The sun., 1902-05-25
BATS WERE UHLUCKY TO Rim.
y0t n. yfNES LIrTLk JONI
ksNTs ASrER Many tEtRs

Auk&tuf<4a su<btttsfss ss-sss"
sf Q rsstsse In tss srsa<msss~s's
win And Ne rhsasht sA~'d tsesss,sa
4 dark and splemn chapter In the hfe
Of young Vine 70 Psrlur Ctfy ~s- r-open~d
last ~eeh. when the vin~ family xAth-rrd
n, the old homestead Va listen tn the rcad-
IND of the I'll. ~ youHs y.as'= i=;--t..
grandmother, Vine had chosen to trget
one incident in his lie. and had hoI~d that
his grandmother had had the d-c-ncy to
do the same thing For a few months h.
had felt certain that the thing had IA sod
out Of her memory. az she had tesun I"
warm UP To him and treat him like human
bong again. But the reading of III" viii
di-p.,ll-d this happy Illusion. This cla 80
reierrsd to Young Vine
To my beloved grandson. Percy. ! hereby
bedu.ath th. sum of $50. the came to b-
turned over To him. u meath after my death.
on condition that he esp,-d II IN = course OF
study on the anesthcs!s ot Cheiroptsra
Vines grgndmcile- wasn't millionaire.
bu, III. might have eft him comfortably "a
for the rest oi hi. Ne without rohhins any
Of her other relatives. To lsav. him $3.50
without conditions VAS bad enough, hut TO
couple the gift with these fearful oondi-
tlOus-a loHrf tfltN ~ufOtu 10
young Nine-was too much.
He shook of the dust of the old home
stead from his feet. venting his rage and
disappoin, ment on t~o dug- and cat
that were IN the way. Then, when his
Indignation had expended itself. he Logan
To wonder what his grandmother meant
10y that c>Dndi' ION. lie resolved To 81 hack
and ge, copy u th" CLAUSE Of the will
referring to himself When he got II he
went tu TIA" library and lovked up -Oh-i-
rup'cra.- What he read brought great
light to lin. This Vas the pa -sige:
Cheiroptsrs An order OF mammalia. In
Guiding the bats. having Tour toes ot each
of the anterior limb- elongated and con,
neCt-d by a web. that they can b. used
lik" wings IN nyiug.
II was the word 'hats- that brought
light to young Vine. and when he hegan
To absorb the true meaning Of that legacy
he lad to laugh The old lady might he
vicious and irlforgiving. he said to him
self. but she ertainly had a sense ~ humor
This was the secret Of that bequeet
MANY wars ago. when Vines paternal
grandmother was iu-t beginning To be a
feeble old lady. Nir'e, while watching som =
workn.n make repairs m the stc"rie OF
IA. Presbyterian Church oi Pcrlor city.
came across nine bats hanging from a
loose plank. aud all asleep Tie hurried
hom. and got a bottle Of chloroforin and
a spong. lie took II back to the church
and ch.orofurrned all nine 81 the bats.
Satisfied that they werr dead. he took
The plank. with the bate rtiil hanging from
i, HON. Hi evil angel prompted him
to hang the plank up IN his grandmother =
room. He thought she would II, frightened
until she found that the bats were dead
and then she would enter into the spirit
II tho lost
But Vine forgot all about the hats and
when his grandmother went TO bed she
didn't MOTTO. them hanging over the win
dow curtain And AT O'clock in the morn
ing the entire Vine household was aroused
came from the room 81 Vines grand.
mot her. and. convinced that burglars
were numbering the old lady. the family
armed itself with pokerS. clubs and table
knives and advanced On the room.
Vines grandmot her was seated on the
floor franiically grabbing AT her head. and
all over the room ther. was whirrins 8
sound Something cold and damp hit
Vines father In the face, and he dropped
his poker and let ont a cry of horror. Vine =
sonnet hing clawed it's way into her hair
but Vines aunt. a maiden lady 81 vigor and
determination, lighted IN. gas. Then the
trouble was apparent AZ onc.
Five hats were sailing gracefully around
the room. thr,., w.re tan gl'.d up In the hair
of Vines grandmother. Will" the fourth
was clingng In the hair of Vines moih"r
Vii" saw It all. Then he -lipled out II the
room. packed a small grip with some cloth
ing and went over 10 the hou-e Of "A friend.
where he stayed for III" next three days.
II. wrote and mailed an explanation ~
th.. matter 10 his gTandmoi her. hut received
no reply Finally on tn" assurance. 81 his
mo, her that all was forgiven. he returned
home. For a month Vines grandmot her
didn't sJrak to him, and u was year before
she was even d-crntly polite when he was
near.
few months before she died she did
-s>am TO show signs of relenting. but after
hearing that will Vine l. con vinced that this
appearance of forgiveness wac only a blum
i,,t.nici tn make all the heavier IN. blow
that wa- To- fall on him after her death.
Vine hasn't decided whether to take his
legacy or not.