The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-03-14
CHAPTER vi

devoted to the care and protection o
one particular person, then TOO. unde
the certain limits which always govern
It's existence, it can pass away ant
leave its all 10 still another II tn
use and enjoyment" OF the great es
tate of Daniel Gorgam went to hi
daughter for her life. and al her dealt
to her surviving offspring. then in cast
she died and there was no direct heir
1t could be and in fact 1t was specified
that IL should pass to the next of kin =
"the son of my deceased brother
Stanford Gorgam, who bears his IA
theirs name"
1t was, too fan from essential TO the
happiness of the younger Gorgam that
this fortune should ever come to him.
There was sufficient. many would have
said more than sufficient. already PRO
vided for the use and enjoyment of
Stanford Gorgam in his own fathers
will-even though but a minor frac-
ton of sixty millions.
1t was, too, far from essential to
the happiness of Jasper Haig the
/
brouck Rutherford, the husband of
Adelaide Gorgam, that he should ever
receive this property, or in fact have
been named in the first place as the
possible legatee. Indeed, few things
about Stan Gorgam's eminently pleas
ant life and living we're essential to
the happiness of Hasbrouck Ruther.
ford. Even when they were both In
Yale-both members of the university
football team-their disregard for one
another approached often TO the verge
of physical disaster; in fact had done
so once, the disaster, as Ii happened,
occurring to the heavier, and some
had thought, the stronger man, Hask
Rutherford-so well known in his
time as the great Yale center.
Always after that he had said, ir
his blunt, downright way, that If there
were any pleasure in the world which
he craved especially. 1t was the at
tendance upon the funeral of Stan.
ford Gorgam. This old and carefully
nursed fire of resentment kept ever
burning in the heavy and substantial
temperament of his old Dutch ances-
tors. 1t was not decreased In the
slightest after his very fortunate mar
riage with Adelaide, the cousin of his
enemy; and then the creation, at the
death Of her great father, of the ia
nous Gorgam Trust. quite evidently
so many persons were not slow in say
ing-to keep the great power Of his
fortune always out of the hands of
his quite VIGOROUSLY dissipated son-in-
law.
Stan Gorgam remembered her al |
ways as she was before her unhappi- |
ness, her twin misfortune of marriage |
and insanity. He had gone always. as
a matter of course, to see her when |
she was i'll, and at longer and longer
intervals as the poor girl grew worse.
Like many a woman under marital
conditions like hers, her one persistent
desire was for the one great essential
Of life she still lacked-personal kind
illness and affection-for herself and
not her money, desire preserved and
exaggerated in rather pathetic way
In her mental Illness. But finally
even before his absence 30 uniform in
France, young Gorgam had given up
ais visits there almost entirely. She
had not changed physically so much
out mentally it was too painful
Adelaide not insanel' he said to
himself when he was in his rooms
hat n1ght-tor long before this, while
lie was still in France even, he had
at any time the news of her
leath.
There certainly was something
TRANCE there as his friend, the young
octor. had intimated-even if she
we're only growing better. Even this
e could scarcely believe
But, Poor Adelaide" he said, after
e lay half asleep in bed, "the least !
an do is to go and see"
He carried out his intention thai
cry next morning. and was surprised
t the outset to see the strange door
ian at the door In place of the old
lmiliar figure so long stationed there
I'm sorry, sir" said the new door
ian, "but Mrs. Rutherford sees NJ
ne. She is dangerously ill.,"
AS he said ii he looked ANNOYED
trough his professional disguise. A
,ugh dog, a rough-and-ready dog wifi
strong look of humor in his face. az
cared in the door with his head al air
quiring angle; and from upstairs
it'll but partly suppressed amuse-
ent, the voice of a young woman
as calling him.
Very WELL" said Stanford Gorgam
lally-and went away still more puz
ed than when he came: at the EN-
rgo against all callers. at the dol
the door and at the voice of tn,
ung woman calling from inside Ger
inly no one but the mistress would
Ike the liberty of such calling in thar
use, and certainly that was not the
ice of Adelaide Rutherford.
He might of course, he considered
he left, take up the matter Of ac
IS to the house at once with JASPER
zig. But on the whole wonld that
wisest? If there were something
ere that required explanation-as
ere certainly seemed to be-would -