What Daddy Did

While Jenny’s was suffering, her father did do something about the situation. One of her friends told him what had happened, so he went to Mr Saddum and bought the house from him and transferred it back into his daughters’ name. He had to pay a big price, because Mr Saddum drove a hard bargain. Jenny’s father was happy to pay any price, because he loved his daughter, even though it made a hole in his son’s inheritance.

Jenny’s father sent numerous letters to her saying that his solicitor now held the title to the house on his daughters’ behalf and that the solicitor also held a cheque to pay for the cost of restoring the house. Jenny never received the letters because the tenant’s destroyed them or she refused to open them. The tenants did not move out, because Mr Saddum never told them that he had sold the house, and they had never paid any rent anyway. Poor Jenny continued to suffer alone.

After many years, her sister, Julie, arrived back from overseas. She had called on their father on the way home and had another letter for her sister from him. Imagine Jenny’s amazement, when she discovered that she and her sister still owned the house and could afford to restore it.

The two sisters gave the tenants immediate notice. They had to get the police to evict them, but they soon had the house to themselves. The house was soon restored back to the place of beauty it had been, when their father first gave it to them. They lived there together for many happy years, which was just what their Father wanted.