Gunnison news-champion., 1924-01-04
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IL is an unusual and striking sight,
to those who may never have wit
neSSed II before-the care and solici-
tude that n really great trust fund Of
som. sixty millions will lavish upon
the one sole object of Its devotion. For
Adelaide Rutherford. recovering from
her almost fatal Illness. such wonders
hnd been provided Every luxury ad-
missible, every appliance which led TO
health and pleasure-for the Gorgam
Trust was obviously above all now de-
termined that It's mistress, once upon
the road to health. should not be al
lowed TO slip back again No whim Of
hers tina, was permissible Of granting
was denied her: continued novelty was
supplied. OF every kInd-eyen. II may
be recorded, to an entire change Of
servants through the house.
They watched and studied the won.
an OF the trust fund. this new house
hold force. as servants will those
more fortunate beings who live under
the same roof You would not have
noticed anything about her, they all
agreed, except at certain times Some
said that formerly there were always
one or two trained nurses with her;
but now that she was recovering 40
fast the nurses were all gone-except
perhaps with one exception. the wom-
an who WIS her personal maid. But
Of course the doctor called still-once
or twice week--not very serious
calls you might say. mostly talk and
Lar a 80 .
stood by her and by every one that
her condition did not allow her to
leave the house. except for that daily
morning ride out Riverside drive and
the old Lafayette boulevard in her
limousine; and Of course no callers
were pernitted-generally speaking.
This was all the Instructions there
were, unless the serious-f faced person.
al woman OF hers had others which no
one else would know about
She seemed cheerful-she certainly
was not melancholy ~ her health i'm
proved.
She was very good. though. and .
very nice person to work for. She
made no fuss at all to speak of-and
AiNsta ptt ousC to udu mduC VIC
doornan any trouble by offering to 20
out And that was curious thing all
through-all the servants discussed II
but no one could ever quite make out
the right OF 1t.
pardon me-" the doorman said, with
his hand upon the door when he came
darting toward 1t. But the doctors
sA.at F. q. A.
house but once q days yet"
And right away. remembering evi-
IDENTIFY. she stood back. But yet she
was still excited, he saw-an6 for .
most peculiar reason. She gave him
this order In a kind Of shaky voice:
Go out" she said. "and call In that
dog that is In front Of the windows" =
II was a rough, ragged animal that
had been hanging around the great
house lately and would not be driven
away; part Airedale. one would say. or
perhaps Irish-terrier. a dog which took
life with sense Of humor just little
less grim perhaps than does an Aire-
dale. When the doorman called. he
would have none Of him apparently
but when the voice Of Mrs. Rutherford
came through the door-a curious
thing to see-the dog came bounding
in st the frst syllable: almost smeth-
cred her with affection until Ire door.
man felt that he should Interfere
and was reproved for 20 doing. For
strangely enough the lady Of the house
seemed pleased BY the dogs roughpess
and tnsisted. h fact. upon keeping the
anlnal With her. Later Mr. Hais and
The doctor himself sid Il would - An
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u will ~ d. her aae particle q
harlk- ~ sid. every possibly Il win