goer,'
and Isabel Anderson was pretty SEN
sihle-for such a snowy girl."t But
the engagement aStOunded the young
people. and most of their fathers and
mothers too; and as topic ii sup
planted literature at the next meet
ing of the "WOmpn's TennySon club
Wilbur Minafer!" member cried.
her infection seeming to imply that
Wlburs crime was explained by his
surname. wilbur Minafer! It's the
queereSt thing ever heard! T" think
of her taking Wilbur Minafer, just
because Il man any woman would like
thousand times better was little
wild one night at a serenade'
"No, that wasn't her reason said
wise Mrs. Henry Franklin Foster. IF
! men only knew it-and it's good
/ thing they dOn't-a woman doesn't
really care much about whether
mans wild or not. if ii doesn't affect
| herself, and Isabel Anderson doesn't
care Il thing"
Mrs. Foster"
"No. she doesn't. What she minds
is his making a clown of himself In
her front yard 1t made her think he
don't care much about her. She's
probably mistaken, but that's what
she thinks, and its too late for her
to think anything else now, because
she's going to be married right away
the invitations will he out next
week. It'll be big AmberSon-styl
thing. raw oysters floating in scOOped-
out blocks of ice and band from out
of entertainments, snowy presents
n colossal present from The Major.
Then Wilbur will take Isabel on the
carefulest little wedding trip he can
manage, and she'll be good wife to
him, but they'll have the worst spoiled
lot of children this town will ever
see"
; "How on earth do you make that
out, Mrs. FOsterT
, "She couldn't love Wilbur, could
she?" Mrs. Foster demanded, with nc
: challengers. "Well. It will all go to
her children. and she'll ruin 'em!'
The prophecies proved to he mis-
taken in single detail merely: except
for that her foresight was accurate
! The wedding was of AmberSOniaI
J magnificence, even to the floating Oy
{ sters: and the Majors colossal pres
ent was set of architects design!
4 for q house almost as elaborate ant
impressive as the Mansion, the hOus,
TO be built in. Anderson addition b.
s the Major.
r At midnight the bride was still be
I inc toasted in champagne. though sh
= had departed upon her wedding jour
/ ney at ten. Four days later the pal
had returned to town, which prompt
ness seemed fairly to demonstrate
that Wilbur had indeed taken Isabe
upon the carefulest little trip he cOul
It manage. According 10 every repor
S she was from the start "a good wifi
n to him." but here i'm Il final detail tn
Y prophecy proved inaccurate. Wilbu
l. and Isabel did not have children; the
l. had only one.
n "Only one" Mrs. Henry Frankli
n Foster admitted. But I'd like {
s know If he isn't spoiled enough 70
- a whole carload!"
II Again she found none to challeng
- her.
= At the age of nine George Ambe
. son Minafer, the Majors one grand
- child. was princely terror, dreade
: not only in Anderson addition but |
- many other quarters through whic
y y he galloped on his white pony. "B
golly, | guess you think you own TIL
= town" an embittered laborer con
planned one day, as George rode tn