After Many Years

In the course of time, the coming together of Louise Lappe and Jacob Von Senden became to be regarded as a natural event. They would have married if that had been possible, but as it was not, they made their own law of expediency. They did not choose to sacrifice themselves on the altar of propriety, and so children were borne to them. The seasons came and passed, and the children of Lappe and the children of Von Senden became merged into one family, with the same mother as protectress over all.

For some years the two farms were worked as one; but as settlement increased land values became enhanced. After due consideration, it was decided by Louisa, on the strong recommendation of Von Senden, to sell Lappe's farm and to use the proceeds to further improve Von Senden's, on the understanding that the title should be registered in both their names as tenants in common. This would give them an equal and undivided interest.