The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-12-01

GRAhDPA'S LOVE Is:Fa!n
BY GEORGE MUNSON.

dWeued round about We were all
sprung from the Pauletts, and grand
father was II ling in money, and in
firm He was seventy-six.
While grandma lived the families
stuck pretty closely together, but after
her death Il was a case of catch who
can. All Of Us wanted Grandfather
Pauletts money. l am not ashamed
to say / did, with my husband trying
to make both ends meet on fifteen
hundred. However, / liked the old
man, whereas that cat of a Sarah Rey-
nolds, and that dumbhead Jim Simp-
son, were simply after his money. But
he saw throu h them.
Grandpa's infirmity came from govt,
not old age. He got so bad at last
that his temper was quite altered, and
instead of stopping to chat with US
he used to swear and look the other
way. It was that tabby Sarah's fault;
he knew she was after his money,
and, as / So ID to Fred, he would make
things right when he came to die.
And then a terrible thing happened.
Grandpa was ordered to Atlantic City,
to get his govt cured by the sea air
He was SO pleased at the thought of
revisiting the scenes Of his youth that
he got quite jolly again and invited
US all to dinner.
It's many years since I was at At
lantic City" he said II stayed at
the Wimble don. All, the daughter of
Mrs. Higgins, our landlady, was a
beauty, and no mistake If 1t hadn't
been for your grandmother, children"
| didn't think he ought to talk that
way, with one leg in bandages and
the other in the grave. 1.-THE old
wretch" Sarah whispered to her hus-
band afteryard.
Well, off went grandpa, with his
man, duly escorted to the station by
all of us, though only l wanted to see
him made comfortable The rest were
just after his money.
And the Text thing we heard, grand
pa was married
The blow staggered US ALL 1t ap-
peared that he had found his old flame.
LIc . Will WllOul no
must have carried on something awful
while poor, long-suffering grandma was
alive, and married her after a week S
courtship. We were SO shocked by the
news that we held a little meeting
at Jim SIMPSONS house.
Now, friends and relations, and re-
lations that aren't friends" says Jim
and | thought that smart Of him
we've got to keep the money in the
family. Hell leave cool two hun
dred thousand to that designing mink,
who has simply been playing on the
feelings of the old dotard-"
Grandpa isn't a dotard," I inter
rupted holly.
Jane, are you one Of US, or amt
your" he asked sarcastically.
Il suppose I've got to be" groaned.
And then lie outlined his plan. We
were to have the marriage declared
invalid on al count of grandpa being
in a state CT senile decay, and the
estate put in o court and equally dis
tributed. Jim had a lawyer friend
who would arrange the details, and as
soon as grandpa came home a doctor
whom Jim knew was to dog his foot
steps and try' to trap him into an ex-
hibition of macy, SO that we could
make out Q case.
1t sounded good to me. l was sorry
for grandpa, because | liked the old
gentleman, but it wasn't right that
we should lose our inheritance just
because a designing mink had taken
advantage CT his weakness. And so
took it hard when Fred said to me, on
the way home:
Jane, you're as bad as the worst
of them"
We had quite quarrel, but brought
Fred round 30 reason by asking how
Johnny was to go to college. He hadn't
thought of that-you know what men
are.
Well, we all assembled at the sta
ton to meet grandpa We felt it was
our duty to 90 that; besides, we want
ed to see the mink.
The creature is sure to have
red hair" says Sarah to me; she had
got to be quite friendly since oul
scheme for grandpa's benefit.
The train ruffed into the station, and
you can ime CINE we were all af1uttei
with expectation. And there wasn't
any red,haired mink on the train In
fact, we couldn't see grandpa either
for long time, until a silvery-haired
lady of about seventy years assisted
him out of his carriage. And ther
grandpa saw us and set up whoop
These ara my dear nephews and
niecesy FiH." he said, whom have
been telling you about. Whoop it up
girls and boys, I'm as fit as a two
year-old, except for this plaguey foo
of mine All come to dinner"
And, would you believe it, this was
the landladys daughter. You see, We
had somehow not thought that grand
pas adventures at Atlantic City hat
occurred nearly fifty years before. AnC
her hair was reddish under the silver
after all.
It appeared that she had inherited
the hotel and had made fortune on
of it.
And as my wife is richer than
I shall not alter my will, which divide!
my property equally among my deal
relations" said grandpa. And if the!
make up to her, perhaps grandma viii
take them as her relations, too
And he looked at US with such 1